tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59712553275103783012024-03-21T11:48:46.309-07:00The Cove at Celo Mountain - BlogThe Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-83732890391500712002013-09-26T08:24:00.000-07:002013-09-26T08:26:01.518-07:00Yancey County Upcoming Events<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bring
a guest</span></b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
and join the Chamber of Commerce at our BUSINESS AFTER HOURS, Thursday,
September 26, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Hosted by Wells Fargo Bank, 109 Town Square,
Burnsville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Cruise the Square</span></b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
on Friday, September 27 at 6:00 pm until….. Bring out that hot rod, old
trusty truck, or thundering bike for a great evening of cruising (weather
permitting). Bring your chairs, sit on the square and enjoy the works of
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Annual Burnsville Old Timey Fall Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> is this weekend on Saturday,
September 28th. The festival takes place from 10am to 4pm with music,
dancing, craft demonstrations and exhibits. Come out and enjoy a great day of
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<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">THE
BIG FALL FLEA MARKET IS THIS WEEKEND!!</span></b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The Yancey Humane Society Big
Fall Flea Market will be held on Friday – Sunday, September 27 – September
29. Hours for Friday and Saturday will be 8 am to 4 am and Sunday from 1
pm to 4 pm. The Big Flea is located to the left of Fred’s, to the right
of Fred’s and at the former Blue Ridge Hardware store in the Fred’s/Go Grocery
Plaza on Highway 19E.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">MARK
YOUR CALENDARS</span></b><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
for the Mayland Community College Foundation DREAM HOME TOUR set for Saturday,
October12. This one-day self-guided tour features five unique and
beautiful homes located in Yancey County. Tickets are now available at </span><a href="http://www.maylandfoundation.org/"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: blue;">www.maylandfoundation.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> or by calling
1-800-4-MAYLAND or 828-766-1233, or at Mayland Community College Foundation,
Mayland’s Yancey Learning Center, A Touch of Cass, Ye Olde Country Store, and
OOAK Gallery. Advance ticket prices available through Oct. 1<sup>st</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="bqquotelink1"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">“</span></i></b></span><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/paulbryant192784.html" title="view quote"><span class="bqquotelink1"><b><i><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Sans","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">You never know
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<span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Locally Grown Community Gem</span></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis">They call themselves “the locally grown Community
Theater”, Burnsville residents call it a local gem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May 4th begins the annual season of the
Parkway Playhouse, the oldest continually operating summer theater in North
Carolina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1946 Professor William Raymond
Taylor founded Burnsville Playhouse, Inc. and School of Dramatic Arts, the
first of its kind in the South. As professor of English at the University of
North Carolina (WCUNC) in Greensboro, he planned the courses of study for the
new venture, as well as the plans for a complete conversion of the old
Burnsville High School gymnasium into a well-equipped theatre. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 1990s the Parkway Playhouse became an
independent theater company, and is now operating as a small professional
theater company serving the mountain region of Western North Carolina.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis">The Parkway Playhouse has always been
a teaching theater, mentoring college students and incorporating local youth
in their productions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Programs are
available for college interns, high school apprentices and summer performing
arts camps and classes for children, all of which provide enriching
educational programs for local and summer resident youth.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="MsoIntenseEmphasis">For the past 66 years, this theater
has provided productions of entertainment and fun evenings to thousands of
local and summer residents, and for those of you who just pass through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would like you to share our enjoyment of
this local gem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out their
diverse schedule of this season’s productions: <b><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.parkwayplayhouse.com/2012-season"><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Parkway Playhouse</span></a>. </span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“Our
work has its roots in this region and celebrates the diversity, history, and
unique lifestyle that can only be found right here; much like our friends in
New York LOVE plays and musicals that reflect the experience of being a New
Yorker. Much of our work is created, conceived, and performed by regionally
based artists; hence, our tag line of:<span> Locally Grown North Carolina Theatre.” We
look forward to each new season’s productions, we applaud and love the Parkway,
you will too!</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span>Recently we were asked about our beautiful entrance gate to the Cove at Celo Mountain. We offer a reprint of the post from January 16, 2010 which describes the artists and origin of the spectacular design. </span></div>
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ART IMITATING NATURE
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<strong>THE COMMISSIONED ARTWORK ON THE ENTRANCE GATE FOR THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUpIxko8OlZmItac6Y_pBSIVqkBlNaObbVwpIXrbjiHiffCWG31upOtXPU4rB4mpbIpvLjM433P5YQx-rjDWz4G9h7ObP6DGUdJnIBDBfNUeLNP3riNsTQ9LgXFtd6iiA0GdUQt8wE30/s1600-h/0131MeganRichardson+Great+Smokies+Photography+%282%29+-+night+gate.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427377556430251826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUpIxko8OlZmItac6Y_pBSIVqkBlNaObbVwpIXrbjiHiffCWG31upOtXPU4rB4mpbIpvLjM433P5YQx-rjDWz4G9h7ObP6DGUdJnIBDBfNUeLNP3riNsTQ9LgXFtd6iiA0GdUQt8wE30/s400/0131MeganRichardson+Great+Smokies+Photography+%282%29+-+night+gate.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 267px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />Lucius
Annaeus Seneca said that all art is an imitation of nature. That is
literally the case with the commissioned artwork on the entrance gate to
The Cove at Celo Mountain. The owners of Mountain Lifestyle Communities
utilized one of the greatest resources we have in Western North
Carolina - the talent of our acclaimed artists - to welcome owners to
their premier development. This property is situated between Yancey and
Mitchell Counties which boast more artists, per capita, than anywhere
else in America. The conceptual artist, Jerry Newton, lives at the
entrance to Celo Lands and was asked for a rendering of an entrance gate
that would reflect the profile of the mountains as viewed from The Cove
at Celo Mountain. The opening of the gate was to simulate the flow of
Ayles Creek through the property. The blacksmiths chosen for the project
kept shop just a few miles away on Mountain Music Road in Spruce Pine.
Metals used in the construction of the gate were stainless steel, aged
black iron, aged and burnished copper with green patina, and rusted
black iron for accents. Following are the various stages of the project
from conception to completion, from original photos used for the
project, to the rendering by Jerry Newton, to the forging by Black
Mountain Metal Works, Inc. Co-Owners, David Seltzer & John Rolleri.
Back lights illuminate the mountain profile and gate beginning at dusk.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm9X6lAwB3PbNSZoGZfW8-xtvZKZez9WRw1udKabT03QZFrxjoCfVU_CNw89lfdWABLyPL2iPPKk2bk_itEYbj_q5_hovjRzst251BPg-e4h8t5MLhQX3FYdGBGVyvAigPyKSfQPqb4M/s1600-h/inspiration+for+gate+-+photo+of+mountain+profiles+on+Celo+lands.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427387395702675938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBm9X6lAwB3PbNSZoGZfW8-xtvZKZez9WRw1udKabT03QZFrxjoCfVU_CNw89lfdWABLyPL2iPPKk2bk_itEYbj_q5_hovjRzst251BPg-e4h8t5MLhQX3FYdGBGVyvAigPyKSfQPqb4M/s400/inspiration+for+gate+-+photo+of+mountain+profiles+on+Celo+lands.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 291px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S6c4DmQ1De3N5OtEwgsAFTdS00CWrWoEkUlUMaenM50w4O6MTczzZNiExBdnT3ZeaeMrCNWB6hEEqMW4ao1XG80ZhGtSxr8t8TZlTVDi_RtxiaCBjTv0Roa1GkCeVo-NlQMs2pgZ-ZU/s1600-h/inspiration+for+gate+-+photo+of+mountain+profile+on+Celo+land-2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427387621681595634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9S6c4DmQ1De3N5OtEwgsAFTdS00CWrWoEkUlUMaenM50w4O6MTczzZNiExBdnT3ZeaeMrCNWB6hEEqMW4ao1XG80ZhGtSxr8t8TZlTVDi_RtxiaCBjTv0Roa1GkCeVo-NlQMs2pgZ-ZU/s400/inspiration+for+gate+-+photo+of+mountain+profile+on+Celo+land-2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 291px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP6e-KDp_KoRjOFGDO5c9ABs0nRtcthPnXE4tWbim0Dfwx9n8T3Qp2M9mViwbJDopiv7b0G7MABvPAGrQivNf0kXgdl5wE6vX1oL34qc6Sb0Ga1paa2ytmZQY8mNxM12dtXr6hKrbHQ4/s1600-h/Cove+at+Celo+6.09+052-9+-+Ayles+Creek+gate.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427388792785366946" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSP6e-KDp_KoRjOFGDO5c9ABs0nRtcthPnXE4tWbim0Dfwx9n8T3Qp2M9mViwbJDopiv7b0G7MABvPAGrQivNf0kXgdl5wE6vX1oL34qc6Sb0Ga1paa2ytmZQY8mNxM12dtXr6hKrbHQ4/s400/Cove+at+Celo+6.09+052-9+-+Ayles+Creek+gate.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 400px; width: 266px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFsvYDBPi-8o6B5pgDHYwp_V-I6RDGj1L1qs_r3_t8mfWofXk4NemBKETPYh4cPmTtBWQgGrNgb8uS5S40L1RiaHjdvbBXYWT92dnl1PHrs759cHYHGRe0dusti_BfvHprk4zXvroddo/s1600-h/Jerry+Newton%27s+entrance+gate+rendering.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427394148347178194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFsvYDBPi-8o6B5pgDHYwp_V-I6RDGj1L1qs_r3_t8mfWofXk4NemBKETPYh4cPmTtBWQgGrNgb8uS5S40L1RiaHjdvbBXYWT92dnl1PHrs759cHYHGRe0dusti_BfvHprk4zXvroddo/s400/Jerry+Newton%27s+entrance+gate+rendering.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 301px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4VP897V9sYQ9OvRAzxaLHvidDMoN9OqI8ifZSVMDP7VB9G4K55MNNHrGE1SGFj07t9DeosOviPNd1UfOWYnzmO2aWu_CJ-c9sahbnHeFiCkhEQDo0YVLVGo19nLn840FIrBbXDrSaMk/s1600-h/conceptual+artist+rendering+of+gate.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427387863829524242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4VP897V9sYQ9OvRAzxaLHvidDMoN9OqI8ifZSVMDP7VB9G4K55MNNHrGE1SGFj07t9DeosOviPNd1UfOWYnzmO2aWu_CJ-c9sahbnHeFiCkhEQDo0YVLVGo19nLn840FIrBbXDrSaMk/s400/conceptual+artist+rendering+of+gate.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 291px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWroXb2aP-Po3ENdG_QZ8uiHF0rRtAZ3NoykOdNvcImSZBiCD8mm5jwj68jK5JSiXN6WTqR9eNvscezmTG9cd4FbAboMzceDm6wCbYjw8sUsJQXY7ULHXQgnGhs4uhYrxOeL6UOZKaxGY/s1600-h/gate+detail+prior+to+completion+in+blacksmith+shop-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427388088074610994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWroXb2aP-Po3ENdG_QZ8uiHF0rRtAZ3NoykOdNvcImSZBiCD8mm5jwj68jK5JSiXN6WTqR9eNvscezmTG9cd4FbAboMzceDm6wCbYjw8sUsJQXY7ULHXQgnGhs4uhYrxOeL6UOZKaxGY/s400/gate+detail+prior+to+completion+in+blacksmith+shop-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 291px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPrIY-T3tjcC-8ZVXiPhFcxkeAkYny9WTTHe9bXhmSzJCHUg_a9qkI2KiXVMOwZqWCjE3FXmnd0qVSPIX0ZUI47EvHmSssWoFc6tEUWUyUiKANmMCfhk0IEInrWa4OWdl7o4AzD7Wq4A/s1600-h/completed+gate+in+blacksmith+shop.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427388318840000706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIPrIY-T3tjcC-8ZVXiPhFcxkeAkYny9WTTHe9bXhmSzJCHUg_a9qkI2KiXVMOwZqWCjE3FXmnd0qVSPIX0ZUI47EvHmSssWoFc6tEUWUyUiKANmMCfhk0IEInrWa4OWdl7o4AzD7Wq4A/s400/completed+gate+in+blacksmith+shop.jpg" style="cursor: hand; height: 291px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />To view more of the works of the artists on this project and in our area: <a href="http://www.ilaseltzer.com/links/links.html">http://www.ilaseltzer.com/links/links.html</a>
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The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-23810982768769347552013-03-13T14:48:00.000-07:002013-03-20T18:40:20.576-07:00THE IRISH GOT IT RIGHT...<!--[if !mso]>
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Over 200 years ago,
this beautiful region in the mountains of western North Carolina was settled
almost exclusively by Scotch-Irish immigrants as they arrived from northern
Europe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of them found themselves
traveling into the backwoods of colonial America and the Appalachian region,
extending from western Pennsylvania to Georgia. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They came by foot, wagon, or
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Scotch-Irish settlers brought with them the agricultural,
music, craft, and storytelling traditions of their homeland. Living in small,
relatively isolated communities, Scotch-Irish settlers sustained their cultural
ties through the preservation of these traditions and had a profound influence
on shaping the distinctive agricultural, music, storytelling, and crafts of the
Southern Appalachians.</div>
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Today we strive to
preserve those cultural traditions as well as the beauty of the area; much of
what they contributed remains deeply rooted in our surroundings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We boast of having one of the highest concentrations of craftsman and artists per capita then anywhere in the county.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here at the Cove at Celo Mountain the beauty
of the land remains much the same, our mountain views are what those early
settlers experienced as they arrived here. </div>
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Yancey and Mitchell counties have a number of things distinctive to this area alone: the best overall weather in the country, the most artists per capita than any other area in the country, the highest mountain east of the Mississippi (Mount Mitchell), the legendary Penland School of Craft, and the premier art studio tour in the country.<br />
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We also have a global “first” - first in the world to recover and utilize methane gas from an old landfill to power artists’ glass furnaces and pottery kilns, and to heat an art gallery, greenhouses, education center, and offices in a facility known as <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>EnergyXchange. </strong></span><br />
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Its mission is to apply the use of renewable resources and practices for educational opportunities and economic development in the fields of art and horticulture.<br />
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Because methane is a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more effective at holding heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s feasibility study, the environmental impact of the Yancey-Mitchell Reuse Project is equivalent to planting 14,000 acres of trees or taking 21,000 cars off the road in North Carolina each year. <br />
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It’s no wonder, then, that people come from all over the world to study the landfill gas recovery system at EnergyXchange and gain insights into developing similar projects. In the past half dozen years, two other such projects have been developed in Western North Carolina, one near Bryson City, and a more recent one in Asheville. Tours also provide information on wind energy, solar energy, horticulture and aquaculture. A visit to the EnergyXchange is quite an education.<br />
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The Craft Incubator Program was established to support six talented artists – 4 potters and 2 glass blowers – at the beginning of their careers to further develop their skills in managing, and operating their own small businesses so that, when they leave EnergyXchange, they’ll have the “know how” and experience to succeed on their own.<br />
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There is an art gallery to showcase the resident artists’ work, and visitors are welcomed to watch the artists at work, and may even be invited to participate. <br />
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The icing on the cake of this fascinating facility is the new Blue Ridge Public Observatory and Star Park, a world class public astronomical observatory and astronomy park being built on the EnergyXchange mountain top. <br />
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The telescope will be a one-of-a-kind custom made 34” Dobsonian type computer controlled observatory telescope. It will be the largest observatory telescope in North Carolina, and the largest dark sky public telescope in the southeastern US. In addition to direct viewing at the eyepiece, live video can be shown from an ultra-sensitive camera system attached to the telescope. The telescope is nearly finished.<br />
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Adjacent to the main observatory is a star park area for hosting star parties – a place where visiting astronomers can set up their telescopes and share the skies with the public.<br />
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Until the telescope and observatory are completed, the Blue Ridge Astronomy Group is hosting another stargazing on the Town Square in Burnsville November 17th from 7pm to midnight. As always, there’ll be a variety of excellent, powerful telescopes set up, the lights on the square will be turned off, and the traffic will be detoured. Everyone is welcome to come and join in the free, fun, safe evening of stargazing in downtown Burnsville.<br />
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You could have your own stargazing party on the deck of a similar custom home in The Cove at Celo Mountain. There are so many ways residents of The Cove entertain family and friends including strolls on the beautifully maintained woodsy trails, having cookouts and picnics in the little mini parks throughout the grounds or on their own deck, and playing with the grandkids in the creek, the treehouse, and the rope “bridge.”<br />
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So many possibilities exist for our residents. Come explore them. Call 866 378-4769 to set up your own personal tour of the property. You’ll be impressed!<br />
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For the 3rd year, The Read it and Weep Players, a collection of artists and other well known Burnsville characters, will ham it up reading the oldy but goody story, “The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t” by Ogdon Nash. It’s a hoot, and always for a different charity. So plan to attend Friday, November 23rd at 10:30am, at the Burnsville Town Center. You’ll enjoy it.<br />
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Oh, By The Way..........Winter brings many new and exciting things to our mountain home - skiing, winter sports and a magnificent opportunity to experience clear views of our homesites with 3200 feet plus elevations at the Cove. The town of Burnsville sits at 2600 feet, only 35 minutes to Asheville. On Friday, Nov 2nd, Governor Beverly Perdue dedicated the first section of our four-lane highway. Burnsville's promising future is opening up with this new, improved accessibility.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue;">Toe River Arts Council</span></strong></div>
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A great many towns in America have an arts council to promote their resident artists, because a thriving cultural climate is important for attracting visitors and new residents. The chances of finding an arts council guiding the cultural vitality of a community is more likely in towns with a good number of residents in the mid to high socioeconomic level to support it. Usually, the larger the city, the more prominent is its arts council and its cultural life. <br />
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It’s surprising, then, to find a strong and immeasurably effective arts council in our little village of Burnsville, NC with a population of less than 18 hundred, 18 thousand for the entire county. Our Toe River Arts Council (TRAC) is one of the oldest and most innovative, effective, and respected of any in the 100 counties of our state. It’s the only arts council in NC serving artists in three counties, each with a small population yet high density of artists. As a matter of fact, this immediate area has more artists per capita than any similar size area in the country.<br />
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Most arts councils have a gallery and gift shop to showcase and sell the work of their resident artists, and we do too. We maintain two actually, one in Burnsville and another in Spruce Pine. More than that, though, TRAC enjoys a reputation as a leader in its field because of the number of innovative and successful programs it has developed during the 36 years of its existence. </div>
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<span style="color: red;">Studio Tours </span><br />
Our Council, for instance, pioneered studio tours two decades years ago, where people drive themselves to artist’s studios sprinkled throughout the nooks and crannies of the region, meet and watch the artists working, and buy directly from the maker. There were no studio tours then. Now it seems, every city and town in the country stages them. Cities have multiple tours in different geographical areas, and more tours in their suburban communities.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>TRAC</strong></span> facilitates two studio tours a year, the second weekend in June and the first weekend in December. There are around 100 artists participating either in their own studios or sharing another artist’s studio. People come from all over the country again and again for our TRAC tours. They are the most popular studio tours in the nation. If you’ve never been on our premier tour, you might think about coming up for this next one <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>November 30th to December 2nd</strong></span>. See the listing below under “Upcoming Events.” <br />
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Another unique TRAC-supported program is our community orchestra. The Toe River Chamber Ensemble is composed of about 20 resident musicians of all ages from ours and surrounding counties. The eldest member is an 80-something year old violinist from Boone. The youngest is a teenage violinist from Yancey County. <br />
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About the time school starts, orchestra members begin gathering weekly to play and rehearse music – from classical and contemporary to Broadway show tunes. They recently presented their annual fall concert for the public, free as always, and are now in weekly rehearsals for their annual Christmas Concert <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>December 11</strong></span>, when they combine their talents with the Toe River Community Chorus. And around Easter will be the orchestra’s annual spring concert. <br />
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The Community Chorus is formed each year about this time just for the Christmas performance. Anyone who loves to sing is invited to come to weekly rehearsals. They will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria as part of this year’s concert, a favorite of mine. See the listing below under “Upcoming Events.”<br />
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Denise Cook, who plays in the orchestra and was the guiding light in its creation, has been TRAC’s executive director for over 20 years. She has worked tirelessly to generate funding for the Council’s incomparable programs to bring a variety of multi-cultural and curriculum-based art instruction and performances into Yancey and Mitchell Counties’ school systems. <br />
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My favorite is the Traditional Arts Program for Students (TAPS) which teaches 5th to 8th graders the traditional mountain instruments – guitar, banjo, dulcimer, and fiddle – both during school and in after school programs, with the goal of keeping the musical heritage of the region alive and thriving in today’s community. A student who has no instrument and cannot afford to buy one, may borrow one from TRAC.<br />
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These special programs are funded by the NC Arts Council - a state agency, the United Way of Mitchell County, United Foundation of Yancey County, and Mitchell and Yancey County Schools.<br />
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Six or seven years ago, another program was launched, the Paint Out. Around 35 artists come to TRAC’s gift shop and gallery in Burnsville early on a Saturday in May to register. Most are from this area with a few from other states. They then disperse throughout the town, some going further afield into the hills and valleys of the county to paint in a variety of mediums. (Most have pre-scouted the scenes they plan to paint). They work most of the day. A number of artists paint multiple pictures. By 3 o’clock, they begin bringing their work back to the gallery and frame it. Then it’s hung. Everyone returns for a rousing reception at 6 o’clock when a visiting artist jurist announces the winners. It has been a very popular, successful program.</div>
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Other successful events and programs include Music in the Mountains, our tribute to local music traditions; ongoing special exhibits in the Burnsville and Spruce Pine galleries, each with a free opening reception to which the public is invited; and the Blue Ridge Fine Arts Guild (BRAG), a TRAC-sponsored group of painters and photographers who meet once a month to socialize and support and learn from one another. There is usually a guest artist who demonstrates his or her technique.<br />
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #45818e;">Art at The Cove at Celo Mountain</span></strong></div>
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From the magnificent entry gate depicting mountains in layered metals, and the large, colorful quilt square sculpture nearby, to the artful design of the pocket parks beside the creek and the landscaping throughout the community, The Cove at Celo Mountain is itself a work of art. It’s obvious from first glance that the beauty of Nature’s art has been magnified by skillfully marrying the natural setting with artful landscape and home design.<br />
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Come see for yourself. Plan to spend a weekend. Tour the Cove and attend one or more of the holiday happenings listed below. Call us at 866 378-4769 for details on our Mountain Renewal getaway package.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Penland School of Crafts Auction</strong></span> <br />
An auction of student and instructor donated art at this world-renown crafts school, <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>November 15</strong></span> at 8pm in Penland’s Northlight Building. Details: <a href="mailto:info@penland.org">info@penland.org</a> or 828-765-2359.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>10th Annual Christmas Ornament Festival </strong></span><br />
A chance to buy showcase of local artists holiday-themed work, <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>November 17</strong></span> from 10 to 2 at Burnsville Town Center. Free admission. <br />
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An exhibit of holiday-themed artwork by resident artists, <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>November 23 to December 31</strong></span> with an opening reception the 23rd from 5 to 7 at the Burnsville Toe River Arts Council gallery and gift shop. Details: <a href="http://www.toeriverarts.org/">www.toeriverarts.org</a>. </div>
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The premier studio tour in the country, begins at noon, Friday <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>November 30</strong></span> and runs Saturday and Sunday, <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>December 1 and 2</strong></span> from 10 to 5. There is a free public reception at 4 o’clock on Friday at the Spruce Pine TRAC gallery to meet participating artists and see an exhibit of their work. Free guides/maps are available at both TRAC galleries, and all participating studios. Details: <a href="http://www.toeriverarts.org/">www.toeriverarts.org</a>. </div>
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A wonderful small town American style parade with antique tractors and cars, horses, the high school marching band, and Santa, <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>December 1</strong></span> beginning at 3 o’clock on West Main St. Details: <a href="http://www.yanceychamber.com/">www.yanceychamber.com</a> or email <a href="mailto:info@yanceychamber.com">info@yanceychamber.com</a> .</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>Annual Christmas Concert</strong></span><br />
Toe River Chamber Ensemble and Toe River Community Chorus present for the public their annual Christmas Concert <span style="color: #38761d;"><strong>December 11</strong></span> at First Baptist Church on Town Square. It is free. Details: <a href="http://www.toeriverarts.org./">www.toeriverarts.org.</a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Our hearts were saddened by the destruction caused by Super Storm Sandy this past week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, businesses and all those touched by this tragic event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We applaud everyone who is reaching out by contributing, either money or man hours, to the aid, relief and recovery efforts.</span></div>
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A couple visiting from Charlotte six days ago had just driven down to Burnsville from Mount Mitchell on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and said the fall color up there was still beautiful. So, while there is still some autumn beauty to behold in the mountains, I wanted to tell you about two other favorite places that are magnificent in the fall, Linville Falls and Linville Gorge. They are neighboring national attractions on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and both are managed by the US Forest Service. <br />
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<span style="color: red;">Linville Falls</span><br />
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The entrance to the falls is at Milepost 316.3 of the Parkway just north of where US 221 crosses the Parkway. There are two trails from the Visitor Center that take you to different views of the falls, both magnificent. And along the river that feeds the falls are trails to other viewing spots.<br />
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I prefer the upper trail with a slightly downward view. And it’s not nearly as steep as the lower view trail. It matters not from which direction you look at the falls, though, it is like no other waterfall you have ever seen. Learn more at <a href="http://www.linvillefalls.com./">www.Linvillefalls.com.</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Linville Gorge</span><br />
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The Linville Gorge wilderness area is a mecca for campers, climbers, scramblers, and simply anyone who loves nature and being in the great outdoors. There are trails that take you to the river for fishing and camping, and trails that follow the cliff edges with fantastic views of the river valley and opposite cliffs.<br />
The website <a href="http://www.linvillegorge.net/">www.linvillegorge.net</a> says, “Linville Gorge will keep calling you back so be prepared to spend some time there. Feel free to use this website to learn all you can about this special place.”<br />
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<span style="color: red;">The Cove at Celo Mountain’s Hideaway Treehouse</span><br />
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Of all the charming natural nooks and crannies at The Cove, my favorite is the Hideaway Treehouse. Doesn’t everyone love treehouses? My favorite thing at Disney World is the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. So the Hideaway Treehouse at The Cove appeals to the kid in me as well as the nature lover that I am.<br />
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And there are so many other oh-so-interesting things to see in The Cove. One new resident said, “It’s like having your own National Park – without all the people.” <br />
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We have a view book filled with details and images of our community that we’ll be happy to send you. Just give us a call at 866 378-4769, or visit our website <a href="http://celoliving.com/">celoliving.com</a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">A hike Nov. 10</span><br />
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The NC High Peaks Trail Association will have a hike Sat., Nov. 10. Details at <a href="http://www.nchighpeaks.org./">www.nchighpeaks.org.</a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Penland School of Crafts Auction Nov. 15</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Burnsville’s Annual Christmas Ornament Festival Nov. 17 </span><br />
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Speaking of crafts, our annual Christmas Ornament Festival is a great way to do some holiday shopping for one-of-a-kind ornaments, handmade by local artists, without the traffic and crowds of a mall. The event will be at our Town Center from 10-2. Contact 828 682-7209, <a href="http://www.burnsvilletowncenter.com./">www.burnsvilletowncenter.com.</a><br />
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The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-60083883668869512272012-10-17T11:51:00.000-07:002012-10-17T11:51:36.601-07:00 More Autumn Favorites<div style="text-align: center;">
by Amber Deen</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>“The mellowing year marks its periods of
decline with a pageantry of hues so varied that it is, as Walt Whitman said,
‘enough to make the colorist go delirious.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here in the forests of the Blue Ridge, where well over a hundred kinds
of native deciduous trees are to be found, the spectacle challenges
description; the writer feels humbled and gropes for words.”<o:p></o:p></strong></span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">--Arthur
Stupka, “The Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge” (1943)<o:p></o:p></span></span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Newspaper
clippings and postcard announcements of fall events, and their sponsors’
printed website pages that provide details and photos about them, are strewn
over every surface, hard or soft, of my tiny office/guest room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Articles and brochures about all the major
destinations in and around Yancey County, are also here, only in somewhat neater
piles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It all
represents a great many things to see and do and places to visit in our beautiful
mountain region. And this is the best time of the whole year to see and do and
visit them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So I
practiced what I preached, and a couple of Sundays ago I went with a group of
20 people and 10 dogs for a leisurely stroll on a well-maintained trail through
the 100 year old apple trees at The Historic Orchard at Altapass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had just written about it in the blog, “Fall,
Foliage and Fun,” but had not been there in a few years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Well I had
forgotten just how incredible is the panoramic view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It personifies the word “vista.” The mountain
layers were just beginning to show the yellows and reds of autumn, a prelude to
the colorful show to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The weather
was perfect, about 68, probably a little cooler up there on the Blue Ridge
Parkway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without my jacket, the
temperature in the sun was ideal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
never got too warm, not even after twenty minutes or more of walking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">T</span>he sky was a
perfectly clear, intense, cobalt blue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There was a slight breeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
walked at our own pace, chatting with other walkers and their dogs as we
meandered along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Someone heard
the old freight train coming on the tracks just below us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the blog just mentioned, I said the
orchard had been created by the Clintchfield Railroad in 1908 on the land above
the tracks, when passenger trains had stopped running. The barn-red building
that houses The Orchard’s gift shop, butterfly exhibit, home-made ice cream and
fudge counter, and is the music venue, was the station where apples were loaded
on the freight cars. </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So there we
were watching the train moving ever so slowly from west to east, with that
magnificent panoramic vista in the background.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Someone said the train goes through 19 tunnels on that mountain route.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> A</o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">s we
watched, chatting, and so comfortable in the moment, I remembered how much more
gratifying such an event is when shared with others. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had hiked a number of times alone, and
always missed having someone to “Oooh” and “Aahh” with over discoveries large
and small.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I had planned
to tell you about our 52 mile stretch of road that was recently designated the
Mount Mitchell Scenic Byway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last
Friday’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Asheville Citizen-Times </i>beat
me to it with a wonderful story about it in the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Asheville Scene </i>section (<a href="http://www.ashevillescene.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Asheville Scene</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The writer,
Karen Chavez, calls the route, “52 miles of Western North Carolina driving
perfection in the fall.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She added, “It
not only passes through layers of colorfully changing leaves, it winds through
a smorgasbord of artistic, outdoors, cultural, historic and scenic attractions,
meeting all the criteria for the state’s Scenic Byway program.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Coming
northwest from Asheville on Interstate 26, the route begins at the
Burnsville/Mount Mitchell exit 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
follows US19 east through downtown Burnsville, and winds its way through my
favorite local valley scenery in the Toe River Valley, Toe being short for Toecane,
an Indian word I’m told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It meets Blue
Ridge Parkway, then heads southwest to the road that takes you the final 3
miles to Mount Mitchell State Park. (If you wanted, you could continue on the
Parkway to Asheville, making a complete circle.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Our 52 mile
route is the only Scenic Byway that has a state park, a national park, and a
national forest – Pisgah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more NC
scenic byways information, go to </span><a href="http://www.ncdot.gov/travel/scenic"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue;">www.ncdot.gov/travel/scenic</span></span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #cc3300; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Cove at Celo
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surprising that another of my favorite places, especially in autumn, is just
off the Mount Mitchell Scenic Byway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Cove at Celo Mountain is stunning this time of year, and well worth a
visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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well-maintained paths.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop at our Greeters Park and Outdoor Library areas and listen to the view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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build your own “tree house,” and the spacious move-in-ready cabin, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Foxwood, </i>rustic yet with all the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">See it at <a href="http://www.celoliving.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">The Cove at Celo Mountain</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: blue;">.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll love the possibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then phone us at 866 378-4769 and ask about
our Mountain Renewal Weekend. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fall is
best when shared, and we want to share it with you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Two <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of my Halloween favorite treats are coming up:
Trick ‘r’ Treating in downtown Burnsville, a Halloween night like no other, and
our 2<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">nd</span></sup> Annual Halloween Costume Ball with the nationally popular
jazz singer Kat Williams, a huge favorite in Western NC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwSbYHmDF2tD-yCcengbaJhwYvrJHuk_QZRu3avJsQuoBFkZf_JG6wTvPiJM7wia7HiK4vzddPSHGTci1u2R9EAERHV8W3w9mhRtHMnZXUPViCaAgPojFrFxBm1kLpiKEG_bP1AqYb3c/s1600/Halloween.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwSbYHmDF2tD-yCcengbaJhwYvrJHuk_QZRu3avJsQuoBFkZf_JG6wTvPiJM7wia7HiK4vzddPSHGTci1u2R9EAERHV8W3w9mhRtHMnZXUPViCaAgPojFrFxBm1kLpiKEG_bP1AqYb3c/s1600/Halloween.JPG" height="213" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You see, kids
in the country, where farms are far apart, have to be driven to the
suburbs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One shop owner started a Trick
‘r’ Treat night in our little town about 4 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Four hundred costumed kids showed up at the
shops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a huge success, and each
Halloween the numbers have grown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
swear, I think the entire population of Yancey County – all 18,000 of us –
showed up last Halloween.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s become a
giant, fun block party with parents escorting every kind of princess, bunny, super
hero, ghoul and goblin through the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I love it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s uplifting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone smiles, laughs, and has such a good
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s way more fun, and safer, than
the traditional Halloween nights of Anywhere, USA Suburbia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So bring the
Grands for your visit to our special place, and join the fun downtown from 4 to
6pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guarantee it’ll be a Halloween
they’ll always remember.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I bet you
will too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For details visit <a href="http://www.yanceychamber.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Yancey Chamber of Commerce</span></strong></a> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">or phone them at
828 682-7413.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Roaring Fork Falls</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <span style="color: #336600;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Setrock Creek
Falls</span> </span></b>are my two favorite waterfalls because they’re nearby - just
below Blue Ridge Parkway, the walk to both is short and easy, and they’re only
three miles apart so I can visit them both in one excursion. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See more at </span><a href="http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.ncwaterfalls.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">, a nice site.</span></div>
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Market</span></b></span><span style="color: #336600; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">is my “must do” thing on Saturday
mornings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the row of white
canvas booth tops west of Town Center from the light at 19E & South Main
St.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the fresh, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">naturally</i> grown fruits and veggies, were picked just a couple of
hours earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are also preserves,
baked goods just made from those locally grown farm fresh fruits and veggies (I
love the little loaves of rhubarb & strawberry “bread,” so moist, they’re
more like cake), honey, preserves, fresh cut flowers, cheeses, and interesting
mountain crafts. </span></div>
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are happy to answer questions, and to suggest ways to cook produce you may not
have tried before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I learned how tasty
Swiss Chard is when the leaves and stems are sliced and sautéed with
onions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now a favorite veggie of
mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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learned how much healthier is grass-fed beef that has no hormones or chemicals
in it, and now buy it regularly at the Market.</span></div>
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when I go, there are musicians playing traditional mountain music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along about 10am, the place is bustling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It becomes a social hub every Saturday
morning from 8:30am to 12:30pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>IF the
weather turns really cold and wet, everybody just sets up inside the Town
Center, and the friendly bazaar-like socializing and business continue as
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Ranger programs &
the museum at Mount Mitchell State Park</span></b></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday at 11am and 2pm, there are on a variety of subjects
including the bears and other wildlife that live there, and the history of the
park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The talks are always interesting
for children and adults.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The hands-on
museum is fun for every age too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can
move around slices of model mountains to see the different ages of the
formations, a version of counting tree rings to tell its age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can push a button on a picture of a bird
(there are lots to choose from), and a little door will open like a book, and
you can learn about the bird, and hear its call.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s also a mechanical mountain man in
front of an authentic cabin who, when you push a button, will tell you an
interesting story about Mount Mitchell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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small campground in the park, a picnic area, a snack shop, a restaurant, and
many trails to hike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite is the
short and easy Balsam Trail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It begins
and ends up by the gift shop and snack shop, and goes through different kinds
of forest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I worked there, I’d tell
the kids how dark and spooky it was in one spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their eyes would get real wide, and they’d
beg their parents, “Oh, let’s go!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The park is
open 8am to 8pm in October, and accessed on road 288 from Blue Ridge Parkway at
Milepost 355.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phone 828 675-4611, or go
to </span><a href="http://www%2Emountmitchell@ncdenr.gov/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.mountmitchell@ncdenr.gov</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> for details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And read my last blog of Oct. 3, “Fall
Forests Beckon,” about when I lived and worked at Mount Mitchell.</span></div>
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Grassy Creek Golf</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Clubs</span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">are favorites of resident and visiting
golfers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’re nearby and especially
beautiful this time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mount
Mitchell Club is below the Blue Ridge Parkway, not on Mount Mitchell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grassy Creek is about 30 minutes away in
Spruce Pine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out their
websites:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.mountmitchellgolf.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.mountmitchellgolf.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> and </span><a href="http://www.grassycreek.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.grassycreek.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Rural Academy of Theatre</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> presents a free, innovative
performance of live music, theater, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>puppetry;
a silent film shown by bicycle power; and a variety of weird and fun “audience
manipulated kinetic sculptures” (whatever that is), all unfolding from horse-drawn
wagons <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">Oct. 11</span></b>
at 7:30pm on Burnsville’s Town Square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Wine and Unwind”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wine
tasting</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">Oct.
12 </span></b>from 2-7, at Burnsville Wine And…, 25 West Main St., a benefit
for the 4-H Alumni and Friends Scholarship Fund.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wines are for tasting or purchase by the
glass or bottle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be heavy hor
d’oeuvres and door prizes (you need not be present to win).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The cost is $20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For details, call my old friend Joyce Watts,
who retired from Yancey County’s NC Cooperative Extension a few years ago as
its director, got bored, and opened the wine shop, 828 682-3456.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Joyce has a wine tasting every Friday, and
frequently for a charity, but this one is special because this charity is near
and dear to her heart.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The play “Opal’s Baby,”</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> by Burnsville Little Theatre Players,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">Oct. 11, 12,
13</span></b><span style="color: green;"> </span>at 7:30 and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: green;">Oct.</span></b><span style="color: green;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">14 </b></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at 2pm at historic Parkway Playhouse, a
benefit for the County’s Operation Feed a Child. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Burnsville Little Theatre Players, a loosely
knit group of residents who apparently like the joy and drudgery of putting on
a show, was born in 1928 and, except for a few war years when male actors were
scarce, has been staging two plays a year ever since.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phone the diehard president-for-life and
retired Air Force officer, Bob Wilson, 828 682-2609, for details.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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annual auction <span style="color: #009900;">Oct. 13 </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">of fabulous one-of-a-kind art pieces
in every imaginable medium (and one or two you couldn’t imagine), all
generously donated by our world-class artists of Yancey and Mitchell Counties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event is the Council’s primary funding source
to enable it to continue to support the many resident artists – more artists <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">per capita </i>in Yancey County than any
county in the country – who are the backbone of our community and our Cultural heritage,
and a number of educational programs for our local schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Art lovers won’t want to miss this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People come from all over to buy these
incredible pieces at bargain prices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Read details at </span><a href="http://www.toeriverarts.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.toeriverarts.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009900;">Oct. 12
& 13</span></b>, benefits Mayland Community College’s scholarship
programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Six unique and beautiful homes
in our county will be showcased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
will also be a silent auction of artwork.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Get details at </span><a href="http://www%2Ellaughridge@mayland.edu/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.llaughridge@mayland.edu</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span></div>
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the Burnsville Fire Department.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
will be all makes and models of trucks, cars, and motorcycles, plus hot dogs,
hamburgers, and music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s all around
Burnsville Town Square from 9am to 4pm, and like most events on Town Square,
I’m sure it’ll be one giant, fun block party.</span></div>
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Festival</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009900;">Oct. 13 </span></b>will
take place in our neighbor town, Spruce Pine, known as the Mineral City because
mining is the town’s economic mainstay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Heritage Festival will have demonstrations of mountain skills such as making
apple butter and caning chairs from 10am to 4pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then stay for the evening of music from 6 to
10:30pm. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Market Invitational,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009900;">Oct 13/14</span></b>,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009900;"> </span></b>is
a weekend sale featuring the work of 30 ceramic artists, many of the top
ceramic artists in the southeast who live and work in Yancey and Mitchell
Counties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Market runs from 10am to
5pm each day, and attracts several thousand people each year for the chance to
meet many artists in one place, in one afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s
free and light breakfast and lunch options will be available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call 828-765-0520 for details, or go to </span><a href="http://www.sprucepinepottersmarket.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.sprucepinepottersmarket.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span></div>
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</span>Now that fall has arrived, it’s time for the Blue Ridge Astronomy
Group’s fall stargazing event on Burnsville Town Square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The evening begins at 7pm and lasts until
midnight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may bring a telescope or,
as always, there will be a variety of telescopes to share, their owners to
explain what you’re looking at, and a sky full of amazing things to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There’s always a big turnout for these
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For more information on the
event and/or the astronomy group, see </span><a href="http://www.blueridgeastronomygroup.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.blueridgeastronomygroup.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Town Square Scamper 5k</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009900;">Oct. 20</span></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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spectator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The “race” starts and
finishes in front of Burnsville Town Hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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by members of our NC High Peaks Trail Association, will take us from Blue Ridge
Parkway to a fire tower with a spectacular view.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Trail Association has one major hike
early in every month, and a “stroll” for us older kids later in the month. The
public is always invited. Many members also do trail clearing and maintenance
during the month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those men and women
get their exercise!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See pictures of them
working and playing, and get updates of their schedule at </span><a href="http://www.nchighpeaks.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.nchighpeaks.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Annual Halloween Costume Ball</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #009900;">Oct. 31</span></b>,
a benefit for Shortbus Studio, the daycare provider for developmentally
handicapped individuals, will star Emmy nominated Kat Williams with her
powerful Blues music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There will be
monsters, munchies, music, and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
location is Burnsville Town Center on South Main Street, a stone’s throw from
Town Square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doors open at 7pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tickets are $20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contact </span><a href="http://www.burnsvilletowncenter.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.burnsvilletowncenter.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> for details, or call 828
682-7209.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, that website will
have the entire listing of musical events at the Center as well, usually one
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art appreciators can learn about many art-related events in this, and
surrounding, areas at the Toe River Arts Council website, </span><a href="http://www.toeriverarts.org/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.toeriverarts.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And don’t forget to check
for updates on the Chamber of Commerce Calendar, </span><a href="http://www.yanceychamber.com/calendar.php"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">www.yanceychamber.com/calendar.php</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">.</span></span></div>
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what life is like in The Cove at Celo Mountain and Yancey County.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We want you to explore the ancient peaks and
hollows and waterfalls of our forests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stroll
and shop and enjoy a meal in our postcard-perfect Burnsville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be amazed at the beauty and quality of art that
comes from the studios of our nationally renown artists and Penland School of
Crafts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then stroll with us around The
Cove at Celo Mountain…walk the trails…relax in the picnic areas beside the
creek…watch the sunset from the ridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-57844833217873340382012-10-03T09:29:00.000-07:002012-10-03T09:29:27.157-07:00 Autumn Forests Beckon<div style="text-align: left;">
By Amber Deen</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>More Visitors than ever</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can bet on it.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year's leaf "peeping" visitor season is going to be more popular than ever, according to the Asheville newspaper. "North Carolina's forests are hot - and it has nothing to do with fire," began the front page story in Last Wednesday's <i>Asheville Citizen-Times.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A residual visitor onslaught from the movie "The Hunger Games," which was filmed in these mountains, and national coverage in one of the biggest cycling magazines, "Bike," has helped make our forests a hot commodity."People are coming from all over the country," said one of the owners of Hunger Games Fan Tours, which began in April and takes people on walking tours to the filming sites. The tours are sold out for the rest of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whatever your outdoor sport - hiking, bicycling, biking, backpacking, camping, fishing, kayaking, rafting, running, you name it - on land or water, there are groups doing just that within an hour of Burnsville in every direction almost daily.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Mount Mitchell State Park</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our own Mount Mitchell State Park is the grandfather of North Carolina state parks, the oldest in the state park system, and hosts the greatest number of visitors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It's website, <a href="http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main,php">www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main,php</a>, says, "There are a few places in the world that still stand apart from the ordinary. Rising more than a mile high, surrounded by the gentle mist of low-hanging clouds, Mt. Mitchell State Park is one of those extraordinary places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">"In the crest of the timeworn Black Mountains (a cluster of mountains within the Blue Ridge Mountains) lies the summit of Mount Mitchell at an elevation of 6,684 feet, the highest point east of the Mississippi. For those who ascend this mighty peak, what looms in the horizon is a feast for the eyes - breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, rolling ridges and fertile valleys. Forested and forever misty, 1,947-acre Mount Mitchell State Park will provide you with some of the most tranquil moments you'll ever experience."</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1sXrNU9A2-Akz7NNo-7mvG3iPKfyzq2aoz27fWF5ZSpjEZgp9KGzesKYTHYfgDwxtbdKx92LbNkYS1PVPqWw1JMDJpV5NWUdMBkAlxetM9gNzvcHChHRsMAwtXKt_USqYWzqvQfFuIs/s1600/Mt.+Mitchell+entry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio1sXrNU9A2-Akz7NNo-7mvG3iPKfyzq2aoz27fWF5ZSpjEZgp9KGzesKYTHYfgDwxtbdKx92LbNkYS1PVPqWw1JMDJpV5NWUdMBkAlxetM9gNzvcHChHRsMAwtXKt_USqYWzqvQfFuIs/s1600/Mt.+Mitchell+entry.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">How I can attest to that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'll never forget the thrill I felt when I arrived from Florida May 21st ten summers ago to work in the ranger station/visitor center and the gift shop. I had driven through miles of shady forests ever upward. As I drove out of the trees past the rock entry pillars into the park and the sun, suddenly I was on a ridge at the top of the world! The earth had dropped out of sight on either side of me, the sky seemed to enfold me, and I could see forever. It felt as though it was a whole new world and I was the only one there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now as a child, my family had toured the mountains of the Alps in Switzerland, Bavaria and Austria, and I had lived in Hawaii with its craggy green velvet mountains, yet nothing was quite as breathtaking - literally - as that first vision of the world from Mount Mitchell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In six months, I never lost that sense of wonder, that feeling of peace and belonging. and that everything was right with the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Every morning, very early, I'd walk the mile from the employee barracks down to the same open section of ridge in total silence, except for the birds - Black-Headed Juncos mostly - and marvel at the sunrise on clear mornings and the mist that filled the valleys making the peaks look like islands in a sea of white on misty mornings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When it was really clear, I could count 13 distinct layers of mountains in ever lighter shades of blue, and feel rather than say, "Aah," over the eastern sky brushed with peach, lavender, violet, and pale yellow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The evening sunsets on the west side of the ridge were just as spectacular as the morning sunrises to the east, and after a long, busy day, after all the vehicles and visitors had gone, as calming as cuddling a purring cat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Of course there are other wondrous things to see and do on Mount Mitchell. The restaurant, originally built as a ski lodge between the ranger station/visitor center and the summit, has a bank of windows with an eastern vista to enjoy with your meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At the summit is a picnic area, a fascinating hands-on museum, a gift shop with made-in-the-Carolinas souvenirs, and a snack shop with hot chocolate and hot apple cider, very popular on cold, windy days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The viewing tower at the tip top has pictures in each north, south, east and west direction of the peaks and their elevations, so that even on days when you can't see a thing in the distance, you know what's there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Park rangers have free programs throughout each day and in the campground at night that tell you all about the bears and other wildlife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Trails go in every which direction from the summit down. Our own NC High Peaks Trail Association (<a href="http://www.nchighpeaks.org/">www.nchighpeaks.org</a>) recently published a booklet of maps of all of them. Incidentally, the group is hosting a hike October 6th that begins at Mount Mitchell's summit and follows the Black Mountain Crest Trail - which includes the crest of Celo Mountain just a peak or two from Mount Mitchell, I believe - with some of the best views in the East.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, there are some beautiful trails that we'd like to take you on, and picnic spots here and there beside the mountain creek that runs down through The Cove.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Take advantage of these magical mountains during this most magical time of the year. Inspire your sense of wonder. Call The Cove at 866 378-4769 to learn more about our Mountain Renewal Getaway offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you come for your Mountain Renewal Getaway visit, you may stay at the historic Terrell House, on a quiet residential street a short (10 minute) walk to our historic downtown Burnsville. It's the perfect "base camp" location for your autumn mountain adventure because Burnsville is centrally located between Boone and Blowing Rock to the east, Asheville and beyond to the southwest, Johnson City and historic Jonesboro, TN to the north, and the many indoor and outdoor attractions and events in between.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Laura and Mike Hoskins will be your hosts at Terrell House, which once was a dorm for the Presbyterian school in the early 1900's. There are six beautifully appointed rooms, five with queen size beds and one with twin beds, and all with a private bath and a sitting area. See your room choices at <a href="http://www.terrellhousebandb.com/">www.terrellhousebandb.com</a>. And with the surge of visitors to the are, it would be wise to make reservations now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-73241374389696547862012-09-26T11:06:00.000-07:002012-09-26T11:06:12.941-07:00Fall Foliage & Fun<br />
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It’s hard to believe that October, my favorite month, is
here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 6am temperatures on my front
porch have been in the 50s for a week, good sleeping weather!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, except for a few rainy days in the last
two weeks, daytimes have been in the 70s, sunny with a slight breeze so that
even in the sun, it’s not hot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beautiful!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And very shortly, when the mountains are
covered in fall jewel tones, it will be spectacular.</div>
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Ten years ago, I worked and lived in Mt. Mitchell State Park
from late May to November.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was
driving down the Blue Ridge Parkway on November 1<sup>st</sup>, heading back to
Florida, enveloped in the breathtaking beauty of the fall foliage, the clean
crisp air, and the utter peace and quiet of the natural world where I felt so
at home, the thought of having to give that up for the exact opposite environment
made me cry.</div>
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Thankfully I returned to these magnificent mountains a year
later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m looking forward to being
enveloped in Nature’s Fall Wonder once again - hiking to our many spectacular
waterfalls with our local hiking group, taking the dogs (4) for a romp in the
crinkly leaves on a high country trail, or just relaxing on my front porch in
the rocker with a hot mug of spicy tea, breathing the scent of freshly mowed
hay, admiring the crystal clear cobalt blue of the sky, listening to the birds,
and watching the leaves fall from my weeping willow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, my friends, is Heaven on earth.</div>
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And thanks to our high mountain peaks, our lush Blue Ridge
Mountain range puts on one of the longest-running autumn leaf color displays in
the country.</div>
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The number one question for people wanting to plan to come
share our unique bounty for a little while is:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“When is the peak color?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, elevation
and weather are the biggest factors in the color show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leaves begin their color change on the
highest peaks, around October 4-10, and gradually work down to the lowest
elevations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Our own Yancey County is called “the home of Mt. Mitchell,”
which has the highest elevation east of the Mississippi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The color show starts there at Mt. Mitchell
State Park, my home for half a year, on the Blue Ridge Parkway, a short drive
from Burnsville <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5971255327510378301" name="_GoBack"></a>on our official Scenic Highway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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During this world-class fall color spectacular, there are so
many events and places to see and go, that now through early November is the
best time of year to visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since people
come from all over the world to witness the fall majesty on the Blue Ridge
Parkway with its glorious waterfalls and many trails, and to stay and shop in
the nearby towns and have fun at the fall events, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">now</i> is also the time to make lodging reservations. </div>
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As a matter of fact, fall colors will be stunning at The
Cove at Celo Mountain because the peak above it is not far from Mt. Mitchell where
the leaves start the show.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cove
offers "Discovery Packages – two nights at a nearby bed and breakfast or a mountain resort. We’d love to take you on a tour of the Cove in all its glory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phone 866 378-4769 to reserve your package,
or go to <a href="http://www.celoliving.com/">Celo Living</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Orchard</span></b></div>
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One of the most popular destinations this time of year is
The Historic Orchard at Altapass on the Blue Ridge Parkway <a href="http://www.altapassorchard.com/">(Orchard at Altapass</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">). </span>Altapass means high pass.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 104 year old apple orchard is also an
Appalachian Cultural Center that celebrates the people, music, art, and natural
beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> David McRary, </span></span></span></b><br />
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Built by the Clinchfield Railroad in 1908, the Orchard has
some of the most amazing scenery on the Blue Ridge Parkway as well as “family
fun by the bushels!” Families come to pick their own apples, listen and dance
to authentic mountain music, watch the entire lifecycle of Monarch butterflies
at the Butterfly Conservation Center, take a look at the local mountain crafts
for sale – including homemade ice cream and fudge – and take a hayride history tour
where they gaze out at the picture-perfect views while listening to the stories
that have shaped our area for centuries.</div>
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Owners Bill and Judy Carson are always developing new
interpretive programs for the public to highlight the Orchard’s birds,
wildflowers, butterflies, and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
educational programs focused on apples and pollinators are in the works for
K-12 school children.</div>
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In addition to the bluegrass music, apple picking, and
hayrides, folks can take a healthy hike, stroll, or jog throughout the property
and uncover its cultural, historical, and natural riches.</div>
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The Orchard is open May through August, six days a week,
10:30-5:30, closed on Tuesdays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
open daily September and October.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s a lunch wagon open Fridays-Sundays, 11:30-4:30, May-October and
available for tour groups and special events upon request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While The Orchard is closed November – April,
Orchard products are available throughout the year at the website, <span style="color: #b45f06;"><a href="http://www.altapassorchard.com./"></a><a href="http://www.altapassorchard.com/">Orchard at Altapass.</a></span></div>
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The website calendar lists all the musical groups and
special events (there was a chili cook-off a week or two ago) through the
season’s final weekend October 28/29.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This coming weekend has two special events in addition to
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">A barbecue dinner</b> Friday, September 28 at 6pm will honor the
Overmountain Reeanactors – those who annually reenact the September 29, 1780
trek of settler militia, known as “Overmountain Men,” through the location that
is now the Orchard, to defeat the British at King’s Mountain and change the
course of the war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The public is invited
to the dinner in honor of the reenactors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Tickets are $10, available at the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Those in 1780 period dress are
free</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A program will be presented by
the reenactors…always a fun evening.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Annual program on the life cycle and migration of Monarch butterflies </b>by
Elizabeth Hunter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Children will be
invited to help tag and release Monarchs for their historic trip to the
mountains of Mexico.</div>
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There is so much to see and do in these mountains, so many
ways to take advantage of the fall leaf color show. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t let the brief season of perfection get
away without taking part in it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make
lodging reservations now for a getaway in our fall leaf color show. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5971255327510378301" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5971255327510378301" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5971255327510378301" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>By Amber Deen</div>
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A recent letter to the editor (quoted below) in our
wonderful weekly county newspaper, The Yancey Times-Journal, written by a
senior friend, reminded me how important is access to emergency health care for
many people, especially retirees, considering buying a home in our mountain
area, far (they feel) from a big city hospital.</div>
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“On the Saturday of Craft Fair 2012, my granddaughter spent
too much time in the sun.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we got
home, she became incoherent, unresponsive and had shaking chills.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We called 911.</div>
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“Yancey EMS and Yancey Rescue Squad responded
immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ems took her to Blue Ridge
Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine where she recovered rapidly with IV
fluids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quality of care she received
from everyone was second to none, EMS personnel were very friendly and very
competent, and the hospital’s emergency department was likewise.</div>
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“We all try to avoid such problems, but it is really
heartening to know that such people are in our community when we need
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are a big part of what makes
Burnsville and Yancey County a very special place to live.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you, EMS and Rescue Squad for your help
when we needed you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was signed by
Peter Stephens and family.</div>
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Last week’s blog was about a couple of Burnsville
Bests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I want anyone who might be entertaining the thought of
having a home in the mountains to know that our Mission Hospital in Asheville
is another important best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has the
awards and the legion of lives saved to prove it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mission, by the way, owns Blue Ridge Regional
Hospital in Spruce Pine to which Peter Stephens’ granddaughter was taken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Mission Health’s”
website (<a href="http://www.mission-health.org/">www.mission-health.org</a>)
lists, under Centers of Excellence:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Children’s Hospital, Women’s Health, Cancer Services, Heart Services,
Neurosciences, Orthopedics, and Trauma Center.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s important to
know that Mission’s stroke program just recently received the Stroke Gold Plus
quality achievement award from the American Heart Association (AHA) and
American Stroke Association (ASA) for the third consecutive year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hospital is consistently ranked by
consumers as one of the best hospitals in the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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So the world class health care is here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s talk about distances to access it.</div>
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When I first started driving the 8.5 miles from Burnsville
to my little country cottage nine years ago, I thought, “What have I done
buying a place so far out in the country!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The 15 minute drive seemed interminable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But at some point during the next couple of months, I stopped
noticing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I’ve figured out why.</div>
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For the same reason driving someplace new to us seems so
much longer than driving back, we notice each element in the landscape that
we’ve not seen before - each antique farmhouse and barn and scenic wonder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once they become familiar to us, however, they
no longer register on a conscious level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>With our thoughts on other things then, we’re not aware of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So before we know it, we’re there!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Visitors experience that when they first drive around the
countryside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At home, they may drive 50
minutes to work each day, but are never aware of the time it takes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet when they visit here without the familiar
environment of people, buildings, and traffic (and noise and dirty air) that
are all tuned out of their awareness back home, a distance that’s a fraction of
what they drive daily seems so far.</div>
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So when you come to visit, compare distances and travel
times here with your daily routine at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You might be delightfully surprised to find how close we really are to
Asheville, Boone, Blowing Rock, and medical care!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And you can rest as easy as all the other
people who made the decision to move to the mountains, knowing that some of the
best medical care in the country is close at hand. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Super Flea – Another Best</span></b></div>
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The Yancey Humane Society Big Fall Flea, the main fundraiser
for our wonderful animal shelter, is 20-something years old, and Laurie Bohn
has been the major domo behind it for the last 10.</div>
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She has tried to retire from doing the flea, but nobody has
stepped in to fill her shoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all,
it takes an enormous amount of time planning, soliciting donations, collecting,
sorting, transporting, setting up tables and shelving for 12 departments,
pricing, displaying the goods, scheduling, organizing, and troubleshooting
through the entire operation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It could
easily be compared to starting a business<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>– a small department store with 50-100 volunteers in this<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>case - running it for four months, then
closing it down and cleaning up the space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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While most retirees who come from Florida to summer in the
mountains come to relax and play, Laurie and many of her army of volunteers
spend their mountain “vacations” working tirelessly producing the flea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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So once again their work is about to culminate in the
biggest and best indoor flea market in at least Western NC when super flea
opens both sets of doors September 21<sup>st</sup> at 8am to the thousands of
people who will come from near and far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thanks to them and the generosity of Yancey County residents, there will
be the usual bargains of furniture, clothing, household goods, holiday
decorations and gifts, books, music, electronics, appliances, outdoor
equipment, sports equipment, toys, and everything imaginable.</div>
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And in the waning days of September, after the storefronts
are turned back into empty spaces, and the animal shelter has been funded for
another year, Laurie Bohn & Company can finally begin what’s left of their
well-deserved summer vacations.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Weekend events</span></b></div>
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“<u>Between the Tackles</u>,” an original play – a comedy -
by Burnsville’s Britt Kaufmann and Stephanie Poling, has its world premiere at
our historic community theater, Parkway Playhouse, Sep. 22 and runs
Thursday-Saturdays through Oct. 5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
is a matinee Sunday Sep. 23 at 5pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Reserve at 818 682-4285 or at <a href="http://www.parkwayplayhouse.com/">www.parkwayplayhouse.com</a>.</div>
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“<u>Glass in the Mountains</u>,” a weekend long 50<sup>th</sup>
anniversary celebration of the Studio Glass Movement, will include studio tours
and gallery exhibits of 50 of the world’s finest glass artists all residents of
Yancey and Mitchell Counties.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>See <a href="http://www.glassinthemountains.com/">www.glassinthemountains.com</a> for
details.</div>
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“<u>8<sup>th</sup> Annual Bakersville Creek Walk Arts
Festival</u>” Sep. 22, <a href="http://www.creekwalkfestival.com/">www.creekwalkfestival.com</a>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Watch for…</span></b></div>
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“<u>Music in the Mountains Folk Festival</u>” Sep. 29 at the
Town Center, details at Toe River Arts Council (TRAC), 828 682-7215</div>
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“<u>Old Timey Days and parade</u>” Sep. 29 on Town Square</div>
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The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-25544869289018927622012-09-12T10:56:00.001-07:002012-09-12T10:56:59.608-07:00Burnsville Bests<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">By Amber Deen</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Weather</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">At an economic development
meeting of Yancey County citizens a couple of years ago, one shop owner said, “It
might increase visitors if we had something that no place else has.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Another resident spoke up and
said, “We do!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told about a
meteorologist friend who, when he was ready to retire, examined all the
historical weather maps of the US, and found that the best weather in the
entire country - over all - is right here!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Now, whenever someone who has
never lived here in the winter says how bitter cold it is in the mountains, I
enjoy setting them straight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Since then, other “bests,”
“firsts,” and “mosts” have come to mind, and I’ll write about them from time to
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course, last week’s blog
covered the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival which many would say is the
best of its kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Quilt Trails</span></b></div>
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another area best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Visitors frequently ask,
“What are those pictures on the side of buildings for?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer is, to give visitors a reason to
come here for the day or the weekend, and to show off our mountain heritage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">You see, those “pictures” are
replicas of original antique quilt squares from times when quilt-making and
other hand crafts were a part of everyday living in these mountains.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are painted by volunteers onto wood
blocks, made in four sections, by students in our local high school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In essence, they are our heritage on display…on
homes, barns, public buildings, and businesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Barbara Webster, an artist
and supreme organizer, gets the credit for launching the Quilt Trails project right
here in Burnsville, and Mountain Lifestyles Communities (<span style="color: purple;">The Cove at Celo
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks to them, there are now
over 200 quilt blocks in six western NC counties, the highest concentration
anywhere in the US!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our county, Yancey,
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">For online guides, more
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(</span><a href="http://www.quilttrailswnc.org/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">www.quilttrailswnc.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Cove at Celo Mountain</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Cove stands out, some
will tell you, as the best place to live in western North Carolina, perfect for
those who want to have it all – to nurture their spirit in a beautiful natural
setting, while having the amenities of life to which they are accustomed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Think about getting away from
the mundane for a weekend of “bests.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Phone us at <span style="color: purple;">866 378-4769</span> for details of our <span style="color: purple;">“Mountain Renewal”</span> getaways.</span></div>
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(Check the calendar
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Sep. 29</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Lit Fest – Who Knew?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Seven years ago, when I heard
that Burnsville was going to host a literary festival, I thought, “Who will
come to little Burnsville for a literary festival?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it turns out, that was pretty much the
same question well known Burnsville author <span style="color: #45818e;">Charles </span><span style="color: #76a5af;">Price</span> and his wife Ruth
asked when they thought of it 7 years ago. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The answer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Plenty! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Charles Price (3<sup>rd</sup>
from right) and his wife Ruth (far right) </i></span></div>
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historic Nu Wray Inn</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> with some visiting authors during a past Lit Fest.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> The first lit fest had 30
authors and 200 to 300 people attend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
6<sup>th</sup> had 45 authors and 300 to 500 people attend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This weekend is sure to be even bigger. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For one thing, one of the authors, <span style="color: #45818e;">Joseph
Bathanti</span>, was just named North Carolina Poet Laureate 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, in addition to his 2 scheduled readings
on Friday, he has agreed to add another on Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For another, a number of Friday morning
authors are presenting programs for students, and up to 150 students will
attend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">When I asked one of the
founders of the event, new local author <span style="color: #45818e;">Britt Kaufmann,</span> what makes our lit fest
so special, she said, “Because it’s not a writer’s conference like most such
events, but a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">reader’s</i>
conference.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lit fest committee has
tried to keep it more intimate in small and casual settings throughout the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s more fun for the authors and the
participants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a matter of fact, our
event has developed such a good reputation with authors, that they contact the
lit fest committee asking to be invited.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A Lit Fest audience pays
rapt attention to the </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Britt added, “Also, Lit Fest
has an ongoing book club open to anyone to discuss upcoming lit fest authors.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">The Carolina Mountain
Literary Festival runs this weekend from Thursday night to Saturday night,
September 6-8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aside from a few
workshops and the Saturday banquet, most of the events are free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Details, a schedule and authors bios are
available at </span><span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.cmlitfest.org/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">www.cmlitfest.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Seeing Stars</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">If you like to do things that
are different, here’s one for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
Saturday night, September 8, the Blue Ridge Astronomy Group (BRAG) will have a
public stargazing on top of Mt. Mitchell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It will be the highest altitude star party ever held in the eastern
US.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s free, it will begin at 8pm in
the upper parking lot of Mt. Mitchell State Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway,
mile marker 355, and refreshments will be provided by the NC High Peaks Trail
Association.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><i>Two of the 200-300 people who come to Burnsville's </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In addition to BRAG,
astronomers from at least 4 other astronomy clubs in Western NC will be there
with many telescopes large and small to share.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So bring the grandkids and jackets for everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, and in case of bad weather, this event
will take place the next Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Details at </span><a href="http://www.blueridgeastronomygroup.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">www.blueridgeastronomygroup.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5971255327510378301" name="_GoBack"></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> </span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Special thanks</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">In last week’s blog,
Burnsville’s Abuzz, I completely forgot to give credit for the bike race photo,
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provided them, Steve Buettner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work
is amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see samples at </span><a href="http://www.sbphotosite.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">www.sbphotosite.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"> or </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsteve"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">www.flickr.com/photos/macsteve</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work is
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Check the calendar</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Speaking of the Chamber, it’s
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Mountains,</span> and a number of musical concerts at our <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Town Center</span> – all in
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Burnsville’s abuzz</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">By Amber Deen</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">My freezer door is covered
with reminders of</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">upcoming events including the
Carolina Mountains</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Literary Festival Sep. 6-8,
the Humane Society’s</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">annual flea market fundraiser
Sep. 21-23, Glass in</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">the Mountains Sep. 20-23, and
Old Timey Days </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Fall Festival Sep. 29. </span></i></div>
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running and bicycle races, car rallies and shows, church fundraising suppers,
events at the library, and the restored antique movie theatre that plays first
run films, gives you free drink refills, and charges $5 a ticket, there’s
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>This powerful telescope is
being set up for the </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>night’s public star-gazing. The Burnsville </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>area has the darkest night
skies in the southeast. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>People come from all over to
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: xx-small;"><i>such as this and view the
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
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<span style="color: blue;">Mars Hill,</span> Weaverville and Asheville to the west. It
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Just
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Originally from a small town in Texas, Dorothy
moved here from California with the intention of taking life easy, of limiting
her activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And most of the time she
does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“My cabin in the woods at the Cove
is perfect for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s so beautiful
and peaceful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read a lot, I love to
cook, and I just take life easy.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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for several weeks now, Dorothy has been spending two or three days a week
helping collect and sort donated items in preparation for the Humane Society’s
annual flea market, the biggest and most popular recycling of goods in one
place imaginable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And during the 3-day “flea”
in September (the 21<sup>st</sup>-23<sup>rd</sup>) you’ll find Dorothy
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helping with the flea market, this retired widow said she loves to go to town for
supper and to listen to music at <span style="color: blue;">Mary Jane’s </span>Café or <span style="color: blue;">In the Garden</span> restaurant
on a Friday or Saturday night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or listen
to a band at the <span style="color: blue;">Town Center.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“There are
so many to choose from,” she said, “but I pick carefully and I haven’t seen
anything that I haven’t enjoyed. “The
talent in this area - the music, the art, the plays – is just amazing.”</span></div>
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anyone wanting the best of both worlds - exquisite natural beauty and solitude
to nourish your soul, as well as an abundance of opportunities to make and
connect with friends, immerse yourself in activities that you love, and be
involved in this utterly charming mountain community – <span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">The Cove at </span>Celo is the
perfect place to be. The
ideal location between Boone and Asheville means you can take advantage of all
the activities in between.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For a listing
of those events, go to </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <a href="http://yanceychamber.com/" target="_blank">yanceychamber.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And
by the way, a newly completed cabin like Dorothy’s, the last of only three, is
now available for purchase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take a look
at it on our website </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.thecoveatcelomountain.com/" target="_blank">www.thecoveatcelomountain.com</a>, click on Real Estate,
then on Available Homes, and finally on <span style="color: purple;">The Foxwood.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course you can always phone 866-378-4769
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quote Dorothy, “Happiness is where you make it, and in my cabin in The Cove, I
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We thought you might enjoy this <b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">N</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ew</span></b> 4-minute video of <b>THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</b> by Chris Cassels of Casablanca Media out of Asheville, NC. The voice-over is done by our own <b>Sales Manager, David Huffman</b>.<br />
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Call us at <b><span style="color: red;">866-378-4769</span></b> to schedule a private showing of <a href="http://www.thecoveatcelomountain.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>The Cove at Celo Mountain</b></span></a>. We will reserve lodging and dining for you. (For details, please see our Discovery Package listed below the video.) <br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><b>June </b> 3 days/2 nights at your choice of either historic B&B (<b>$99
– no taxes or fees</b>): <a href="http://www.terrellhousebandb.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Terrell House </span></a>or <a href="http://richmondinn.us/"><span style="color: blue;">Richmond Inn</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></li>
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certificate: We will reserve your preferred seating time at the<a href="http://coveatcelo.blogspot.com/2011/05/interview-with-knife-and-forks-chef.html"><span style="color: blue;"> Knife and Fork</span></a>. Nate was formerly the
chef in CA for high-profile actors and has now come back home and opened
up this little ten-table restaurant with his wife, Wendy. Nate <b><u><span style="color: blue;">WON THE FINALS OF THE 2011 WNC CHEF CHALLENGE, </span></u><span style="color: blue;">and </span></b><a href="http://coveatcelo.blogspot.com/2011/09/best-fall-recipe-farmers-market-fall.html"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">Cooking Light’s 2011 Small-Town Chef
Award</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes;"> as well as </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/gardenandgun?v=wall"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt;">Garden&Gun’s 50 Best Southern
Foods</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-no-proof: yes;"> (Oct/Nov 2011
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Recapture the magic of summer with us, and rediscover America at its best - our small hometowns, and the people that make them so well loved. </div>
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Breathe the Mountains....Live the Dream.</div>
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<a href="http://coveatcelo.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-calendar-of-events-near-cove-at.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Summer Calendar of Events Near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</span></a></div>The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-78638222986452180142012-06-05T18:03:00.000-07:002012-06-06T03:24:03.334-07:00Summer Calendar of Events -Near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px;">Plan your visit with <b><a href="http://www.thecoveatceloliving.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">T</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">HE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</span></a> </b>around these favorite mountain activities. Most are ongoing, but there are a few that are perennial favorites. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px;">Of course, not even these wonderful events can best lying on a hammock on the porch of your <b>Cabin at Celo</b>, photographing wildlife in one of the <b>lean-to's</b> on the <b>manicured hiking trails</b>, relaxing by the <b>trout ponds</b>, enjoying a cookout at one of the <b>4 pocket parks</b>, sharing stories around the <b>campfires or fire pits</b> with family or friends, relaxing and unwinding by <b>the largest waterfall</b> within this sanctuary setting, camping out with your children or grandchildren in the reserved area for homeowners...</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px;">Our<b> s</b>pecial summer visit package for </span></span><b style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">3 days/2 nights at an historic B&B for $99</b><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">, and a dining certificate to the </span><b style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">nationally acclaimed ten-table Knife and Fork </b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">will allow you time to choose your home site, home, or cabin while getting to know our hometowns and the salt-of-the-earth people who live here</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">. </span></div>
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<i style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">Remember your favorite summer camp?...a beloved small hometown?...a simpler, slower lifestyle and time?...Remember when summer was magical?</i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 22px; text-align: left;">...It still is...Come back home...The mountains are beckoning.</span></div>
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<b>Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat,
Sun – June, July , August –<u> historic <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://altapassorchard.com/calendar.htm#june" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Altapass Orchard</span></a>-</span> live music, clogging,
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Sat, Sun – June July, August – <u>historic <a href="http://www.yancey-theatre.com/about.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Yancey Movie Theater</span></a> – latest movie
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Saturday night <u>live music </u>- <span style="color: lime;">Mary Jane’s Organic Café</span> in Burnsville</b> – <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun</b> - Summer - <a href="http://www.dpr.ncparks.gov/dprcoe/findPub.php" target="_blank">Meet and Study with a Ranger</a> - Mt. Mitchell State Park</div>
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Ongoing – Guided <span style="color: #e06666;"><b><u><a href="http://www.riversedgeoutfittersnc.com/index.asp" target="_blank">Fly-Fishing</a></u></b>
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Ongoing – Loafers’Glory <b><u><a href="http://www.ncrafting.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">tubing and rafting</span></a> </u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Ongoing - Swimming, Tubing, Fishing, Camping - <a href="http://www.recreation.gov/camping/Carolina_Hemlocks_Rec_Area/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=73902&topTabIndex=Search" target="_blank">Carolina Hemlocks</a></div>
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Ongoing - <b><u><a href="http://www.nchighpeaks.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: purple;">Hiking</span></a></u></b>
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Ongoing – <b><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/-%20http://www.blueridgebicycleclub.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Blue Ridge Bicycle Club</span></a></u> </b> - also multiple<b><u> motorcycle </u></b>and
<b><u>car clubs</u></b> – if this is of
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June 8, 9, 10 <a href="http://toeriverarts.org/studiotour.shtml" target="_blank">TRAC Open Studio Tour</a> – June 8, 9, 10 <span style="color: red;">*****</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 1 – 14 <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.parkwayplayhouse.com/2012-season/9to5" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">Dolly Parton’s 9-5 Musical</span></a> </span>Parkway Playhouse <o:p></o:p></div>
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July 4 - <a href="http://www.penland.org/events/events.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;">P</span><span style="color: blue;">enlandSchool of Crafts 4th of July Celebration</span></span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 4 – <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.yanceychamber.com/calendar.php" target="_blank">Burnsville Lion’s Club July 4th Celebration on Town Square </a>*****</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 4 - <a href="http://altapassorchard.com/calendar.htm#july" target="_blank">Altapass Orchard July 4th Celebration</a> <span style="color: red;">****</span></div>
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July 5 -<a href="http://www.penland.org/events/events.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #999999;">PenlandSchool of Crafts auction</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 7 – <a href="http://events.foxcarolina.com/Dynamite_Day_at_Emerald_Village/243370166.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Dynamite Day at Emerald Village </b></span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 7 – <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yancey-County-Farmers-Market/112275558801016" target="_blank">Farmers’ Market </a>– Town Center Center <o:p></o:p></div>
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July 11-27 - <a href="http://www.penland.org/programs/kids_camp.html" target="_blank">Kids’ Camp</a> - Penland School of Crafts <o:p></o:p></div>
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July 14 – <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yancey-County-Farmers-Market/112275558801016" target="_blank">Farmers’ Market</a> – Town Center Center <o:p></o:p></div>
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July 15 – <a href="http://downtownsprucepine.com/festivals/toe-river-storytelling" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Toe River Storytelling</span></a> – Spruce Pine<o:p></o:p></div>
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July 19 – <a href="http://www.penland.org/events/events.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #999999;">Penland School of Crafts auctio</span>n </a><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 20 and 21 – <a href="http://memberservices.membee.com/ncsprcoc/irmevents.aspx?event=Y" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Spruce Pine BBQ Championship and Blue GrassFestival </span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 21 – <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yancey-County-Farmers-Market/112275558801016" target="_blank">Farmers’ Market</a> – Town Center Center <o:p></o:p></div>
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July 24 – <b><a href="http://events.foxcarolina.com/Dynamite_Day_at_Emerald_Village/243370166.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ea9999;">Folkmoot USA</span></a> – Town Center <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>July 27 – </b><span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>G</b></span><a href="http://www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/btccalendar" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;"><b>ershwin With a Twist</b></span> </a>– Town Center – Live Music <span style="color: red;">****</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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July 28 – <a href="http://memberservices.membee.com/ncsprcoc/irmevents.aspx?event=Y" target="_blank">28th Annual Grassy Creek Mineral andGem Show </a><o:p></o:p></div>
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August 1- 11 <a href="http://www.parkwayplayhouse.com/2012-season/big-river" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">BigRiver (Adventures of Huck Finn)</span></a> Parkway Playhouse <o:p></o:p></div>
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Aug 3 and 4 <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.yanceychamber.com/craftsfair2012.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair</span> </a>*****</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's see...<span style="color: red;">Picnics!</span> Parades! <span style="color: blue;">Farmers Markets!</span> Swimming! <span style="color: red;">Hiking!</span> <span style="color: blue;">Live Bands on Town Square!</span> Cookouts! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Brush Script MT'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;">In
Heartfelt Appreciation of the Men, Women, and Families who have sacrificed all </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Brush Script MT'; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 115%;">so that we may all be free</span></b> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just off the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Boone, NC</td></tr>
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opened up this little ten-table restaurant with his wife, Wendy.
Nate <b><u><span style="color: blue;">WON THE FINALS OF THE 2011 WNC CHEF
CHALLENGE, </span></u><span style="color: blue;">and </span></b><a href="http://coveatcelo.blogspot.com/2011/09/best-fall-recipe-farmers-market-fall.html"><span style="color: blue;">Cooking Light’s 2011 Small-Town Chef Award</span></a> as well as <a href="http://www.facebook.com/gardenandgun?v=wall"><span style="color: blue;">Garden&Gun’s
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<br />The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-301655211375516562012-05-14T21:03:00.004-07:002012-05-14T21:08:14.079-07:00Mother's Day Drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway - Near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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One of the most calming, comforting and pleasurable experiences I have had is leisurely driving the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is almost a spiritual encounter with nature. I have known people fresh from extreme tragedies and crises who have experienced a tremendous relief and release of pressure from this beautiful drive. I wish I could convey this to you through photos - from my iPhone, no less. This is one life experience I would wish for everyone before leaving this earth. </div>
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This part of the Parkway begins off of 80 S in Yancey County (a State Scenic Highway and Top Motorcycle Ride), just south of <a href="http://www.thecoveatcelomountain.com/" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</b></span></a><b><span style="color: blue;"> (a premier gated community between Boone and Asheville)</span></b>, past<span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main.php"><span style="color: #351c75;">Mt. Mitchell State Park</span></a> </span>(the highest peak east of the Mississippi), and on into Asheville. We stopped off at the renowned <a href="http://www.southernhighlandguild.org/"><span style="color: #e06666;">Southern Highlands Craft Guild Folk Art Center</span></a> located on the Parkway near Asheville. Wild turkey, bear, deer, gorgeous rock tunnels, spectacular long-range views, lush blooming flowers and wonderful trees and rock formations make this America's Favorite Drive. We ended the day at the award-winning <a href="http://www.curatetapasbar.com/#/welcome"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Cúrate Bar de Tapas</span></a> in Asheville (Best Chef, Best in WNC 2011, Diner's Choice Winner 2012 and 5/5 Star Rating Trip Advisor.com) with other <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</b></span> owners. A stop at <a href="http://www.chocolatefetish.com/"><span style="color: #660000;">The Chocolate Fetish</span></a> (12 years named Best Chocolate Shop in WNC) was a must for Mother's Day gifts here and before putting the youngest generation back on a flight to Dallas...not a bad way to spend a Mother's Day weekend together.</div>
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<br /></div>The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-19775623169569737332012-05-06T20:36:00.000-07:002012-05-07T09:08:24.140-07:00A Vignette of History and Home - Dating to the late 1700's - near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN<div style="text-align: center;">
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Generational locals say this is one of the most beautiful springs they can remember. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">After our church's First-Sunday-of-the-Month dinner today, a friend agreed that this might be a good time to go in search of the trilliums and other blooms her daughter had seen along the Blue Ridge Parkway a week or so ago. I love the history here, the people whose lives and beautiful characters have been shaped through the demanding challenges of living in these mountains, and - of course, the spectacular scenery all around us. </span><br />
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This vignette of home and history through photos is of a family who has lived on this same land (his) for 7 generations and (hers) for the same length of time. Their 5 children - the 8th generation - have now been deeded the land from both sides of the family. The family names are well known in these mountains and near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN. Many of the original roads within Celo Lands were cut out by the current patriarch of this family. The 6th generation father walked across the mountain from 7 Mile Ridge every morning 5 days a week (a 10 mile or so trek)- getting up around 3 a.m. to arrive at his job constructing The Blue Ridge Parkway. He was known as the powder man - using explosives to blow the rocks out to build this breathtaking highway we drove on today, known as America's Favorite Drive. His pay - $1.30/hr.<br />
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This is one part of many sagas surrounding the history of this land - from Indians (arrowheads still found here), to old logging trails, old mines and more. <br />
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Come enjoy this celebrated season in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in this small sanctuary setting of THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN, a premier gated community between Asheville and Boone - just off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Spend 3 days/2 nights with us on our special visit package at a wonderful historic Bed-and-Breakfast in a county that was Civil War Confederate. Then drive 15 miles down the road to dine at the nationally acclaimed 10-table Knife and Fork, in the sister county that was aligned with the Union - another part of our history. <br />
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Breathe the Dream...Live the MountainsThe Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-79773566912229242722012-04-30T20:56:00.000-07:002012-04-30T21:02:58.108-07:00Our Preferred Builder in His "Free" Time - THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAINI thought you might enjoy seeing how an important part of the team at THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN - our Preferred Builder, Randy Banks - spends his "free" time mentoring young people in Yancey County.<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Mountain Heritage High School</b></span> is the sole high school in <b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Yancey County</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">, </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">NC</span></b>. Its beautiful campus is approached on a winding, wooded drive after passing the gated, manned entrance. It resembles a well-funded community college in one of our nation's larger cities more than a small town in rural Appalachia.<br />
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Its programs equal or best those of some of the nation's top public or private schools. Its Performing Arts programs consistently win top awards at the state level. The Drama Departments of both the high school and middle school have received top honors. Photos below: State's top award-wining drama by the high school; bottom - State's best actor and actress - Middle School. The Music Department, led by beloved teacher (soon to retire), Dr. Tim Babb, almost defies written accolades. I was hoping to have a recording of the Choir presentation I attended Thursday night (perhaps a future blog post) - 17 members strong. One talented member is a gifted operatic soprano! This is SMALL-town RURAL America. <br />
Their Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble are excellent as well. Their art department is exceptional,<br />
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reflecting the character of our counties - more artists, per capita, than anywhere else in America. The school excels academically - even has achieved notoriety on occasion in athletics. But, the following is my absolute favorite. This should be the fodder of national news. <br />
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Randy Banks, the Preferred Builder for THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN, was the Vice-Chair of the Yancey-Mitchell Pillars, a collaborative effort of these sister counties of Yancey and Mitchell in mentoring young people in the building trades. A Habitat for Humanity home was built ON CAMPUS by students and mentors from the community working side-by-side in North Carolina's largest classroom - almost 10,000 square feet built at a cost of over $800,000 raised through grants and gifts. Here is Randy telling the story on the exciting day this first Habitat for Humanity home left our Mountain Heritage High School.<br />
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Come meet these remarkable people - both our builder and our young people. Randy will meet you on-site to discuss ideas and ball-park figures for building your dream home within <a href="http://www.thecoveatcelomountain.com/">THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN</a>. Enjoy our talented young people in performances at the high school or at our acclaimed Parkway Playhouse. Call about special visit packages for enjoying our hometowns at a historic B&B and at the nationally-acclaimed 10-table farm-to-table Knife and Fork restaurant. For accommodations or to receive our view book and other information, <b><span style="color: red;">call 828-675-4869</span></b>.<br />
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<br />The Cove at Celo Mountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11980407015849703292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971255327510378301.post-66166224692101053782012-04-22T22:22:00.000-07:002012-04-22T22:22:13.411-07:00May, 2012 Events Near THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt;"><b>Celebrating over one
hundred years!</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9pt;"> The Historic <a href="http://altapassorchard.com/index.htm">Orchard at Altapass</a> is an 104-year-old apple orchard
that is also an Appalachian Cultural Center celebrating the people, music, art,
and natural beauty of the Blue Ridge mountains in North Carolina.<b> </b>Built
by the Clinchfield Railroad in 1908, the Orchard sits right on the Parkway
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">The Orchard is open May 2 through
early September on Monday and Wednesday-Saturdays, 10:00-5:30 and Sundays,
12:00-5:30; from mid-September through October The Orchard is open daily
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<b>May 02</b> - Bob Lominac & Friends begin the 2012 season with happy, danceable tunes. For more information...Contact: The Orchard at Altapass828765-9531</div>
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An outrageously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her feisty mother all the way from Alabama to California in time for her brother's wedding. Savannah's problem: Mama won't fly.</div>
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<b> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>May 5</b> from 10 to 2 with ethnic food, music, dance, and crafts for sale. They will have Mexican food, folkloric dances and more. Enjoy tamales, homemade
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<strong style="font-size: small;">May 3 Auction takes place at 8:00 PM in the Northlight Building</strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Each Penland session ends with an auction of work donated by
students, instructors, and friends. These auctions are culminating celebrations
of the work done in the classes, and they are an opportunity for neighbors,
travelers, and craft enthusiasts to enjoy the energy of a Penland session. All
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<b>May 5</b> at Burnsville Town Center - Appalachian Therapeutic Riding Center's annual Kentucky Derby Day fundraiser. The fun begins around 5 p.m. with pre-race activities. After the race, dinner will be served around 7 p.m., with music and dancing to the band, Tuxedo Junction. Call 675-5814 or visit atrcriding.com for more information. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">Mayland</span> <span style="color: blue;">Community College</span> Golf Tournament</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>May 10</b> Annual Benefit Golf Tournament:<br />Linville Golf Club<br />83 Roseboro Rd, Linville, NC 28646<br />Support MCC Students while playing one of the best courses in NC!<br />Registration beings at 11:00 a.m.<br />Tee Time: Shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.<br />Captain's Choice<br />Cost: $600 per Team of 4<br />Includes: lunch, Linville Golf Club golf shirt, snacks, cocktail party and awards ceremony. Prizes: Longest drive, closes to pin, putting contest, hole-in-one, 1st & 2nd place.<br /><br />Contact: Mayland Community College Foundation<br />1-800-463-5263 ext. 311 or 312</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">First Annual <span style="color: #38761d;">Grassy Creek Spring</span> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;">Mineral</span></span> and <span style="color: #ea9999;">Gem</span> Show</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>May 17</b> The First Annual Grassy Creek Mineral and Gem Show is an extension of the regular gem show in July - August. There will be 30 vendors from all over the USA with gems, minerals, jewelry, fossils, and lapidary related items.<br />There will be a Bar-B-Que on Saturday by the Parkway Fire and Rescue. Food will be available daily also. Open each day 10-6<br /><br />Place: Parkway Fire and Rescue Fire Station<br />12966 South Hwy 226 South<br />Spruce Pine, NC 28777<br /><br />Contact: Donna Collis<br />828-765-5519<br /><a href="mailto:collisdonna@yahoo.com">collisdonna@yahoo.com</a></span></div>
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<b>May 19</b> - Every year when spring fills the air and colors the gardens, artists from “all over" come to Burnsville, NC. TRAC’s Annual 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. For one day, all day, artists are outdoors painting and drawing in and around the streets of Burnsville for all to enjoy.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>May 19</b> Visit a working farm: bottle feed kids in season, picnic on the property, enjoy refreshments from the Mountain Farm coffee shop, sit in the lavender field and inhale, cut-your-own lavender and U-Pick blueberries, too (when in season)! Have a fun filled day seeing the baby goats and shopping in their gift shop.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Contact: Mountain Farms<br />828-675-4856<br /><a href="mailto:marilyn@mountainfarm.net">marilyn@mountainfarm.net</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.mountainfarm.net/" target="_blank">www.mountainfarm.net</a></span><br /><blockquote>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Graham Children's Health Services <span style="color: red;">Burnsville Fit Families</span> 5K Run Walk</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>May 19</b> Graham Children's Health Services Presents the Couch Potato to Burnsville Fit Families 5K Race program. This free training program will begin on Saturday, March 17th and will conclude with the Burnsville Fit Families 5k Race to be held on Saturday, May 19th. Join us for this free fitness opportunity to train together on our runs/walks. The Whole community is invited. The more sessions you attend the greater your chances of winning. <br />Where: Mountain Heritage High School Track (Burnsville Elementary track when MHHS not available).<br />When: Tuesday and Thurday @ 5:45pm; Saturday @ 9:00a.m BE SURE TO BRING WATER. To Register or view the training plan go to www.healthyyancey.org or call 682-7899.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>May 26</b> Gem Cutting and Gold Panning demonstrations! Free Guided Hikes! Good Music & Good Food! Free Day-time kids mine tours! Treasure Hunt for kids. Night-time Black Light Mine Tour! Other Special Events to be Anounced!</span></div>
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1:00 PM - FREE roundtable discussion of local mines and
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2:00 PM - FREE live music with Kenny Jobe, Billy Constable &
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3:00 PM - FREE guided hike to the top of the Big McKinney
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9:00 PM - BLACK LIGHT MINE TOUR in the Bon Ami
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Doors open at 8:00 PM.<br />Contact: Emerald Village<br />828-765-6463<br /><a href="http://www.emeraldvillage/" target="_blank">www.emeraldvillage</a></span></div>
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<b>May 28</b> Open to the public, live music all day is free. The stage area fills up quickly, so you might want to bring lawn chairs. Admission for the meal is a dish to share or $10 per meal. The Orchard provides traditional mountain barbecue, water, iced tea and paper goods<br /><br />Contact: Orchard at Altapass<br />828765-9531<br /><a href="http://www.altapassochard.com/" target="_blank">www.altapassochard.com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">It was in Spruce Pine in the 1930's and 1940's that two of Daniel Boone's direct descendants owned and operated a forge. Lawrence and Daniel Boone VI became very well known for the iron hardware they made for Colonial Williamsburg. Spruce Pine also has the distinction of having Bea Hensley, one of NC's Living Treasures as a resident blacksmith. Bea worked as an apprentice with the Boones and still resides in Spruce Pine.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lanterns forged, handcrafted, and gifted by Daniel BooneVI hang in the historic Burnsville, NC Parkway Playhouse. Burnsville's new state-of-the-art library showcases a commissioned 6-ft wrought iron lantern forged by Bea's son, Mike.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">At the 2012 Festival, festival goers can hammer out a little metal in the Hands-On tent or just watch the professionals. Renowned blacksmiths Zack Noble, Daniel Miller, Elizabeth Brim and Joe Anderson will be demonstrating the art of blacksmithing. Don't miss all the food, fun, exhibits, demonstrations and music at this year's Festival!</span> </span></div>
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Come out to our spring event 4pm to 6pm $15 includes nutrition information, the benefits of wine, recipes, handouts,k healthy appetizers, glass of wine and wine glass. Instructors Medea Galligan MS Nutrition Wendy Dunn Mutual Distributors Preregister by April 24th @ Burnsville Wine and... Space is limited<br />
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This video is from CBS news about one of our local crafters: <a href="http://www.woodyschairshop.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #479600; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Woody family</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> in Spruce Pine is now in its<b> seventh generation of crafting </b>traditional wooden rockers and chairs by hand. </span><a href="http://downtownsprucepine.com/festivals/fire-on-the-mountain/fire-on-the-mountain-2012" style="background-color: white; color: #479600; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Spruce Pine Main Street</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> hosts the annual Fire on the Mountain Blacksmith Festival in conjunction with Penland School of Crafts, Saturday, April 28 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The festival celebrates blacksmithing’s deep roots in Western North Carolina and features live demonstrations and sales. </span><a href="http://www.penland.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #479600; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Penland</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">, founded in 1929 offers a wide range of summer classes as well as a gallery featuring work by artists affiliated with the school. And...the couple dancing together at the end of the video...my sister's bridge partner - a rocket scientist - really - they get a lot of mileage out of that with jokes at the bridge tables...Meet him in person at <b><a href="http://altapassorchard.com/">Altapass Orchard</a></b> on the Blue Ridge Parkway - an NC historic treasure held in trust, that opens May 2nd.</span></div>
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In one of the recent blogs I talked about going for a spring walk on Mt. Mitchell Golf Course-before opening day- with my octogenarian friend after church one Sunday (but shhhh...I think that's off limits.) My friend's family and her husband's family have owned their land here for 7 generations. It is all now deeded to their children - the 8th generation. The multi-generational family who sold "part" of their land to what is now this acclaimed golf course, were also founders - along with my walking buddy - of our church. As we discussed all of this history and the "ties that bind" after service, it somehow led into a discussion of the blooms outside the windows - the blooms the Blue Ridge Mountains are noted for in spring, what various names are given to the trees and how this all ties into our religious traditions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local name: Sarvis, Other Names: Service, Service berry</td></tr>
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My question was specifically about the prolific white blooming trees - everywhere all over these mountains now - growing wild. Are these all wild dogwood? My friend said no, they are mostly sarvis trees. Another generational local in the church said she had just learned that "we" had been using the Appalachian vernacular, that they are really called service trees, more specifically service berry trees. One of the men explained that it was a toss-up whether the local term, "sarvis" is really a dialectical mispronunciation of service or yet another example of old Shakespearean English that is still so prevalent among the "old timers" here - and a spin-off of the sorbus tree. Or, some say the name "service" comes from this time of year - Easter - when the trees would bloom exactly at the time of Easter services. Others say it is because tent revivals were held around this season, and the blooms coincided with those services.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogwood tree - North Carolina State Flower</td></tr>
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Interestingly enough, the wild dogwood (North Carolina's state flower) is also blooming now. It is difficult for me to tell the two apart from a distance. The dogwood also has Christian symbolism and legend tied to it - also coinciding with Easter. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about that:<br />
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"<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Many<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial;" title="Christian"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Christians</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">consider the flowering dogwood's showy cross-like
inflorescences ("flowers") to be religious symbols, due to their four
white petal-like<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracts" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial;" title="Bracts"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">bracts</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">bearing red dots on their tips; these trees are often
in flower during the springtime<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial;" title="Easter"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Easter</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">season in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial;" title="Northern Hemisphere"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Northern Hemisphere</span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. Christian tradition claims the dogwood as the
tree used to make the cross on which Jesus was crucified, and further, that
dogwoods grew taller and broader until the 1st Century AD, making them suitable
for use as crosses. In response to Jesus's death on one, God permanently stunted
the growth of the dogwood species to prevent them ever again being used for the
same purpose. Today, very few dogwood specimens would provide sufficient wood
to manufacture a cross by the primitive means of the 1st Century AD.''</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherry blossoms on The Cove at Celo Mountain</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh, and then there are cherry trees with white blooms on THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN as well. I will never forget driving a friend along the road by these as the petals cascaded down on the car. It was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in my life. All the friend could say was, "Oh, this is so beautiful!" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the land, the stories, the dialect, but - most of all - the salt-of-the-earth people here.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Come spend a few days with us enjoying the most gorgeous spring imaginable in this sanctuary setting we call THE COVE AT CELO MOUNTAIN, just off America's Favorite Drive - the Blue Ridge Parkway - and a part of the Pisgah National Forest. Spend time getting to know our hometown people on one of our special visit packages that includes lodging at one of our historic bed-and-breakfasts and dining at the award-winning farm-to-table Knife and Fork restaurant. Come back home to the natural beauty and simple goodness of small-town America. Your mountain, your heritage awaits you. </span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Call </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style="color: red;">866-378-4769</span></b></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> to book your accommodations and pick your home site or Cabin at Celo</span><br />
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<a href="http://smokymountainnews.com/issues/03_03/03_26_03/mtn_voices.html">http://smokymountainnews.com/issues/03_03/03_26_03/mtn_voices.html</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Further reading:</div>
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<a href="http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20120313/ARTICLES/120319915?p=4&tc=p">$100K Grant to Save the NC Dogwood</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/ag636_03.pdf">Planting Native for Wildlife</a></div>
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