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Artists from all over will come to Burnsville on Saturday to paint for “just one day” as participants in the Seventh Annual Paint Out event.

The Paint Out is open to anyone in the WNC region working in all painting and drawing mediums. All ages and skill levels are welcome. “We encourage beginners, emerging artists, as well as the pros. You do not need to be a resident of Burnsville or Yancey County. Students ages 5 to 18 can register free and compete for the Student Award,” the Toe River Arts Council notes in announcing the event.

TRAC’s Paint Out is modeled on the en plein air experience, a French expression that means “in the open air,” particularly used to describe

the act of painting outdoors. The Paint Out was conceived by Sandra Gates, a local painter and Toe River Arts Council member. It was her hope that “for one day, all day, artists are outdoors painting and drawing in and around the streets of Burnsville for all to enjoy.”

On Saturday, participating artists check in at the TRAC Burnsville Gallery between 8 and 10 a.m. Painting materials are validated and a $25 fee is paid. Artists may use any painting or drawing medium or process. Once the materials are validated, artists venture to their chosen location; it can be anywhere they can get to and back by the deadline. Artists are welcome to visit Burnsville prior to the Paint Out to select

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Listeria can be a summer killer

The five best things you can be eating

‘Paint Out’ gets artists busy outdoors across Yancey County

Commission Chairman Johnny Riddle, right, honors Larry Silver for saving three children in February from a burning county transportation van.

By Jonthan AustinYancey County News

Authorities rounded up more than two dozen people in a drug sweep that began last Friday, arresting residents of Yancey, Madison and Buncombe counties on a wide range of felony and misdemeanor drug charges.

Two Yancey County men were arrested in the sweep, officials said. Jason Michael Gregory, 35, of 959 Charlie Brown Road, Burnsville, was arrested and charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia. Wesley James Presnell, 42, who listed addresses in Yancey and Marion, was arrested and charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Both men were jailed in Madison County under $3,000 bond as officers from Madison and Buncombe counties rounded up people

identified in a seven-month undercover investigation, said Madison Sheriff Buddy Harwood. “They were at one of the residences we were searching,” Harwood said. “They had meth on their person.” Harwood said Gregory told officers he had traveled to Madison County “to purchase meth.”

Also Friday, a Yancey County deputy charged Steven Joseph Hughes, 58, after a deputy said he saw ingredients for making meth in Hughes’ residence.

In the Madison arrests, Presnell gave officers an address at 24 Holly Bush Road, Marion,

but he provided 207 White Oak Creek Road, Burnsville, as his address when he voted in the 2010 general election in Burnsville. State records show Presnell has

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Yancey County Commission Chairman Johnny Riddle was nearly in tears Monday night as he and the commission honored Larry Silver for efforts that saved three children from a fiery van wreck in February.

“Thank goodness there was somebody behind that van who was ... thinking about other people,” Riddle said. “You never know what you are going to do when you come upon an accident,” Riddle said.

Five people were in the county transportation van when it wrecked in February on U.S. 19 on the east

side of Micaville. The driver got out but three children and adult passenger Billy Grindstaff were inside as the van began to burn.

Silver was able to get the three children out of the van and onlookers say he worked to save Grindstaff before the flames forced him to retreat. Grindstaff died in the fire.

“Larry ran toward (the) burning vehicle and saved the lives of three children,” Riddle said Monday at the commission’s regular monthly meeting. “We proudly recognize and honor his heroic efforts,” he said.

Suduko inside!

Meth arrests land three local men in jail

County honors hero who saved 3 children

Gregory Presnell Hughes

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Opinion/Outlooks

To the Editor,For several months, Gov. Pat McCrory has

been meeting with small groups of legislators. The legislators, five or six at a time, are invited to breakfast at the Governor’s Mansion in what appears to be a revival of a communication tool that was used by former Gov. Jim Hunt.

The breakfast to which I was invited was held just a couple of weeks after Gov. McCrory had unveiled his state budget recommendations. Those recommendations quickly became a topic of conversation, as attending legislators voiced their opinions to Gov. McCrory, who did display a willingness to hear them.

I was one of the first to speak and I warned Gov. McCrory in advance that I would concentrate more on an “attitude” that I saw within his recommendations, rather than giving heavy scrutiny to specifics.

“Governor,” I said, “I believe your budget recommendations do a great deal to continue the tension between urban and rural areas of our state.” I then went on to explain that I have been in the Legislature for nine years and that the urban vs. rural battle had been going on during that entire time. “And, I can tell you, Governor,” I said, “the country folks have been losing that entire time.”

I then proceeded to detail for Gov. McCrory the things I see within his budget recommendations that I believe are detrimental to rural North Carolina. They include reduced funding for the Rural Economic Development Center, diversion of funds from Golden L.E.A.F, de-emphasis of the

Clean Water Management Trust Fund and of the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and the virtual elimination of funding for self-help non-profits that allow country folks in particular to create business plans for start-up businesses and find loan sources for those businesses.

Gov. McCrory respectfully disagreed with my assessment about the “attitude” that I believe is displayed in his budget recommendations. However, he did agree to take a second look at some of his recommendations and to have further discussion with me.

I live in a rural area. I’m a native and lifelong resident of Person County. I’m proud of my “country” heritage. At the same time, I am fearful that the current policies being pushed in Raleigh will bring even more economic woe to our rural areas. I am one of a growing number of state representatives and senators that is willing to stand up for our rural areas and our “country” heritage. But, we cannot win this fight alone. We need for those of you who live in rural North Carolina to join your voices with ours in saying that de-emphasis of programs that help rural people and rural areas must stop. The idea of two North Carolinas - an urban one with all the perks and a rural one with reduced attention - cannot be sustained.

Rep. W. A. (Winkie) WilkinsMember, N. C. House of Representatives

District 2Hometown: Roxboro

Steps to avoid Listera, a summertime killer

Legislator seeks balance for rural areas

From the Food and Drug AdminstrationIf you eat food contaminated with bacteria

called Listeria, you could get so sick that you have to be hospitalized. And for certain vulnerable people, the illness could be fatal.

Contaminated food can bring Listeria into the home. Unlike most bacteria, Listeria germs can grow and spread in the refrigerator. So if you unknowingly refrigerate Listeria-contaminated food, the germs not only multiply at the cool temperature, they could contaminate your refrigerator and spread to other foods there, increasing the likelihood that you and your family will become sick.

Those most at risk for listeriosis - the illness caused by Listeria monocytogenes - include pregnant women, older adults and people with compromised immune systems and certain chronic medical conditions (such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, and transplant patients). In pregnant women, listeriosis can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, and serious illness or death in newborn babies.

What foods could be contaminated?Listeria has been linked to a variety of ready-

to-eat foods, including deli meats, hot dogs, smoked seafood and store-prepared deli-salads. A draft study released May 10, 2013, by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) evaluates the risk of listeriosis associated with foods prepared in retail delis. There are many steps that deli operators and processing establishments that supply food to delis can follow to reduce the risk of listeriosis.

FDA and FSIS recommend that consumers at risk for developing listeriosis - including older adults, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems - reheat hot dogs and lunch meats until steaming hot.

At-risk consumers are also advised to avoid unpasteurized milk and soft cheeses (such as feta, brie, camembert, blue-veined cheeses, “queso blanco,” “queso fresco” or Panela), unless they are made with pasteurized milk.

And Listeria can sometimes be found in other foods. In 2011, a multi-state outbreak

of listeriosis tied to contaminated cantaloupes caused illnesses and deaths.

Donald Zink, Ph.D, senior science advisor at FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, says FDA is aware of cases of foodborne illness caused by bacteria that can live in the kitchen and spread to foods that had not been contaminated.

Consumers are advised to wash all fruits and vegetables under running water just before eating, cutting or cooking, even if you plan to peel the produce first. Scrub firm produce such as melons and cucumbers with a clean produce brush.

To further protect yourself and your family from Listeria, follow these steps:

Keep Refrigerated Foods ColdChilling food properly is an important way

of reducing risk of Listeria infection. Although Listeria can grow at refrigeration temperatures, it grows more slowly at refrigerator temperatures of 40 degrees F or less.

• Keep your refrigerator at 40 degrees F or lower and the freezer at 0 degrees F or lower.

• Wrap or cover foods with a sheet of plastic wrap or foil or put foods in plastic bags or clean covered containers before you place them in the refrigerator. Make certain foods do not leak juices onto other foods.

• Place an appliance thermometer, such as a refrigerator thermometer, in the refrigerator, and check the temperature periodically. Adjust the refrigerator temperature control, if necessary, to keep foods as cold as possible without causing them to freeze. Place a second thermometer in the freezer to check the temperature there.

• Use precooked and ready-to-eat foods as soon as you can. The longer they are stored in the refrigerator, the more chance Listeria has to grow.

“If you have leftovers in your refrigerator, it’s best to throw them out after three days, just to be sure,” says Zink. “It’s better to be safe

than sorry.”

Clean Refrigerator RegularlyListeria can contaminate other food through

spills in the refrigerator.• Clean up all spills in your refrigerator

right away - especially juices from hot dog and lunch meat packages, raw meat, and raw poultry. Consider using paper towels to avoid transferring germs from a cloth towel.

• Clean the inside walls and shelves of your refrigerator with warm water and liquid soap, then rinse. As an added measure of caution, you can sanitize your refrigerator monthly using the same procedures described below for kitchen surfaces.

Clean Hands and Kitchen Surfaces OftenListeria can spread from one surface to

another.• Thoroughly wash food preparation surfaces

with warm, soapy water. As an added precaution you should sanitize clean surfaces by using any of the kitchen surface sanitizer products available from grocery stores, being careful to follow label directions.

You can make your own sanitizer by combining 1 teaspoon of unscented bleach to one 1 quart of water, flooding the surface and letting it stand for 10 minutes. Then rinse with clean water. Let surfaces air dry or pat them dry with fresh paper towels. Bleach solutions get less effective with time, so discard unused portions daily.

• A cutting board should be washed with warm, soapy water after each use. Nonporous acrylic, plastic, or glass boards can be washed in a dishwasher.

• Dish cloths, towels and cloth grocery bags should be washed often in the hot cycle of your washing machine.

• It’s also important, to wash hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds before and after handling food.

About once each year most organizations will go through a ‘back to basics’ training session. These companies realize personnel will and can get caught up in certain aspects of their positions that they neglect and forget the foundations of what makes them successful.

The same concept can be said of just about anything whether it is business or not.

I f y o u w a l k i n t o a n y outdoors department you can be overwhelmed with types of lures, types of rods, bait scents, colored lines of different materials, and even hook styles. Since every one of the products promises to be the greatest and only item you need to catch more fish, it is a wonder you have ever even had a fish swim by your bait.

One of the newer techniques in fishing is Tenkara. Basically it is a fly rod without a reel in which you swing your bait over to where the fish are located. “It is all about approach,” the Tenkara anglers say.

When I was young I learned how to do this and did not even realize it. Of course, I used what we called a cane pole. Sometimes we even used a cork but it wasn’t necessary. We would find a bream bed and just dangle the cricket in the water.

If we didn’t have crickets, well we would dig our own worms. We did not need special imported muscled up super worms. No, simple earthworms worked.

Maybe, if it was the right time of the year we would collect a few catalpa worms. I have always pictured the catalpa worm like a chocolate covered long john for fish.

When the fish were really biting we would improvise. Crickets and worms depleted, we would pull out our lunch bag that our moms packed for us. The top of the peanut butter sandwich would become our newest bait. We would pack tight small bread beads and slide it on the hook. If I were a betting man, I would say that is probably how the open-faced peanut butter sandwich came to be. Someone was pulling in the fish as fast as he could get the hook in the water, ran out of bait, and thought to himself that the fish might like bread. He then

grabbed his sandwich and sacrificed one of the slices of bread in order to increase his catch by a few more.

We also did not have to worry about how to hook the fish or when to set the hook. We could catch as many fish just by relaxing while the hook was in the water. We would pass any dead time by laying back and watching the puffy white clouds pass overhead. In fact, we probably caught more fish by not staring at the line intently as we

did while actively waiting for a bite.

Even when we used rod and reel, our baits consisted of lures such as Mister Twisters, Devil’s Horses, Jitterbugs, Hula Poppers, Rooster Tails, and Beetle Spins. We often picked the lures out based on how cool they looked, the neat sounds they made in the water, or the funny ways in which they ‘swam’ when you reeled them in.

Now, checking the inventory of the fishing isles brings us Alabama Rigs, Umbrella Rigs, and Twin Rigs. There is nothing special about them other than there are more hooks. If we wanted to fish with a minnow back them, we either used a live one or a Mepp’s. We were good enough to catch the

lunker with one; we did not need a whole school of them.

The basics, that is what we need to get back to.

Bil l 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].

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Students at Mountain Heritage High School can get a head start on college under a new initiative funded by a $718,716 federal grant.

The project borrows from North Carolina’s successful early college high schools, where students can earn as much as an associate degree in addition to a high school diploma.

The initiative, called North Carolina Investing in Rural Innovative Schools (NC iRIS), is funded in Yancey County by the North Carolina New Schools Project.

“We are so appreciative to the New Schools Project for awarding Mountain Heritage this high-impact project,” said grant writer and administrator Colby Martin. “The opportunity ... is unprecedented in Yancey County.

Mountain Heritage is one of 18 public high schools in North Carolina included in the statewide proposal to the U.S. Department of Education.

“This grant ties in well with other recent grant programs - such as GEAR UP - that focus on helping students achieve success not just in traditional high school courses, but in college or career,” said Superintendent Dr. Tony Tipton.

“Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to empower all students to achieve their full potential as life-long learners and global citizens,” Tipton continued. “This grant especially addresses our goal because it will center student attention on job placement when their formal education is complete.”

“We have terrific partnerships already in place to mobilize this initiative and help maximize the benefit it will have on students,” said Mountain Heritage principal Kevin Huskins. “We have worked closely with Mayland Community College through the Early College and additionally with dual enrollment courses through Career and College Promise.

“With these funds,” Huskins said, “the NC iRIS initiative will provide hope for students who might not otherwise think college was an option for them.”

“Study after study shows that the world we now live in demands a higher level of skills for jobs that pay a good wage,” said Tony Habit, president of NC New Schools.

“We owe it to our students and our community

to ensure that they learn those skills. Our kids are going to come out ahead.”

Students will take a course in study skills, then as 11th and 12th graders choose from options that meet their need. The plan is for students to earn as many as 21 college credits by the time they graduate. Students take the classes tuition free and also receive academic support from their high school teachers.

“The instructional and leadership coaches we will receive from this grant will simply provide more helping hands and hearts in the classroom,” Tipton said.

Mountain Heritage included in grant to award college credit in high school

Mary PowellMary Powell, 87, of Burnsville, passed

away Thursday, May 9, 2013, at the home of a son. A native of Orlando, Florida, she was the wife of the late Marvin Powell.

Surviving are her sons, Ron Powell and wife, Minnie, of Burnsville and John Powell of Orlando; a daughter, Evelyn Liebow and husband, Paul, of Orlando; and granddaughters Courtney and Katey Powell and Sarah Matloff.

Funeral services was set for noon Wednesday, May 15, in College Park Baptist Church in Orlando. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Memorial Park in Gotha, Fla.

Funeral services and burial will be under the directors of Carey Hand Cox-Parker Funeral Home in Winter Park, Fla.

Memorials may be made to College Park Baptist Church, Music Ministry, 1914 Edgewater Drive, Orlando, FL 32804.

Robert ‘Shorty’ ThomasRobert “Shorty” Dewayne Thomas, 55,

of Mars Hill, passed away Saturday, May, 11, 2013, at Brookside Rehabilitation and Care.

A son of J.D. and Lela Rigsby Thomas, he was the customer service manager at Samson Corporation for many years. He is preceded in death by a brother, Dorman Thomas.

In addition to his parents Shorty is survived by a daughter, Nichole Thomas Buckner and husband, Victor, sister Kim Thomas, brother the Rev. Mike Thomas, grandson Zane Buckner, and nieces and nephews.

A memorial service was Tuesday, May 14, at California Creek Baptist Church. The Rev Freddie Bishop officiated.

Jimmy Dean HuskinsJimmy Dean Huskins, 52, of Bakersville,

passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at his home. A native of the Newdale Community in Yancey County, he was a son of the late George Avery Huskins Sr. and Marie Honeycutt Musick.

He was also preceded in death by a sister, Linda Huskins Silver, and two brothers, the Rev. George Avery Huskins Jr. and Bobby Huskins. Jimmy was a service manager at Blossman Gas, where he had worked for the past 16 years. He was a member of Beans Creek Church of Jesus Christ.

Surviving are his wife of 29 years, Connie Cooke Huskins; two sons, William Jerod Huskins and James Ethan Huskins, both of the home; a brother, Ronald Huskins

and wife, Wanda, of Johnson City, Ten.; three sisters, Carolyn Silver and husband, Dean, of Marion, Sabra Jones and husband, James, of Spruce Pine and Betty Hughes and husband, Johnny, of Newdale; and two sisters-in-law, Hazel Huskins of Newdale and Eddie Jo Huskins of Spruce Pine.

Funeral was Tuesday at Beans Creek Church of Jesus Christ. Pastor G. B. Garland officiated. Burial followed in the Crabtree Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to The Gideon’s International.

Cephas RenfroCephas Renfro, 85 of Ridge Road,

Spruce Pine, passed away May 9, 2013 at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital

He was born in Yancey County to the late Dock Dave and Hester Honeycutt Renfro. He was pastor at Blue Ridge Baptist Church and a minister for over 40 years.

Survivors include his wife Frances Noblitt Renfro, of the home; sons Rodney Renfro and wife, Patsy, of Marion, and Dock Dave Renfro; Robert Renfro and wife, Ellen; Keith Renfro and wife, Louise, all of Spruce Pine; and Lloyd Harris and wife, Essie, of Morganton, 15 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Jewel Willean Riddle; sisters Martha Buchanan, and Edna Styles; and brothers Astor Renfro, Charlie Renfro, Cecil Renfro, and Jeff “Bruce” Renfro.

Graveside service was Friday at Big Crabtree Cemetery

Marie Hughes PetersonMarie Hughes Peterson, 85, of N.C. 197

North, Bakersville, passed away May 9, 2013, at Mountain Manor in Burnsville.

She was a daughter of the late Earl and Pansy Barnett Hughes and a native of Mitchell County. She was a lifelong member of The Brethren Church and was a child caregiver.

Survivors include; her two daughters, Jean Bennett and husband, Bobby, and Sharon Barnett, all of Green Mountain; two sons; Leonard Peterson and wife, Elizabeth, of Rutherford College, and Robert Hansen, of Green Mountain; three sisters: Florence Gouge, of Burnsville, Sylvia Wright, of Bakersville, and Connie Thomas, of Green Mountain; four brothers; Malone Hughes of Spruce Pine, Troy Hughes of Green Mountain, Ross Hughes of Erwin, Tenn., and Marcus Hughes, of Traveler’s Rest, S.C.; five granddaughters: Robin, Rhonda, Renee, Tasha, and Tiffany; one

great granddaughter, Brandie, three great- grandsons: Dustin, Blake, and Anton, two great-great-grandsons: Sam and Chris, and four great-great-granddaughters: Payton, Nevaeh, Kayla, and Faith.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart Peterson; sons Keith and Daniel Peterson; and five brothers: Robert, Claude, Charlie, Riley, and Raymond Hughes.

Funeral was Saturday in the chapel of Henline – Hughes Funeral Home, with Joe Brown officiating.

Interment was at Buchanan Cemetery.

Doug PhillipsDoug Phillips, 82, of Hemlock Avenue

in Spruce Pine, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine.

He was son of the late Charlie and Muriel Butt Phillips.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Dolly Koontz Phillips; son John D. Phillips and wife, Kelly, of Asheville; daughter Allison Phillips Orr of Cary; and three grandchildren: Patrick and Erin Phillips, and Caroline Orr.

The family will receive friends at Spruce Pine United Methodist Church beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 17, followed by an 11 a.m. memorial service at the church. A Masonic graveside service will follow at Ledger Baptist Church cemetery.

Christine KnightCla ra Chr i s t ine Ne i l l Kn igh t ,

affectionately known as “Bow” to family and friends, passed away May 6, 2013, in Concord, after battling Alzheimer’s disease for almost six years.

A native of Yancey County, she was a daughter of the late Ralph and Elizabeth Gibbs Neill. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas W. Knight Jr.; two brothers and two sisters.

Christine graduated from Bald Creek High School and Appalachian State Teachers College. She taught in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system.

Surviving are her son, Thomas W. Knight III and his wife, Cynthia; a grandson: Thomas W. Knight IV; a granddaughter: Cornelia E. Knight of Harrisburg; a brother, James Neill, and a sister, Linda Neill, of Burnsville.

Funeral service was Friday, May 10, 2013, in Bald Creek United Methodist Church. The Rev. A. J. Moore officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.


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Round up nets numerous area arrests

Chandler Cheek Coomer Diemer Dorham Fender Flynn

Flynn-Smith Griffey Hunter True Hunter Johnson Metcalf Norton

Ramsey E. Norton A. Rice Robinson Slaughter Treadway

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Young

From the frontt w o p r i o r f e l o n y d r u g convictions.

State records show Gregory has 30 prior felony convictions for forgery and/or uttering. Records also show he listed the Charlie Brown Road address as his home of record when he voted.

The drug sweep rounded up residents of Marshall, Hot Springs, Barnardsville, Weavervil le , Mars Hil l , Leicester and Burnsville. Officers arrested five students at Madison High School, and Harwood said the mother of one of the high school students was arrested after deputies saw her “removing a bag of drugs from her son’s car, (and) then attempting to conceal the drugs underneath her clothing.”

In an unrelated arrest, Yancey County Sheriff ’s deputy charged Steven Joseph Hughes, 58, after a deputy said he saw ingredients for making meth in Hughes’ residence at 79 Silvers Springs Road, Burnsville. Hughes was on parole for a DWI conviction, and was being held in the Yancey County Jail under $100,000 secured bond.

Charged in the undercover sweep were:

• True Douglas Hunter, 18, of 1544 Windswept Ridge Road, Marshall, charged on two counts of felony conspiracy, felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana, and felony maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for a controlled substance.

• Raenen Sage Flynn-Smith, 18, of 835 Secluded Valley, Mars Hill, charged on four counts of felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana and felony maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for a controlled substance.

• Shawn Lee Johnson, 41, of 81 Whittemore Branch Road, Barnardsville, charged on felony possession of

methamphetamine, felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver methamphetamine, felony sell methamphetamine.

• Milton Ray Metcalf, 29, of 466 Grant Metcalf Road, Marshall, charged on felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver methamphetamine, f e l o n y p o s s e s s i o n o f methamphetamine, felony maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for a controlled substance.

• Clarence David Norton, 68, of 74 Paint Rock Road, Hot Springs, charged on felony trafficking in opium or heroin. $40,000 bond.

• Tammy Pike Hunter, 46, of 124 South Windy Ridge, Marshall, charged on felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance, and felony manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school. $50,000 bond.

• Christopher Scott Turner, 23, of 230 Boyd Road, Leicester, charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, and felony maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• Jacob Daniel Diemer, 23, of 4774 Little Pine Road, Marshall, charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• David Andrew Chandler, 22, of 127 Craig Rudisill Road, Marshall, charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• Scotty Earl Robinson, 32, of 58 McLean Road, Weaverville, charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, and fe lony mainta in ing

a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• Solie Justin Griffey, 21, of 142 Flint Drive, Mars Hill , charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, and felony maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• Jesse Colin Cheek, 19, of 735 Tweed Road, Marshall, charged on felony conspiracy.

• Deborah Mcintosh Fender, 57, of 10 White Oak Lane, Mars Hill, charged on a true bill of indictment. $3,000 bond.

• Scotty Lee Rice, 37, 279 Locust Grove Road, Weaverville, charged on simple assault.

• Michael Paul Treadway, 23, of 13083 U.S. 25-70, Marshall, charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• Dylan Adam Ramsey, 19, of 5535 Big Pine Road, Marshall, charged on felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, and maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance.

• Lloyd Shannon Young, 32, of 1842 Kelly Hunter Road, Marshall, charged on two counts of felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver methamphetamine, maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for a controlled substance. $10,000 bond.

• Alexander Malcom Slaughter, 19, of 1035 Upper Brush Creek Road, Marshall, charged on four counts of felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a controlled substance, maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance.

Michael Isaac Coomer, 17, of 376 Tolley Farm Road, Marshall, charged on possession of marijuana up to ½ oz., possession of drug

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paraphernalia.N o a h D a v i d

Durham, 16, of 443 M a g n o l i a L a n e , Marshall, charged on felony conspiracy, felony aiding and abetting.

Austin Ray Rice, 17, of 615 Horace Rice Road, Mars Hill, possession of marijuana up to ½ oz., possession of drug paraphernalia.

E v a n Wi l l i a m Norton, 17, of 1703 Windswept Ridge, Marshall, possession of marijuana up to ½ oz., possess of drug paraphernalia.

C o d y Wi n d s o r Flynn, 17, of 145 W i n d s o r L a n e , Marshall, charged on felony conspiracy, felony possession with intent to sale/delivery of marijuana, felony maintain vehicle/dwelling place for a

controlled substance.In the arrest of Mr.

Hughes in Burnsville, a deputy said he spoke with Hughes outside the residence and then inside the residence regarding an unrelated investigation. The deputy said he noticed a one-liter bottle with unknown substances in it and several items that were known to him to be immediate methamphetamine precursors.

The deputy called other deputies and special agents with the North Carolina S t a t e B u r e a u o f Investigation to assist in the investigation. A g e n t s w i t h t h e s ta te Clandest ine Labora tory Team arr ived and were able to neutralize the chemicals and remove all the items from the scene.

By Nicaela Branton’12-‘13 FFA Reporter

The Mountain Heritage FFA teams competed against other North Carolina FFA teams in State Horse Evaluations at the St. Andrews University Equestrian Center in Laurinburg. The Mountain Heritage teams judged ten classes of horses and orally defended their placing on two of the ten classes.

The MHHS Senior Team placed 20th in the state and seventh in

the region. The team members are Emily Ray, Blake Elkins, Allie Gordon, and Nicaela Branton. Nicaela Branton was the high scoring individual on the team.

The Junior Team placed fourth in the state and second in the region. The team members are Morgan McNeil, Mikayla Hughes, Brittany Thomason, and Sara Johnson. Mikayla Hughes was the high scoring individual on the Junior Team, ranking third in the state.


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The MHHS Senior Horse Evaluation Team: Allie Gordon, Blake Elkins, Emily Ray and Nicaela Branton.

The MHHS Junior Horse Evaluation Team: Brittany Thomason, Sara Johnson, Morgan McNeill, and Mikayla Hughes.

From the frontthe “scene” they want to capture, t a k e p h o t o s , a n d p r e p a r e preliminary and practice sketches. In the evening, artists return to the TRAC Gallery by 5:00 p.m. with their paintings and titles and prices. There they also frame and price their artwork.

The public is encouraged to observe as paintings are created on the fly on Saturday.

This year’s judge is Ann Vasilik, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., who has lived in Asheville since 1988. She received a bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Philadelphia College of Art, and has worked as

a painter and teacher in Virginia, California, Hawaii, North Carolina and the Republic of the Philippines.

Based on her decisions, awards are presented to first ($500), second ($300), and third place ($200); and in the student ($15) and honorable mention categories. That evening a coffee and dessert reception is held in the gallery. Folks come to meet the artists they watched all day, view the work, and applaud not only the winners but all the participants. Paintings from the Paint Out are on display for several days following the ceremony.

Annual ‘Paint Out’ event is in town this Saturday

Parkway Playhouse’s world premiere production of Spirited Recollect ions: A Personal History of Burnsville has its final performances this week, with shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Spirited Recollections: A Personal History of Burnsville imagines a witty encounter between a 20-something ghost-hunter and a older gentleman during a thunderstorm on the stage of Parkway Playhouse. The young man, and his fiancé (also a ghost-hunter) have come to Parkway Playhouse to investigate and research the presence of ghosts and paranormal activity, as theatres are notoriously spooky buildings, and Parkway Playhouse is no exception. In the course of the encounter, it becomes clear that the older man is in fact the ghost of Rush Wray, who was legendary for his hospitality at the Nu-Wray Inn, his gift for story-telling, and his passion for theatre.

Much of the humor and history in the play stems from the fact that the ghost hunters are so focused on their cellphones and wireless devices that they remain oblivious to the fact that they have come face-to-face with the very ghost they came to seek. Another source of humor is the notion that to be

considered a Burnsville native one must have “five generations buried in the ground”, and anyone who does not meet this criteria is by definition a “non-native”. In the course of the 90 minute play, the ghost of Mr. Wray tells stories about Thomas Wolfe, Otway Burns, and evokes a powerful picture of life in this community that has attracted the independent, spirited, and strong-willed to the Mountains of Yancey County since 1790.

The ghost of Rush Wray, who is depicted has having kept is famous charm and flair for the dramatic as a ghost, is portrayed by Yancey County resident, and 10-year Parkway Playhouse veteran Rob Storrs. Parkway Playhouse College Intern Ryan Robertson appears as a comically all-too-wired-in 20-something that does not believe in ghosts. Courtney Wahlers, another college intern, appears as his ghost-obsessed fiancé .

T i c k e t s f o r S p i r i t e d Recollections: A Personal History of Burnsville are $20 for adults; $18 for seniors, military, and students 18 and over; $12 for members; and $10 for children ages 5 – 17. Advance tickets may be purchased online or by calling the box office at 828-682-4285.

‘Spirited Recollections’ continues this week at Parkway Playhouse

The Woman’s Club of Burnsville had a marvelous program on Thursday ,May 9, presented by Theresa Coletta on the “Nu-Wray Inn’s Original Photos” at Burnsville Library. Ms. Coletta is the retired director of the Avery, Mitchell, Yancey Regiona l Library. Her insight for the myriad facts and stories concerning the Ray and Wray families’ history in Yancey and Burnsville provided a link of succinct background connections for our cu r ren t Pa rkway Playhouse theatrical production Spirited Reco l l ec t ions , A Personal History of Burnsville.

The rich history, with the 25 portraits including works of Walter Florian and Frankl in Moody, provide beautiful artistic memories in the Herring-Kivette Art Gallery with the Nu-Wray Inn Portraits Exhibit. The Circus Plates exhibit commissioned by Ringling Brothers

and Barnum & Bailey Circus add to the wonderful program.

P r e s i d e n t S u e H o l l a n d l e d t h e business meet ing which included help from our hostesses for the afternoon, Jan Scott, Barbara Bache and Verlyn Garland ,providing delicious fruit, vegetable and cheese snacks, all very healthy for those in attendance.

The next meeting of the Woman’s Club of Burnsville we will

have Dr. John Boyd, president of Mayland Community College, speak on June 13 at the Burnsville Library..

O u r N u r s i n g Scho la r sh ip w i l l be presented to a deserving Mountain Her i t age s tuden t at the Evening of Excellence on May 23. We look forward to the recognition of inspiring students f r o m M o u n t a i n Heritage for many different scholarships. The public is invited.

Women’s Club enjoys local photo exhibit


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Work crews have been hard at work for several weeks installing new sidewalks along West Main Street in downtown Burnsville. When they are finished, sidewalks will tie the town together with sidewalks from East Yancey Middle School to Mountain Heritage High School on the west side of town.

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North Carol ina 811, Inc. now offers an easy online request for non-emergency, single address location of underground utilities. H o m e o w n e r s , c o n t r a c t o r s a n d members can enter single address tickets to have underground utility lines marked at a single address. The form is designed for simple requests only and should not be used for multiple addresses o r i n t e r s ec t i ons . Emergency tickets may not be processed

through this program.In order to use

this program, you must provide a valid e-mail address. North Carolina 811, Inc. will send a copy of the request when it has been processed and sent to the utility compan ie s . Your request is not valid until you receive this confirmation e-mail.

Markings should be completed by the ut i l i ty companies and/or their contract locators within two (2) business days after

you receive a copy of your locate request by e-mail. It is the responsibility of each member utility owner to mark the location of their underground facilities at the dig site. Member facility owners will not mark private lines. Water, sewer and storm drain lines are only marked in the right of way or to the meter.

Visit http://newtin.ncocc.org/newtinweb/single_address_ticket.html to see how the system works.

Underground utility locator now begins with an email

A r t w o r k o n a Yancey County barn has been chosen to r e p r e s e n t N o r t h Carolina in the new American Quilt Trail R e d w o r k K i t b y historic needlework designer The Posy Collection.

The “Starlight” design on Barbara and Sam McKinney’s barn is also featured in the book “Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Tra i l Movement” by Suzi Parron and Donna Sue Groves.

Barn quilts from 12

states were selected for the redwork kit, which features a form of needle art that uses red thread on natural-colored fabric.

“Barn quilts are colorful patterns of quilt squares painted on panels and hung on barns and buildings that capture the spirit of American quilting and local heritage,” said Posy Lough, owner of the Posy Collection. “We took some of the more iconic ones and put them together in a kit

for quilt lovers and stitchers to enjoy.”

In addition to being a work of art, each barn quilt tells a story unique to its owner or property in which it is placed. McKinney c h o s e h e r s , f o r example, because as a child she would lie on her grandmother’s porch and “watch the stars twinkle.”

Groves, to whom the kit is dedicated, conceived of the barn quilt concept. She worked with her Ohio community to create the first quilt trail to honor her mother, thus inspiring the quilt trail movement. Now, thousands of barns across the United States feature quilt-like designs.

Lough and Parron worked together to choose the patterns and interpret them for the redwork design. The kit offers three finishing options: a

pieced quilt, a pillow with wholecloth quilt or a pillow with 12 individual ornaments. Kits can be purchased o n l i n e a t w w w.barnquiltinfo.com.

Other states with barn quilts featured in the redwork kit include: Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, K e n t u c k y, We s t Virginia, Iowa, Texas, Ohio and Oregon.

Local quilt design featured in needlework collection

The Crosnore Chapter of the DAR will have their next meeting on 28 May at 3 p.m. at the Crossnore DAR cabin on the Crossnore School Inc., which is located across from the Sloop chapel.

Any adult woman who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution is eligible for membership. For information contact Jennifer Mauldin at [email protected] .


Week of 5/13/13 - 5/19/13

Edited by Margie E. Burke

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By Medea GalliganMS Nutrition, CHHC, AADP

Granted, learning the “truth” about the quality of the food we eat is a lot harder than it looks. One of the most common complaints that I hear from clients and from friends who just realized that sad fact is “It’s all so bad for you! It’s impossible to eat healthy - we all have to go some day, what difference does it make?” Well, as a Certified Holistic Health Coach with over 15 years of working with clients, I’m here to tell you that it is possible to learn how to navigate your way through a grocery store or menu and enjoy the nourishing choices you made. I’m also here to tell you that what you choose to eat and not eat does makes a tremendous difference in your health, your quality of life, and how long you get to enjoy your life.

I (and many other holistic practitioners) see our ideal foods as “original foods”, foods that our bodies were meant to consume, foods that have nourished the human body for thousands of years. These are common foods that are easy to find and easy to prepare, and easy for your body to digest. They give you lasting energy, an improved metabolism, and a strong immune system. These foods existed before the industrial revolution, before agribusiness, before feedlots. Before drive-thus, before TV commercials, and before ingredient labels. They were foods that people ate not because they were told to eat them, or convinced of their health benefits, but were eaten because they were readily available and they nourished both body and soul. 1. ORGANIC VEGETABLES

(the way they used to be!)There is little that compares to

the nutritional value of organic, raw vegetables. Plants produce phytonutrients, a name based on the Greek word for plant. But you know them better as carotenoids, flavonoids, and isoflavones, among others. These compounds help plants stay healthy as they grow. Plants grown on an organic farms don’t have chemicals and pesticides to help them ward off pests and diseases so they produce even more of these phytonutrients. And what keeps the p lant healthy, keeps us healthy as well. Phytonutrients protect the body and fight disease and are associated with the prevention and treatment of several leading diseases in western countries, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension. Some phytonutrients help cells repair themselves by stimulating the release of protective enzymes while others inhibit cancer-producing substances and keep cardiovascular disease in check. They also are

important antioxidants and have anti-inflammatory effects. Best of all, vegetables are full of fiber and nutrients but low in carbohydrates and calories. You can eat as many as you want without gaining weight and you’ll gain a tremendous amount of energy. Eat plenty

of fresh vegetables and salads, but when you cook your veggies don’t boil them! You’ll lose valuable vitamins and minerals in the boiling w a t e r , a n d l i k e l y overcook them. Instead, use a steamer and lightly steam them until they are slightly tender, or cook in stainless steel waterless

cookware. Dress steamed veggies with a healthy dressing mix of first cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, fresh-squeezed lemon juice or balsamic vinegar, and sea salt or tamari or sauté them in a little olive oil with chopped onions. Another incredibly healthy option is to lacto-ferment your organic vegetables, and make your own homemade sauerkraut and cultured vegetables! 2. GRASS-FINISHED BEEF, PASTURED PORK, FREE-

RANGE CHICKEN, and WILD GAME

While you have probably heard a lot about healthy foods, beef and pork does not normally top the list. But beef products from cattle that are grass-fed and pastured pork are entirely different in a number of ways, and have an enormous number of benefits for your health, your local economy, and the environment. When we look at how beef cattle swine are now fed in large commercial feeding operations (CAFOs), we can understand why that’s bad, and what the many advantages of grass-fed cattle are. Cattle have been on this planet for a very, very long time, but only in the last

few thousand years have humans become agrarian and begun farming cattle. In the early years of cattle production, those cattle grazed and ate grass. Recently, cattle have been converted to grain as a food, because cattle production becomes cheaper and easier with grain feeding. Cattle that put on weight quickly get to market sooner - increasing profits for the producer. Commercial feedlot operations speed gain by feeding animals grain, treating them with synthetic hormones, and doctoring their food with antibiotics. Many large-scale dairy farmers and feedlot operators also save money by feeding the cows “by-product feedstuffs” as well. In general, this means waste products from the manufacture of human food. In particular, it can mean sterilized city garbage, candy, bubble gum, floor sweepings from plants that manufacture animal food, bakery, potato wastes or a scientific blend of pasta and candy. The problem is, cattle - beef cattle or milk cattle - did not evolve to eat whole grain,

or any grain at all, and certainly not candy! Cattle’s natural food is grass. The scientific evidence is now beyond reproach and the reason these health benefits are all possible is simple; cattle were meant to eat green, leafy, natural plants, not grain. When cattle eat grain, their fat contains a higher amount of omega-6 fatty acids. When cattle consume green leafy plants, as they were designed to do, their fat contains a higher amount of omega-3 fatty acids.

Omega-3 fatty acids are called “good fats” because they play a vital role in every cell and system in your body. For example, of all the fats, they are the most heart-friendly. People who have ample amounts of omega-3s in their diet are less likely to have high blood pressure or an irregular heartbeat. Remarkably, they are 50 percent less likely to suffer a heart attack. [1] Omega-3s are essential for your brain as well. People with a diet rich in omega-3s are less likely to suffer from depression, schizo-

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These grass-fed Yancey County cattle provide good Omega-3 fatty acids in the diet.


By John RosemondQ: I went into my 17-year-old’s bedroom

to wake him this morning. After some urging, he eventually got up and then told me he hated me. What is the appropriate consequence for this sort of disrespect?

A: Actually, I don’t consider that a form of disrespect. Strictly speaking, your son simply informed you of how he feels about you, or felt about you at that moment. His tone of voice may have been disrespectful, but the statement “I hate you” is not. It is about him, his feelings. It’s not about you.

It would have been a different story had your son said “You’re stupid” or “You’re ugly.” Statements of those sorts, because they’d have disparaged you, would be examples of disrespect.

Today’s teens tend, unfortunately, to be emotionally dramatic. The very stupid fad known as “cutting” is an example of this new emotional narcissism. Contrary to popular myth, immaturity of this sort in teenagers is historically recent. It began in the late 1960s, when a new wave of parenting “experts” claimed that children should be allowed to express their feelings freely. Up until then, parents had understood the need to teach children to control the expression of their feelings as well as their behavior.

Let’s face it, a person who expresses his or her feelings freely is obnoxious, tyrannical, even sociopathic. Since the 1960s, all too many American parents have been intimidated by their children’s emotions. Consequently, they have not disciplined them properly. Therefore, many teens feel they have license to express any old emotion they choose, in whatever context, toward whomever. It’s a form of narcissism, really, and it’s truly unfortunate because in the final analysis, the person most harmed is the teen in question. This unattractive characteristic does not make for successful relationships. Nor does it make for a positive sense of one’s worth. As adults, these teens are likely to be very unhappy individuals.

So, what should you have done when your son told you he hated you? You should have

either ignored it or said nothing more than something along the lines of “that’s most unfortunate” and walked away. That sort of nonchalant parental response is an example of what was once called “letting a child stew in his own juices.”

But I have a question for you: Why on earth are you taking responsibility for getting a 17-year-old out of bed in the morning? So he won’t be late for school? If that’s the case, then the question becomes “Why are you taking responsibility for seeing to it that he’s not late for school?” And so on. If that sort of enabling is characteristic of your parenting style, then it’s no wonder that your son is emotionally immature. A child’s maturity depends to great degree on parents who force him to accept full responsibility for the choices he makes. In this case, your son gets to school late, he misses a class or two, his grades suffer, he has to go to summer school in order to graduate on time, he makes less money over the summer, he can’t see his friends as often, and so on.

Start letting your son “own” his problems. It’s high time. Oh, and let him hate you all he wants. That’s his problem too.

Family psychologist John Rosemond answers questions at rosemond.com.

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phrenia, attention deficit disorder (hyperactivity), or Alzheimer’s disease. [2] Many scientists have discovered that a diet higher in omega 3 fatty acids improves your health for a variety of reasons, but one of the most important things it does is that it helps decrease inflammation in the body naturally. Inflammation, as it turns out, is at the root cause of many illnesses seen in America and around the world.

3. WILD-CAUGHT FISH and SEAFOOD

The omega-3 found naturally in fish and seafood is high in two fatty acids crucial to human health, DHA and EPA. These two fatty acids are pivotal in preventing heart disease, cancer, and many other diseases. Your brain is also highly dependent on DHA -- low DHA levels have been linked to depression, schizophrenia, memory loss, and a higher risk of developing Alzheimer ’s. According to lead author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard, the reason we need omega-3 is because 95 percent of your cells’ membranes are made of fat. Without fats such as omega-3, your cells cannot function properly. He recommends eating one or two servings of fatty fish per week to optimize your blood levels of omega-3. However, if you want to maximize health benefits from fish, you want to steer clear of farmed fish, particularly farmed salmon, and even more specifically genetically engineered farmed salmon. I strongly recommend buying wild fish, and Wild Alaskan

salmon is in my opinion one of the absolute best, both in terms of nutrition and lowest potential contamination. Remember, fish farms are the aquatic version of a confined animal feeding operation (CAFO), and just like land-based cattle and chicken farms, fish farms breed disease due to crowding too many fish together in a small space. They also produce toxic waste, and fish of inferior quality. These fish are further contaminated by drugs and genetically engineered corn and soy meal feed, and in the case of salmon, synthetic astaxanthin, which is made from petrochemicals that are not approved for human consumption.

4. ORGANIC MILK, BUTTER and CHEESE from Grass-Fed

CowsFor decades, we’ve been told

that eating full-fat dairy products increases the risk of heart attack. Now, a study from the Journal of Clinical Nutrition says that the more full-fat dairy products people consume, the lower their risk of heart attack---provided the cows were grass-fed. The reason grass-fed milk is protective is that it has up to five times more conjugated linoleic acid or CLA. CLA is a healthy fat found in the meat and milk of grazing animals. People who eat grass-fed dairy products absorb the CLA and store it in their tissues. In this new study of over 3,500 people, those with the highest levels of CLA in their tissues had a fifty percent lower risk of heart attack than those with the lowest levels. Keeping Bessy on grass could prevent more heart attacks than putting people on expensive pharmaceutical drugs

with all their troubling side effects.[3] Adding kefir or yoghurt made from grass-fed raw milk to your diet is an excellent way to boost your immunity and increase your daily energy. Kefir is a traditionally fermented food that is chockfull of healthful bacteria (probiotics). In ancient times, food preservation was accomplished through lacto-fermentation, a process that adds a host of beneficial micro-organisms to food. This makes them easier to digest, increases the healthy flora in your intestinal tract, and keeps your immune system going strong.

5. COCONUT OILDespite the fact that the majority

of health officials have claimed all saturated fats are bad for you and cause heart disease, recent evaluation of the basis for this recommendation has found it to be seriously flawed, as unprocessed saturated fats are an important part of a healthy diet should be regularly consumed not assiduously avoided. An important and beneficial saturated fat is coconut oil, which has scientifically demonstrated health benefits, including healthy support for your heart and brain, skin, immune system, and thyroid. Coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, which your body converts to monolaurin, and this special agent has antiviral, antibacterial, and antiprotozoalproperties; coconut oil is also rich in capric acid, which shares some of the same antimicrobial benefits that help protect you from infections. Coconut oil is also rich is medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs), which stimulate your body’s metabolism and help you trim off excess body fat – which means that delicious

fats actually help us lose fat! What more can you ask of a natural food?

Sources1 . S i s c o v i c k , D . S . T. E .

Raghunathan, et al. (1995). “ D i e t a r y I n t a k e a n d C e l l Membrane Levels of Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Risk of Primary Cardiac Arrest.” JAMA 274(17): 1363-1367.

2. Simopolous, A. P. and Jo Robinson (1999). The Omega Diet. New York, HarperCollins. My previous book, a collaboration with Dr. Artemis P. Simopoulos, devotes an entire chapter to the vital role that omega-3s play in brain function.

3. Smit, Liesbeth A, Ana Baylin, and Hannia Campos. 2010. Conjugated linoleic acid in adipose tissue and risk of myocardial infarction. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Published ahead of print, May 12, 2010.

Medea L Galligan earned her Masters of Science in Nutrition from Oklahoma State University, and also attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition’s Health Coach Training Program. Visit www.HealthyLifestyle Concepts.com for more information.

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