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Garden
hotline
set up
MARY KOPPENHEFFER
Beacon correspondent
EAT THE ART
Red Stag Grill Local’s Appreciation Month
Dine in January and enjoy
1/2 price on bottles of house winee
It is that time of year when local
area residents begin searching
seed catalogs and visiting nurseries
to plan for the upcoming
gardening seasons. Buncombe
County Extension Master
Gardener volunteers (EMGs) are
ready to help the public by offering
free advice and programs on
how to garden here in the mountains
of Western North Carolina.
Even in January and February,
the Extension office at 94 Coxe
Avenue is already open twice a
week (Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and Fridays 9 a.m. to noon) to
offer plant identification, gardening
support, provide free soil test
kits, and offer suggestions that
will help local gardeners succeed
in the often challenging growing
conditions of the mountains.
Starting in March, the hotline
and offices will be open Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a.m.
4:30 p.m.
Free parking is available across
the street from the Extension
office. Or, call them at 255-
5522 with gardening questions.
GARDEN, 3A
The spirit of Martin Luther King was
overwhelmingly represented Thursday
when Mission Health and Mountain Area
Health Education Center not only honored
employees who best represent diversity, but
also hosted Dr. Maya Angelou and two inspiring
groups of entertainers at Lioncrest
at the Biltmore Estate.
For 13 years, Mission Health and MAHEC
have hosted the Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Award Program to honor employees
who have demonstrated commitment to
diversity in their work. This year’s winners
are Brandy Mills, a registered nurse and
nurse educator with nursing practice, education
and research at Mission Hospital,
and Dr. Dan Frayne, assistant clinical director
for MAHEC’s Family Health Center.
George Karl, executive director for service
excellence at Mission, described Mills
as nurturing and as someone who helps
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Grove Park Inn gets
A NEW LOOK
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RENOVATIONS — Workmen expose the 1955 oval columns from beneath the 1984 oak
paneling. Both covering are being removed from the solid poured concrete support
columns in Grove Park Inn’s Great Hall as part of a $25 million renovation. Master Arts &
Crafts carpenter Rob Kleber is creating the new quarter sawn white oak coverings with
Crowds of enthusiastic attendees
numbering in the thousands will
flood the restaurants, guestrooms,
meeting rooms, and ballrooms Feb.
22 through 24 as Grove Park Inn
MARK-ELLIS BENNETT
Beacon correspondent
mentor people others have given up on. She
was the first in her family to graduate high
school and the only one in her family to
earn a college degree.
“I am just me and I don’t fade away from
who I am, and I love that I work in a system
that allows me to be who I am,” Mills said.
“I got to hug Maya Angelou. I didn’t think it
could get any better than that.”
Dr. Blake Fagan, director of the family
medicine residency program at MAHEC,
introduced Frayne as a man with a compassionate
physician who was responsible
for MAHEC securing two grants from Blue
Cross/Blue Shield to provide care to uninsured
pregnant Hispanic women.
“It’s all about the people you work with,”
Frayne said. “It’s about the environment
and the willingness to hear ideas and allow
change to happen, because it’s right,” he
said.
Prior to presenting the awards, inspira-
hosts its 26th annual Arts & Crafts
Conference under the direction of
Bruce Johnson.
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Values
dip in
Biltmore
Forest
MARY ANN ENLOE
Beacon correspondent
Property values in Biltmore
Forest have dropped 16.3 percent
during the past year, according
to preliminary figures released
recently by the Buncombe
County tax office. That is good
news for property owners who
have to pay the tax bills, but it
doesn’t bode well for the town’s
bottom line.
In North Carolina, counties
place a value on property.
Those evaluations are used by
the county and by municipalities
within county boundaries to
calculate the tax rate. The last
time property was revalued in
Buncombe County was 2006.
By law, a revaluation must be
conducted every eight years, but
it can happen more frequently.
After the revaluation, property
values must be set at 100 percent
of their market value, and will
remain at that rate until the next
revaluation or there is a change
in property status.
The ad valorem (or property)
tax is applied to the established
Mission Health, MAHEC honor diversity
PEGGY MANNING
Beacon corrrespondent
DIVERSITY CONTINUES ON 3A
FROSTBITE RACES
Event incorporates fitness and fun for a worthy cause, 3B
Donated photo
LEGACY LIVES ON — The recipients of the Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Award are Brandy Mills, left, and Dr. Dan Frayne, shown with
Maya Angelou, keynote speaker for this year’s program.
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The Biltmore Beacon News Thursday, January 31, 2013
Third season of Opera Creations to
perform ‘The Mikado’ March 1 to 3
Like Saturday Night
Live meets the Metropolitan
Opera, the
young opera company,
named “Opera Creations,”
joins professional
singing with a
fun, enjoyable process.
It’s the sort of music
making that works well
on stage and in small
venues. It’s the sort
of music-making that
their apprentices (ranging
from ages 8 to 28)
have enjoyed, too.
Founders Svites, Vigilante,
Reese, and baritone/teacher
Timothy
Wilds started the company
three years ago with
the intention of making
more singing opportunities
for local singers and
to satisfy their desire to
make opera more accessible
to the general public.
And Opera Creations
has been doing just that.
It is working on its third
Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta and is looking
forward to a fourth
summer production
for youth ages 8 to 18,
and it is planning some
more Dueling Soprano
shows, the next one involving
some long-time
colleagues. These are
events that they hope
build the general appreciation
of well-sung
theater.
When Steve Hageman,
recently retired
executive director of
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Top Producer Awards for 2012
Molly McNichols
Top Producer 2012
#5 Overall for
Asheville Board of Realtors
Gig Gilbert
Top Producer
Buyer’s Agent 2012
the Asheville Symphony
Orchestra, heard the
founders of Opera Creations
at a fundraiser,
he offered his services
on the spot, admiring
their ability to combine
good singing and good
fun. He now serves on
the Opera Creations
Board as their president.
Hageman says he’s
“pleased to be associated
with Opera Creations,”
and he intends
to help them in any way
he can.
Currently, Hageman,
with board members
Paul Templon, Lucie
Fink, Zane Adams and
Larry Sklar, are drumming
up support for
Opera Creations’ third
mainstage production:
Gilbert and Sullivan’s
operetta, “The Mikado,”
on March 1 to 3 at
Pingree Theater on the
Christ School campus
in Arden. It is perhaps
the funniest Gilbert
and Sullivan show in
the repertoire, complete
with posturing
politicians, goof-ball
rulers, young schoolgirls,
and an executioner
“that couldn’t
hurt a fly.” In short, it
sounds like Victorian
England or the modern-day
United States.
The company is excited
about this, their
largest-to-date professional
production.
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DUELING SOPRANOS — Karen Svites and Simone
Vigilante play the role of the dueling sopranos in “The
Mikado.”
Patricia Heuermann,
familiar to many at
the Reuter Center, will
be the stage director
for the production.
Along with Opera
Creations’ veterans
Roberto Flores, Jonathan
Ross, and Aaron
Schnurbusch, new
friends Bryant Belin,
Heather Ferguson, David
Fields, and Ashley
Renfro, will be joining
the cast. Mary Dillon,
veteran of Montford
Park Players’ productions,
and Jennifer
Ammons, veteran of
productions at Mars
Hill College, round out
the support group for
the show. Vance Reese
is the music director.
Brian Etheridge
Top Producer 2012
#12 Overall for
Asheville Board of Realtors
Jennifer Farley
& Cain Cox
Top Producer Listing Agent 2012
Top Producer Listing Agent 2012
Will the sopranos duel
it out this year in their
productions, and in
“The Mikado?” You bet!
Karen Svites plays the
role of Yum Yum, the
soprano who will try
to take the tenor away
from Katisha played by
Simone Vigilante. Be
sure to duck when the
high notes start up.
Of course, Opera
Creations wants you to
come enjoy the fun, but
you will need to get tickets
early, since Pingree
Auditorium seats only
200 people. For more information,
and to buy
tickets, visit operacreations.org,
or visit Opera
Creations’ facebook
page.
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Top Producer Closed
Volume 2012
Jeff Lovette
Rookie Broker of The Year 2012
“Dine to be Kind” benefits
Animal Compassion Network
On Tuesday, Feb. 26,
more than 50 area restaurants
will be contributing
a portion of
their day’s proceeds to
Animal Compassion
Network’s highly successful
spay and neuter
assistance program.
The commemorative
10th Annual Dine to
Be Kind will take place
on National Spay Day
as part of a national
campaign to promote
the life-saving benefits
of spay and neuter
programs for dogs and
cats.
All proceeds from
Dine to be Kind will benefit
ACN’s Betty Fund
Spay/Neuter Program,
which was established
in 2000 in honor of a twoyear-old
stray Golden
Retriever mix. Betty
gave birth to 18 puppies
in just one year. It wasn’t
until Animal Compassion
Network became
involved that this distressing
cycle stopped.
Betty’s last litter of eight
pups was rescued from
the mud underneath a
trailer and found forever
homes through ACN.
Betty was also rescued,
spayed, and placed with
a loving family.
The cost of this one
rescue alone was staggering.
Hundreds of
dollars were spent in
medical expenses, food,
and care for the dog and
her eight pups. In response,
ACN started the
Betty Fund spay/neuter
June Weitz
Top Producer
Total Transactions 2012
Sandi AuBuchon
Rookie Broker of The Year 2012
voucher program designed
to help end the
euthanasia of healthy
animals by stopping pet
overpopulation at its
source. The Betty Fund
pays all or most of the
entire cost of the spay/
neuter surgery for pets
belonging to families in
need. Since the program
began, ACN has assisted
in the spaying or neutering
of more than 10,000
Western North Carolina
cats and dogs.
This year’s fundraiser
is more crucial than
ever for Animal Compassion
Network’s Betty
Fund Spay/Neuter Program
to be able to continue
offering financial
assistance to the community.
In 2012 Animal
Compassion Network
provided assistance for
the spaying and neutering
of more than 1,285
cats and dogs.
Local restaurants
are very supportive
of “Dine to be Kind”
and look forward to
helping a very important
community fundraiser.
In addition to
being open for dinner,
many restaurants are
also open for breakfast
and lunch, so there are
plenty of opportunities
to dine to be kind. In
fact, many workplaces
are encouraged to order
takeout for lunch
on National Spay Day,
because to-go orders
also help animals in
need.
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For readers who bring
plants into the offices,
the EMGs request that
samples be large enough
to allow for proper identification.
EMG Kyle Gilgis said
that she several gardeners
have called into the
Hotline and asked how to
protect their spring bulbs
with the fluctuating temperatures
recently seen
in Asheville. “Folks want
to know if they can save
the bulb ,and how to do
that,” she said. “When it
gets cold again (like this
week), mulch the bulbs
heavily with mulch or
leaves. The object is to
“chill” the bulb back into
dormancy.” She added
that gardeners should
“cut any flowers that
have bloomed, and cover
the rest of the plant with
mulch or leaves. This
should preserve the bulb
and produce more flowers
in the true spring.”
Following are some
of the programs that
are scheduled now and
coordinated by EMGs
to assist the gardening
public:
Diversity
continued from 1A
tional entertainment
was provided by The
Spirit of MLK Choir,
who include staff
members from Mission
and MAHEC, and
by Inspire the Fire,
finalists on the America’s
Got Talent television
competition.
Ronald Paulus,
president and CEO for
Mission Health, introduced
Angelou, noting
that it was a “rare opportunity
to be in the
presence of a living
legend.”
Angelou worked
with Martin Luther
King as a coordinator
for the Southern
Christian Leadership
Conference. Her accomplishments
and accolades
are numerous,
which she spoke about
briefly.
“If you think I’m
bragging about myself,
I’m not,” Angelou said.
“I’m bragging about
the rainbows in my
cloud.”
Rainbows only appear
in clouds — when
it looks like the sun is
not going to shine.
“We can be a rainbow
in somebody’s
cloud,” Angelou said.
One particular “rain-
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GARDENING IN THE
MOUNTAINS LECTURE
SERIES
Wednesday, February
20, at 10 a.m. will be the
first talk in this series.
The topic is “Pruning in
the Mountains.” EMG
Laurie Bell will discuss
the basic principles of
pruning trees, shrubs,
and vines. Come to
the Buncombe County
Extension Offices at 94
Coxe Avenue and learn
about what to cut, when,
and how. No pre-registration
is required.
The series continues
on March 20 when EMG
Gene Rainey will discuss
“Raised Bed Gardening.”
For gardeners with limited
space to grow vegetables,
or are tired of
tilling the mountain soil,
this talk is for you! Also
known as “square foot
gardening,” raised bed
systems are productive,
mobile, and easy
to learn. Consider this
technique if you work on
a community or church
garden helping to feed
the hungry.
Additional lectures
on a variety of garden
topics will be held on
the third Wednesday
bow,” she explained,
was her Uncle Willie
Johnson.
Afflicted by almost
total paralysis of the
left side of body, Uncle
Willie earned meager
wages as a shop
keeper in a small town
in Arkansas. Uncle
Willie taught her the
importance of education,
sternly using the
threat of a hot stove
if she didn’t learn her
multiplication tables.
Years later, Angelou
said she learned that
her Uncle Willie had
helped a boy, who grew
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of each month through
October. All will be held
at the Buncombe County
Extension Office, 94
Coxe Avenue, at 10 a.m.
GARDEN TOUR
COMING JUNE 22!
Save the date for the biannual
Extension Master
Gardeners’ Garden Tour.
The tour will include
some very unique gardens
around Asheville,
including the garden of
a local B&B this is registered
as a National
Historical Landmark
Property, gardens that
showcase edibles, beekeeping,
and a school
garden. Consistent with
their mission of education,
each garden will
have docents available
to answer questions.
More information will
be available soon on the
Garden Tour.
GARDEN SCHOOL
For new or intermediate
gardeners, or experienced
gardeners who are
new to the mountains, a
1-day garden school will
be held on Wednesday,
April 4, at the Extension
offices. Topics will
include vegetable gardens,
including how to
up to be the mayor of
Little Rock, Ark.
After her uncle
died, the mayor met
with Maya and gave
her the name of a
prominent lawyer in
Arkansas.
She discovered to
her delight that Uncle
Willie had served as a
rainbow for the mayor,
who had then passed
on that benevolence to
the boy, Bill Clinton,
who went on to be a
lawyer and ultimately
the President of the
United States.
Along with her sto-
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ries of Uncle Willie,
Angelou told of being
a 16-year-old, unwed,
pregnant girl yearning
to be a translator for
the United Nations.
She contrasted her
feelings then with the
pride at being asked
years later to write a
poem (On the Pulse of
Morning) for Bill Clinton’s
inaugural speech
and being asked to
write the poem cel-
ebrating the 50-year
anniversary of the
United Nations.
Angelou read the
poem she wrote the
United Nations, which
includes: When we
come to it, we, this
people, on this wayward,
floating body,
created on this earth,
of this earth, have the
power to fashion for
this earth a climate
where every man and
NEW SEASON. NEW YOU.
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PRUNING THE MOUNTAINS — The Extension Master Gardeners “Gardening in the
Mountains” lecture series kicks off on Wednesday, February 20, 10 a.m., when Laurie
Bell, shown in the photo above, will discuss the correct technique for pruning. The
talk will cover what, when and how to cut trees, shrubs and vines. All “Gardening in
the Mountains” lectures will be held at the Buncombe County Extension Offices at 94
Coxe Avenue.
grow vegetables in raised
beds, soil improvements,
dealing with pests, and
other topics to help both
new and intermediate
gardeners. More information
is available by
calling the Extension
office at 255-5522.
EMG WEBSITE
Check them out
at buncombemastergardener.org/”buncombemastergardener.
org. From the website,
purchase copies of “A
Gardening Guide for
Our Mountains,” a trea-
sure trove of gardening
information specific to
the local climate and soil
conditions, including
a helpful monthly “To
Do” list. The Gardening
Guide is also available at
the Buncombe County
Extension Office.
every woman can live
freely without sanctimonious
piety, without
crippling fear.
At the conclusion
of Angelou’s address,
Paulus issued a challenge
to all those who
attended the awards
program.
“I want to give you
an assignment … to
be a rainbow in someone’s
cloud.” Paulus
said.
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Grove Park
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Most will be surprised
to see dramatic
changes afoot in the
historic main inn’s
Great Hall. KSL Capital
Partners, LLC announced
in early April
2012 that it had entered
into an agreement to
acquire the historic
Grove Park Inn Resort
& Spa from an affiliate
of Sammons Enterprises,
Inc. They are
doing a $25 million
renovation to the inn
to celebrate its centennial
this year.
Early history
Grove Park Inn was
built by Edwin Wiley
Grove and opened on
July 12, 1913. The support
columns in the
Great Hall were originally
layered in rock
as are the walls. After
the inn was sold to
Charles Sammons in
September 1955 to become
a Jack Tar Hotel,
a Miami decorator had
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the columns stripped
of their granite veneer
and made them into
smooth oval columns
covered with seafoam
green vinyl wallpaper.
In 1984 the oval
columns were covered
with oak boards.
Columns to
change
Last week contractors
began stripping
the columns of their
oak and the oval coverings,
down to their
solid concrete core.
Master Arts & Crafts
carpenter Rob Kleber
is creating the new
quarter sawn white
oak coverings for the
columns, which will be
significantly narrower
and improve visibility
in the room.
“It’s going to be a
huge, huge transformation.
Four Arts &
Crafts lanterns made
by Old California Lantern
Company will be
placed on the columns
about 15 feet above
the floor, one on each
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side,” he said.
Kleber is excited
about the new furniture
he is creating for
the Great Hall.
“Some of the pieces
I’m working on right
now will be stained in
some surprising new
colors. The Great Hall
is going to be a mix of
Arts & Crafts antiques
and furniture with a
contemporary Arts &
Crafts interpretation.
There are going to be
different seating areas
on top of area rugs
throughout the Great
Hall. It’ll be like a big
living room,” he said.
Registration area
moved
On the Great Hall’s
east wall the registration
desk is being
moved from the south
to the north side. The
new front desk will be
tighter and more compact
than the old one.
A small coffee shop
will be built in place
of the oversized 1964
front desk.
Kleber said the elevators
running through
the chimneys of the
giant fireplaces at either
end of the Great
Hall will be lined with
recessed panels of
quarter sawn white
oak to match the columns.
The elevator
ceilings will be freshly
painted and probably
lit with stained glass
fixtures. The concierge
desk will be replaced
with a new one in the
Great Hall’s northwest
side, and the bar
on the south wall will
be transformed into
something more elegant.
“We’re trying to
keep it more authentic
to what one might
have expected to see in
1913,” Kleber said.
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A logical choice
Grove Park Inn was
a natural choice of
venue for the Arts &
Crafts Conference. In
his book “Built for the
Ages, A History of the
Grove Park Inn,” Johnson
wrote that Grove’s
son-in-law, Fred Seely,
purchased from Mrs.
George Vanderbilt a
small, but successful,
Arts & Crafts enterprise
called Biltmore
Estate Industries in
April of 1917.
“Begun in 1901 under
the patronage of Edith
Vanderbilt, Biltmore
Estate Industries had
evolved from a club for
teenage woodcarvers
into a cottage industry
of weavers and woodworkers.
By 1917 Biltmore
Estate Industries had
outgrown its home
in Biltmore Village.
When Fred Seely revealed
to Mrs. Vanderbilt
his proposal to
erect a number of
new workshops for the
craftsmen on 30 acres
market values, and these
revenues make up a
large chunk of county
and municipal budgets.
When property values
drop, so does available
revenue for local governments.
Biltmore Forest mayor
George Goosmann looks
at the predicament pragmatically.
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of land adjacent to the
Grove Park Inn, she accepted
his offer.”
Seely shortened the
name to Biltmore Industries,
as it is still
known today.
Biltmore Landscape
and Forest Historian
Bill Alexander said
based on his research
of correspondence in
their archives, Edith
Vanderbilt’s decision
to sell Biltmore Estate
Industries to Fred
Seely was based largely
on financial considerations.
“Sales were slow
and Biltmore Estate
Industries had some
outstanding debt obligations.
There was a
sales campaign by superintendent
George
Arthur to find new
sales opportunities,
but the business would
need a considerable
capital outlay to expand
it in new facilities
with more equipment.”
He said Edith
Vanderbilt was very
active and involved in
“When the final numbers
are in from the new
Buncombe County evaluation,
and that will be
sometime in March, we
will start looking at what
affect it will have upon
our revenue stream,” he
said. “Our town administrator,
Nelson Smith,
keeps a sharp eye on our
budget and what is going
on through the year.”
The end of March is
when many towns and
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many other affairs and
simply did not have
time and resources to
give the Industries the
attention it deserved.
“So, based largely
on estate superintendent
Chauncey
Beadle’s advice to ensure
Biltmore Estate
Industries’ success
and that it would have
the financial support
to expand, she made
the decision to sell to
Fred Seely,” Alexander
said.
“What began 26
years ago as a small
gathering of Arts &
Crafts antiques dealers
and collectors
at the Grove Park
Inn has grown into
what the New York
Times has declared
‘the most important
weekend of the year
for Arts & Crafts collectors,’”
said Johnson.
For more information
about the Arts &
Crafts Conference visit
his website at www.
Arts-CraftsConference.com.
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be unveiling a new look soon. New owners are investing $25 million to upgrade and
renovate
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counties start the nutsand-bolts
budget process
for the fiscal year
which begins July 1.
Smith has been through
a lot of budget cycles
and he isn’t having a
knee-jerk reaction.
“It may not be as bad
as it sounds,” Smith
said. “ Personal property
and motor vehicles
and utility taxes may go
up. We’re just seeing
figures for real property
now — buildings and
lots.”
Suspense movie
filmed in WNC
The Obsidian
Collective is filming
a new motion picture,
a sci-fi suspense
called “Shadows on the
Wall,” in western North
Carolina.
Local talent, including
include radio personality
George Henry of
WTZQ and several performers
from around the
region, will be part of the
film, said Ben Carland,
writer/director of the
film.
“Shadows on the Wall”
follows Palmer Marshall,
a college student, as he
builds a device capable
of reaching beyond our
planet in unimaginable
ways.
Unfortunately, his
creation has unintended
and ominous
consequences.
Sometimes success
is more dangerous
than failure.
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Matter Opinion
Political Columnist
Fracking and property rights
won’t be easily resolved
RALEIGH — Despite
the political rhetoric
and public angst, it is
far from certain that
there will ever be a
thriving natural gas
drilling industry in
North
Carolina.
Y e s ,
s t a t e
legislators
last
y e a r
created
a legal
path for
Scott Mooneyham
hydraulic fracture, or
fracking, to begin in
the state within a few
years.
They formed a commission
to establish regulations
for the industry.
They stand poised,
within the next couple
of years, to give more
green lights to the industry.
Still, unless the economics
are right, the
relatively small shale
formations running
through Piedmont
counties that hold
natural gas may never
lead to substantial
drilling. As the energy
landscape in this country
and the world continues
changing, the
economics may never
be right.
Let’s assume, though,
that five years hence,
the economic are right,
that some portion of
the hydraulic fracturing
industry that now
inhabits Pennsylvania
has rolled on into this
state.
Should that happen,
some public opposition
based on environmental
concerns will certainly
continue. It has
in other states. There
is no reason to believe
that it won’t here.
The practice — pumping
water, sand and
chemicals into underground
rock formations
at high pressure to release
embedded natural
gas -- is always going to
generate some controversy.
But if the industry
acts responsibly, the
state regulates responsibly
and no widespread
contamination
of water supplies occurs,
worries by the
wider public may ease.
What might not go
away are controversies
involving property
rights and property
uses.
I suspect that Jim
Womack understands
that likelihood.
Womack, a Lee County
commissioner and
self-described “pro-energy,
pro-drilling, probusiness
advocate,” is
the chairman of the
state Mining and Energy
Commission, the
group created to oversee
regulation of the
industry.
Last week, Womack
was attending a study
group of the commission
that, among other
things, is examining
where the lines of
regulatory authority
should fall between local
and state government.
An early version of
the legislation that created
the commission
and will ultimately allow
the drilling would
have usurped any local
authority. The law
passed pretty much
leaves the question unsettled.
It tells the commission
to make recommendations
that “al-
low for reasonable
local regulation” but
do not have the effect
of prohibiting drilling.
So, does that mean
cities can never prohibit
it any place,
with zoning ordinances
designed to protect
adjoining property
owners? And is this
drilling a compatible
use inside any municipality’s
borders,
with their commercial
and residential
land uses?
I asked Womack questions
along those lines
last week. He essentially
punted on the questions,
noting that state
legislators will ultimately
have to resolve
the issues.
I don’t blame him
for his artful dance
around the subject.
He is a smart guy and
knows that these questions
about land use
and property rights
will not be easily answered.
City and county
government, though,
have been the governmental
entities historically
entrusted to
settle most land use
concerns.
Shifting that responsibility
to Raleigh makes
about as much sense
as letting local governments
build interstate
highways.
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article. The article went
way beyond my hopes. You’re
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I think if my mom and dad
were alive today they would
There’s a lot of talk about
tax reform in North Carolina.
One plan being discussed
by legislators would expand
the sales tax on sales and services
while abolishing the
corporate and income taxes.
The sales tax rate I’ve heard
mentioned is around 8 percent
— up from the current
6.75 percent, which includes
a 2 percent local option tax
and a 4.75 percent state tax.
One of the proposals being
discussed would raise the total
combined sales tax rate
to 8.05 percent and would do
away with the exemption on
food items, which are currently
exempt from state
sales tax, but subject to a 2
percent local tax.
I decided to save a couple
of grocery slips and see how
an 8 percent food tax would
affect our family budget. I’m
not sure how typical my foodbuying
experience is. We raise
our own beef, so the only meat
I buy is chicken, pork, occasionally
seafood and sandwich
meat. We have simple breakfasts
at home, and my husband
packs a lunch on the days he
works. I usually have fruit, yogurt
or a protein bar for lunch,
and we have home-cooked
meals nightly. I also do a good
bit of baking to share with
others. Generally I cook for
between three and four people.
I also have a rule about going
to the store. It happens once a
week after church on Sunday.
I find I buy far less if my store
trips are limited.
Sorting out the sales tax
amount on grocery bills is far
more complicated than you
might think.
First off, not everything
you buy at the grocery store
is food, so some of the items
on your bill are already taxed
at full rate. That amount is 6.5
percent, which includes a 4.5
percent state tax and a 2 precent
local tax. Taxable items
you might pick up at the gro-
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cery store include things like
dish or laundry soap, vitamins,
paper towels or tissue,
cleaning products, cosmetics
and toiletries and so forth.
Also not included on the food
exemption list, and rightfully
so, are soft drinks, candy and
tobacco products.
Last week’s grocery bill was
$143.93, and by applying the
state taxation rules the best I
could, I figured $99.83 of the
bill was for items considered
food. The 2 percent local tax on
those items amounted to $1.99.
Had there been an state tax of
6 percent on top of that, the tax
would amount to $7.98.
My next week’s grocery bill
was $81.12, and of that $76.24
was food. My total tax on that
bill was $1.82, but if there
was a total 8 percent tax on
food, the amount would have
jumped to $6.34. If my extra
food taxes averaged $7 a week,
it would add $364 a year to my
grocery bill. That’s a big jump.
Food is an item most states
exempt from sales taxes.
As of January 2013, a chart
from the Federation of Tax
Administrators shows that
only seven states – Arkansas,
Missouri, Illinois and Tennessee,
Utah, Virginia and West
Virginia, levy a state tax on
food. West Virginia’s tax on
food will be eliminated in July.
Only Tennessee’s 5.25 percent
is anywhere near the
rate being eyed in North
Carolina. Most of the states
that do tax food have rates
of less than 2 percent. There
are three other states, including
North Carolina,
where a local food tax applies.
Food is not a luxury item,
but a necessity. That’s probably
why most states in the
nation have decided it is
one of the few things that
shouldn’t be subject to a
sales tax. I’m hoping North
Carolina leaders will decide
(or be otherwise persuaded)
to keep food items out of the
mix of whatever tax reforms
are ultimately chosen.

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New Permaculture-certified Urban Farm School offered
Based in one of the
country’s’ hotbeds of
local food culture, the
Urban Farm School is
launching its first year
at the Ashevillage Institute
and Sanctuary in
Asheville.
The Urban Farm
School is a comprehensive,
30-week program
for students to learn the
in’s and out’s of how to
be a successful urban
farmer. Students will
work with a team of instructors
to run a neighborhood
CSA, gain a
72-hour Permaculture
certification, work with
25 practitioners and
sites around the city
of Asheville, 25 rural
farmers, 50 community
food leaders, including
owners of businesses,
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directors of nonprofits,
and city and county officials
related to urban
food and farming.
The curriculum will
include a full range of
topics, from design and
budgeting, to soil fertility,
harvesting and
preservation, to aquaponics
and animal husbandry,
to herbal medicine
and forest gardens,
and more. The school’s
main ‘campus’ is at the
Ashevillage Institute,
a one-acre living learning
laboratory in downtown
Asheville. Several
field trips, activities
and workshops will be
hosted at other sites
around Asheville each
week.
The Urban Farm
School will run April
1 – Oct. 30, Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
between 9 a.m. – 5
p.m. plus four independent
learning hours. In
its first year, the school
will accept 12 students.
Applications are being
accepted now on a first
come, first served basis.
Students will also attend
a one-week learning
immersion hosted
by Ashevillage Institute.
For more information
on the Immersion
courses, visit Bee City
USA, Local Food Culture,
or Natural Building.
A database of
potential employers,
community mentors
and educational resources
will be shared
with each student.
Multimedia storytell-
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LOCAL BOY FINISHES THIRD IN MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE — In his first ever
foray into the world of mountain bike racing, Ian McGufficke, 15, of Biltmore
Park finished third in the Beginner Category at the recent Icycle 2013 race held
at Fontana Village Resort. The seven-mile course consisted of varied terrain
with rocks, roots, creeks, and wide open passing lanes. Conditions were made
increasingly difficult, and a little treacherous, with the addition of snow and ice.
McGufficke finished the race in 1:13:27, behind Charles Gay, 46, of Mills River and
Christopher Kent, 23, of Leicester.
ing and documentation
will be included in each
week’s activities so that
students gain skills in
how to tell their stories
on what they are doing,
and why it’s important
to them, their communities,
and in today’s
world.
The goal of the Urban
Farm School is to
train people who can
help establish neighborhood
CSA’s, green
schoolyards, community
gardens, farm-torestaurant
projects,
and overall urban food
security. Students will
learn how to maximize
yields in minimal
space, diversify farm
production, connect the
dots between farming
and potential partners,
DURHAM — Megan
Weidner McGufficke
was named to the
dean’s list or the dean’s
l i s t
with
distinction
at
Duke
University
for
t h e
Megan McGufficke
Fall
2012 semester.
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clients, community collaborators,
and stakeholders,
demonstrate
what is possible in onebackyard,
and further
the meaning of food
security in our cities.
This food-centric school
brings together enthusiastic
farm- and food-
among 2,170 students
who achieved that
honor (1,488 on the
dean’s list; 682 on the
dean’s list with distinction).
To make the Arts
& Sciences dean’s
list, students must
rank in the top
third of their college;
for dean’s list
with distinction,
the top 10th of their
college. At the Pratt
School of Engineering,
students must
growing students with
the practitioners, the
projects, the networks,
the skills, and the visions
to effectively farm
in the city.
For further information
on Ashevillage
Institute please visit
www.ashevillage.org.
Area student makes Dean’s List at Duke
rank in the top third
within their academic
class to make
the dean’s list; for
dean’s list with distinction,
the top
10th within their
academic class.
Megan is the
daughter of Graeme
McGufficke and
Karia Weidner.
She is a graduate
of Carolina Day
School and is an undeclared
major at
Duke University.
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The Biltmore Beacon News Thursday, January 31, 2013
Frostbite 5K, 10K, Fun Run/Walk quickly approaching
HENDERSON-
VILLE — The Park
Ridge Health Foundation
and presenting
sponsor Southeastern
Sports Medicine will
host the 21st Annual
Frostbite 10K, 5K Run
and 1-mile Fun Run/
Walk on Sunday, Feb.
17, 2013, starting at
2 p.m. This premier
race event will take
place on flat to moderately
rolling terrain
with Hutch Mountain
as the scenic backdrop,
and features
a Grand-Prix sanc-
tioned 10K course.
The Frostbite races
will begin and finish
at the Lelia Patterson
Center located next to
Park Ridge Health at
Howard Gap Road and
Naples Road in Fletcher.
The 2013 Frostbite
event also will feature
a Family Fun Day and
Health Expo at the Lelia
Patterson Center
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
with games, booths,
live music and free
health screenings.
Registration fees for
both the 5K and 10K
‘BARK! The Musical’ gets
its North Carolina premiere
Asheville Community
Theatre is producing
the North Carolina Premiere
of “BARK! The
Musical” at the downtown
playhouse.
The musical will open
on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013
and run through Sunday,
March 10 with performances
on Friday
and Saturday nights at
7:30 p.m. and Sunday
afternoons at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets for “BARK! The
Musical” are available
online, over the phone,
or in person at the
Asheville Community
Theatre Box Office.
The music in “BARK!
The Musical” is composed
by David Troy
Francis, a favorite in
the Asheville music
scene, who recently coproduced
the smash hit
cabaret “Naughty But
Nice.”
“David introduced us
to ‘BARK!’ last year,”
said Susan Harper,
managing director at
Asheville Community
Theatre. “We’re a staff
of dog lovers and musical
theatre lovers, and
“BARK!’ is the perfect
intersection!”
Music and book are
co-written by Gavin
Geoffrey Dillard, a Black
Mountain resident.
“BARK! The Musical”
follows six canine
characters for one day at
Deena’s Doggie Daycare,
and the entire show is
presented from a dog’s
point of view.
“BARK!” opened in
Los Angeles at The Coast
Playhouse in 2004 to
rave reviews including
Critic’s Choice from the
Los Angeles Times. The
show went on to play for
two years becoming the
third longest running
show in Los Angeles history.
The memorable songs
and dance of “BARK!”
resulted in nominations
for Best Musical Score
& Best Choreography
from the prestigious LA
Critics’ Drama Circle
Awards.
Asheville Community
Theatre’s production
of “BARK! The Musical”
is directed by Eric
Mills who has previously
helmed such musicals
as “The Big Bang,”
“Ruthless,” and the
“Diva*licious” events
for ACT. Musical direction
is by Brad Curtioff
and choreography is by
McKenzie Kanipe. The
cast includes both ACT
veterans (Jeff Catanese,
MK Penley, Carol Duermit,
and Daniel Hensley)
as well as newcomers to
the ACT stage (Garrett
Funk and Jackie Canney).
After a highly successful
pet portrait contest
sponsored by the Animal
Compassion Network,
the Asheville Humane
Society, and Brother
Wolf Animal Rescue, a
local dog from Saluda,
NC named Rusty was
chosen to be the “poster
dog” for ACT’s “BARK!”
postcards and posters.
“Five photographers
snapped portraits of 287
dogs over a weekend
in January,” reported
Harper. “Choosing the finalist
was surely among
the most difficult casting
decisions ever to be
made at ACT!”
All proceeds from the
contest benefitted the
three rescue organizations.
Asheville Community
Theatre continues
their support of these
rescue organizations
by offering a portion
of ticket sales to our
friends at the Animal
Compassion Network,
the Asheville Humane
Society, and Brother
Wolf Animal Rescue.
When ordering tickets
either online, over the
phone, or in person,
please mention or enter
the coupon code “RES-
CUE” to provide funds
to these partner organizations
that provide
much needed and appreciated
care to the animals
in Western North
Carolina.
For more information
about “BARK!
The Musical” or about
Asheville Community
Theatre, please visit
www.ashevilletheatre.
org.
will be $30 through
Jan. 31 and $35 from
Feb. 1 through race
day. The Fun Run/
Walk is $10. Participants
can register online
at www.prhfrostbite.com.
All runners
who register by Jan.
31 are guaranteed a
long-sleeved performance
tech shirt,
while all Fun Run/
Walk participants
will receive a shortsleeved
cotton shirt.
Check-in and packet
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entry for door prizes
and free body composition
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All proceeds of the
2013 Frostbite event
will benefit Park
Ridge Health’s Kid
Power program. Kid
Power is helping children
grow up to be
healthy and strong by
tackling the epidemic
of childhood obesity.
This free program,
which reaches 1,000
children and their
families each year,
helps kids avoid, re-
verse and prevent
health concerns associated
with obesity,
including diabetes,
high blood pressure,
asthma, heart disease
and sleep apnea. Kid
Power teaches about
the lifelong benefits of
exercise and healthy
eating through a specially
designed curriculum.
Residents of the
Fletcher area should
expect traffic delays
on race day, especially
between 2:30 and 3:30
p.m. on Naples Road.
Dance Camp applications being accepted
The Asheville Ballet is
accepting applications
for its prestigious Blue
Ridge Dance Camp,
running from July 29
to Aug. 2. The resident
summer intensive offers
daily classes in Ballet,
Pointe, Repertoire, Modern,
Jazz, Choreography,
and Dance History,
with additional special
workshops.
Serious students ages
11-18 can pursue their
training in a supportive,
fun environment. The
professional staff insures
proper instruction at appropriate
levels. A limit
of 15 resident students
guarantees individual attention.
All-inclusive cost
for the camp is $650.
Call now for personal
advice on placement and
the application process.
Director Ann Dunn is
available at 258-1028.
Classes will be held
at The Asheville Ballet’s
state-of-the-art
studio, equipped a 2,000
square foot resilient,
safe dance floor, surround
mirrors and
a baby grand piano.
Students have become
members of major international
companies
or performed on Broadway
and in Hollywood
films. Those who do
not continue professionally
have had their
lives immeasurably enriched
by the study of
dance. All students improve
at an astonishing
rate in this intensive
week.
Ann Dunn will teach
daily classical ballet in
the Balanchine style.
Dunn studied with
George Balanchine
and his faculty at New
York City Ballet. She
will also teach choreography,
where students
will have an opportunity
to create innovative
movement of their
own. The entire faculty
has performed professionally
with principal
world companies or
received advanced degrees
from leading universities.
Other faculty
will teach daily Pointe
(or pre-pointe), Classical
Variations, Modern,
Jazz, and special
classes such as Zumba,
Broadway, and Hip
Hop. Dunn will teach
Dance History with
videos every evening
with a home-cooked
meal.
The Asheville Ballet,
a nonprofit professional
company, produces
an annual, three
performance season,
including “The Nutcracker.”
For information,
visit www.ashevilleballet.com.
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The Biltmore Beacon News Thursday, January 31, 2013
Carolina Mountain Sales announces record-setting year
Allyson Etheridge,
broker-in-charge/coowner
of Carolina
Mountain Sales has
announced that 2012
was a record setting
year.
The Asheville real
estate market is moving
in a positive direction.
According to
recent reports home
prices have stabilized,
which has led to a significant
increase in
sales. Closed volume
was up 25 percent in
2012 and the number
of transactions were
up 19 percent.
Etheridge said,
“Carolina Mountain
Sales had $64 Million
in closed volume in
2012, which was a 188
percent increase over
2011. In addition, we
set records in written
volume, closed transaction
totals and listing
transactions.”
Etheridge went on
to say, “Considering
the recent economic
challenges, our sales
team’s accomplishments
were extraordinary.
To finish the
year as the fourth
overall firm for the
Asheville Board of
Realtors in an office
that has only been
open for three years
is a real testament to
the tenacity and expertise
of our sales
partners.”
Carolina Mountain
Sales was founded in
2009 and first opened
their Hendersonville
Road Office in 2011.
Etheridge said,
“While most real estate
companies were
closing offices due to
the economy in those
years, we expanded
and have had explosive
growth due to
the large number of
top-producing REAL-
TORS® who joined
our office during that
time.”
Carolina Mountain
Sales honored their
Top Producers at a celebratory
dinner this
past week at Ruth’s
Chris Steak House in
Biltmore Village.
“We continuously
receive questions
about what we contribute
our rapid success
to and we feel it is
because our team is a
group of like-minded
professionals, with
diverse backgrounds,
that are passionate
about real estate and
deliver exceptional
customer service.
Our team really did
a fantastic job on behalf
of their clients,”
said Etheridge. “Our
agents landed great
listings from every
segment of the market,
and brought
these properties to
the marketplace in
ways that maximized
their sale prices. At
the same time, our
agents listened and
found wonderful opportunities
for buy-
ers.”
The market’s momentum
just continued
to build month
after month in 2012,
and at this point,
it shows no sign of
slowing down in 2013.
Recently we are see-
ing homes sell over
asking price, with
multiple offers and
homeowners are feeling
good again about
putting their homes
up for sale. Carolina
Mountain Sales is
confident that this
additional inven-
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Donated photo
YEAR OF SUCCESS — Carolina Mountain Sales honored and celebrated their 2012
Top Producers at Ruth Chris’s Steak House recently. Shown in the photo from left
(first row) are June Weitz, Molly McNichols, Cain Cox, Jennifer Farley, Sheila Austin,
Sandi AuBuchon. From left in back row are Brian Etheridge, Jeff Lovette, Gig Gilbert,
Mukunda Pacifici and Allyson Etheridge.
tory will be snapped
up by buyers, some
of whom may have
been sitting on the
fence, looking for
signs that the market
had hit bottom. The
hope now is that they
haven’t waited too
long.
Happy Body
Studio Offers
Free Yoga
to veterans
Instructor Melanie
Trivette, RYT teaches
free yoga for veterans,
active service members,
and their families
at Happy Body
Studio starting earlier
this month.
This class is offered
as part of the Happy
Body Outreach Program,
in partnership
with Connected Warriors,
a not-for-profit
organization whose
mission is to teach
proven yoga techniques
to service members,
veterans, and
their families. Reduce
stress, anxiety, and insomnia
while increasing
flexibility and relaxation.
Class meets Thursdays
from 4 to 5 p.m.
and is suitable for all
levels. Mats and props
will be provided.
The studio is located
at 1378 Hendersonville
Road. For information,
call 277-5741 or visit
www.ashevillehappybody.com.
Ikenobo Ikebana
announces
meeting
The Ikenobo Ikebana
Society, Blue Ridge
Chapter, will hold its
monthly meeting on
Thursday, Feb. 21 at 10
a.m.
The meeting will be
held at the Parish Hall
of St. John in the Wilderness
Church, 1905
Greenville Highway
(at Route 25 and Rutledge
Drive) in Flat
Rock. Members usually
arrive by 9:45 a.m.
to allow time for socializing
and informal
discussion.
The program is entitled
“Ikenobo 201,”
a presentation about
Ikenobo Ikebana in the
context of Japanese
history and culture.
Guests are welcome.
Please call 696-4103 or
visit our website at
www.blueridgeikebana.com
for additional
information.

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St. Francis
was freezing
RICHARD PLOCH
Special to the Beacon
I looked through the
kitchen window into
our backyard one frigid
morning and saw St.
Francis of Assisi lying
on his back. He looked
cold and uncomfortable
although he now had a
better view of the birdfeeder
above. As sorry as
he looked I did not want
to go out to lift him up; I
had a warm cup of tea
in my hand, which felt
good. But it seemed cruel
to leave the saint lying on
the ground, so I bundled
up for an early morning
trot outside. St. Francis
was soon standing quietly
again beneath the feeder
without complaint. I ran
back inside wondering
where I’d left my gloves.
I didn’t give much
thought to why he had
tipped over until a few days
later when I looked out the
window on an even colder
morning and saw him flat
on his back again. Why?
He has lived with us in
three different backyards
and never fell over before.
This time I made sure
that the wood chips at his
feet gave better footing.
He’d been on a downward
slope rocking back on his
heels. It’s the squirrels,
I realized; they used his
head as a launching pad
for the bird feeder above.
In winter life feels more
barren. The colors of nature
are missing. The sun
creeps across the sky at a
low angle and withdraws
its warmth. Like our
statue of St. Francis, I feel
more tentative and need
friends to keep my inner
spirit alive. Our churches
are more important than
ever in the winters of life.
We need each other to remind
us that God is present
when life looks gray.
Winter reminds me more
of my need for God than
do the other seasons.
I cannot stand outside
protecting St. Francis from
the squirrels, but I can provide
a more secure foundation
to help him stand and
lift him when he falls. The
wonderful and caring people
with whom I worship
and serve do the same for
me, and I also rejoice that
in our communities of
faith we pray together the
St. Francis prayer, which
beautifully reassures us
that it is in servant hood
that we are most fully alive,
especially in these coldest
months.
“Lord, make me an instrument
of your peace.
Where there is hatred
let me sow love. Where
there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair,
hope. Where there is
darkness, light. Where
there is sadness, joy. For
it is in giving that we receive,
and in pardoning
that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we
are born to Eternal life.”
It’s been three weeks
now. I check daily to see
if I need to sprint into
the backyard to lift him
again. So far, the foundation
is holding.
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Oak Hill United
Methodist Church
277 Oak Hill Road,
Candler
Piedmont International
370 Liberty Road,
Candler
Piney Mountain United
Methodist Church
14 Piney Mountain Church
Road, Candler
Pisgah View Pentecostal
Holiness Church
182 Pisgah View Road,
Candler
Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church
Concord Road,
Arden
Pleasant Hill United
Methodist Church
2312 Smoky Park
Highway, Candler
Pole Creek Baptist
Church
96 Snow Hill Church Road,
Candler
Restoration World
Outreach Center
15 Airport Road, Arden
Ridgeway Baptist
Church
525 Old US 19-23,
Candler
Rock Hill Baptist Church
486 Caribou Road,
Asheville
Saint John Baptist
Church
67 St. Johns Road, Fletcher
The Biltmore Beacon News Thursday, January 31, 2013
AnTHM Gallery launches ‘First Fridays’
BLACK MOUNTAIN — AnTHM Gallery at the Monte
Vista Hotel launches its brand new year of fresh
events, amazing art and gatherings of community and
camaraderie around the year’s first “First Friday” at
the Monte Vista Hotel on from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday,
Feb. 1.
The evening features works by artist Sally Sweetland
along with Jude Lobe, Kim Kesterson-Trone, and
a sneak peek to March’s First Friday featured artist,
Alan Kaufman, plus acoustic-Americana music from
Joe Hallock.
“First Fridays” (sometimes 2nd) at the Monte Vista
Hotel is a local favorite — enjoy “Artini” drink specials,
appetizers, live music and featured art by An-
THM artists and artists of the Swannanoa Valley Fine
Arts League.
Free and open to the public. Monte Vista Hotel is at
308 W. State Street, Black Mountain.
For information, call 669-8870.
Mission Health lifts some visitation restrictions
Mission Health
is lifting visitor restrictions
from “restricted”
to “limited”
in response to a
decreased influenza
(flu) incidence over
the past month.
Mission Health
is asking that family
and friends, particularly
children
under age 12 and
people who do not
feel well, limit their
visitations to patients
in the hospital.
Mission Health
has implemented
this precaution at
Mission Hospital
in Asheville and
all Mission Health
member hospitals
in western North
Carolina: McDowell
Hospital in Marion,
Transylvania Regional
Hospital in
Brevard, Blue Ridge
Regional Hospital
in Spruce Pine and
Angel Medical Center
in Franklin.
“We are pleased
to report the incidence
of flu has
significantly de-
Sardis United Methodist
Church
897 Brevard Road,
Asheville
Skyland First Baptist
Church
2115 Hendersonville Road,
Asheville
Skyland United
methodist Church
1984 Hendersonville Road,
Asheville
Snow Hill United
Methodist Church
84 Snow Hill Church Road,
Candler
South Asheville Baptist
Church
61 Rock Hill Road,
Asheville
Southside Baptist
Church
3109 Sweeten Creek Road,
Asheville
St. Barnabas Catholic
Church
109 Crescent Hill
Road, Arden
St. George’s Episcopal
Church
1 School Road,
W. Asheville
St. Joan of Arc Roman
Catholic Church
768 Asbury Road,
Candler
St. Joseph & Andrew
Eastern Orthodox Church
818 Monte Vista Road,
Candler
clined since December,
when we
originally restricted
visitation,” said
Dale Fell, MD, Senior
Vice President
and System Chief
Medical Officer of
Mission Health. “We
continue to advise
friends and family
to be thoughtful
when planning hospital
visits to help
minimize the spread
of influenza among
patients.
The health and
safety of our pa-
St. Nicholas Russian
Orthodox Church
5 Park Ridge Dr,
Fletcher
St. Pauls Anglican
Church
32 Rosscraggon Rd.,
Arden
St. Timothy’s Anglican
Church
1928 Prayer Book
12 Byas Lane
Swannanoa
Starnes Cove Baptist
Church
149 Starnes Cove Road,
Candler
Stoney Fork Missionary
Baptist Church
494 Black Oak
Cove Road, Candler
Acton United Methodist
Church
Sand Hill School Road,
Candler
All Saints Anglican
Church
1928 Prayer Book,
Mills River
Anointed Word
International
Church
170 Bradley Branch
Road, Arden
Arden Missionary
Baptist Church
2568 Hendersonville
Road,Arden
Arden Presbyterian
Church-PCA
2215 Hendersonville Road,
Arden
tients is paramount
as we work toward
achieving our bigger
aim: to get each
patient to the desired
outcome, first
without harm, also
without waste and
with an exceptional
experience for the
patient and family.”
Limiting visitation
is a precaution often
taken during flu season
when flu activity
reaches an identified
level. Further
restrictions may be
implemented or rec-
Arden Seventh-Day
Adventist Church
35 Airport Road,
Arden
Avery’s Creek Christian
Church Disciples of
Christ
Brevard Road,
Arden
Avery’s Creek United
Methodist Church
874 Glenn Bridge Road,
SE Arden
Biltmore Baptist Church
35 Clayton Road,
Arden
Biltmore Christ Temple
260 Fairview Road,
Asheville
Biltmore Church of God
1390 Sweeten Creek Road,
Asheville
Biltmore United
Methodist
376 Hendersonville
Road,
Asheville
Blue Ridge Bible Church
275 Howard Gap
Road, Fletcher
Blue Ridge Christian
Church
147 Oren Drive,
Mills River
Boiling Springs Baptist
1291 Fanning Bridge
Road, Fletcher
Chapel Hill Baptist
Church
9 Chapel Hill
Church Road, Asheville
ommended should
the flu activity level
increase again.
All visitors are
urged to wash their
hands before and after
visiting. Hand
sanitizing stations
are available at hospital
entrances and
throughout the buildings.
People who have
not yet received the
influenza vaccine are
urged to do so immediately,
and to ensure
their children have
been vaccinated.
Church of God Candler
Parsonage Hill Street,
Candler
The Rock Church
273 Monte Vista rd.
Candler
Enka Baptist
Church
1210 Sand Hill Road,
Candler
Evangalism Explosion
International
161 Bradley Branch Road,
Asheville
Fairmont Missionary
Baptist Church
4 Stoner Road,
Asheville
Faith Point Church of
the Nazarene
140 Heywood Road,
Arden
Family of Faith
Fellowship
213 Long Shoals Road,
Arden
First Christian Church
“Deciples of Christ”
470 Enka Lake Rd.
Enka
Fletcher First Baptist
Church
US 25 & Cane Creek
Road, Fletcher
Fletcher House of
Prayer
52 Lower Christ School
Road, Fletcher
Fletcher United
Methodist Church
50 Library Road,
Fletcher
Donated photo
LOCAL
FAVORITE
— Sally
Sweetland’s
“Snake in
the Grass”
is one of the
pieces that
will appear
in the First
Fridays
exhibits.

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