Smoky Mountains Around Town April 2018

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Around Town Page 6 By Danny Lewis Gatlinburg Pickers “Pickin The Pick” Around The Shop A r st T ed Wolff H as S olely H andcra ed E ach K nife and S heath MANY STYLES AND TYPES HANDMADE IN TENNESSEE Open Monday - Saturday www.blackwolff.com American Sideshow Antiques - 373 Parkway, Gatlinburg - 865-325-1411 170 Glades Rd., Suite 2, Gatlinburg Never Paint Your Nails Again! Free Samples! Contact me on Facebook: facebook.com/ccmassey.color My website: mycolorstreet.com/ccmassey Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced that a paving project will begin the week of March 12 on Laurel Creek Road, Townsend Entrance Road, and Tremont Road. The project should be completed by June 15, though work schedules are subject to revision as needed for inclement weather. No tools ! No heater ! Last two weeks ! Cheryl Massey Park Completes Clean Energy Project in Cades Cove Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials announced the completion of a solar energy project at Cades Cove that will annually reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 23 tons and reduce fuel costs by $14,000. Formerly, the park used a diesel-fuel generator for power at the site which often caused noise disruptions to park programs and the visitor experience to the historic landscape. “This is a great step in making our park operations more environmentally friendly,” said Park Superintendent Cassius Cash. “The solar panels will provide a great, natural source of energy for the Cable Mill Area that enables us to provide a better visitor experience and to be better stewards of the park.” area that receives maximum exposure from both morning and afternoon sun. A low berm planted with native vegetation was created around the array to minimize the visual intrusion on the historic landscape and the area's natural beauty. Cades Cove receives approximately 2 million visitors per year. Many visitors stop at the Cable Mill area to visit the exhibit of historic structures assembled there. Given its remote location at the west end of Cades Cove, the Cable Mill area is off the commercial power grid and all power must be generated on site. The Southeast Region of the National Park Service provided the funding for this project. The work was completed by Solar Power Integrators, a veteran-owned company. More information on sustainable projects across the N a t i o n a l P a r k S e r v i c e : www.nps.gov/subjects/sustainability/beenergy-smart.htm. The newly installed solar array includes 80 panels that provide a silent energy source to serve the small visitor center, bookstore, and restroom facility in the Cable Mill area. The panels are located behind the restroom in an Paving Project between Townsend and Cades Cove Visitors traveling to Cades Cove should expect weekday, single-lane closures and traffic delays throughout the project. Single-lane closures will be allowed for up to two miles at a time on Laurel Creek Road and half a mile on Townsend Entrance Road and Tremont Road. The lane closures will be managed with flagging operations and a pilot car to lead traffic through work zones. In addition, some parking areas and pull-offs will be closed intermittently. Contractors may elect to work during the evening and nighttime hours as needed. To better accommodate traffic during periods of heavy visitation, there will no lane closures on weekends, holidays, or the time period from March 26 through April 6. The Federal Highway Administration awarded the $2.5 million paving contract to Bryant’s Land and Development. Roadwork will include the application of a thin pavement overlay along with patching, crack sealing, new signage and pavement markings. F o r m o r e i n f o a b o u t r o a d c o n d i t i o n s v i s i t www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/temproadclose.htm or follow SmokiesRoadsNPS on Twitter. --NPS-- Steaks Howard's Steakhouse has been in Gatlinburg since 1946 offering the traditional Howard’s menu. Seating is also available outside next to a running stream. The bar is a long time locals favorite with a hometown atmosphere. Catering Available The Wild Boar Saloon located upstairs offers a lighter fare with tavern style appetizers and specialty bar drinks. Offering a great night life atmosphere and with Karaoke. www.HowardsRestaurantGatlinburg.com Where The Locals Go Burgers and much more Seafood (865) 436-3600 976 Parkway, Downtown Gatlinburg Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage As winter fades and the colors of spring begin to sparkle throughout the Smokies, Gatlinburg blossoms into the center of all things botanical during Great Smoky Mountain Association’s 68th Annual Wildflower Pilgrimage. From April 24-28, everyone from the serious botanist to the weekend gardener can experience unprecedented access to some of the nation’s leading botanical experts as well as Appalachian wildlife authorities. “It is a rare opportunity for those with a personal love of flowers to have the same access to leaders in the field as researchers,” said Ken McFarland, a botanist, and professor at the University of Tennessee.“Through seminars and intimate guided tours, each participant will expand his or her skills and knowledge of the unmatched flora and Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament April 7 - 8 fauna of the Smokies.” The Wildflower Pilgrimage, which dates to 1951, offers over 150 programs including an array of instructional walks and guided hiking tours tailored to meet individual walking skill and ability, along with demonstrations and guest lecturers. These tours showcase the abundant varieties of wildflowers, plants, ferns, mosses, trees and shrubs, as well as birds, reptiles and amphibians, all native to the Great Smoky Mountains. Annual Smoky Mountain Trout Tournament is open to adults or children and equally challenging for both visitors and locals, with multiple categories to be contested in this largest trout tournament in the Smokies. All Gatlinburg and state fishing regulations will be observed. For information, call 865-661-3474 or email rockytopoutfit@aol.com.
Page 7 Around Town Native American Legacies • Books • Jewelry • Moccasins • Beaded Jewelry • Flutes • Drums • Artwork • Silver Jewelry • Rugs • And Much More Featuring Specialty Items Such As: House Burger “The Blackened” hand pattied half pound charbroiled with spicy blackened seasoning, swiss cheese, tangy slaw and tomato on a brioche bun Morning Mist Chicken grilled with granny smith apple, gouda cheese and peach jalapeno jam on artisan bread Cranberry Turkey Wrap with flour tortilla, cream cheese, white cheddar, greens, pecan and cranberry jalapeno jam We Buy, Sell & Trade Guns Serving Sevier County Over 17 Years Layaway Available / Jewelry Cleaning We Buy Gold & Silver We Loan on Anything of Value! 122 E. Main Street Sevierville, TN 37862 @BestPawnSevierville Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm Sat 9am-12noon Hello Friend (Osiyo Oginali) As I labored in the soil of my garden I found an arrowhead. No big deal in that. Hundreds of Cocke County people who work the soil or collect “Indian Artifacts” have done the same without a thought about it. In the Spring I till the soil of my garden hundreds of flakes of arrowhead stones find their way to the surface along with an arrowhead or two. I usually pocket the arrowhead and give them away or put them up and forget where I put them and give no more thought to them. Many of you have done the same. On a wall of the administration building at Etowah Mounds there is a chart with pictures showing various types, or designs of arrowheads and approximate dates they are believed to have come into use by the first Americans. I compared my arrowhead with the chart and was surprised to learn that this type of arrowhead is believed to have been in use SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. This set my little dab of gray matter to thumping between my ears. Seven thousand five hundred years ago, where was the rest of the world at that time? This does not mean that MY arrowhead is seven thousand five hundred years old. It does mean that my arrowhead is of type or design found with the remains of early Americans and carbon dated to that approximate time. My arrowhead could be three hundred years old or It COULD BE seven thousand five hundred years old. I suppose it would impossible to ascertain when my arrowhead was manufactured for the Knapper (maker) did not date or number them as we number weapons today. An arrowhead is part of a weapon. When properly fitted to a feathered shaft and released from a bow it will provide meat to eat or stop the heartbeat of an enemy. In my ignorance I do not know if my arrowhead is made of flint, jasper, chalcedony or some other type of fine grain stone whose identity escapes me. Some authorities claim this type of stone, in its natural state, is not native to Cocke County, Outcroppings have been found in Ohio, Alabama and New York. If this be true then HOW DID THIS STONE GET TO MY GARDEN ON COSBY? The soil of my garden contains thousands of flakes of stone that seems to have been flaked or knapped from the same type of stone as my arrowhead. Was there trade in rough stones between those so called savages? Did these early Americans make the three hundred mile journey to the quarries where this type of stone could be had and secure large pieces of stone, carry it back to the area of my garden in what is now Cosby and there on a long gone stump, log or rock on the southeastern bank of a clear water stream, now known as Cosby Creek, break the arrowhead stone apart with another rock and then use a velvet covered deer horn to knap (push or press away) small flakes or stone until my arrowhead emerged? Were stones knives, scrappers, and spear points manufactured on Cosby? Webster tells us that the concept of time is a continuous relationship of the past, present and future. So let us suppose that my arrowhead was actual manufacturred seven thousand five hundred years ago. This time slot falls in what Archeologist have classified as Neolithic, or new Stone Age, in the history of man. Where was the rest of the world when this early American knapped and an arrowhead in my garden? The Great Wall of China was five thousand five hundred years in the future and China was a mixture of small settlements and hunting families. There was no English language, writing, history, literature or schools. There was no Bible. Wild cattle were just being domesticated in the near east, agriculture replaces hunting in Europe, a type of corn was being cultivated in Mexico along with scattered settlements of a questionable civilized nature. Jericho, the oldest known city on Earth was approximately two thousand years old. If the Biblical chronological age of the Earth is correct then this early American was flaking stone in my garden one thousand five hundred years before the Earth was created. Confusing, isn't it? “As told to me by my uncle”. “Do na da go hv i” (Till we see each other again) Designs by Matoka Shaconage Stone Art and Jewelry 170 Glades Road, #15, Gatlinburg - 865-719-3999 www.ShaconageStoneArtandJewelry.net Appalachian Bear Rescue By Kathryn Sherrard What does the word “spring” mean to you? Daylight Saving Time, which you either love or hate and warmer weather with more sunshine, which may or may not please you. What else? It is wildlife baby season! Many animals give birth to a new generation in the spring of the year. We are apt to see baby groundhogs, raccoons, opossums and rabbits, to say nothing of the baby birds that are both seen and heard. Bear cubs also appear in the spring, but when they emerge from winter dens with their mothers they are usually about three months old. Unlike the animals listed above, bears give birth in the middle of winter, generally in January. Cubs stay with their mom in the den, nursing and growing on her rich milk until she brings them out in late March or early April. At first she keeps them close to the den and they return to its safety to rest and sleep. Gradually, she leads her cubs away from the den site and starts their education. Any bears that you see this month are starting the months-long foraging that will fatten them up and prepare them for next winter's lean period. Bears, whether mothers with cubs or older animals, are out and about in the spring. In this time period, before the ripening of berries and summer fruits, there are actions we must take for their safety and well-being. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is trying to get the word out about how to keep bears and people safe. Dan Gibbs, TWRA Black Bear Coordinator, offered this advice in a recent interview: "In general, citizens and visitors alike should be proactive in their efforts to ensure that bears remain wild, thus reducing bearhuman interactions. The deliberate and accidental feeding of bears is socially irresponsible and causes animals to become conditioned and habituated to people. Bears that habituate to human presence eventually become a threat to human safety and the end result is that such bears are often killed by intolerant or fearful landowners or have to be destroyed. The fact that 'garbage kills bears' is irrefutable. The wise stewardship of habitat we share with bears is the joint responsibility of both wildlife managers and the public and will be essential for a viable future for our state treasure, the black bear.” Appalachian Bear Rescue works with TWRA in educating the public about interactions. It is through TWRA that ABR is licensed to house orphaned cubs and yearlings and we are proud to be their partners in keeping bears and people safe. Now about the baby wildlife that we are seeing – it should go without saying that if you come upon a baby, no matter the species, you should not try to intervene. Even if you think the animal is abandoned, the chances of that being the case are very slight. Mothers of rabbits, fawns, and most other animals will leave their young for periods of time, returning to feed them and then leaving again. This strategy keeps the babies safe, because they stay very still and quiet, not attracting attention to themselves. So whatever youngster you come across, the mother is probably not too far away and will soon return to care for her offspring. Therefore the best thing you can do is to leave the area so that the mom can do her job. Mother bears also leave their cubs, usually sending them up a tree while she goes off to forage. She will return and call the cubs down so that she can nurse them and tend to their needs. As Officer Gibbs said in the quote above, we must be proactive in keeping bears wild. Although Appalachian Bear Rescue does not expect to admit any cubs until later in the year, you can come to visit. Our Visitor and Education Center in Townsend remains open and we invite you to come and see us at the Trillium Cove Shopping Village on East Lamar Alexander Parkway. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 to 4. The center is closed on Sunday and Monday. The phone number is (865) 738-3683. You can find unique bearthemed gifts and souvenirs to purchase and you can become a member of ABR to provide ongoing support for our efforts. We'd love to see you there! To learn more about Appalachian Bear Rescue and to review stories of our cubs please visit our Facebook page: facebook.com/AppalachianBearRescue. Photos are posted almost every day when cubs are in residence. Until that time, you can scroll through previous posts to read about and see photos of the cubs we cared for in 2017 or even earlier. You'll learn about special events that are planned and how you can participate. A d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n i s o n o u r w e b s i t e a t w w w. a p p a l a c h i a n b e a r r e s c u e . o rg a n d o u r b l o g a t abrblog.wordpress.com. The photos are of Summitt, our first bear of 2017. He was the yearling who had to have a blood transfusion at the UT Veterinary College when he arrived in March. He thrived at ABR and was released in August. Perhaps next month's article will have a photo of a 2018 bear or cub. Thank You Hidden Hills Animal Rescue would like to thank the following local businesses for their support: Crystelle Creek Restaurant 1654 East Parkway, Gatlinburg Foot Gear 1004 Parkway, #301, Gatlinburg Ober Gatlinburg 1001 Parkway, Gatlinburg Misty Mountain Soap 601 Glades Road, (Morning Mist Village) Gatlinburg 849 Glades Road, (Covered Bridge) Gatlinburg The Smiths 680 Glades Road, #2, Gatlinburg Kountry Antics 600 Glades Road, # 2, Gatlinburg Fowler’s Clay Work 1402 E. Parkway, #10, Gatlinburg Jim England Restaurant Group Best Italian & Howards Steakhouse, Gatlinburg Gatlinburg Elks Lodge #1925 968 Parkway #7, Gatlinburg Chef JDs LLC 600 Glades Road #4, Gatlinburg
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