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By Jonathan AustinYancey County News

An investment group has announced that it has signed an agreement to manage and operate the Wolf Ridge Ski Resort.

“We closed on the whole resort,” said Erik Christensen, a spokesman for the group as well as the manager of the Mountain Top Grill restaurant. “We have total management control of the whole resort.”

Reuel Wheatley, who identified himself as the chief financial officer for the group and is identified as the owner and president of Arthur Webster Real Estate at Pawleys Island, S.C., said this week that the group had closed on management of the Wolf Ridge property. “This is a management slash ownership agreement.”

Attempts to reach Orville English, who has been a developer and owner of Wolf Ridge area properties for decades, were unsuccessful, and he did not return a message. Attempt to get comment from an attorney known to have represented English in the past was not successful.

Christensen and Wheatley both said they want to sculpt Wolf Ridge into a year-round destination. “We have people on site who are working on future summer activities,” Wheatley said, to include “mountain biking, trail riding, camping , fishing.”

The goal, as stated on the new Wolf Ridge website is “to convert the Wolf into one of

the premier resorts on the East coast, offering year-round activities with the highest level of customer service and satisfaction … The first thing people need to know is Wolf Ridge is not just a ski resort anymore,” said Wheatley.

“We’ve got a seven-year plan to invest millions of dollars in several stages,” Christensen said.

The group has opened the restaurant at the upper lodge, and “made many improvements,” Wheatley said. He said the group plans to

make improvements this summer to the visual appearance at the ski resort. “When you reach the first (parking) level, when you look to the right you’ll see some construction equipment. Once the season is over we have plans to improve that area, as well as we will have a new welcome area. Parking is the key as there is a lot of overflow on the (winter) weekends. s

Christensen said the resort is not landlocked, so the group plans expansion for the ski slopes as well as for year-round activities.

RiddleFest 2013 will be an exploration of storytelling in the southern Appalachian Mountains, featuring internationally known singer and storyteller Michael Reno Harrell, who will explain and demonstrate how to take family memories and turn them into stories and song.

Traditional mountain singer Laura Boosinger, chair of the Madison County Arts Council, will show how the ballad came

to be used to transmit community values from one generation to the next.

The festival, sponsored by the Traditional Voices Group, will take place on Saturday, Feb. 16. The seminar will be from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., and is free and open to the public through a generous grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council.

The concert will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. and include performances

by Harrell, Boosinger, and the homegrown RiddleFest Revue doing Lesley Riddle’s signature music. Tickets to the concert are $10 each.

The Traditional Voices Group is also sponsoring a RiddleFest raffle as a fundraiser for their oral history project. This year the raffle includes a rocker donated by Woody’s Chair Shop, Spruce Pine, and a lap quilt made by Jeanne Ray Styles. Raffle tickets are $3

(two tickets for $5). The Woody family has been making chairs in these mountains since the early 1800s. The “Betsy Ross” arm rocker of cherry wood is valued at $650. The lap quilt is handmade in the “Yellow Brick Road Pat tern.” Raffle tickets are available at the Yancey Chamber

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By Jonathan AustinYancey County News

One of the suspects jailed in connection with the Music Box break in and burglary in downtown Burnsville has escaped from the Madison County Detention Facility.

Joseph Emmanuel Norton, 20, and another prisoner escaped Wednesday night by climbing a perimeter security fence, Sheriff Buddy Harwood said.

Jonathan Brian Motte, 24, of Marshall,

and Norton escaped shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday.

Norton was arrested last month on a variety of charges, including breaking and entry and larceny related to the window-smashing break in at the West Main Street music store. Madison County also jailed him on charges of breaking and entering a motor vehicle, larceny of a firearm, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Motte has at least 13 felony convictions dating back to age 18, including felony larceny,

some of which involved credits card theft and breaking into vehicles. His records show several convictions of speeding to elude arrest.

State records show that Norton had previously been convicted of misdemeanor breaking and entering, misdemeanor larceny, felony breaking and entering, and felony larceny. At the time of his arrest he was on probation.

Anyone with information about the two men should call the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at 649-2721.

RiddleFest to explore Appalachian storytelling

Music Box suspect escapes jail

Photos by Jonathan Austin/Yancey County NewsLeft, town worker Ricky Allen cleared sidewalks downtown on Super Bowl Sunday after the area was hit by the snowstorm. Above, Brooke Phillips and Vincent Badgley posed with the snow man they built near Riverside.

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The United States Postal Service has announced plans to transition to a new delivery schedule during the week of Aug. 5, 2013 that includes package delivery Monday through Saturday, and mail delivery Monday through Friday. The Postal Service expects to generate cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually, once the plan is fully implemented.

The Postal Service issued this press release:“The Postal Service is advancing an important

new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business and responds to the financial realities resulting from America’s changing mailing habits,” said Patrick R. Donahoe, Postmaster General and CEO. “We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings.”

Over the past several years, the Postal Service has advocated shifting to a five-day delivery schedule for mail and packages. However, recent strong growth in package delivery (14 percent volume increase since 2010) and projections of continued strong package growth throughout the coming decade led to the revised approach to maintain package delivery six days per week.

“Our customers see strong value in the national delivery platform we provide and maintaining a six-day delivery schedule for packages is an important part of that platform,” said Donahoe. “As consumers increasingly use and rely on delivery services — especially due to the rise of e-commerce — we can play an increasingly vital role as a delivery provider of choice, and as a driver of growth opportunities for America’s businesses.”

Once implemented during August of 2013, mail delivery to street addresses will occur Monday through Friday. Packages will continue to be delivered six days per week. Mail addressed to PO Boxes will continue to be delivered on Saturdays. Post Offices currently open on Saturdays will remain open on Saturdays.

Market research conducted by the Postal Service and independent research by major news organizations indicate that nearly seven out of ten Americans supported the switch

to five-day delivery as a way for the Postal Service to reduce costs in its effort to return the organization to financial stability.¹ Support for this approach will likely be even higher since the Postal Service plans to maintain six-day package delivery.

The Postal Service said it made the announcement more than six months in advance to give residential and business customers time to plan and adjust. The Postal Service plans to publish specific guidance in the near future for residential and business customers about its new delivery schedule.

Given the ongoing financial challenges, the Postal Service Board of Governors last month directed postal management to accelerate the restructuring of Postal Service operations in order to strengthen Postal Service finances.

“The American public understands the financial challenges of the Postal Service and supports these steps as a responsible and reasonable approach to improving our financial situation,” said Donahoe. “The Postal Service has a responsibility to take the steps necessary to return to long-term financial stability and ensure the continued affordability of the U.S. Mail.”

The operational plan for the new delivery schedule anticipates a combination of employee reassignment and attrition and is expected

to achieve cost savings of approximately $2 billion annually when fully implemented.

The Postal Service is currently implementing major restructuring throughout its retail, delivery and mail processing operations. Since 2006, the Postal Service has reduced its annual cost base by approximately $15 billion, reduced the size of its career workforce by 193,000 or 28 percent, and has consolidated more than 200 mail processing locations. During these unprecedented initiatives, the Postal Service continued to deliver record high levels of service to its customers.

While the change in the delivery schedule is one of the actions needed to restore the financial health of the Postal Service, legislative change is urgently needed to address matters outside the Postal Service’s control. The Postal Service continues to seek legislation to provide it with greater flexibility to control costs and generate new revenue and encourages the 113th Congress to make postal reform legislation an urgent priority.”

Asked to comment on the delivery change, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows’ office issued this statement: “The Congressman certainly realizes that the Postal Service needs reforms to be sustainable moving forward. However, he wants to ensure that reforming the Postal Service isn’t done by penalizing rural communities.”

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Post Office to stop delivering mail on Saturdays

When transporting firewood long distances, we may be unknowingly giving a free ride to destructive forest insects and diseases. Some of the invasive insects that are wreaking havoc on our native trees are wood borers, which bore into trees to complete their life cycle. By cutting and moving wood from infested trees, we may also be moving these borers into new, never-before-infested areas where they emerge, eager to attack (and kill) more trees.

The redbay ambros ia beetle, which spreads a tree disease known as laurel wilt, was first found in an area in North Carolina more than 50 miles north of the nearest affected areas in South Carolina. It is presumed that this beetle entered North

Carolina accidentally through the transportation of wood materials, possibly firewood. The beetle and associated disease is now killing countless redbays in five counties in the southeastern part of state.

However, this is not the only region of the state that may be affected. In addition to several other plants in the laurel family, laurel wilt also affects sassafras, a plant native across North Carolina. Movement of firewood from a site with laurel wilt near the coast could therefore jeopardize the health of sassafras in the piedmont and mountain regions.

Other invasive insects, such as the gypsy moth, are not hidden within wood, but lay their eggs on the outside of wood products . This may include trees, cut logs,

firewood, wooden crates and boxes, and even some non-woody materials (the gypsy moth has been found on tires, trucks, etc.). When these items are innocently moved from place to place, so is the insect and the damage it causes.

The best way for us to slow the human-assisted movement of destructive pests is to limit the movement of firewood from place to place. As a general rule of thumb, firewood should be burned no more than 50 miles from its source. Firewood is readily available near most destinations and should be used at the site it is obtained.

If firewood should be moved, it is wise to inspect and/or treat it before movement. In some areas, it’s the law.

Firewood can carry insects, risks

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I have chased critters all over this country. I have been to the Dakotas in pursuit of the mighty American bison, rode horseback over 20 miles each day for 10 days in the high desert mountains of Arizona chasing mountain lion, and endured the swamps of Southern Georgia stalking the American alligator. Even with these experiences, I never thought I would be targeting hyenas, wolves, ibex, and cheetahs, all on the same trip, in Northern Florida.

On the first day I was guided to a funneled game trail that lead into a small clearing. It did not take long and I encountered the first animal in my pursuit. There, about 30 yards away and behind a few trees was a warthog of all things. I could tell it did not realize I was near and even though there were several trees blocking the bulk of the out-of-place creature, the vitals were clearly unobstructed. I quietly drew back my Ben Pearson Stealth II bow armed with a 385 grain Gold Tip arrow. The wind was blowing left to right at about 10 mph even in the woods, but I was confident I could make the shot.

“Tttthhhhhhhwwwwwwaaaaapppppp”.The release was clean and the arrow was on

target. There was no blood trail to follow, but I didn’t need one. The African mudder stayed right where I shot him.

Such is the way of a 3-D target competition shooter.

Nearly 1,000 archers and bowhunters from around the United States gathered in a small town near Gainesville, Fla., over the weekend in the Easton ASA Pro/Am. They came from all walks of life; different disciplines of archery ranging from the traditional recurve to super fast and high tech compound bows, as well as different skill levels. And here I was making the trip, having never competed even on the local level.

Between my two rounds of 20 targets resembling beasts both familiar and unfamiliar I was able to walk the different ranges and

observe other competitors. I watched as Levi Morgan, a multiple time national and world champion from Brevard make a climb from 15th to first on the Open Pro class.

I spoke with Ray Hickman, who was competing his first time as a pro in the Senior Pro class. Nothing but smiles and excitement for being in the woods and shooting a bow, yet Ray was collected enough to finish 13th overall.

I shot with people from Georgia and Florida in my group, but shot against competitors from Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Illinois. No one ever had a bad thing to say as we were all part of the same family. A family of people from different backgrounds and lineages, but joined by the outdoors spirit that ran in our blood.

I met Daniel Hines who also made the track from North Carolina down to Florida for the weekend. He carried his son Nick. Both were competing in their various classes. Daniel was thrilled more for Nick’s sake than his own. Nick did not disappoint either, as he entered a shoot-out for third place. One eighth of an

inch separated Nick from his chance to stand on the podium that weekend, but 700 miles bonded father and son to even greater heights.

I could easily see myself wanting to get involved in this type of competition. However, even though my wife and youngest son accompanied me on this trip, my oldest son and daughter were back home in North Carolina. Saturday night I read a tweet my daughter had mentioned me in, “missing my daddy #fatherdaughterdance”. It was the first time in 8 or 9 years that we had not gone together in what had become a tradition.

I drove back home Sunday afternoon and had plenty of time to think about the weekend and how I had shot in my first competition. I also thought about Daniel and Nick and their enjoyment together. I thought about the 10 year old boy I met on the practice range. We shot together all three days on the range. Just before we left we stopped at a barbecue joint not far from the range facility and there he was with his family as they were about to leave.

I thought about my 8-hour drive and having to get up early Monday morning and head to work. And I reminded myself about one shooter from Oklahoma who carried his young son. They had over 11 hours to drive back home. I joked with them one evening about whether the son was going to drive part of the way.

Then I began to think about the plans for this spring with my daughter and son; things that we will experience together. Isn’t that what this whole competition called ‘life’ is about anyway? The experience.

Bill Howard is an avid bowhunter and outdoorsman. He teaches hunter education (IHEA) and bowhunter education (IBEP) in North Carolina. He is a member of North Carolina Bowhunters Association and Pope & Young, and is an official measurer for both. He can be reached at billhoward [email protected].

Bill Howard’s

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Dipping my toe in national competition

from the frontand the Burnsville Town Center on South Main Street, or call the TVG office at (828) 682-9654. The drawing will be held during RiddleFest intermission.

RiddleFest is the annual seminar and concert devoted to the memory of musician and composer Lesley Riddle (1905-1979). Riddle was born in Yancey County and grew up with family members in Burnsville and Kingsport. As a young man in Kingsport, Riddle met A.P. Carter, head of the famous Carter family, and together the two explored and collected music from the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Many of the songs they collected ended up on Carter family albums, and Riddle taught Maybelle some special guitar-picking techniques. Although Riddle did not receive credit for his contributions to Carter family music during his lifetime, musicologist Mike Seeger eventually found Riddle in upstate New York and recorded his music, which was released on Rounder Records.

In addition to promoting the life and work of Riddle, the Traditional

Voices Group collects oral history from native residents of the Appalachian Mountains in order to preserve memory and knowledge of the old mountain lifeways. Tickets for the RiddleFest Concert are available from Traditional Voices Group by calling 682-9654 or through the Burnsville Town Center at 682-7209. For more information visit www.tvgnc.org.

The keynote speaker will be Michael Reno Harrell, an award-winning songwriter, veteran storyteller and entertainer. A native of the southern Appalachian Mountains, Harrell tells original stories and sings his own songs, which have been described as

“Appalachian grit and wit.” Frequently invited to share his stories and songs at major festivals across the U.S. and British Isles, Harrell has been a featured teller at the National Storytelling Festival and Teller in Residence at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough Tenn. Michael Reno Harrell will lead a one-hour afternoon workshop on how to gather and record family stories. His topics will include background on the value of preserving family stories, which stories are important to preserve, how families can save their own oral histories, and how to consolidate a bunch of quips and anecdotes into a story.

Laura Boosinger will explore ballads as an old-world musical form of storytelling used to transmit culture values from one generation to the next. Laura is an award-winning performer and recording artist whose primary focus is the interpretation of traditional music from the Southern Appalachian region.

Her performances have included The Tennessee Homecoming at The Museum of Appalachia, Merlefest, and The Smithsonian Folklife Festival. She garnered the title of “Most Outstanding Performer” at the oldest continuing traditional music festival in the country, Asheville’s “Mountain Dance and Folk Festival.”

In January of 2007 Laura was invited to perform at Scotland’s Celtic Connections festival where she shared the stage with the legendary Peggy Seeger. Laura will explain the transmission of ballads from the Old World and the invention of new ballads in our region. Her seminars always include songs played on traditional i n s t rumen t s and aud i ence participation through singing and discussion.

RiddleFest to feature two noted mountain entertainers

Michael Reno Harrell Laural Boosinger


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Lois RolandLois Roland, 79, of Burnsville, died

Monday, February 4, 2013, at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Thurman and Eva Laws Brown. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Sandra Brown; two brothers, Nathaniel and Dean Brown and a sister, Louise Hughes.

Lois attended Burnsville High School. At the age of 11, she worked with her father at the Yancey Record, where she ran the line type and print press to publish the newspaper. Lois and her sister, Grace, loved singing country music. At the age of 16, they were named the Carolina Sweethearts. They performed at the Carolina Barn Dance at the Carolina Theater in Spruce Pine. She had the privilege to sing with Hank Snow and Jimmy Skinner, and was managed by Cal Calhoun. She was a member of Bolens Creek Baptist Church. Lois was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend.

Surviving are her husband of 55 years, E. J. Roland; a granddaughter, Angie Patton and husband, Jeff; 2 great-granddaughters, Amanda and Jennifer Patton, all of Burnsville; three sisters: Grace Hensley and husband, Bill, Emma Jean Hunter and husband, Clarence, and Eloise Hensley two brothers: Benny Brown and Billy Joe Brown and wife, Peggy, and a sister-in-law Keta Brown. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral was Wednesday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. Dr. Chris Morgan officiated. A graveside service was in the Wilson Family Cemetery on Jacks Creek.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Yancey County, 856 Georges Fork Road, Burnsville, NC 28714.

Phillip GardnerPhillip Gardner, 81, of Celo, passed

away Monday, February 4, 2013, in the McDowell Hospital. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Floyd and Mary Autrey Gardner. He was also preceded in death by five sisters: Thelma Murphy, Ruth Flemmings, Julie Blevins, Louise Branch and Dorothy Mace and 2 brothers: Lewis Gardner and Paul Gardner. He had attended Nebo First Baptist Church.

Surviving are a sister, Pauline Norman and her husband, Charles, of Nebo, and nieces and nephews.

Funeral was Thursday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home. The Rev. Doug Worley officiated. Burial was in the Bowditch Cemetery.

Thelma Hutchins PembrokeThelma Hutchins Pembroke, 97, of

Burnsville, died at home Monday, February 4, 2013 after a period of declining health. A native of Yancey County, Mrs. Pembroke was born in Pensacola to James R. and Serena McMahan Hutchins. She lived most of her life in Haywood County, returning to Burnsville when her husband, Lawrence F. Pembroke, retired from Champion Paper & Fiber Co.

Thelma is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Janie and Gordon D. MacBryde of Advance; two grandsons, Colin L. MacBryde of Concord, NC and Ian N. MacBryde of Charleston, S.C.; a sister, Georgia H. Hayes of Asheville; two sisters-in-law, Helen S. Hutchins and Frieda W. Hutchins of Asheville; and 26 nieces and nephews.

Funeral was Wednesday, and burial was at Mountain View Cemetery, Black Mountain.

Memorials be made to the American Red Cross, the Yancey County Committee on Aging, or the food bank of your choice.

Mafra TiptonMafra Tipton, 107, of Burnsville, died

Sunday, February 3, 2013, at Brookside Rehabilitation and Care. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Hicks and Mittie Renfro McCurry and the wife of Willard Tipton, who died in 1992. She was a founding member of Ridgeview Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are her son, Walter H. Tipton and wife, Juanita; granddaughter Andrea, of Burnsville; a sister, Fairy Fox of Kingsport, Tenn., and several nieces and nephews, including two special nieces, Glenna and Brenda.

A graveside service was held Wednesday in Ridgeview Presbyterian Church

Cemetery in Red Hill. The Rev. Tommy Robertson officiated.

Shirley DeytonShirley Deyton, 73, of the Mine Fork

Community, passed away Saturday, February 2, 2013 at her home. A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Solon and Irene Fox McIntosh. She was also preceded in death by a brother, James McIntosh. Shirley was a retired employee of Glen Raven Mills and a loving wife, mother, mother-in-law, granny and friend.

Surviving are her husband of 55 years, Bill Deyton; a son, Terrell Deyton and wife, Judy; and a grandson, Kodie and wife, Brandy, all of Burnsville; a granddaughter, Laceysta Worley of Bristol, Tenn.; three great-grandchildren and a sister, Betty Shepherd and husband, Wayne, of Asheville.

Funeral was Monday in the Chapel of Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home with the Revs. Bud Edwards and David Wilcox officiating. A graveside service was Tuesday in the Holcombe Cemetery.

Roy Wayne Clifton Houser Sr.The Rev. Roy Wayne Clifton Houser Sr,

71, died Friday, February 1, 2013 at the residence of his daughter in Jonesborough, Tenn. A native of Blountville, Tenn., he was a son of the late Joseph William and Mary Lee Almroad Houser.

Surviving are his wife, Betty O’Neal Houser; children Penny Wilson of Asheville, Roy Wayne Houser Jr., Kathy Adams and Vickie Greene of Jonesborough, Robin Bennett and Trixie Briggs of Green Mountain and Joseph Houser of Greeneville, Tenn.; a sister, Ruth Chapman of Greeneville; 21 grandchildren; 11 great

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grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral was Tuesday in Jonesborough.

Lona A. EdwardsLona Kathleen Austin Edwards, 93, of

52 Onteora Blvd., Asheville, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2013, at the John F. Keever Jr. Solace Center.

A native of Yancey County, she had lived in Buncombe County for the past 69 years. She retired in the 1980s from Brooks Howell Nursing Home and was of the Freewill Baptist faith.

Mrs. Edwards was a daughter of the late Gracen and Ida Edney Austin and was the wife of the late Roy Lee Edwards and the late Robert Earl Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her son, Robert Lee Wilson.

Surviving are her daughters, Opal Wilson (Marlin) of Fletcher and Lois Grant of Asheville; 8 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

Funeral was Thursday in Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Entombment will follow in Lewis Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, N.C. 28813.

Gene BodfordGene “Shotgun” Bodford, 78, of Bill

Allen Branch, died Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at his home. A native of Yancey County, he was a son of the late Will and Ethel Hughes Bodford. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Dixie Bodford Lane.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Riddle Bodford; a son, William Riddle of Spruce Pine; a daughter, Teresa Bodford Hensley and husband, Chris, of Burnsville; 6 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; a brother, Henry Bodford and wife, Hazel; and four nephews and a niece.

Funeral was Friday in Victory Baptist Church. The Rev. Scot Garland officiated. A graveside service was held Saturday in the church cemetery.

Holcombe Brothers Funeral Home is assisting the Bodford family.

Dorothy Henshaw BukerDorothy Henshaw Buker, 85, passed

away peacefully at her home in Burnsville, on January 30, 2013, after a brief battle with cancer.

Born September 26, 1927, in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of Arthur and Ethel Henshaw, she grew up and spent most of her life in Miami.

Dottie entered the Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee (now Florida State University). After a year at Florida State, she transferred to the Richmond Professional Institute of the College of William & Mary in Virginia, where she graduated with a degree in design.

In 1950 she married Charles E. Buker Jr.They had three boys and were married

almost 50 years until Charlie passed away in 2000.

Dottie was happy, independent, fearless and inexhaustibly energetic, and was athletic: At 14 she was on the cover of the photo section of the Miami Herald as the pre-tournament favorite to win the Girls division of the City of Miami Archery Championship. She finished second. She learned to play tennis in her mid 30s and was still playing at age 80, with a den full of trophies in her home.

Dottie and Charlie bought property in Burnsville in the early 1980s. In their retirement years, they embraced Burnsville, joining their many friends from Florida who had also located there and making new friends within the local community. Dottie earned the Planning and Economic Development Commission’s Volunteer of the Year Award in 2001. The public service recognitions of which she is most proud, however, came in the past 15 months, after her 84th birthday: Grand Marshall of the Burnsville Christmas parade, Yancey County Volunteer of the Year, and recipient of the Yancey County Outstanding Achievement Award for Citizenship.

She volunteered for many years at the annual Crafts Fair and devoted countless hours to the annual Humane Society Flea Market. She was on numerous town committees associated with beautifying and promoting Burnsville. Dottie often said how much she loved Burnsville and its people, and how well everyone treated her.

Dottie loved her garden, helped design the landscape for the Yancey County Library, and personally planting bulbs and flowers all around the Burnsville town square this past fall.

Dottie is survived by her devoted companion, Kenneth Hoke of Burnsville; brother Robert Henshaw of Boiling Springs, S.C.; brother Donald Henshaw and his wife, Shirley, of Burnsville; son Charles III (Chuck) of Atlanta, his wife, Margaret, and their children, Charles and Meg, son Terrance Arthur (Terry) of Ft Lauderdale, his wife, Valerie, and their children Kelley and Dustin, son Gregory Willis (Greg) of Port St. Lucie, Fla., and his son Gregory Jr., and numerous nephews and cousins.

Dottie was daughter of the late Ethel Levoy Henshaw Buehler and Arthur Henshaw and her husband of nearly 50 years.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of this wonderful mother, wife, companion, friend, volunteer and citizen will be held this summer in Burnsville at a date and location to be later announced.


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Obituaries Reiki and thank you,

Dr. Mehmet Ozby Germaine Galjour, RMPT, CNA

Dr. Mehmet Oz is considered “America’s Doctor.” His daily TV program inspires viewers over the world to try new methods and ways to improve their health and well being.

Reiki (Universal Life Force Energy) has been featured on his show, allowing a universal introduction to a healing treatment that has quietly been around for thousands of years.

Dr. Oz has also allowed Reiki practitioners into his surgery room to treat his patients with Reiki to support everything surrounding the patient as well as those performing the rigors of their jobs in ER.

I was greatly impressed when I watched the program that Dr. Oz presented to inform viewers of alternative / complementary healing. Reiki works alongside all known medical procedures and processes to promote wellness and dispel disease.

I know how important Reiki is, how amazing the healing results can be, because I have used it for the last 12 years of my life.

I became a Reiki teacher and practitioner to help people. It’s as simple as that. This life force process has helped me to a better health, an improved immune system, given me peace of mind, and a feeling of communion with the Divine.

Since our area is Christian in background, I encourage clients to visit the www.christianreiki.com website. This website explains the overtones of Reiki and religion in terms readily acceptable to anyone learning about Reiki. It also has the spiritual background to understand and promote well-beingness through Reiki and Christianity.

The Mayland Community College Reiki Class of 2010 brought together students between the ages of 32 and 70. Students were enthusiastic and filled with desire to heal themselves, their families and friends. Several students that I have taught in our community have gone on to practice professionally. Sharing this rewarding healing art is sure to become mainstream in the years to come.

Thank you, Dr. Oz. Thank you!Contact me at [email protected]

or at 828-88-2320 for questions about Reiki or my class schedules for 2013.

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The Miss Trillium Pageant began in 1977 when Mountain Heritage High School was formed, and each year it is sponsored by the yearbook staff.

Candidates were: O l i v i a B a r n e t t , daughter of Lindsey and Jeannie Barnett; Cour tney Boone , daughter of Sheena Haas and Forres t Boone; Bayley Elkins, daughter of C.J. and M i r a n d a E l k i n s ; K a y l o n J o h n s o n , daughter of Robin White (escorted by Desmond Hedrick); B r i a n n e M c F e e , daughter of David and Brenda McFee; Emily Ray, daughter o f Curtis and Deitra Ray; and Jessica Shepherd, daughter of the late Larry Shepherd and Joann Shepherd.

L e x i e B a n k s , Miss Trillium 2012, c r o w n e d K a y l o n Johnson as 2nd runner up, Olivia Barnett as Miss Trillium 1st runner up, and Emily Ray as the 2013 Miss Trillium Queen.

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Miss Trillium 2013 Emily Ray is crowned as her father, Curtis Ray, looks on.

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and rhyming from our children’s area with the children’s librarian Ms. Karen. Ms. Karen totes along her crafts, books, puppets, or scarves, and

the kids gleefully start the welcome song. Parents mingle and start friendships, while the kids settle down on the floor, wide eyed, anticipating which story Ms. Karen will read today. With all the fun the kids and parents are having, it’s easy to forget that Ms. Karen is hard at work developing early literacy skills such as vocabulary, print motivation, print awareness, narrative skills, letter knowledge, and phonological awareness.

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Chronic inflammatory diseases are a common day epidemic. Every year the number of individuals with debilitating chronic inflammatory diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis, mental depressive c o n d i t i o n s , fibromyalgia, and c h r o n i c f a t i g u e s y n d r o m e g r o w. These inflammatory c o n d i t i o n s a r e c o m m o n l y associated with a hyper responsive i m m u n e s y s t e m . Fibromyalgia is a chronic inflammatory condition consisting of muscular and joint pain and fatigue. 3-5% of the population suffers with this condition with over 80% being women. Although this is one of the fastest growing disabling conditions in the US, if you or someone you love is suffering from fibromyalgia, you should know that a natural lifestyle strategies can be beneficial.

Fibromyalgia is classically diagnosed with a positive reaction to 11 of 18 specific tender point sites on the body. Other classic findings include chronic fatigue, sleep challenges, normal blood tests and a history of widespread pain particularly in the neck and back. This is believed to be a chronic inflammatory condition of the muscle fascia. Chronic inflammation is a sign of a mal-coordinated hyper responsive immune system.

What are the causes fibromyalgia?

While the actual cause or causes of fibromyalgia are yet to be definitively determined, numerous studies have shown a link with the consistent consumption of aspartame, also known as Equal, an artificial sweetener that is found in literally thousands of foods and drinks. Other studies have shown a link between the occurrence and severity of fibromyalgia and the consumption of another common excitotoxin, monosodium glutamate, also known as MSG. Excitotoxins such as MSG and aspartate are molecules that act as excitatory neurotransmitters and can lead to neurotoxicity. The presence of MSG in food is extremely difficult to detect since the terms “natural flavor,” “flavoring,” or “hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP),” all may appear on food labels and actually refer to MSG. According to current FDA food labeling codes HVP typically contains 10-30% MSG. There may well be other causes of fibromyalgia, such as exposure to or consumption of other neurotoxins, antibiotics, vaccines or physical trauma that results in chronic inflammation, muscle pain, and depression.

The path to recoveryOvercoming this debilitating

condition begins with rebuilding the intestinal wall, de-inflaming the body, and optimizing vitamin D levels. Rebuilding the intestinal wall is both the first and the most critical step to overcoming this condition. Besides correcting the dietary imbalances, skeletal

and muscular issues can be addressed through chiropractic, bodywork like massage and trigger point therapy, and regular exercise like walking, yoga and swimming.

Addressing Reactive Hypoglycemia

Reactive Hypoglycemia contributes to fibromyalgia, p a r t i c u l a r l y m u s c l e tightness, fatigue and

brain fog. Reactive hypoglycemia symptoms occur 2-3 hours after a meal high in carbohydrate. There is a rapid release of carbohydrate into the intestine, followed by rapid absorption of glucose and subsequent production of a high amount of insulin. This results in rapid conversion of glucose to fat causing low blood sugar. Your brain and muscles become starved of energy. This is the main cause of fibromyalgia although other factors can contribute. Symptoms include headaches, dizziness, irritability, chronic fatigue, poor memory and concentration, shakiness, muscle fatigue and craving of carbohydrate. Reactive

Hypoglycemia causes your muscles to become tight which in turn causes your posture to be out of alignment, commonly your head will come forward and you will get a “widow’s hump”. Reactive Hypoglycemia is not typically picked up in the more common fasting hypoglycemia test. Fasting hypoglycemia is low blood sugar when you do not eat. The correct test for Reactive Hypoglycemia is a Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT). Blood sugar readings are taken every ½ hour for 4 hours after glucose is consumed on an empty stomach.

What to do about reactive hypoglycemia?

Change your diet to exclude simple sugars (e.g. table sugar, glucose), refined carbohydrate (e.g. white rice, bread, pasta) and starchy foods (e.g. potatoes). Reduce intake of fruit. Caffeine and chocolate can aggravate fibromyalgia, avoid or limit to occasional treats. Once you have modified your diet and stuck to it for several months your body will be more tolerant to the occasional deviation from the diet below.

Chronic inflammation and leaky gut syndrome

Most individuals with chronic inflammatory based pain have what is called a “leaky gut” that allows large food particles to pass thru easily and end up in the bloodstream. This condition is caused by

dysbiosis, an overpopulation of antagonistic organisms in the gut that damage the intestinal wall. When undigested food particles are recognized by the immune system and tagged as foreign invaders in the body, the immune system then unleashes an assault of inflammation causing a systemic allergic reaction. This results in varying levels of insensitivity and allergenic reactions that damage many systems of the body. To effectively de-inflame it is key to completely avoid all man-made foods, sugars, and food allergens. The most common food allergens to avoid include gluten containing grains such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, kamut, & spelt. Soy products, different nuts, eggs, and heavy proteins are often not tolerated well. Other common allergens include those of the nightshade family such as eggplant, tomatoes, & onions.

Anti-inflammatory lifestyleA lot of people with these

conditions take NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) such as Advil (ibuprofen) and Aleve (naproxen), but these drugs are known to have negative long-term effects on your health. Instead, you can reduce inflammation by adding foods containing natural anti-inflammatories to your diet. An anti-inflammatory diet and lifestyle are critical for full recovery from these conditions. Anti-inflammatory foods help to modulate the immune system and give it a more accurate pair of eyes so as to not over-inflame when stimulated. Anti-inflammatory foods help to modulate the immune system and reduce inflammatory activity in the body. The best researched ones include:

Flavonoids: Apples, grapes, cranberries, strawberries

Carotenoids: Carrots, citrus fruits, dark leafy greens, corn, pumpkin, beets

Turpenes: Citrus, spinach Allyl sulfides: Garlic, chives,

leeks, onionsIsothiocyanates: Cabbage,

cauliflower, broccoli, bok choy, kale, turnips, mustard greens and chard

Great anti-inflammatory foods also include sources of good fats such as coconut products, avocados, and olive oil. Healthy meat sources such as grass-fed beef, wild game, wild-caught salmon, organic poultry and organic eggs contain omega-3 fatty acids and have been proven to reduce inflammation in the body and nourish the hormonal system, resulting in less depression and a more positive outlook on life.

These long chain omega 3 fatty acids contain EPA and DHA which powerfully de-inflame the body by restoring natural balance to the lipid wall of the cell membrane. Spices such as ginger and turmeric, used for centuries in India to make flavorful curries, are also known to be powerful anti-inflammatory

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Natural lifestyle can help address Fibromyalga

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by John RosemondQ: Our 17-year-old is a highly spoiled

underachiever. As a junior in high school, he’s failing two classes and borderline in the rest. We know that his problems are largely due to our parenting style. We read your book on teens and have made some progress, but we’re feeling a sense of urgency. We’re ready to do some drastic things. Where do you think we should start?

A: As you now realize, your son is in dire need of a major wake-up call. Start by stripping his room down to bare essentials, taking away any and all electronic devices, and suspending all of his privileges, including driving. Inform him that his normal life will be restored when he has improved his grades to no less than what he’s capable of and sustained the improvement for eight weeks. Anything less will invite cursory improvement, then backsliding. You could get stuck in that sort of manipulative back-and-forth forever.

Unfortunately, this is an eleventh-hour action. Obviously, the earlier parents intervene in a problem, the better the prognosis. On the other hand, it’s better to do something late than to never do anything at all. At this point, there’s a lot of history (and momentum) behind your son’s motivation issues. Getting

him to turn himself around is going to require a unified front and calm, purposeful resolve. Don’t expect to see consistent progress for at least six weeks. Keep the faith, stay the course, and be fully prepared for things to get worse before they begin getting better.

“Why is that, John?”Because when parents finally pull the

rug of over-indulgence out from under an underachieving child, the typical reaction is full collapse along with complaints from the child to the effect that since he has no privilege, he now has nothing to care about; therefore, he is not going to do anything to bring up his grades until certain privileges are restored. Believe me, this is nothing more than manipulative self-drama, soap opera,

with a heavy dose of attempted hostage-taking thrown in. It’s an attempt to get the parents to question their judgment and begin negotiating.

“Will you give me my cell phone back if I bring my grades up for a week?” or “If you give me my cell phone and driving privileges back, I’ll bring my grades up, I promise.”

Don’t do it! If your son begins making promises of that sort, don’t believe a word he says. Simply smile and tell him that if he can bring his grades up for a week, he can surely bring them up for two weeks, then three, then eight. Keep reminding him that you’re not asking him to do any more than he is capable of. If you give him even the proverbial inch, he will think he can make you give up the proverbial mile. In no time, you’ll be right back where you started from, but he will know that he can beat you at your own game.

So, don’t play games. Go into this fully prepared for backlash of one sort or another. His reaction is likely to include anger, self-pity, and threats of running away or other equally silly things. This is your golden opportunity to get control of your relationship with your son. Given that he’s 17, it may be your last opportunity. Don’t blow it.

Family psychologist John Rosemond answers questions at rosemond.com.

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LEGAL NOTICEIN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE, YANCEY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR COURT

DIVISION BEFORE THE CLERK

Having qualified as the Executor of the Estate of Ben Lee Hensley of Yancey County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and cooperations having claims against the Estate of the deceased to present them to the undersigned on or before 17 April, 2013 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This the 18th day of January, 2013.

Alan Bryan Hensley, Executor416 Fir RoadBurnsville, NC 28714 1/24, 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 2013

from page 10 agents. Other anti-inflammatories such as boswellia, cinnamon, rosemary, & oregano should be used as much as possible.fermented foods are key to rebuild the gut

The most effective way to rebuild the intestinal wall to include loads of healthy vegetable juices such as wheatgrass and cabbage juice. Wheatgrass is known for its incredible chlorophyll content and ability to purify the bloodstream. Cabbage is a great source of the amino acid L-glutamine which is the primary amino acid in the gut wall. Fermented foods such as a homemade sauerkraut, kombucha, kvass, and coconut water kefir provide beneficial microorganisms for the gut. Fermented dairy products from grass-fed cows/goats are also highly advisable. These include raw milk kefir, fermented whey drinks and raw cheese. A probiotic that contains a wide variety of different bacterial strains and over 50 billion organisms per serving is also highly recommended as a daily supplement to re-inoculate the intestines. Non-denatured whey protein from grass-fed cows is also very good for rebuilding the gut. Whey is loaded with L-glutamine and enhances cellular glutathione stores which are both needed to repair the intestinal wall and de-inflame the body.

Healthy vitamin D3 levels A balanced immune response in the body is

also dependent upon healthy vitamin D levels. Among many other benefits, Vitamin D helps the body recognize between foreign and its own “self-proteins”. This reduces inflammation and auto-immune reactions. Additionally, healthy Vitamin D levels also stimulate natural Killer cells and macrophages that destroy antagonistic microbes & other pathogens. Unfortunately, the vast majority of society is extraordinarily deficient in vitamin D. A healthy range for vitamin D3 (25-hydroxy cholcalciferol) is between 60-100 ng/ml which is much higher than the medically acceptable 32 ng/ml. Be sure to know your levels and get them over 60 ng/ml. Spend 20-30 minutes a day in the sun or supplement with 10,000-50,000 IU of high quality emulsified vitamin D3 for a period of

time until you reach the desired levels. It is always advisable to monitor this with your healthcare provider.

Specific chiropractic carePeople with fibromyalgia, chronic pain and

fatigue are highly likely to have neurological dysfunction in their upper neck. Subluxation, or neurological interference, at the bottom of the skull, C1 & C2 alter endorphin release into the body. This leads to increased states of pain, fatigue, anxiety and accelerated stress as well as mal-coordinated immunity. Well trained chiropractors can analyze these regions of the spine and give specific corrective adjustments to restore balance and optimal neurological expression in these regions.

Take good care of yourselfTake time to eat according to the prescribed

plan, get adequate sleep, take hot mineral baths, get regular massages, and have a daily exercise routine. Gentle yoga, swimming and walking are ideal to relieve muscle soreness, improve detoxification and reduce symptoms of depression. If you are currently suffering from fibromyalgia, the most important thing to know is that the symptoms are real, that you are not alone, and that support is available to help you find your way back to health and happiness.

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2. Ann Pharmacother. 2001 Jun;35(6):702-6. Relief of fibromyalgia symptoms following discontinuation of dietary excitotoxins. Smith JD, Terpening CM, Schmidt SO, Gums JG.

Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.

3. http://www.naturalnews.com/030475_inflammatory_diseases_natural_remedies.html

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US Marshals Service Seized Property

800.801.8003 • williamsauction.com

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NC DEAN C. WILLIAMS RE LIC 220266; WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS RE LIC C6474; ELI DETWEILER AUC LIC 6879; WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS AUC LIC 7725

BURNSVILLE, NC • 89/1104 Walt RoadMultifamily. Built in 1948. Approx 2.52ac lot.Nominal Opening Bid: $25,000Open Public Inspection: 1-4pm Sun Feb 17 and 2 hours before auction.Auctions: 8:15am, Wed Feb 20 on site or bid live from anywhere at auctionnetwork.com

Yancey County DSS installs drive through

Residents of Yancey County can drop off paperwork from the convenience of their car! There is a secure green drop box with envelopes in the parking lot labeled DSS DROP BOX where clients can leave paperwork necessary to complete applications.

The box will be checked at least twice a day. No copies will be provided. No lines! No waiting!

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