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Private sale could protect landmark home

An historic home that spawned the beginnings of the women’s suffrage move-ment in Buncombe County and has long been used to promote many Asheville civic and philanthropic causes, is on the market.

Those hoping to protect the Camp Patton-Parker House from development that’s being planned in the area are hoping a private sale can accomplish the task.

The home most recently belonged to the late Mary Parker, a lifelong Asheville socialite who lived in the home at 95 Charlotte St., in historic Chestnut Hill neighborhood.

Several years ago when Parker heard that Pisgah

Legal Services would be relocating to her street, she did what she always did best — threw a wel-come party and invited the whole neighborhood. Parker was also celebrating her 95th birthday; yet used her “95 At 95” house party as a fundraiser to benefit her new nonprofit neighbors. Parker died in 2012 at age 97, and her family is working with the Preservation Soci-ety of Asheville and Bun-combe County to sell the home on 1.23 acres, along with covenants to keep the home from being torn down. Valued at $915,000, the home was owned and operated by seven generations of the same family. The home was listed on the National Reg-ister of Historic Places in

Megan Northcote photoPRESERVING HISTORY — The Camp Patton-Parker House in Asheville is on the market in the hope that the large house will be preserved as a private residence.

Asheville philanthropist Joe Eblen dies at 88

Philanthropist Joe Eblen of Biltmore Forest has died. His name is recog-nized by most peo-ple from the Ashe-ville area in associ-ation with both fuel and char-ity. Thou-sands of d r i v e r s refuel their vehicles with gasoline and diesel at inde-pendent filling stations and Eblen Short Stop Stores. Many homes in Western North Carolina are heated with fuel from Biltmore Oil Company. At winter-time Eblen Charities offers heating assistance to un-derprivileged families and people living with illnesses or disabilities. In partner-ship with other businesses and nonprofits the charity also provides assistance for those in need of medical care, housing, education, and other emergencies.

Eblen was born in 1925 and raised with five sisters and a brother on a 250 acre farm in eastern Tennes-see. After graduating high school and enlisting in the U.S. Navy his education continued at Emory Col-lege, Princeton University

and Columbia University. In 1945 Eblen found employ-ment teaching at two high schools in Tennessee and coaching basketball. The following spring he began classes at the University of Tennessee where he met a girl from Asheville, Rober-ta “Bobbie” Simmons. The two were wed within six weeks.

The Eblens have three daughters and a son, Anna, Myra “Margie,” Paul “Rock” and Jennie, whose husband Rick Perkins is operations manager for Biltmore Oil Company and Eblen Short Stop Stores.

Eblen Charities execu-tive director Bill Murdock started the nonprofit with Eblen in 1991 to help fami-lies with illnesses and dis-abilities that weren’t able to get help from other agen-cies and organizations.

“We started very small 22 years ago with about $400 we received from a yard sale, and put it in the bank on Monday. Wednes-day we received a call from someone who heard what we were doing, and needed some help paying for medi-cine. I asked him to call his pharmacy and let me know how much it would cost. It turned out it was exactly four hundred dollars. So we gave all the money we had in the bank to the very first

Viva Ashevegas! Fundraiser benefits CDS

Carolina Day School held their Viva Ashevegas fun-draising event at the Bilt-more Forest Country Club last Saturday.

CDS parents, past and present, joined faculty clothed 1960s vintage at-tire to watch the Kentucky Derby live and participate in silent and live auctions. The gala immersed par-ticipants into a bygone era only some of them were old enough to remember. It was partly inspired by the popu-lar American period drama television series Mad Men.

Brian Turner of Biltmore Forest has a daughter, Elea-nor, enrolled in kindergar-ten at Carolina Day.

“I think it’s a fantastic event. Tuition only covers a certain percentage of the cost of educating a child, so this auction goes a long way toward closing the gap be-tween what the school needs and what tuition provides,” he said. Proceeds from this year’s biennial auction will be used to upgrade the Car-olina Day transportation fleet, and purchase new ac-tivity buses for the school.

Sarah Cecil of Biltmore Park said she was partial to children’s artwork.

“Tonight especially the middle school artwork be-cause there are books of projects they’re working on, separated by class. I think that’s fascinating,” she said.

Her son Owen is in sixth

grade at Carolina Day.

Dr. Laura Ellis, also of Biltmore Park, has two sons in school.

“David goes to the Key School, and Mark is an hon-or student in high school. Carolina Day has changed our lives. It’s given our two sons the ability to reach their greatest potential. The Key School has helped them both become so successful,” she said. Mark is one of the most organized and fo-cused students imaginable. He takes academics very seriously. That would have been difficult for him if he had not been in then Key School,” Ellis said. “Our younger one is getting ready to leave the Key School and go into the lower school in fifth grade.”

Her husband, Dr. David

Crouch, said he saw a lot of artwork and services he planned to bid on.

Dr. Ron Paulus, president and CEO of Mission Health, and his wife Lori have three children at Carolina Day, Alex in fifth grade, Maddie in eighth grade and Kirsten in 10th. While she appreci-ates the quality of educa-tion Carolina Day offers and that it’s small enough that everybody is mutually ac-quainted with one another, he agreed and added, “They have a remarkable set of sophisticated teachers who have a way of teaching that draws kids in and engages them.”

Jennifer Akers of Bilt-more Park, chair of the 2013 auction committee,

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GOOD TIMES — Erin and Reed Fender of Biltmore of Biltmore Forest get into their “Mad Men” characters.

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Biltmore/Kiwanis 15K, 5K Classic Races are May 19Runners mark your

calendars for 7:15 a.m. Sunday, May 19 for the 16th Annual Biltmore/Kiwanis 15K/5K Clas-sic Races.

Both races are run entirely on the scenic grounds of Biltmore. The 15K begins at the Winery, climbs to Deer-park Restaurant then descends and climbs along the main road to Biltmore House where runners will loop in front of the massive main entrance doors of the house.

Runners next enter the Walled Garden, pass by the Azalea Gar-den and lagoon along the French Broad Riv-er, and then finish by returning to the Win-ery.

The first half of the course has two chal-lenging hills, while the second half is down-hill to flat terrain. The 5K course will be a flat, out and back course starting at the Winery and paralleling the French Broad River.

When runners par-

ticipate in the race, they are not only com-peting for medals, but also are helping to fund the Kiwanis Children’s Charities, which sup-ports several local youth programs. For example, the Kiwanis Club of Asheville pro-

vides book bags filled with school supplies each fall to children in need as they begin the school year.

To encourage atten-dance and punctuality in several of the local elementary schools, the club gives away a

bicycle each quarter, by way of a drawing, to children with per-fect attendance and punctuality. The Club also aids in elementa-ry school spelling bees and co-sponsors the annual “Pawndemoni-um,” a regional chess

tournament for school children.

Race Day Information

The race entry fee al-lows access to Biltmore for purposes of partici-pating in the 15K or 5K

race events only. Spectator viewing

is limited to the start/finish area at the Win-ery. Upgrades may be purchased for $25 to in-clude a tour of the Bilt-more House. The race entry fee allows access to Biltmore grounds only for purposes of participating in the 5K or 15K race events.

Fees are $55 for the 15K, $45 for the 5K and $20 for 5/15K race spec-tator tickets.

The race will be lim-ited to the first 1,100 entrants, so early reg-istration is encour-aged.

All participants will receive a specially de-signed commemorative race T-shirt. Additional information is avail-able online at the race website biltmorekiwan-isclassicrace.com.

Those 1,100 spots will go fast, and there is no race day registration. Racers may register at imATHLETE.com. For additional infor-mation, email events@idaph.net.

Donated photoBILTMORE RACES — The 16th Annual Biltmore/Kiwanis 15K and 5K Classic is May 19. The two races will be run on the Biltmore grounds.

Master Gar-deners present workshop

The Buncombe Coun-ty Extension Master Gardener volunteers (EMGs) will offer sev-eral free programs this month, including Gardening for Older

Adults.

In recognition of Old-er Americans Month, the Buncombe County Extension Master Gar-dener volunteers will hold a demonstration of tools and techniques for gardening for older adults on Thursday, May 16 from 4:30 to 6

p.m. The event, entitled “Gardening as Time Goes By,” will be held at the Manna Demonstra-tion Garden at Manna Food Bank, 627 Swan-nanoa River Road.

Join them to learn tips, techniques and useful information that will help garden-

ers, and their families, continue to enjoy this popular hobby as they age. They will discuss tools and other devices to make gardening easi-er, discuss which plants work best in containers, and more. The event is free. No registration re-quired.

Wounded Warrior exhibition benefit games are May 17-18

For the first time in the region, the nation-ally known Wounded Warrior Amputee Soft-ball Team (WWAST) will be playing exhibi-tion benefit games on Friday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at McCormick Field and on Saturday, May 18 at 2 p.m. at West Henderson High School. Coincid-ing with Armed Forces Weekend, the event will be an inspiring celebra-tion of our nation’s vet-erans all benefiting Op-eration Welcome Home, a program established by HonorAir. Opera-tion Welcome Home, a Veteran’s Scholarship Fund, provides job op-portunities for former military personnel at ABCCM’s Veteran’s Restoration Quarters and Transitional hous-ing facility in Swan-nanoa.

The national WWAST, or “America’s Favorite Team,” represents some of our nation’s bravest and most determined heroes, soldiers and veterans. These young, extremely athletic men have sustained severe in-juries resulting in ampu-tation while serving in the military and through extensive rehabilitation

have become competi-tive athletes again. To find out more informa-tion about WWAST visit www.wounded-warrioramputeesoftball-team.org.

The teams competing will be some of Western North Carolina’s own lo-cal heroes. First respond-er teams from Asheville and Buncombe County will play at McCormick Field, along with a spe-cial kick-off exhibition game featuring local per-sonalities on Friday, May 17. Henderson County First responder units as well as the Senior Softball League, a peren-nial state winner in state competitions, will round out the Saturday exhi-bition and competitive games on May 18. Rain date for the McCormick Field games will be Sat-urday evening, May 18.

Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the McCormick Field Box Office during regu-lar operating hours or the Hendersonville Vis-itor’s Center. For more information including additional ticket in-formation, donations or corporate sponsor-ship, please visit www.wwastwnc.com.

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Laurey Masterton, well-known Asheville business owner and cancer survivor, will kick off the inaugu-ral JOYride at Carrier Park beginning at 1 p.m. on May 19.

All proceeds will ben-efit LIVESTRONG at the YMCA. Individuals and teams (both road riders and “In SPIRIT” riders) are encouraged to participate.

Entry categories include “Fun” ride (for children), Quar-ter Century ride (25 miles), and Half Cen-tury ride (50 miles). The event is designed for bikers of all ages and abilities. All routes will begin and end at Carrier Park and follow along the scenic French Broad River.

“Last year when I was in my initial round of treatments I was extremely for-tunate to be in the first LIVESTRONG at the YMCA session at the Asheville Y,” said Masterton. “The pro-gram made a huge dif-ference for me, help-ing me get back on my feet and out of the dark place I had re-turned to.”

The local LIVESTRONG at the YMCA program oper-ates under the YMCA of Western North Carolina and current-

ly has close to 200 sur-vivors on the waiting list.

LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is a 12-week program designed for adult cancer survi-vors who are de-con-ditioned or chronical-ly fatigued from their treatment and/or disease. It costs $515 to send each survivor through the program, which is offered at no cost to the partici-pant.

“Many people know my motto, ‘Don’t Post-pone Joy,’ so I thought this would be a fun way to support the survivorship pro-gram that helped me so much,” said Mas-terton. “My goal is to raise $51,500, which would provide fund-ing for 100 survivors to participate in the program.”

One hundred per-cent of all funds raised by the JOYride will support LIVESTRONG at the YMCA in West-ern North Carolina. “Many of us want to embrace the motto ‘Don’t Postpone Joy,’ because when you are around someone like Laurey who breathes and lives it, the joy spills over into your life, your relationships and your soul,” said Misty Guinn, Commu-nity Social Responsi-bility Director of the

Asheville YMCA. “She is such an inspiration to all of us!”

Entry fees are: Fun ride, designed for kids, $5.15 (includes LIVESTRONG wrist band); Quarter Cen-tury and Half Cen-tury ride, designed for road riders, $51.50 (includes JOYride t-shirt and wrist band); “In SPIRIT” ride, de-signed for individu-als who choose not to

physically ride, but would like to partici-pate in raising funds to support the pro-gram. All who raise $515 will receive a JOYride jersey.

For more informa-tion on the JOYride or LIVESTRONG at the YMCA contact Misty Guinn or Rachel Dudasik at 210-9622, mguinn@ymcawnc.org, or rdudasik@ymcawnc.org.

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JOYride benefit is May 19Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway celebrate 25 years

The Blue Ridge Parkway, the na-tion’s most visited park and America’s favorite scenic drive, is easily accessible throughout the year.

The Parkway’s pop-ularity would come as no surprise to its creators who, in 1935, envisioned a 469-mile winding passageway connecting Shenan-doah National Park in Virginia to Great Smokey Mountains National Park in North Carolina. Thanks to Friends of the Blue Ridge Park-way, that vision is be-ing passed on to yet another generation.

Now celebrating its 25th anniver-sary, Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway is a vital contribu-tor to the health and well-being of The Blue Ridge Parkway through its eight chapters in commu-nities up and down the Parkway.

On any given day, Friends volunteers and members are contributing their time, talent and mon-ey to ensuring that the Parkway is well cared for, even in these economically challenging times.

Most recently, members and volun-teers from the Ashe-ville Chapter were hard at work April 13 and 20 preparing the Pisgah Campground, one of the Park’s most popular, for its opening on May 24.

“Because the camp-ground is so heavily used, there’s always a lot to do between now and then,” said Dan Wells, Asheville Chapter chair. Wells and 32 volunteers, including Caroli-na Mountain Club members and Junior ROTC students from Owen High School, built and installed new wooden steps and water bars, trenched and grav-eled tent sites, and cleaned the camp-ground.

“The Blue Ridge Parkway is an im-portant part of the Asheville travel ex-perience,” Wells not-ed. “Friends’ Ashe-ville Chapter wants to make sure that when visitors come to our campgrounds and overlooks, they

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Wells plans to hold several more work days between now and when the Parkway closes in late fall, includ-ing September 28 in celebration of National Public Lands Day.

“Our Asheville Chapter needs more individu-als, families and businesses to get involved with the Parkway by becom-ing Friends’ mem-bers and volun-teers,” Wells said. “Our goal is to in-crease membership by 25% over the next two years as part of our 25th an-niversary celebra-tion.”

To become a member of Friends of the Blue Ridge Park-way and a mem-ber of the Ashe-ville Chapter go to www. FriendsBRP.org or call 800-228-PARK (7275).

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said she donated a one week stay for six in the Dominican Re-public to the auction, and thought the event came together beauti-fully. “The backdrop of the country club is just perfect because it harkens back to the 60s and that kind of glam-orous era. I think all the auction items are beautifully presented. It exceeded my expec-tations.” She said she hoped to obtain the Vero Beach house va-cation at the live auc-tion.

Akers said she espe-cially liked the Down-ton Abbey experience, which included a cus-tom “butler’s tour” at Biltmore Estate, wine tasting, lunch at the Stable Café, a custom bound collec-tion of articles com-paring the estate and abbey signed by Wil-liam Cecil, Sr., George Vanderbilt’s grand-son, and a limited edi-tion DVD collection of Downton Abbey. “The whole tour is a unique experience. We also

have a lobster din-ner prepared by Tom Trigg, our Head of School, at his home. Additionally we have a King Charles Span-iel mixed breed pup-py from the Humane Society. The children in the lower school named him Cupcake.”

Erin and Reed Fendler’s son Jacob is in second grade and their daughter Hanna is in pre-kindergar-ten. He said, “It’s an amazing environ-ment for learning.” She said, “Hanna has already asked me if I can promise she can go to Carolina Day until she finishes school.” When the Fenders were asked about the auction and what they liked, he said (in character) “I can’t keep my eyes off of this dame,” and she said, “the puppy! The puppy! We want the puppy!” The fenders live in Biltmore For-est.

Maria Bryan of Bilt-more Park was the live auction chair and has a daughter who is a graduate of Caroli-na Day. “It’s fun to see

people dress up like Mad Men, and if their interpretation is early or late 60s.” She said she would like to get the fly fishing trip for her son, and for her-self was interested in the “Ashevegas Stay-cation” which includ-ed lodging and dining accommodations for four downtown with entertainment.

Matt Monday of the Biltmore Lake com-munity said he has a daughter in the third grade science class. “This is our first year with Carolina Day. They have been very inviting. Taylor’s education level has grown tremendously. She speaks Spanish on a regular basis, has read more books this year than she’s read before, and her spell-ing and social skills have improved.”

Johanna Cahan was a co-chair for the auc-tion setup committee. She said she hoped to purchase some of the high school stu-dent’s artwork. “They were created as props for A Midsummer Night’s Dream which

my daughter was in. They’re gorgeous, such vibrant colors.” Cahan is the mother of Elizabeth in 11th grade and William in sixth grade.

Jennifer Bock helped arrange the auction of-ferings for the event, and donated a French dinner for eight as one of them. “It will either be at my home or the home of whoever buys

it, it’s up to them. I am one of the chefs, and my husband Richard is another. Kay Allison Stranges will make the dessert. Tucker Veach will be the butler and sommelier. Kay, Barba-ra Veach, and I will be the ‘vixens’ that serve the food.” Bock said she hoped to acquire some of the artwork in the silent auction.

Incidentally, Bock

lives in a Biltmore micro-community we don’t often hear about called The Bramble. To access the 23 houses on the Lance Tract it is necessary to pass through The Ramble gates. “When the time came after The Ram-ble was being built up around us we just started calling our-selves ‘The Bramble,’” she said.

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Mark-Ellis Bennett photoA PARTY FOR A CAUSE — Carolina Day School had their biennial fundraiser at the Biltmore Forest Country Club. The theme was elegant opulence of the 1960s.

Sleep apnea therapy offered

The physicians at Park Ridge Ear, Nose and Throat are now offering the “Somno-Guard” oral appliance for patients with mild to moderate sleep ap-nea. Oral Appliance Therapy has gained widespread recogni-tion and coverage by many insurers as an ef-fective, less obtrusive

option for potential first-line treatment. The community is in-vited to learn about this new treatment option at a free lunch and learn presented by Dr. Michael Neuen-schwander at noon to 1 p.m. in the Duke Room. Come at 11:30 a.m. to enjoy lunch from the café. To RSVP for this event, call 855.PRH.LIFE (855-774-5433). Space is limited.

person who called, and I understand you’re not supposed to do that when you start a new organization,” he said

Murdock said with Eblen’s leadership and guidance they decided very early on that they didn’t want to be an or-ganization that said no to folks.

“We wanted to find a way to say yes,” he said.

Murdock said Eblen died peacefully at home with his family.

“It was certainly a sad day for the commu-nity, but the legacy Joe started will continue to serve the commu-nity and grow as long as there are people in need,” he said.

When Anna Eblen

was working on her fa-ther’s obituary she re-flected on the lesson of generosity she learned from her father and shared last fall when Joe Eblen was named an Asheville Living Treasure.

“We occasionally had the good fortune to go to Myrtle Beach as a family. My parents would always include other relatives, friends and us. The trips were memorable for many reasons. That generos-ity of spirit was one thing I learned from my dad,” she said.

Rock Eblen said he has been reminiscing about what he learned from his father.

“The thing I admire most about my dad was that as a public fig-ure he had forgiveness for people that wanted

to bask in his charity’s generosity and his success as a business-man. There were times people had assumed he was a bottomless resource, and wanted something. He was just a simple country boy, never interested in politics or seeking sta-tus. He was a trusting person, but he forgave people,” he said.

At the Asheville Liv-ing Treasures event David Gantt, chair of the Buncombe County Board of Commission-ers spoke.

“All we ever do is build upon the foun-dations of people who came before us,” he said.

“Whether you’re in politics, sports or en-tertainment, people have to set the stan-dard, and we build on

that. Joe Eblen has totally changed the way we take care of folks who don’t have as much as we do. He recognized that there was no organization in Western North Caro-lina that takes care of folks regardless of their income. He took it upon himself to change that,” Gantt said.

People from the Bilt-more community and beyond will dearly miss Joe Eblen, and memorials may be made to Eblen Chari-ties. Contact Bill Mur-dock at 255-3066, or visit their website at www.EblenCharities.org. By postal mail me-morial donations can be sent to Eblen Chari-ties at 50 Westgate Parkway, Asheville, NC 28806.

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Blood Drive is May 21The American Red Cross is having a blood drive

2 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 21 at North Hominy Community Center on Newfound Road in Canton. All donors are entered into a drawing for a $1,000 gift card. Call 648-3220 for information.

Walk to End Lupus is May 18The Lupus Foun-

dation of America, North Carolina Chap-ter (LFANC) will be hosting its annual Walk to End Lupus Now in Asheville on Saturday, May 18 at 5 p.m. at Pack Square Park.

Those interested in participating can register as an in-dividual or with a team.

For more informa-tion, visit www.lu-pusnc.org.

“This is a wonder-ful family-friendly event that is open to all ages and helps raise awareness of and funds for lupus,” said Christine John-Fuller, president and CEO of LFANC. “We encourage the community to join

our fight in helping to solve the cruel mystery behind this disease by walking with us and helping spread the word.”

Formerly known as Walk for Lupus Now, the Walk to End Lupus Now events are conducted na-tionwide by the Lu-pus Foundation of America (LFA) and its national network to raise money for lupus research, in-crease awareness of lupus, and rally pub-lic support for those who suffer from its brutal impact.

Each year, thou-sands of people across the country join forces with the LFA and walk with one unified purpose — to end lupus.

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makers may well have spent as much as 20 percent of this year’s l e g i s l a -tive ses-sion diving into health care-relat-ed policy. Early in the year, legislators made the much-dis-cussed and ruminated-upon decision to block Medic-aid expansion, even as the federal government said it would pick up the full tab for three years.

Since then, they have plowed into certificate of need laws, a system intend-ed to prevent hospitals and

other health care providers from dumping money into duplicative services but that critics charge stems compe-tition. There has been de-bate over cancer drug and Alzheimer’s insurance cov-erage, insurer contracting rules, hospital billing rules, abortion restrictions, the role of midwives and nurs-es in medicine, and dozens of other health-care related proposals.

Down the street, the ad-ministration of Gov. Pat McCrory has proposed a major overhaul of the Med-icaid program, pushing the notion that bringing in more private companies to administer costs will better help to control those costs. Behind many of these Re-publican-backed proposals is a philosophy that state

policy should promote more efficiency and foster more competition in health care. It’s a laudable goal. Creat-ing more competition in health care, even if it goes against a 50-year trend in the other direction, is one means of trying to hold down escalating costs. It is also noteworthy that the legislation is being consid-ered as the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released informa-tion showing wide dispari-ties in the prices charged by hospitals. To some degree, though, lawmakers may be spinning their wheels.

One reason is that these proposals are being pur-sued against the backdrop of extensive changes being mandated as a part of the federal Affordable Care Act.

Because of a lot uncertain-ty surrounding the federal law, not the least being how those changes will affect indigent care and who will actually receive coverage through new federal health care exchanges, it becomes difficult to predict the re-sults of altering state policy.

Another reason that some of these legislative efforts may be for naught is that they come amid growing hospital and health care industry consolidation UNC Hospitals recently completed a merger with High Point Regional Medi-cal Center and has entered into partnerships with two community hospitals. Other consolidation in-cludes Greensboro-based Cone Health System taking over Alamance Regional

Medical Center. Federal of-ficials have been examin-ing whether consolidations here and elsewhere might create anti-trust issues, but have shown little inclina-tion to stop the mergers.

The result, for North Carolina policymakers, is that they are likely to be re-visiting these issues again and again for the next sev-eral years. Any legislation passed this year will proba-bly face tweaks and changes in subsequent years. If, in 2013, legislators are spend-ing more time than ever drilling down into health care policy, then 2014 and 2015 will likely see new highs in legislative time spent on the subject. The question to be answered is whether North Carolinians will be the better for it.

Scott Mooneyham

Good books you won’t see on Bookwatch

Here are some important new books you will not learn about on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Book-watch.

Before I explain, let me tell you a little bit about the books.

Popular novelist Clyde Edgerton’s “Papadaddy’s Book for New Fathers: Ad-vice to Dads of All Ages” is based on what he has learned as the older fa-ther of three young chil-dren. He will be 69 on May 20.

Edgerton embraces the opportunities young chil-dren present to an older parent and laughs at the multiple challenges. After all, those extra years of writing, teaching, and liv-ing have taught him some things that young parents might not know.

He has learned to laugh at himself. You can see his smile when you read about how he recommends in-stalling the car’s child’s seat weeks before the baby comes because, he says, it took him weeks to learn how to accomplish that task.

Just as Edgerton’s won-derful novels give us a record of our changing region and its peoples, so does Charlotte Observer

retired chief photographer Don Sturkey in “This Old Wheel Will Roll Around Again: A Pictorial History of the South, 1950-1990.” Sturkey fills his book with more then 200 photos of mill workers, tenant farm-ers, civil rights protest-ers, Ku Klux Klan rallies, Vietnam protesters, and fa-mous people, interspersed with lovely and provoca-tive pictures of ordinary life in our region.

The book opens with an essay by Frye Gaillard about our state’s progress on racial matters. It is illus-trated by Sturkey’s classic photograph of 15-year-old Dorothy Counts making her way through an angry white mob to integrate a Charlotte high school in September 1957.

Gaillard praises school board member Ward McK-eithen, who explained, according to Gaillard, “People could support the public schools or see them destroyed, and for many Charlotteans the decision was obvious, even if it was hard. They would do what they could to make the best of the change.”

In “The Seventh Angel,” Ward McKeithen’s son, Alex, chronicles his expe-rience as a Davidson Col-lege student on his junior year abroad when what he calls “the happiest time

of my life” exploded into a full-blown manic epi-sode in Paris. Thinking he was the Seventh Angel described in Revelation, he ran nude through Paris warning that the last day had arrived. Arrested and confined in mental insti-tutions, his account of his painful recovery and re-turn to a productive life is griping and inspirational.

Similarly, in “Cobalt Blue,” Peggy Payne’s fic-tional character, a 38-year-old Pinehurst artist, is consumed by uncontrol-lable sexual arousal and activity, a condition that may be explained by a fea-ture of a brand of Asian yoga known as “kundalini rising.”

The book’s vivid descrip-tions led Peggy Payne’s husband to warn that his wife’s new book is “not for the faint hearted.”

Tom Earnhardt, also a product of Davidson Col-lege, is host of the popu-lar UNC-TV program “Ex-ploring North Carolina.”

His new book, “Cross-roads of the Natural World: Exploring North Carolina with Tom Earn-hardt,” has been called a “love letter to the wild places and natural won-ders of North Carolina.”

Earnhardt takes his readers across our state, explaining its rich diver-

sity and illustrating it with striking photographs.

Danny Bernstein, takes us across North Carolina in a different way in her new book, “The Moun-tains-to-Sea Trail Across North Carolina: Walking a Thousand Miles through Wildness, Culture and His-tory.”

Although the trail is a work in progress, Ber-nstein persuaded this reader that the sites and experiences along the way make the long jour-ney well worthwhile.

You will not see these authors on North Caro-

lina Bookwatch, which in July begins repeats from the current sea-son. Meanwhile, North Carolina Now, UNC-TV’s weekday news program, will feature timely in-terviews about these and other new North Caroli-na books.

D.G. Martin hosts “North Carolina Bookwatch,” which airs Sundays at noon and Thursdays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV. For more in-formation or to view prior programs visit the webpage at www.unctv.org/ncbook-watch.

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1982 and designated a City of Asheville Local Landmark in 2000, but the house still remains vulnerable to future development unless it is sold as a private resi-dence.

Developers’ plans to begin building a near-by apartment complex prompted 95 Charlotte Street LLC, comprised of Parker’s descen-dants, to approach the Society for legal help.

Attorney Ben Scales, president of the Soci-ety said covenants the organization would place on the house would offer even more legal protection than being a part of a lo-cal historic district. The Society’s deed re-strictions would pro-tect the house against demolition and ad-verse alterations. Ad-ditionally, the Society would provide the technical expertise and resources needed for rehabilitation proj-ects, such as replacing the roof or installing air conditioning, said Jack Thomson, ex-

ecutive director of the Preservation Society.

“[The Preservation Society] is not afraid of development,” Thom-son assured. “In fact, we’re using the threat of development as the opportunity needed to enhance the sense of place that is Charlotte Street and early Ashe-ville.

A rich history The Camp Patton-Park-er House, a Carolina farmhouse with Greek Revival and Victorian embellishments, is to-day a reflection of what Thomson calls “a rem-nant of the rural Char-lotte Street setting.” When the late Ashe-ville mayor and Civil War veteran Thomas Patton and his three black slaves built the house for his mom, aunt and sister in 1869, it was one of the first — and largest — struc-tures on the street.

The area blossomed into a booming mer-cantile district by the turn of the century.

According to fam-ily lore, this oak grove property was said to have been used as the mustering site for both

Union and Confederate soldiers, as evidenced by the indentations on the grounds where trenches had been dug for the troops. For generations, the Patton-Parker family has remained a local-ly respected group of civic leaders, teachers and lawyers who have always invited people into their home and given back to their community, said Peg-gy Gardner, historic review specialist for the Historic Resources Commission of Ashe-ville and Buncombe County.

For instance, in 1894 while Thomas was mayor, he invited a group of civic-minded women led by Helen Morris Lewis to his house to organize sup-port for women’s right to vote.

The next day, this same group, endorsed by Thomas, stormed the Buncombe County Courthouse, forming the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Associ-ation that culminated in a legal victory for women in 1920.

Additionally, the Patton family was in-

strumental in helping to found Memorial Mission Hospital, the Asheville-Buncombe Library system, the YMCA and YWCA, as well as donating large tracks of land for downtown churches, such as the St. Matth-ias Episcopal Church.

Family legacyPatton’s grand-

daughter, Mary Toole Parker, the youngest girl of eight siblings born in the house in 1914, carried on the family legacy of phi-lanthropy.

Aside from a post-college trip to New York City to serve the European relief ef-forts, Parker spent her life in Asheville, help-ing to integrate the YWCA and volunteer-ing with her pet proj-ect — the Asheville-Buncombe Friends of the Library program.

“That’s just how Mary was raised,” Gardner, Parker’s longtime friend, said. “The family had the spirit that if some-thing needed to be done and it was the

right thing to do, they’d find a way to make it happen.”

Gardner, who as-sisted Parker in writ-ing the historic Lo-cal Landmark report to protect her home, hopes the family who moves into the house will bring the same spirit and sense of community that Park-er did.

Since October 2011, Parker’s niece, Anne “Duff ” Parker Knight, and her husband lived in the Charlotte Street home to care for Park-er before she died. Since Parker’s pass-ing, Knight has had humorous encounters with tourists mistak-ing the house for the Princess Anne Hotel, a bed and breakfast down the street.

“Everyone knows Mary’s house, even if they don’t know Mary,” Knight said. “Mary did what she could to keep the house in as good con-dition as she did. I just hope the new owners will love and under-stand the house’s his-tory as much Mary did.”

Megan Northcote photoCARETAKER — Mary Toole Parker’s niece, Anne “Duff” Parker Knight took care of her aunt before she passed and she continues to look after the stately Asheville home.

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Woodcarving meeting is May 26The Western North Carolina Carvers

(WNCC) will hold their monthly meeting from 1:30 to 4 p.m. May 26 at Harvest House, 205 Kenilworth Road, Asheville. This month’s meeting will consist of a free presentation on carving a hardwood Comfort Bird. This will be followed by the carving of the bird and open carving. The next meeting will be June 23. For information call Bruce Dalzell 665-8273.

Luminous skies workshop is May 30

Artist Jo Ridge Kelley is of fer-ing a workshop on painting luminous

skies from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 30 at River’s Edge Studio at 191 Lyman St. #310 in Asheville.

The workshop will teach how to cap-

ture the glorious light through the clouds and across a low horizon moun-tain landscape.

Morning, evening and nocturnal scenes are the focus in this

special class.

All mediums are welcome, but the demo will be in oils.

The workshop is $125.

Call 776-2716 for in-formation.