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West Jefferson sprucing up downtown, parkLinda Burchetteassistant [email protected]

Work is nearly complete on the streetscape enhance-ments at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Main Street in downtown West Jef-ferson.

The new look includes brick and concrete “bumpouts” to help pedestrians cross the streets and landscaping with trees and bushes. Decorative street lights have been in-stalled and benches are soon to be added along with deco-rative stop signs.

Town Manager Brantley Price said work will begin July 30 on the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Ashe Street, and should be com-

pleted by Aug. 22, and other intersections currently paint-ed for the bumpouts will be looked at next year as fund-ing becomes available.

The concrete and storm drainage work is being fund-ed by the Department of Transportation through an agreement with the town that allowed DOT to remove traf-fic signals to create four-way stops at most of the down-town intersections. The town is paying the difference for the additional streetscape enhancements of brick, deco-rative signs and landscaping, and the work is being done by Vannoy Construction Company and the town main-tenance staff.

During a special meeting

last Wednesday, the board voted four to one, with Alder-man Calvin Green opposed, to go ahead with the intersec-tion at Jefferson Avenue and Ashe Street.

According to the board’s minutes from the meeting, Alderman Green said the money should not be spent on this new intersection un-til the town sees how the just completed work fares through the winter. Green also op-posed a vote by the board on a budget amendment for the streetscape completion.

In a motion to cancel the regularly scheduled first Monday meeting on July 2, Alderman Stephen Shoemak-er voted in opposition. The

Celebrate the Fourth with a bangAdam Orrstaff [email protected]

Celebrate the Fourth of July with friends, family, and fireworks at Ashe County Park on Wednesday.

Festivities kick off at noon and run through around 9 p.m. when the night sky will light up with fireworks courtesy of Ashe County Parks and Recreation.

“Gates open at noon, and the fireworks start as soon as it gets dark,” said Ashe County Parks and Recreation Assistant Athletic Director Jeremy Osborne. “Of course, the whole show is free, but dona-tions will be accepted at the gate.”

Concessions will be sold throughout the day, and games and activities will be pro-vided for the kids, including bouncy cas-tles. Musical acts will include the Thunder Valley Band, and Summit Band.

Moore hired as new librarian

Margate resident marks 100th year

Adam Orrstaff [email protected]

Ashe County will welcome it’s new librarian, Suzanne Moore, on July 16.

“Suzanne’s done a lot and definitely demonstrated to everyone that she is a hard worker,” said Molly West-moreland, director of librar-ies for Appalachian Regional Library, who made the an-nouncement. “We’re so hap-py to have to have her, and I think people are really going to take to her.”

The Appalachian Regional Library’s governing board met via teleconference and

Mrs. Hallie Mae Smith, a resident of Margate Health & Rehab in Jefferson, marked her 100th birthday on July 1, celebrated with a party last week at the center.

She was born July 1, 1912 in Greensboro to Samuel and Mary Apple, and married to Earnest Smith for 58years. He passed away in 1992. She is a member of Pleasant Garden Methodist Church in Greensboro.

Hallie and Earnest have two sons, Charles and Roger Smith, four grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

Hallie was in the first class of licensed practical nurses to graduate from Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in 1958.

She loves flowers and had beautiful flower gardens, often displaying flowers from her gardens at flower shows. She is still active, and went bowling with Margate’s residents and staff at Cardinal Lanes during National Nursing Home Week in May. She enjoys other activities at the center in-cluding chair dancing.

In honor of her 100th year, Hallie was given a birthday party at Margate last Thursday with a beautiful cake, on one half of which was a photo of her in younger days. She was presented a vase of red roses from Maynard Stuart of

Relay for Life planned in JulyThe Relay for Life of Ashe

County will begin at 6 p.m. Fri-day, July 13, at the Ashe County High School track.

Start off the day by having lunch at Frasers Restaurant with 10 percent of the sales between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on July 13 going to Relay!

While at Frasers, take a look at the beautiful barn quilt donated by Syndi and Renee Brooks on display there until 2:30 p.m. July 13. Donations for a chance to win this beautiful barn quilt can be made at Frasers. Sug-gested donation is $3 each or four for $10. Drawing will be the night of Relay. You do not have to be present to win.

Then come to Relay at the high

school track and enjoy the fun! Food and fun for everyone. Face painting and inflatables for the kids.

Opening ceremonies for Relay start at 6 p.m. with the survivor lap immediately following. All survivors and caregivers are encouraged to come and join together with others who have fought this fight. Special music will be provided by Jeff, Kathy, and Keith Brooks. DJ music provid-ed by Glenn Sullivan.

Luminaries can be purchased at Relay for $10 in honor or memory, and the luminaria ceremony will be-gin around 9 p.m.

Come walk, sit, talk, eat – have fun and support this fight against cancer!

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See SMITH | 6

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post photo/linda BurchetteNew sidewalks at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Main Street are en-hanced with brick and landscaping.

Ashe County Park gates open at noon - fireworks begin at dark

photos submitted

photo submittedSuzanne Moore will take the reins as Ashe County Public Li-brary’s new librarian on July 16.

post photo/linda BurchetteHallie Mae Smith celebrated her 100th birthday (July 1) with a party on Thursday at Margate with roses from Maynard Stuart of Jefferson Florist presented by Senior Tar Heel Delegate Clara Miller, at right, and the reading by Commission Chairwoman Judy Poe of a resolution from High Country COG Area Agency on Aging.

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On May 1, a resident of NC 16 South in Jefferson reported a fraud (obtaining money/property by false pretense) to the ACSO. The victim allegedly purchased a stolen bush hog. The case is un-der further investigation.

On May 24, an Ashe County resident reported a larceny to the Ashe County Sheriffs Office. During the incident, three vehicle tags were allegedly stolen from a parking lot. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 2, a resident of Roundabout Road in Creston reported a motor vehicle theft (automobile) to the ACSO. During the incident, a 1968 Pontiac GTO, valued at $1,500, was allegedly towed from the victim’s yard, where the car had sat for years. The case is under further investigation.

On June 16, a resident of Doggett Road in West Jefferson re-ported a criminal damage to property (vandalism) and larceny to the ACSO. During the incident, two pickup truck tailgates, valued at $1,000 each, were allegedly stolen. The case is under further in-vestigation.

On June 20, an Ashe County resident reported a larceny and fraud (credit card/automated teller machine) to the ACSO. During the incident, a debit card was allegedly used to fraudulently pur-chase items valued at $208.65. The case is under further investiga-tion.

On June 22, a resident of Kemp Drive in West Jefferson reported a larceny to the ACSO. Items allegedly stolen from a lock box in-clude fentanyl patches. The case is under further investigation.

On June 22, a resident of WA Reed Road in Crumpler reported a burglary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. Items alleg-edly stolen during the incident include prescription medication. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 22, a resident of N Fork New River Road reported a burglary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. During the inci-dent, items allegedly stolen include two 16” bar chainsaw, valued at $500, and an 18” bar chainsaw, valued at $200. The case is under further investigation.

On June 22, a resident of West Sugar Tree Road in Warrens-ville reported a burglary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. During the incident, multiple items were allegedly stolen includ-ing marine batteries, a 12 volt inverter, two propane lanterns, six propane tanks, an antique claw foot tub, various cooking utensils, a food cart, a gas range, an antique wood cook stove, a large cast iron wood stove, paintings, two table top gas grills, a 20 foot ex-tension ladder, an eight foot fiberglass ladder, a free standing gas heater, four fishing rods, and deck chairs. The case is under further investigation.

On June 23, a resident of Frank Dillard Road in West Jefferson reported a larceny to the ACSO. During the incident, a black metal mailbox, valued at $30, and a 4x4 post, valued at $15, were alleg-edly stolen. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 24, a resident of NC 194 N in Lansing reported a bur-glary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. During the inci-dent, metal was allegedly ripped off a building and a Stihl chainsaw, valued at $400, four Poulan chainsaws, valued at $200 each, two grinders, valued at $100 each, a Skill saw, valued at $60, electric tin snips, valued at $50, two electric drills, valued at $75, a chop saw, valued at $100, miscellaneous tools, valued at $400, four starters, valued at $100, four alternators, valued at $100, three mulch forks, valued at $70, and a blue air compressor, valued at $150, were all allegedly stolen. The case is under further investigation.

On June 24, a resident of Beau Drive in West Jefferson reported a burglary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. During the in-cident, a 1906 Colt, serial number 280515, valued at $8,000, a five-shot .32 pistol, valued at $200, a men’s class ring, valued at $300, a woman’s class ring, valued at $200, a gold wedding band, valued at $750, an eight ct diamond ring, valued at $400, and pearl handles for a .45 pistol, valued at $2,000, were allegedly stolen. The case is under further investigation.

On June 25, a resident of Pond Mountain Road in Lansing re-ported a burglary (forcible entry), larceny, and criminal damage to property (vandalism) to the ACSO. Items allegedly damaged dur-ing the incident include multiple windows, valued at $5,000, ceiling fans, and lighting fixtures, valued at $1,000, and two entry doors, valued at $500. Items allegedly stolen during the incident include a stainless steel sink and cook top, a commercial grade restaurant style fridge and freezer, valued at $6,000, a diesel generator and tank, valued at $10,000, a pot belly stove, and a well water pump, valued at $1500. The case is under further investigation.

On June 26, a resident of Bare Creek/Bina reported a larceny to the ACSO. During the incident, multiple batteries were alleg-edly stolen. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 26, a West Jefferson resident reported a burglary (forc-ible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. During the incident, items allegedly stolen include three weedeaters, one laptop computer, perfume, a brown and white electric guitar, a video game system, coins, and an exterior door was allegedly damaged. The case is un-der further investigation.

On June 26, a resident of Paul Goodman Road in Jefferson re-ported a criminal damage to property (vandalism) to the ACSO. During the incident, a car windshield, valued at $250, was alleg-edly damaged. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 27, a resident of Frank Dillard Road reported a burglary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ACSO. During the incident, a 5,000 watt generator, valued at $800, was allegedly stolen. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 28, a resident of Bluegrass Drive reported a burglary (forcible entry) and larceny to the ASCO. During the incident, a 16” Arabian knife, a 20 volt Black and Decker drill, and a blue multi-tool were allegedly stolen. The case is under further investigation.

On June 28, a resident of Hill Drive in Fleetwood reported a fraud (credit card/automated teller machine) to the ACSO. During the incident, the victim’s credit card was allegedly used to make purchases worth $187. No other details reported. The case is under further investigation.

On June 29, a resident of Howard Covington Road in Laurel Springs requested a call for service from the ACSO. During the inci-dent, two large knives were seized after a man wielding them alleg-edly advanced towards an ACSO officer. No other details reported. The case is closed/cleared and prosecution has been declined.

Ashe County Sheriff’s incident report District Court docket

James Arnold Ray, obtain property by false pretense, chop shop activity, larceny motor vehicle parts

Richard Carlt Barnhill, trafficking opium or heroin, conspire to traffic opium or heroin

Richard Edward Barnhill, five counts trafficking opium or heroin, conspire to traffic opium or heroin

Timothy L Blackwell, simple pos-session schedule II, III controlled sub-stance,

Timothy Lee Blackwell, driving with license revoked, speeding

Darrell Wade Blevins, operating ve-hicle no insurance, two counts driving with license revoked,

Gustav Bravo-Hernandez, driving while impaired, driving with license revoked, civil revocation drivers li-cense

Richard Keit Bumgarner, driving while impaired

Jason Brian Burgess, speeding, driving with license revoked

Leslie Annette Calhoun, shoplifting concealment goods, violation of unsu-pervised probation, possession with intent to sell or distribute marijuana, felony possession marijuana, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia

Christopher Campbell, driving with license revoked

William Francis Causey, possession of open container/consuming alcohol in passenger area

Jason Dean Cockerham, speeding, driving with license revoked

Mark Anthony Coleman, felony cru-elty to animals

Terry Wayne Deal, possession of marijuana up to ½ oz.

Brian Keith Dishman, driving while impaired

Jesse Ray Dishman, driving while impaired

Mark William Durr, reckless driving to endanger

Gena Marie Ellison, simple assault, second degree trespass

Caleb Finley, assault on a female, communicating threats

Juan Gabriel Garcia, driving while impaired, drive left of center,

Higinio C Gutierrez, no operators license, fictitious/alternate title/regis-tration card/tag

Joshua Duvain Harrold, driving while impaired, open container after consuming alcohol

Lucy Dawn Howell, simple assault Troy Spencer Latham, misdemean-

or larceny

Donna Mae Lee, driving with li-cense revoked

Gary Lee Mahala, assault on a fe-male

Eric Leal Martinez, assault handi-capped person

Ronald Lee Medley, driving with license revoked, possession of drug paraphernalia

Jessica Leigh Miller, possession of marijuana up to ½ oz.

Mark Edward Miller, domestic vio-lence protection order violation, pos-session of methamphetamine, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia

Todd Franklin Renton, permit op-eration vehicle no insurance

Kristen Scarborough, nuisance John Edward Shatley, reckless driv-

ing wanton disregard George Carson Shumate, assault on

a female James Ray Stanley, assault on a fe-

male, probation violationThomas Gale Stidhams, driving

while impaired Terry Allen Walker, driving with

license revoked, possession of drug paraphernalia

Crystal Dawn Ward, two counts driving with license revoked

Larry E Williams, driving while im-paired, speeding

July 6 Jonathan Alan Absher, assault on a

female, second degree trespassJames Ray Arnold, injury to per-

sonal property Daniel Virgil Bennett, injury to per-

sonal property Robin S Boggs, fraudulent disposal

mortgage propJamie LC Cash, worthless check

simple $2,007Derek Davis, assault on a female Shelby Leaann Dickens, simple as-

sault Michael James Dishman, worthless

check simple $76.05Jeffery Lee Eastridge, unauthorized

use of motor vehicle Waylon R Foster, communicating

threats Waylon Randall Foster, communi-

cating threats William Clevelan Greer, fraudulent

disposal mortgage propDoyle Hartzog, two counts worth-

less check simple $134.62Dusty Miller Hester, threatening

phone call

Marty Jewels, communicating threats

Johnathan Reid Johnson, driving while impaired, civil revocation driv-ers license

Alex Lambert, injury to personal property, three counts communicating threats, two counts simple assault

Ronald T Maxwell, inhale toxic va-pors

Mirriah T McGuire, fraudulent dis-posal mortgage prop

Clinton Matthew Medley, assault on a female

Arlin D Miller, worthless check simple $63.79

Arlin David Miller Jr, worthless check simple $125

James Dustin Miller, fraudulent dis-posal mortgage prop

Marcus Dean Miller, threatening phone call

Ruby Denise Miller, domestic crimi-nal trespass

Penny Morgan, worthless check simple $75

Heather L Nance, worthless check simple $84.48

Mike Penley, communicating threats

Bobby Lee Pennington, civil revo-cation drivers license, misdemeanor probation violation

Tom Phillips, fail to work after paid Jimmy Dean Price, fraudulent dis-

posal mortgage propSamatha Hampton Ray, worthless

check simple $430John Royal, fraudulent disposal

mortgage prop Joshua Charles Ruland, fraudulent

disposal mortgage prop Dallas Shatley, two counts worth-

less check simple $1512Kenneth W Shatley, fail to work af-

ter paid Taylor K Smith, misdemeanor lar-

ceny Margaret A Spear, worthless check

simple $581.74Stephen Tenney, two counts larceny

of motor fuel Anthony Jerry Trivette, felony lar-

ceny Joshua Hade Watson, fraudulent

disposal mortgage prop Jerry Eugene Wilcox, worthless

check simple $94.11Drew Wilkenson, injury to real

property Andrew Wilkinson, two counts

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Carolina Farm Credit is holding a food drive at their service center during July and August with donations going to local food banks.

The food drive is in asso-ciation with the NC Co-Op Council’s Early Harvest food drive which encourages co-operatives throughout NC to hold food drives that benefit their local food banks. Mem-bers of Carolina Farm Credit

and the community can make monetary or non-perishable food donations at each of the 36 service centers throughout western NC.

Local donations can be made at the Jefferson office at 545 East Main Street, with donations being made to Ashe Outreach Ministries. Visit www.carolinafarmcred-it.com for a list of service cen-ter locations.

As part of the food drive, Carolina Farm Credit em-ployees and board members recently collected more than $1,090 and 300 pounds of food at their annual Employee Appreciation Day held at Jel-lystone Park. The donations were made to the Manna Food Bank of Asheville.

Carolina Farm Credit is a stockholder-owned coop-erative providing short, in-

termediate, and long-term financing to full and part-time farmers and agricultural businesses and also provides financing for the construc-tion and purchase of homes in 54 counties through 36 service centers. Other finan-cial services available are credit life insurance, crop insurance, appraisal services, leasing programs, and finan-cial planning.

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approved Moore’s hiring, as recommended by the Ashe County Public Library’s search committee, on June 19.

Currently a Texas resident, Moore has deep family ties to Alleghany County, and hopes to purchase her old family home in Sparta to ensure it re-mains in her family, according to Westmoreland.

“I don’t think she’d mind me saying that,” said Westmore-land with a laugh. “It’s a very neat story. She said she’s sad about leaving behind Mine-ola, but said she’s excited to be heading here.”

For the past three years,

Moore has been a public li-brary director at the Mineola Memorial Library in Mineola, Texas. She earned her bachelor of science in interdisciplanary studies with a minor in early childhood education from Aus-tin Peay State University in Clarkesville, Tenn., and a mas-ter’s in library and information science from the University of North Texas. Moore also re-cently earned her NC Public Librarian Certification.

She is also a former reading teacher, and was a circulation desk librarian at Vaughan Ju-nior College in Tyler, Texas.

“A large portion of Ms. Moore’s current reading in-

cludes titles of interest to teens,” said Westmoreland. “Her personal interests include novel writing, needlework, and bluegrass music. She is teach-ing herself to play the banjo.”

Moore won the job after more than a dozen applications were submitted to the search committee, according to West-moreland.

“The committee was com-posed of members of the Ashe County Library Board, our personnel manager, Friends of the Library, and myself,” said Westmoreland. “We in-terviewed four candidates out of more than a dozen applica-tions, and were really pleased

with Suzanne.”Westmoreland said Moore

would be tasked with supervis-ing the Ashe County Public Li-brary’s department heads, and will indirectly supervise other county library staff.

“She will supervise our collection management - the books that we buy - and de-velop and implement programs for library users,” said West-moreland. “She’ll also help de-velop and implement programs and special projects for library users, outline cost efficient methods for purchasing goods and services for the library, and represent the library on local boards and non-profits.”

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Obituaries

Nell Mullis TestermanMrs. Nell Mullis Tester-

man of Jefferson passed away Wednesday morning, June 27, 2012 at Margate Health & Rehab Center. She was 97.

Mrs. Testerman was born in Ashe County on Monday, June 14, 1915 to the late Charlie and Lura May Mul-lis. She was a Homemaker. She was a member of Bris-tol Baptist Church, where she was an active member of the Ladies Circle, while she was able.

She was preceded in

death by her husband, Wor-ley Roscoe Testerman; a son, Robert Testerman; six brothers; two sisters; and a grandson, Chuck Hudler.

Mrs. Testerman is sur-vived by two sons, Bill Tes-terman of Ruidoso, N.M., and the Rev. David Tester-man and wife, Judy, of West Jefferson; two daughters, Margaret Hudler of Ashe-boro and Ruth Garvin and husband, Donald, of Kan-napolis; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great- great-grandchil-dren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 2, at Bristol Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Joe Blevins and the Rev. Russell Sheets officiating. Burial followed in the Jef-ferson City Cemetery.

The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Sun-day, July 1, at Boone Family Funeral Home.

The family met at the

home of David and Judy Testerman at 190 Maple Ridge Estate Drive in West Jefferson.

You may give the fam-ily your condolences at our website www.boonefuneral-home.com.

Boone Family Funeral Home of West Jefferson is in charge of these arrange-ments.

Amy Flack SowersAmy Flack Sowers, re-

cently of Craig, Colo., died

June 12, 2012 in Nevada. She was 54.

A memorial service will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, July 6 at Unity Center for Spiritual Living, 7300 Mallard Creek Rd., Char-lotte.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to The Salvation Army Mission in Chi-kankata, Zambia, Africa (http://www1.salvation-army.org/chikankata).

Wayne A. PetersonWayne A. Peterson of

Todd died Thursday eve-ning, June 28, 2012 at Deerfield Ridge Assisted Living in Boone. He was 86.

Mr. Peterson was born in Roseboro on Aug. 11, 1925 to the late Sibyl Spruill and Colin Hamp-ton Peterson. He was a member of Blackburn’s Chapel Church of Todd af-

filiated with Boone Unit-ed Methodist Church. He served in the Army Air Corps during WWII and was honorably discharged in 1945. He earned his BS degree in Electrical En-gineering from NC State University in Raleigh. He was an Electrical Engi-neer for General Electric, Plant Manager for Cornell Dubilier Electronics, and CEO of Superior Electric from which he retired in 1987. He lived in Todd for the past 20 years.

In addition to his par-ents, Mr. Peterson is pre-ceded in death by two sis-ters, Verna Howard and Lelia Prevette; and four brothers, Dewitt Peter-son, Hampton Peterson, Thackery Peterson, and Leonard Peterson.

Mr. Peterson is sur-vived by his wife, Venita Peterson of Todd; two sons, David Peterson and

wife, Martha, of Matta-poisett, Mass., Mahlon Peterson and wife, Ame-lia, of Naugatuck, Conn.; two daughters, Barbara P. Benson and husband, Steve, of Todd, Ashleyn Stroud and husband, David, of Chapel Hill; a brother, Robert Peter-son of Hampton, Va.; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held later this summer.

In lieu of flowers, me-morials may be made to: The Salvation Army, 220 Postal Street, Boone NC 28607 or to Medi Home Hospice at 436 Hospital Drive, Linville, NC 28646.

You may give the family your condolences at our website www.boonefuner-alhome.com

Boone Family Funeral Home of West Jefferson is in charge of these ar-rangements.

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American Legion Post 275 meets the second Friday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hut behind the old Lansing School in Lansing. A meal will be served followed by a monthly meeting.

Disabled American Vet-erans Bingo is being held at Smithey’s restaurant on the Backstreet in West Jefferson on Thursdays. Cash prizes will be awarded but all players must be 18 years old. Doors open at 5 p.m. with a meal, and the early bird game begins at 6 p.m. followed by the regu-lar game at 7 p.m. For more information call 982-3743.

DAV meets at the HUD building on Ashe Park Road in Jefferson on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

VFW meets every third Monday evening at the VFW/DAV Hut in Jefferson. Potluck supper will be served at 6 p.m. followed by the monthly meet-ing.

Community Meal: A pro-gram of Ashe Outreach Minis-tries. Every Saturday, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the cafeteria of the old West Jefferson School in downtown West Jefferson. Free for everyone. Non-denominational. Lim-ited transportation available. Call 846-7687for temporary location should the school be needed for a makeup day.

Fish Fry to benefit Ashe Outreach Ministries and Mobile Meals is held at River-view Community Center the first and third Fridays of each month from 4-8 p.m. Cost is $10 donation for large portion of fish, fries, hushpuppies, slaw, dessert and drink. Take-out available. Live bluegrass music. Center is located in the Clifton/Creston commu-nity on N.C. 88. Look for the flashing Fish Fry sign. Call 385-1314 for information and takeout. (No meal on Friday, July 6)

The Jeffersons Rotary Club meets every Thursday at noon at The Club at Jefferson Landing. Visiting Rotarians are invited to attend. For more information about Rotary, call 977-1427.

Phipps Farm Friday Night Jam. Every Friday (rain, sleet, or snow): 7-10 p.m. Admis-sion free. Venue is old time and bluegrass mountain mu-sic. All music levels welcome, dancers too. Location: 2425 Silas Creek Rd., Lansing. For information, contact Rita or James Wood at 336-384-2382.

AL-ANON for relatives and friends who live or have lived with an alcoholic or someone who has a drinking problem meets in Boone at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 170 Council St. Newcomers meet-ing is Mondays at noon. Other meetings are Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. and Fridays at noon. For information, call Sandy at 828-264-7091.

AA (New River meeting) takes place at 8 a.m. on Sun-days at Calvary United Meth-odist Church in Fleetwood.

Ashe Unity Group of Al-coholics Anonymous meets Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Sat-urday at noon, and Sunday at 4 p.m. A guest speaker will talk on the last Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All meet-ings are held in Room 113 of West Jefferson United Meth-odist Church at the corner of College Avenue and West Second Street. You can park in the lot on the west side of the building on that side. AA has open meetings Thursdays and Fridays. Other meetings are closed.

Narcotics Anonymous group meets Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. at Jefferson United Methodist Church.

Celebrate Recovery Sup-port Group meets Thursday evenings at 6:30 p.m. at High-lands Community Church at 787 Ray Taylor Road. At CR they teach tools that will help you cope with daily trials or lifelong disappointments. For more information call Vickie & Stacy at 982-4634, Beverly

& Joe at 384-1282 or Debbie and Dwayne at 877-4200.

Highlands Community Church hosts ‘Life Hurts, God Heals’ every Thursday from 6-8 p.m. Church is locat-ed at 787 Ray Taylor Road in West Jefferson. This is a Bib-lical eight-step study group. LHGH provides the tools to work through pain and addic-tion. Anyone is welcome to attend. For more information, call Stacy or Vickie at 982-4634.

Ashe County Free Medi-cal Clinic, located at 225 Court St., Jefferson (behind the old courthouse), provides free medical services and med-ication assistance to low-in-come persons age 19-64 who live or work in Ashe County and who do not have medical insurance, Medicaid or Medi-care. Interested persons need to make an appointment to qualify prior to seeing a doc-tor. Eligibility for the clinic is held on Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. but you must call for an appointment. Call 846-4649. Ashe Medication Assistance is located in the same building as the free clinic and their new numbers are 846-6002/6001.

Fibromyalgia Sup-port Group meets the first Wednesday of each month at Family Central’s large confer-ence room at 11 a.m. For in-formation, call 982-4588.

Ashe Medication Assis-tance Program offers help with long-term prescription needs. The program is at Ashe Family Central. Call 982-6000.

Appalachian District Health Department: The primary Care Clinic is open 5 days a week, 8 a.m.-4:45 p.m. for preventive health care and for treatment of acute and cer-tain chronic illnesses. Charges are based on a sliding fee scale by assessing income and num-ber in family. For information about services or to enroll in a clinic or receive medical treat-ment, call 246-9449.

Country Roads Mobile Pharmacy: Ashe County Pre-

scriptions can now be filled in Boone at the Hunger & Health Coalition (the old Health Dept. building off Bamboo Rd.). Medication pick-up days are Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Clients my call in prescription refills at 828-262-1628.Your physician can fax new prescriptions to fax #828-262-0154.

Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group (or TBI) meets the second Tuesday of each month at Mt. Paddy Church on NC 88W in Jeffer-son at 6 p.m. Everyone is wel-come to attend.

Community Resource Network for Aging & Dis-abilities. Do you need infor-mation or services for you or a loved one who is elderly or disabled and you’re not sure where to go or who to call? The Community Resource Network for Aging & Disabili-ties, housed at Ashe Services for Aging, provides easy ac-cess to information and as-sistance through one phone number and one location. Call ASA at 246-2461 and ask to speak to Glenda Luther.

Look Good…Feel Bet-ter at AMH Mt. Hearts. For women undergoing cancer treatment. Free information, a make-up kit, and skin care will be provided. To find out more call 846-0781.

Helping Hands Alzheim-er’s Support Group meets the second Thursday of each month. Call Sunshine Albright at 246-6681 for more informa-tion.

High Country Health Care System Hospice offers free counseling and support to those who are grieving. To schedule an appointment or learn more, contact Jennifer Johnson at 246-6443. Sign up for the next volunteer training. Applications and volunteering information can be found at www.highcountryhospice.org or at the High Country Hos-pice office. If you have ques-tions call Jennifer Richardson at 246-6443.

Christian Motorcycle As-sociation meets the second Saturday of every month, at Mills Café on Hwy. 88 be-tween Jefferson and Sparta. Breakfast at 9 a.m., meeting at 10 a.m. Contact Bill Gorman at 336-977-2740.

The LOOMS (Ladies with open hearts and open minds) Bible Study Group meets Thursdays from 11:30 until 12:30 at the Ashe Baptist As-sociation conference room. Call the Ashe Baptist office at 846-5631 for information.

Order of St. Luke the Physician International: If you or someone you love is in need of prayers for healing of mind, body or spirit, call 982-3076 and follow the instruc-tions to leave a prayer request with Members of the Order of St. Luke the Physician In-ternational, a Christian heal-ing prayer group. Members will access your request and follow up with prayerful en-treaties to Jesus Christ on your behalf.

Elk Shoals Chapel on the New has services on Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Chapel on the New, located on the New River, at Elk Shoals United Methodist Camp. Pastor Peter Parish welcomes you. Call 366-877-4607 for direc-tions and information.

Understanding the Catholic Faith and prac-tice classes for Adult Faith Formation are held Monday evenings from 7-9 p.m. with the same class on Tuesday mornings from 9:45–11:45 a.m. All are welcome and en-couraged to attend. Call the church office to register at 246-9151.

Get your high school diploma: Opportunity be-gins at the Ashe Campus of Wilkes Community College, where you can earn a GED or Adult High School Di-ploma. The GED/Adult High School Diploma lab is open from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 6-8:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, and from 8:30

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday with caring in-structors to assist you. This program is free! For more information, call the Ashe Campus at 336-846-3900, ex-tension 3124.

Ashe County Historical Society meets the second Monday of each month at the Museum of Ashe County History (1904 courthouse) in Jefferson. Refreshments are at 6; meeting at 6:30 p.m. For more information call 846-5915 or visit www.ashe-historicalsociety.org.

North Fork Gallery at Riverview Community Center in Creston provides an oppor-tunity for local people to display and sell traditional handmade crafts. Hours are Thursday through Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 12-4 p.m.

Ashe County Garden Club meets the second Mon-day of each month at 6 p.m. If you have an interest in gardening and would enjoy discussing plants, visiting private gardens or touring public gardens, call Lynda McDaniel at 877-3299 for more information.

Blue Ridge Art Clan holds meetings on the fourth Saturday of each month, March through October, at Ashe County Public Library in West Jefferson at 9:30 a.m. (normally). Annual member-ship fee is $35. Anyone inter-ested in joining is welcome to attend. For more informa-tion, contact Ed Kline at 877-2290.

Maintain and improve your German conversation. Group meets bimonthly. Call LeVonda Ritchie at 385-5472 for information.

Ashe County Farmers Market: Held on the Back-street in West Jefferson 8 a.m.-1 p.m. every Saturday from April to October and Wednesdays from July to Oc-tober. Holiday markets held in November and December. Everything offered is home-grown or handmade in Ashe.

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Julia Beck

Much of the media frenzy over last Thurs-day’s ruling by the U.S. Su-preme Court that the Afford-able Care Act is constitutional focused on the political ramifi-cations of the de-cision, primarily how it will affect the presidential election in No-vember.

Many health care analysts were under-standably busy explaining what will happen when the law is fully implemented in 2014, most importantly how 32 million currently uninsured Americans will have health care coverage.

Less discussed was the fact that millions of Americans are already benefiting from the ACA and could have lost those benefits immediately if the Court had ruled the en-tire law unconstitutional.

They will also lose them if Republicans are able to make good on their promis-es to repeal the entire law, a vow which many conserva-tives hysterically repeated after the ruling by a Chief Justice appointed by Presi-dent George W. Bush ruled that the Act could stand.

More than 6.6 million young adults are currently insured because the ACA al-lows them to stay on their parents’ insurance plans until age 26. As of last De-cember, more than 100,000 of them were in North Caro-lina. They could automati-cally lose that coverage if the ACA were repealed.

More that 1.1 million people in North Carolina on Medicare have received free preventive services like mammograms and colonos-copy thanks to the Afford-able Care Act. Those free services would end if the Republicans follow through on their promise to repeal the law next year.

More than 110,000 se-niors received a $250 rebate to help pay for prescription drugs when they hit the donut hole in their Medi-care coverage. Just in the first five months of 2012, more than 20,000 people in Medicare in North Caro-

lina were able to take advantage of a 50 percent reduction in the costs of brand name prescrip-tion medica-tion. More than 108,000 seniors in the state re-ceived that ben-efit.

The drug dis-count could end immediately if Republicans get their way and re-peal the law.

More than 3 million peo-ple are no longer subject to lifetime caps on cover-age, which means cancer survivors and people with chronic illnesses won’t be bankrupted by their health conditions. They could face that danger again if the Affordable Care Act is re-pealed.

Millions of children with a pre-existing condition can no longer be denied cover-age thanks to the ACA. There’s no guarantee that health insurance would be available to a child with a chronic disease without the law that Republicans keep promising to undo.

All those things are widely popular with the American people and so are many of the provisions set to go into effect in two years. All of them were at stake Thursday and could have been lost if the minority on the Supreme Court had prevailed.

Now that the court has ruled that the law is con-stitutional, the only threat to the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act are the politicians who con-tinue to mislead the public about what it actually does and who it helps, and the families it is helping already.

For the millions of seniors and children and families whose lives are already bet-ter because of the Afford-able Care Act, Thursday’s ruling is a huge relief.

The Supreme Court vot-ed not to take those lifesav-ing benefits away.

But disturbingly, some misguided politicians are still trying to.

Chris Fitzsimon writes for NC Policy Watch, a project of the North Caro-lina Justice Center.

Public Opinion“...were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

— Thomas Jefferson, 1787

July 3, 2012

The immediate winners in the ACA decision

Community CalendarWednesday, July 4Annual Ashe County

Fireworks Celebration will be held at the Ashe County Park in Jefferson.

The event is free and open to the public with dona-tions accepted at the gate to offset the cost of next year’s event. Gates open at noon,

music starts at 3:30 p.m. with featured local favorites to include Thunder Valley Band, Southern House in Transit and Summit, fire-works at dark. Concessions and jumpy rides will be on site. Transportation from courthouse beginning at 3 p.m. Call 336-982-6185 for more info.

11 a.m. Elkland Art Center’s Liberty Parade. It’s a site to see this historic parade of life-sized and larger puppets in historic downtown Todd.

Friday, July 6Corn Hole Tournament

- Double elimination for ages 10 and older; 1st place

prize $300, 2nd place prize $200, 3rd place $50. At Alleghany Fairgrounds in Sparta; registration begins at 5 p.m., bags start flying at 6 p.m. Concession stand opens at 4:30 p.m. with hot dogs/hamburgers/fries, na-chos and more. Call Andy or Michelle at 336-200-3000 for information. Sponsored by the Sparta Lions Club.

6-10 p.m. Street party with music and food ven-dors for the Christmas in July Festival will be avail-able on Main Street and part of the Backstreet in downtown West Jefferson. An opening ceremony for the festival will take place at 6:45 p.m. on the main

stage followed by a skir-mish in the streets by Civil War re-enactors.

Saturday, July 79 a.m.-7 p.m. Christ-

mas in July Festival in downtown West Jefferson on Main Street, the Back-street and surrounding streets featuring music, food, crafts, roving street performers, children’s ac-tivities, dancing and much more. Free admission.

4-7 p.m. Todd Ruritan Club holds their annual bar-becue fundraiser the first Saturday of each month, May through October. Meal includes pork bbq, baked beans, slaw, roll, dessert

and drink for $8 a plate at South Fork Baptist Church across from Todd General Store in Todd. All proceeds go toward scholarships and projects for those in need in Todd. For more informa-tion, call 828-964-1362 or e-mail [email protected].

5-9 p.m. Concert at Sparta School Audito-rium with one of the origi-nal members of the Plat-ters Rock & Roll Group, Milton Bullock and George Sheets Band, Randy Bash-er’s group, and the Couch Family. Food and drinks available. Ticket prices: $10 adults, $5 children

Church CalendarWednesday, July 4Annual Ashe County Fireworks

Celebration will be held at the Ashe County Park in Jefferson. The event is free and open to the public with do-nations accepted at the gate to offset the cost of next year’s event. Gates open at noon, music starts at 3:30 p.m. with featured local favorites to include Thunder Valley Band, South-ern House in Transit and Summit, fireworks at dark. Concessions and jumpy rides will be on site. Transpor-tation from courthouse beginning at 3 p.m. Call 336-982-6185 for more info.

11 a.m. Elkland Art Center’s Lib-erty Parade. It’s a site to see this historic parade of life-sized and larger

puppets in historic downtown Todd.

Friday, July 6Corn Hole Tournament - Double

elimination for ages 10 and older; 1st place prize $300, 2nd place prize $200, 3rd place $50. At Alleghany Fairgrounds in Sparta; registration begins at 5 p.m., bags start flying at 6 p.m. Concession stand opens at 4:30 p.m. with hot dogs/hamburgers/fries, nachos and more. Call Andy or Michelle at 336-200-3000 for informa-tion. Sponsored by the Sparta Lions Club.

6-10 p.m. Street party with music and food vendors for the Christmas in July Festival will be available on Main

Street and part of the Backstreet in downtown West Jefferson. An open-ing ceremony for the festival will take place at 6:45 p.m. on the main stage followed by a skirmish in the streets by Civil War re-enactors.

Saturday, July 79 a.m.-7 p.m. Christmas in July

Festival in downtown West Jefferson on Main Street, the Backstreet and surrounding streets featuring music, food, crafts, roving street perform-ers, children’s activities, dancing and much more. Free admission.

4-7 p.m. Todd Ruritan Club holds their annual barbecue fundraiser

Chris Fitzsimon

D.G. Martin

A few years ago I wrote a column about a mythical U.S. Senate candidate who showed up in the city of Rockingham instead of Rock-ingham County where he was supposed to be campaigning.

Lots of people have asked me, who was that candidate?

Well, I am now prepared to tell you who it was. But only after I retell that story, remind you why that candidate needed a popular North Carolina book, and make a confession.

Here again is the story: A U.S. Senate candi-date was invited to give a speech at “the court-house in Rockingham.” On the appointed date, the candidate arrived at the courthouse in Rock-ingham in Richmond County near the South Carolina border. Finding the courthouse doors locked, he wondered why not a single supporter had shown up to greet him.

Meanwhile, at the Rockingham County Courthouse in Wentworth, not far from the Virginia border, the small group that had gathered to greet the candidate gradually dispersed, wondering why he had not shown up.

Of course that candidate was not the first North Carolin-ian or visitor to our state to get confused about the overlap-ping names of our towns and counties.

To deal with that confusion there is a useful book that ev-ery statewide political candidate should carry in the front seat of the car. So should you.

Here is the book: “The North Carolina Gazetteer, Sec-ond Edition: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places and Their History.” The book is an update of the 1968 classic that was compiled by North Carolina history hero William Pow-ell. Michael Hill from the N.C. Office of Archives and Histo-ry updated Powell’s almost 20,000 entries and added about 1800 new cities, towns, crossroads, waterways, islands, mountains, counties, and other geographical and historical points of interest.

With a quick look at page 448 of the Gazetteer, our sen-ate candidate would have noted the two Rockinghams and their different locations. Also, he could have gotten a little interesting history to add to his speech—noting, perhaps, that Rockingham (both city and county) and Wentworth were named for the same man, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham and a British Prime Minister who had been friendly to the American colonies.

Travelers in North Carolina, as well as candidates, get

confused because so many county seats carry the names of counties other than their own. For instance, Asheboro is the county seat of Randolph County and Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County. The county seat of Ashe County is West Jefferson.

The county seat of Washington County is Plymouth, not Washington (“Little Washing-ton), which is the county seat of Beaufort County. Beaufort is the county seat of Cart-eret County.

The Greene county seat is Snow Hill, not Greensboro (county seat of Guilford) or Greenville (county seat of Pitt). Pittsboro, meanwhile, is county seat of Chatham Coun-ty.

Jackson County’s seat is Sylva, not Jackson (county seat of Northampton) or Jackson-ville (county seat of Onslow).

There are more. Columbus is county seat of Polk; Lenoir of Caldwell; Graham of Alamance; Franklin of Macon; Waynesville of Haywood; Yanceyville of Caswell; and Hen-derson of Vance (although Hendersonville is, appropriate-ly, the county seat of Henderson County.)

The Gazetteer takes care of this confusion about coun-ties and county seats and other things that create problems for statewide political candidates, who sometimes mis-pronounce the names of the places where they campaign, places like Robeson County (ROB-uh-son, according to the Gazetteer), Rowan County (ROW-an), Tyrrell County (Tir-ehl) and Beaufort (BOE-furt).

Also thanks to the Gazetteer, a U.S. Senate candidate could develop his or her foreign policy resume by visiting places like Warsaw, Belgrade, Dublin, Lisbon, Bolivia, and Arabia, without ever leaving North Carolina.

Now the confessions. The story, though based in truth, was highly exaggerated and the candidate was me.

D.G. Martin hosts “North Carolina Bookwatch,” which airs Fridays at 9:30 p.m. and Sundays at 5 p.m. on UNC-TV. This week’s (July 6, 8) guest is Ron Rash author of “The Cove.” For more information or to view prior programs visit the webpage at www.unctv.org/ncbookwatch/ A grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council provides crucial support for North Carolina Bookwatch. “The Cove” is set in Madison County along the Tennessee border during the First World War. The lead character, Laurel Shelton, is shunned as a witch whenever she leaves her isolated cove. A strange man comes to care about her and gives to her for a brief, poignant moment the possibility of a happy life. The July 11 guest is Dean Smith, author of “A Coach’s Life.”

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ACPR soccer league champs

Photos submittedThe under-seven soccer league champions this year was the team sponsored by Bare Plumbing. Team members were Hailey Head, Gretchen Wilson, Brianna Roten, Abigail Gar-cia, Reyes Aguilar, Loren Shinel, Paris Taylor, Jocelyn Taylor, Jane Griffin, Matthew Peter-son, Luke Peterson and Lillian Harmon.

The under-11 soccer league champion was the team sponsored by High Country Family Medicine. Team members were Zevin Blevins, Chandler Crawford, Harley Miller, Kai Chris-topherson, Shaylee Christopherson, Devin Davis, Isabela Alvarez, Austin Dunn, Haley Gray-beal, Jacob Boggs, Justin Riley and Trevor Riley.

The under-15 soccer league champion was the team sponsored by Antiques on Main. Team members were Gavin Woodie, Shawn McKiddy, Joseph Barker, Philip Cochrane, Chance Hutchens, Andrew Hutchens, Shana Huffman, Dominique Medrano, Alyssa Peterson and Solomon Lewis.

A Huskies football camp for students in grades one through six will be held 8-11 a.m. July 9-11.

“It’s all about the fundamen-tals” from the Ashe County

football staff and student ath-letes will take place at Ashe County High School. Cost is $20 and includes a camp t-shirt.

Report to the field house wearing t-shirt, shorts and

tennis shoes or cleats. Con-tact Brian Hampton for more information at 846-2400 or [email protected] or just come early the first morning for registration.

Huskies football camp for area youth planned

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There is still time to register for the 2012 Queens of the Court volleyball camp at Ashe County High School.

The camp is scheduled to begin Tuesday, July 10 and will last through Thursday, July 12. Camp will begin each day at 9 a.m. and last un-til noon. Varsity head coach Lindsey Williams will be in charge of the camp, which is open to girls that are rising third graders through ris-ing tenth graders.

Goals for the camp include building and

improving individual and team skills, such as overhead serving, passing, setting, hitting and blocking.

The cost of the camp is $50 for those that preregister and $60 for those who choose to register on the first day. Campers will be pro-vided a t-shirt and a limited insurance policy as part of the camp fee.

Each participant is required to wear tennis shoes, and knee pads are highly recommend-ed. Campers should bring water bottles and snacks for breaks as well.

For more information on the camp, contact Coach Williams by email at [email protected].

Volleyball camp one week away


A local nine and under baseball team is off to a fast start this sum-mer.

The Ashe County Thunder captured second place in the Will Dicus Memorial Baseball Tourna-ment that was held on Boone last weekend.

The Thunder squad defeated Avery 7-4, and then defeated Equip 9 by a final score of 10-2 on Saturday to earn the number-one seed for bracket play that started on Sunday.

In the first game on Sunday, the Thunder faced an 8-4 deficit against Sandlot, a team from Wil-

kes County. The Thunder rallied in the bottom half of the sixth in-ning to secure a 9-8 victory to ad-vance to the championship game.

The title game featured a battle between Equip 10 and the Thun-der. Despite some tremendous defense that included turning a double play and a triple play in the game, the Thunder were shutout, 8-0.

“Each one of our kids grew as baseball players over the week-end,” said head coach Chris Tay-lor. “I was very pleased with our ef-fort and enthusiasm all weekend.”

The team will continue compet-ing during the summer, and was most recently in action on Satur-day at a tournament in Indepen-dence, Va.

Ashe Thunder places second in tourney


Conference commissioners and university presidents came together last week to approve a four-team playoff for teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Fans have been clamoring for years to have a playoff system at the biggest level of college football. Every level of football below FBS, and even the biggest football league on the planet, the NFL, has had a playoff for decades.

Simply put, it was all about the money, and really, it still is.

College football makes more money for the NCAA than any other collegiate sport. That’s a given, considering how many teams exist, and how big many of the stadiums across the coun-try are. Six college football stadiums seat more than 100,000 people, and 25 stadiums seat at least 80,000 people. Considering all of those schools have at least six or seven home games each season, that is a large sum of money made from tickets alone. That’s not taking into con-sideration all of the concession sales and mer-chandise sales that the NCAA gets a share of from each and every school.

With the current postseason format for FBS college football, only two teams had a chance to play for a title, and the teams were determined based on a computer formula that included overall record, votes in polls, and sev-eral other factors. This became known as the infamous BCS. Before that, championships were awarded based on poll voting alone, re-sulting in split national championships. How could a sport followed by so many have such a lame way of crowning a champion?

Now, enter the four-team playoff. The new system will begin in 2014 and will last through

the 2025 season. The new system will have a “selection committee” choose the four most deserving teams to compete for the title. Over-all record, strength of schedule, and conference record will be three of the most important fac-tors in what the committee looks at.

For the most part, the rest of the college football landscape will remain unchanged. All of those bowl games that have had no involve-ment in choosing a national champion will still be played, and all of the big-time bowl games such as the Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl will still exist.

The two semifinal games will be played as part of two of the major bowl games, with a na-tional championship game being set for the fol-lowing week. Cities will start placing their bids to host title games. That brings us full circle. Once again, it is all about the money.

I am happy, as are most fans, to see at least a small step toward a legitimate playoff system in FBS college football. However, a four-team playoff is still not enough for fans that love the game.

When the Football Championship Subdivi-sion—home to teams such as Appalachian State, Western Carolina, and Elon—can hold a 20-team tournament and continue to get fans interested, then there is no reason why the FBS cannot do the same. Recently, proposed changes to the FCS playoff bracket look to in-crease the number of teams to 24.

That makes the decision to have four teams in the biggest college football league in the country playing for a title look a little weak.

Once 2014 arrives, fans will get a small taste of playoff football for some of the most fol-lowed sports teams in the country. Hopefully the playoff bracket will grow in coming years, allowing more than just four teams to play for a championship.

NCAA takes small step to improve FBS football

The Ashe County Thunder nine and under baseball team took second place at a tournament in Boone last weekend. Front row, left to right: Ben Bare (bat boy), Tatum Brown, Ethan Ashley, Jackson Risk, Damien Arroyo, Caleb Scott, Gabe Bare. Second row: Grady Rector, Jalen Branton, Austin Poe, Austin Taylor, Andrew Peno. Back row, coaches Chris Taylor, Jonathan Risk, and Greg Ashley.Photo submitted

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Com-mission is reminding residents that foxes sighted in daylight, or in urban and suburban settings, are not neces-sarily rabid or dangerous.

In addition, residents can take ac-tion to avoid conflict with these com-mon animals.

Simply seeing a fox is not typical-ly a cause for alarm. In most cases, people who merely see a fox do not need to take any action. However,

people still should not approach foxes or fox dens, even if they seem harmless. If the fox makes a den for pups, do not disturb them. Do not approach, touch or feed the fox or its pups. Feeding them will habituate them to people — and may lead to aggression.

Action might be necessary in situa-tions where foxes have become habitu-ated to people. In those cases, people can and should take steps, such as yell-

ing, banging pots and pans and setting off legal fireworks, to chase foxes from yards and neighborhoods. Be aggres-sive and repeat these actions if the foxes do not leave.

To prevent problems with any type of wildlife:

· Don’t feed wild animals — they can lose their fear of people.

· Make sure you are not indirectly feeding wildlife — by cleaning up pet food, securing trash in an animal-proof

container, keeping barbecue grills clean and removing bird feeders.

· Establish protective barriers to keep wildlife from entering basements, crawl spaces, attics and beneath decks, where they might build nests or dens.

· Secure pets or keep them indoors. Dogs can disturb dens, prompting ag-gressive behavior from the foxes.

· Clear overhanging tree limbs or other means of access that wildlife can use to enter a structure.

· Clear fallen fruit from around trees.· Annually inspect property to iden-

tify food problems and other areas that need to be fixed before an issue begins.

· Encourage neighbors to use these same methods.

If the above solutions fail to remedy the problem, visit www.ncwildlife.org and click on “Have a Problem?” for ad-ditional information or to contact the Commission.

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www.zaloos.com • 3874 NC 165, Jefferson • 336-246-3066In town and on the New River

Zaloo’s Canoe “pon”

$500 Off Good Sunday through Thursday

• Tee-Shirts

• River Supplies

• Best Pricesper canoe, not person

• Best Service

In Zaloo’s We Trust

Todd Mercantile & Bakery - Railroad Grade, Todd

Stop by and enjoy a cup of coffee, some fresh-baked goods and shop unique locally-made

items and handcrafted furniture.

Hear ‘Stories of Todd’ by storyteller John Ashburn in

July on select Thursdays at 6:30pm.

Free Admission Call for reservations

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under age 12. Sponsored by the Sparta Lions Club. Proceeds will support pro-grams for the visually im-

paired in North Carolina.

Monday, July 97 p.m. Ashe County

Cattlemen’s Association

meeting at Family Central. $25 membership, $8 guest meal. Please RSVP by July 6 to 846-5850. Board of di-rectors meets at 6 p.m. pri-or to the regular meeting.

July 11-Aug. 4Solo Exhibit by Cher

Shaffer at Ashe Arts Center. Opening reception planned 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 13, dur-ing the Gallery Crawl.

Friday, July 135-8 p.m. Gallery Crawl

and open house at down-town West Jefferson galler-ies and shops. Free admis-sion, maps available at Ashe Arts Center, call 846-ARTS.

Friday, July 204-8 p.m. Fish Fry to

benefit Ashe Outreach Min-istries and Mobile Meals is held at Riverview Com-munity Center the first and third Fridays of each month. Cost is $10 donation for large portion of fish, fries, hushpuppies, slaw, des-sert and drink. Takeout available. Live bluegrass music. Center is located in the Clifton/Creston com-munity on N.C. 88. Look for the flashing Fish Fry sign. Call 385-1314 for in-formation and takeout.

Saturday, July 2111 a.m.-6 p.m. 2nd an-

nual Whitetop Music Festival will be held at the Whitetop Community Center, 16309 Highlands Parkway, Whitetop, Va. The festival will feature old-time and bluegrass music performed by local and regional bands. Ad-mission is $5, ages five and under are free. The festival will be held rain or shine. Food and drinks will be available. Danc-ers are welcome. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy some family friendly entertainment. No alcohol or coolers al-lowed. Call Debra Bowl-ing 276-646-2551 for

further information. The festival is sponsored by the Mt. Rogers Commu-nity Improvement Club. All proceeds will benefit the Whitetop Community Center.

7:30 p.m. Carolina Chamber Players: Moon River and Mercer at Ashe Civic Center. Carolina Chamber Symphony Play-ers presents an evening of songs by Johnny Mercer that include classic tunes Moon River, One for My Baby and One More for the Road, That Old Black Magic and many more. Tickets are $15 adults, $5 students, call 846-ARTS.

the first Saturday of each month, May through Oc-tober. Meal includes pork bbq, baked beans, slaw, roll, dessert and drink for $8 a plate at South Fork Baptist Church across from Todd General Store in Todd. All proceeds go toward scholar-ships and projects for those in need in Todd. For more information, call 828-964-1362 or e-mail barryand-

[email protected] p.m. Concert at

Sparta School Audito-rium with one of the origi-nal members of the Plat-ters Rock & Roll Group, Milton Bullock and George Sheets Band, Randy Bash-er’s group, and the Couch Family. Food and drinks available. Ticket prices: $10 adults, $5 children under age 12. Sponsored by the Sparta Lions Club. Proceeds will support pro-

grams for the visually im-paired in North Carolina.

Monday, July 97 p.m. Ashe County

Cattlemen’s Association meeting at Family Central. $25 membership, $8 guest meal. Please RSVP by July 6 to 846-5850. Board of direc-tors meets at 6 p.m. prior to the regular meeting.

July 11-Aug. 4Solo Exhibit by Cher

Shaffer at Ashe Arts Cen-ter. Opening reception planned 5-7 p.m. Friday, July 13, during the Gallery Crawl.

Friday, July 135-8 p.m. Gallery Crawl

and open house at down-town West Jefferson galler-ies and shops. Free admis-sion, maps available at Ashe Arts Center, call 846-ARTS.

Friday, July 204-8 p.m. Fish Fry to

benefit Ashe Outreach Min-istries and Mobile Meals is held at Riverview Com-munity Center the first and third Fridays of each month. Cost is $10 donation for large portion of fish, fries, hushpuppies, slaw, dessert and drink. Takeout avail-able. Live bluegrass music. Center is located in the Clif-ton/Creston community on N.C. 88. Look for the flash-ing Fish Fry sign. Call 385-

1314 for information and takeout.

Saturday, July 2111 a.m.-6 p.m. 2nd an-

nual Whitetop Music Festival will be held at the Whitetop Community Center, 16309 Highlands Parkway, Whitetop, Va. The festival will feature old-time and bluegrass mu-sic performed by local and regional bands. Admission is $5, ages five and under are free. The festival will be held rain or shine. Food and drinks will be avail-able. Dancers are welcome. Bring a lawn chair or blan-ket and enjoy some fam-ily friendly entertainment. No alcohol or coolers al-lowed. Call Debra Bowling 276-646-2551 for further information. The festival is sponsored by the Mt. Rog-ers Community Improve-ment Club. All proceeds will benefit the Whitetop Community Center.

7:30 p.m. Carolina Chamber Players: Moon River and Mercer at Ashe Civic Center. Carolina Chamber Symphony Play-ers presents an evening of songs by Johnny Mercer that include classic tunes Moon River, One for My Baby and One More for the Road, That Old Black Mag-ic and many more. Tickets are $15 adults, $5 students, call 846-ARTS.

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Post photo/Linda BurchetteThe new lighted walking trail at West Jefferson town park offers a relaxing way to enjoy the evening while getting some exercise.

board decided to cancel that meeting and save any additional business until the August meeting.

In other business at the meeting, the board voted unanimously to move some of the town’s funds from the checking account at one bank to a savings account at anoth-er bank.

Also at the meeting, Alderman Lester Mullis

recommended remov-ing the old concession stand building as soon as possible at the town park as it was approved for demolition at a previ-ous meeting. Alderman Green suggested the town fire department burn the building one night as a training exercise because removal could cause the building to fall apart. Price said he would check with the fire chief about burning the building.

Jefferson Florist by Senior Tar Heel Delegate Clara Miller, and Commission Chairwoman Judy Poe read a resolution from High Country Council of Gov-ernments Area Agency on Aging.

In part, the resolution read, “Whereas, Mrs. Hallie Mae Smith has wit-nessed many interesting and unique events in her lifetime such as man land-ing on the moon, several

major wars, the Great De-pression, and the inaugu-ration of the first African American president…now therefore be it resolved, that the High Country Area Agency on Aging recogniz-es and honors Mrs. Hallie Mae Smith on the occasion of her one hundreth birth-day on July 1, 2012.”

As those at the party sang “Happy Birthday” to Hallie, she joined in the singing and clasped her hands de-lightedly.

No alcoholic beverages or pets permitted, said Osborne.

If you want to avoid the

traffic jam, shuttle service will be provided by the Ashe County Transporta-tion Authority starting at 3 p.m. from Ashe County Courthouse in Jefferson.

“Service will be provid-ed from the courthouse,” said Osborne. “It’ll be a big help getting every-body in and out. Service will be free but, again,

donations will be kindly accepted.”

Fireworks will fill the sky shortly after dark, according to Osborne, shot from just inside the

boundaries of Ashe Coun-ty Park.

“Everybody should be ready right around dark,” said Osborne. “We’ve got a good spot, and we think

everybody will have a great view.”

Donations for the fire-works show and the shut-tle service help with each year’s event.

Post photo/Linda BurchetteHallie Mae Smith’s birthday cake was almost too pretty to eat.

The Blue Ridge Parkway, a unit of the National Park Service, recently recognized Steve Peterson, retiring construction man-ager with Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, for his efforts to improve vi-sual aesthetics along the Parkway.

“Mr. Peterson and Blue Ridge Electric have both been outstanding to work with, not only in providing service to your mem-bers but also in assisting in the protection of the Parkway for future generations,” said Blue Ridge Parkway Superintendent Philip A. Francis, Jr., in a letter to the cooperative and Peterson.

Throughout the years, Peterson worked with Parkway staff to place existing over-head utility lines underground. This has benefitted both the cooperative and Blue Ridge Parkway in reducing the amount of maintenance by the cooperative and im-proving visual impacts to the Parkway.

Francis also said, “Mr. Peterson as al-ways been willing to help answer Parkway staff questions and to meet onsite with our staff all while doing so in a very polite, cour-teous, and professional manner. Our staff will miss having the privilege to work with him, but we all wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Peterson joined Blue Ridge Electric in November 1980 as a construction layout technician. He previously worked with Duke Power Company. During his nearly 32 years

with the cooperative, his job focus has been on the construction of electric plant and helping ensure reliable, safe electricity for the members of Blue Ridge Electric. Blue

Ridge Electric is a member-owned coopera-tive serving more than 74,000 members in Alleghany, Ashe, Caldwell, Watauga, Alex-ander, and Wilkes counties.

BREMCO manager recognized by National Park Service

Photo submittedBlue Ridge Electric’s Lee Layton, left, Chief Operating Officer, and Mike High, right, Director of Engineering Services, are shown presenting the award sent by the Blue Ridge Parkway to recognize Steve Peterson, center, retiring Construction Manager.

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Jefferson Post tuesday, July 3, 2012

Notices (ANNOUNCE)

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Having qualified as Ad-ministrator of the Estate ofBrenda Kay Severt, late ofAshe County, North Carolina,this is to notify all personshaving claims against saidestate to present them to theundersigned at 1338 DeepFord Road, Lansing, NC 28643on or before the 1st day ofOctober, 2012, or this Noticewill be pleaded in bar to theirrecovery. All persons indebtedto the estate will please makeimmediate payment to theundersigned.

This the 3rd day of July, 2012.

Jerry W. SevertAdministrator for the Estate ofBrenda Kay SevertPublish: 7-3; 7-10; 7-17; 7-24

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NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE'S FORECLOSURESALE OF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIRTUE ofthe power and authoritycontained in that certain Deedof Trust executed and de-livered by Ina Himelright Os-borne and Nelse L. Osborne,dated November 30, 1999 andrecorded on November 30,1999, in Book No. 245, atPage 983 in the Office of theRegister of Deeds of AsheCounty, North Carolina; andbecause of default in thepayment of the indebtednesssecured thereby and failure tocarry out and perform thestipulations and agreementscontained therein and, pur-suant to demand of the holderof the indebtedness securedby said Deed of Trust, theundersigned SubstituteTrustee will place for sale, atpublic auction, to the highestbidder for cash at the usualplace of sale at Ashe CountyCourthouse, Jefferson, NorthCarolina on July 12, 2012 at2:00 PM that parcel of land,including improvementsthereon, situated, lying andbeing in the City of Jefferson,County of Ashe, State of NorthCarolina, and being moreparticularly described in theabove referenced Deed ofTrust.

Address of property: 108Mcneil Street, Jefferson, NC28640Tax Parcel ID: 09263-001 -299Present Record Owners:Nelse L. Osborne

The terms of the sale are thatthe real property hereinbeforedescribed will be sold for cashto the highest bidder. A de-posit of five percent (5%) of theamount of the bid or SevenHundred Fifty Dollars($750.00), whichever isgreater, is required and mustbe tendered in the form ofcertified funds at the time ofthe sale. In the event that theOwner and Holder or its in-tended assignee is exemptfrom paying the same, thesuccessful bidder shall be re-quired to pay revenue stampson the Trustee's Deed, andany Land Transfer Tax.

The real property hereinabovedescribed is being offered forsale "AS IS, WHERE IS" andwill be sold subject to all su-perior liens, unpaid taxes, andspecial assessments. Otherconditions will be announcedat the sale. The sale will beheld open for ten (10) days forupset bids as by law required.If a third party is the highbidder at the time of saleconfirmation, the third party willhave fifteen (15) days fol-lowing the sale confirmation toremit the balance of his/her bidto the Trustee. In the solediscretion of the Trustee, anextension may be granted, butin that instance, if required bythe noteholder or loan servicer,the bidder shall be required topay per diem interest at thecurrent rate on the note se-cured by the deed of trust de-scribed herein until the dayhe/she remits the balance ofhis/her bid to the Trustee.

If for any reason the Trustee isunable to convey title to thisproperty or the sale is setaside, the sole remedy of thepurchaser is the return of thedeposit. Furthermore, if thevalidity of the sale is chal-lenged by any party, theTrustee, in it’s sole discretion,if it believes the challenge tohave merit, may declare thesale to be void and return thedeposit. In either event thepurchaser will have no furtherrecourse against the Mort-gagor, the Mortgagee, theMortgagee’s attorney or theTrustee.

Additional Notice Where theReal Property is ResidentialWith Less Than 15 RentalUnits:

An order for possession of theproperty may be issued pur-suant to G.S. 45-21.29 in fa-vor of the purchaser andagainst the party or parties inpossession by the clerk ofsuperior court of the county inwhich the property is sold. Anyperson who occupies theproperty pursuant to a rentalagreement entered into or re-newed on or after October 1,2007, may, after receiving thenotice of sale, terminate therental agreement upon 10days’ written notice to thelandlord. Upon termination ofa rental agreement, the tenantis liable for rent due under therental agreement prorated tothe effective date of the ter-mination.

Any person who occupies theproperty pursuant to a bonafide lease or tenancy may haveadditional rights pursuant toTitle VII of 5.896 - ProtectingTenants at Foreclosure Actwhich became effective onMay 20, 2009.

Posted:_______________________

Witness: Assistant/Deputy Clerk ofSuperior Court

Rogers Townsend & Thomas,PC, Substitute Trustee

By:________________________________

___________________________________Attorney at LawRogers Townsend & Thomas,P.C.Substitute Trustee2550 West Tyvola RoadSuite 520Charlotte, NC 28217(704)442-9500Publish: 7-3; 7-10

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UNDER AND BY VIRTUE ofthe power and authoritycontained in that certain Deedof Trust executed and de-livered by Brian C. Lambethand Bobbi L. Lambeth, datedJuly 8, 2005 and recorded onJuly 8, 2005, in Book No.00331, at Page 1003 in theOffice of the Register of Deedsof Ashe County, North Car-olina; and because of default inthe payment of the in-debtedness secured therebyand failure to carry out andperform the stipulations andagreements contained thereinand, pursuant to demand ofthe holder of the indebtednesssecured by said Deed of Trust,the undersigned SubstituteTrustee will place for sale, atpublic auction, to the highestbidder for cash at the usualplace of sale at Ashe CountyCourthouse, Jefferson, NorthCarolina on July 12, 2012 at2:00 PM that parcel of land,including improvementsthereon, situated, lying andbeing in the City of Jefferson,County of Ashe, State of NorthCarolina, and being moreparticularly described in theabove referenced Deed ofTrust.

Address of property: 406Long Street, Jefferson, NC28640Tax Parcel ID: 09263-001-535Present Record Owners:Brian C. Lambeth; Bobbi L.Lambeth







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UNDER AND BY VIRTUE ofthe power and authoritycontained in that certain Deedof Trust executed and de-livered by Brian C. Lambethand Bobbi L. Lambeth, datedJuly 8, 2005 and recorded onJuly 8, 2005, in Book No.00331, at Page 1003 in theOffice of the Register of Deedsof Ashe County, North Car-olina; and because of default inthe payment of the in-debtedness secured therebyand failure to carry out andperform the stipulations andagreements contained thereinand, pursuant to demand ofthe holder of the indebtednesssecured by said Deed of Trust,the undersigned SubstituteTrustee will place for sale, atpublic auction, to the highestbidder for cash at the usualplace of sale at Ashe CountyCourthouse, Jefferson, NorthCarolina on July 12, 2012 at2:00 PM that parcel of land,including improvementsthereon, situated, lying andbeing in the City of Jefferson,County of Ashe, State of NorthCarolina, and being moreparticularly described in theabove referenced Deed ofTrust.

Address of property: 406Long Street, Jefferson, NC28640Tax Parcel ID: 09263-001-535Present Record Owners:Brian C. Lambeth; Bobbi L.Lambeth







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10 SP 157NOTICE OF FORECLOSURESALE

NORTH CAROLINA, ASHECOUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Powerof Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed byKELLY M HARDY, SINGLEMAN to PBRE, INC.,Trustee(s), which was datedJuly 25, 2008 and recorded onJuly 31, 2008 in Book 00385 atPage 2285, Ashe CountyRegistry, North Carolina.

Default having been made ofthe note thereby secured bythe said Deed of Trust and theundersigned, Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC, having beensubstituted as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust, and the holderof the note evidencing saiddefault having directed that theDeed of Trust be foreclosed,the undersigned SubstituteTrustee will offer for sale at thecourthouse door of the countycourthouse where the propertyis located, or the usual andcustomary location at thecounty courthouse for con-ducting the sale on July 11,2012 at 10:00AM, and will sellto the highest bidder for cashthe following describedproperty situated in AsheCounty, North Carolina, to wit:

Lying and being in PineSwamp Township, AsheCounty, North Carolina, andbeing more particularly de-scribed as follows:

BEING all of Lot No. 11 inSection 4 of Keener's Ridge atCranberry Springs Subdivision,as shown on plat of the sameof record in Plat Book 6, atPage 30, and also Plat Book 3,at Page 102; Ashe CountyRegistry, to which record ref-erence is hereby made for aspecific location and de-scription of said lots.

Save and except any releases,deeds of release or priorconveyances of record.

Said property is commonlyknown as 224 Osborne Trail,Fleetwood, NC 28626.

Third party purchasers mustpay the excise tax, and thecourt costs of Forty-Five Cents(45¢) per One Hundred Dol-lars ($100.00) pursuant toNCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cashdeposit (no personal checks)of five percent (5%) of thepurchase price, or SevenHundred Fifty Dollars($750.00), whichever isgreater, will be required at thetime of the sale. Following theexpiration of the statutory up-set bid period, all the re-maining amounts are im-mediately due and owing.

Said property to be offeredpursuant to this Notice of Saleis being offered for sale,transfer and conveyance “ASIS WHERE IS.” There are norepresentations of warrantyrelating to the title or anyphysical, environmental, healthor safety conditions existing in,on, at, or relating to theproperty being offered for sale.This sale is made subject to allprior liens, unpaid taxes, anyunpaid land transfer taxes,special assessments,easements, rights of way,deeds of release, and anyother encumbrances or ex-ceptions of record. To the bestof the knowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the currentowner(s) of the property is/areKelly M. Hardy.

An Order for possession of theproperty may be issued pur-suant to G.S. 45-21.29 in fa-vor of the purchaser andagainst the party or parties inpossession by the clerk ofsuperior court of the county inwhich the property is sold. Anyperson who occupies theproperty pursuant to a rentalagreement entered into or re-newed on or after October 1,2007, may, after receiving thenotice of sale, terminate therental agreement upon 10days’ written notice to thelandlord. The notice shall alsostate that upon termination of arental agreement, the tenant isliable for rent due under therental agreement prorated tothe effective date of the ter-mination.

If the trustee is unable toconvey title to this property forany reason, the sole remedy ofthe purchaser is the return ofthe deposit. Reasons of suchinability to convey include, butare not limited to, the filing of abankruptcy petition prior to theconfirmation of the sale andreinstatement of the loanwithout the knowledge of thetrustee. If the validity of thesale is challenged by anyparty, the trustee, in their solediscretion, if they believe thechallenge to have merit, mayrequest the court to declare thesale to be void and return thedeposit. The purchaser willhave no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina,LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587

File No.: 10-27662-FC01Publish: June 26, July 3

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10 SP 157NOTICE OF FORECLOSURESALE

NORTH CAROLINA, ASHECOUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Powerof Sale contained in that cer-tain Deed of Trust executed byKELLY M HARDY, SINGLEMAN to PBRE, INC.,Trustee(s), which was datedJuly 25, 2008 and recorded onJuly 31, 2008 in Book 00385 atPage 2285, Ashe CountyRegistry, North Carolina.

Default having been made ofthe note thereby secured bythe said Deed of Trust and theundersigned, Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC, having beensubstituted as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust, and the holderof the note evidencing saiddefault having directed that theDeed of Trust be foreclosed,the undersigned SubstituteTrustee will offer for sale at thecourthouse door of the countycourthouse where the propertyis located, or the usual andcustomary location at thecounty courthouse for con-ducting the sale on July 11,2012 at 10:00AM, and will sellto the highest bidder for cashthe following describedproperty situated in AsheCounty, North Carolina, to wit:

Lying and being in PineSwamp Township, AsheCounty, North Carolina, andbeing more particularly de-scribed as follows:

BEING all of Lot No. 11 inSection 4 of Keener's Ridge atCranberry Springs Subdivision,as shown on plat of the sameof record in Plat Book 6, atPage 30, and also Plat Book 3,at Page 102; Ashe CountyRegistry, to which record ref-erence is hereby made for aspecific location and de-scription of said lots.

Save and except any releases,deeds of release or priorconveyances of record.

Said property is commonlyknown as 224 Osborne Trail,Fleetwood, NC 28626.

Third party purchasers mustpay the excise tax, and thecourt costs of Forty-Five Cents(45¢) per One Hundred Dol-lars ($100.00) pursuant toNCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cashdeposit (no personal checks)of five percent (5%) of thepurchase price, or SevenHundred Fifty Dollars($750.00), whichever isgreater, will be required at thetime of the sale. Following theexpiration of the statutory up-set bid period, all the re-maining amounts are im-mediately due and owing.

Said property to be offeredpursuant to this Notice of Saleis being offered for sale,transfer and conveyance “ASIS WHERE IS.” There are norepresentations of warrantyrelating to the title or anyphysical, environmental, healthor safety conditions existing in,on, at, or relating to theproperty being offered for sale.This sale is made subject to allprior liens, unpaid taxes, anyunpaid land transfer taxes,special assessments,easements, rights of way,deeds of release, and anyother encumbrances or ex-ceptions of record. To the bestof the knowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the currentowner(s) of the property is/areKelly M. Hardy.

An Order for possession of theproperty may be issued pur-suant to G.S. 45-21.29 in fa-vor of the purchaser andagainst the party or parties inpossession by the clerk ofsuperior court of the county inwhich the property is sold. Anyperson who occupies theproperty pursuant to a rentalagreement entered into or re-newed on or after October 1,2007, may, after receiving thenotice of sale, terminate therental agreement upon 10days’ written notice to thelandlord. The notice shall alsostate that upon termination of arental agreement, the tenant isliable for rent due under therental agreement prorated tothe effective date of the ter-mination.

If the trustee is unable toconvey title to this property forany reason, the sole remedy ofthe purchaser is the return ofthe deposit. Reasons of suchinability to convey include, butare not limited to, the filing of abankruptcy petition prior to theconfirmation of the sale andreinstatement of the loanwithout the knowledge of thetrustee. If the validity of thesale is challenged by anyparty, the trustee, in their solediscretion, if they believe thechallenge to have merit, mayrequest the court to declare thesale to be void and return thedeposit. The purchaser willhave no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina,LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587

File No.: 10-27662-FC01Publish: June 26, July 3

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Notices (ANNOUNCE)

DEEP GAP VOLUNTEERFIRE DEPARTMENT

Will hold its annual meeting onTuesday, July 10 at

7 p.m. at the station. The firetax may be discussed.

ANIMALS

Lawn Service (SERV)

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timeresidents of Ashe County!

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Thomas Reed - Owner336-246-3434

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Want to Buy (AGRi)

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Yard Sale (MERCH)

Garage SaleWednesday, July 4 / 7:30 a.m.(rain or shine)Vintage soda signs, old toolsand farm antiques, antigueglassware, old kitchenshakers, music CDs, videos;pocket knives, doghouse, drumset, books, treadmill, ladiesclothing, Fedders window airconditioner, antique chairs,Federal sewing machine,Model A wheel, old sodabottles, jugs, and crates; oldmetal kitchen cabinet, records,books, red Samsonite luggagewith keys, and much moreugly, beautiful, cool or usefulstuff.Featuring Leah's LemonadeStand !608 North Main St., Jefferson,NChalf mile north of CarolinaPrinting on Old Highway 16, onthe right going from Jeffersontoward Ashe Park

Houses For Sale (REAL ESTATE)

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$500/mo. and One BedroomHandyman

Special $375/mo. includeselectric. Call 336-970-9709

HIGH VISTA APT.1 & 2 BR Units307 Vista Drive

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Accepting applicationsfor 1 & 2 BR vacancies

Handicap Units.

Office hours:Monday - Friday

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Or call for appointment:(336)246-3460

TTD userscall:336-620-2537

Spruce Hills AptsApplications are now being accepted

for Housing for Senior Citizens at Spruce Hill Apartments in West Jefferson, NC. *One Bedroom. Unfurnished energy effi cient

apartments. *Handicapped accessible. *Rent based on income Section 8 assistance available. Managed by

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Jefferson is seeking anaccount executive to sell

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businesses. Will handle anactive account list as well ascold calling for new business.

Must have prior salesexperience, excellent

computer skills, internet savvy,dependable vehicle, clean

driving record, valid driver'slicense and auto insurance.

We offer salary pluscommission and a competitive

benefits package. To applysend a resume and cover

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Patel makes run at Ms. United States pageant

Photo submittedSee Ashe County’s own Lisa Patel taking on the best the pageant world has to offer July 3-8 live at the Ms. United States Pageant in Washington, D.C. “It’s been five years to build to this point,” said Patel. “It’s taken blood, sweat, and tears.” On March 10, Patel was crowned Ms. North Carolina United States and punched her ticket for the nation’s capital. Now, you can watch Jefferson’s own Ms. North Carolina United States live online at www.heritagetv.com July 5-7 at 8 p.m. and July 8 at 4 p.m. Visit www.missunitedstates.com for more info.

Long before fireworks became the norm for cel-ebrating the Fourth of July, the early Americans had a vastly different way of cel-ebrating the birth of their nation.

This week, the Hickory Ridge Homestead in Watau-ga County will host its an-nual event, The Burning of the Effigy of King George, and the audience will be able to celebrate Indepen-dence Day just like the mountain pioneers.

The historic celebration will take place at the Hicko-ry Ridge Homestead at 6:30 p.m. on both Wednesday July 4 and Saturday July 7. Darrell King, who plays Rev. Isaiah Sims in “Horn in the West,” will lead the celebration.

This entertaining and pa-triotic event is perfect for the whole family as visitors are able to briefly travel back in time to the years surrounding the Revolu-tionary War. This tradition-al celebration reflects upon what was going on at the time of the war, as the colo-nies had to band together in the fight for independence.

A popular protest of the

time was the burning of an effigy—a stuffed represen-tation of a person. Through-out the 13 colonies, effi-gies of King George III were burned as the town celebrated. Following the signing of the Declaration, celebrations went on for months as towns selected a respected man to read the document aloud so that the whole town could hear while the effigy burned. King notes that the war was not against the British peo-ple, but against their king, so the burning of the effigy depicted the colonists’ dis-pleasure with him.

The Declaration logically detailed why the colonies needed to separate from England and called for oth-er nations to come to their aid. Its power was used to band people living in sepa-rate colonies together un-der one cause.

According to King, this celebration at Hickory Ridge is able to give audi-ence members a feel for the original American mindset. “Anyone from anywhere can take something out of it.”

The event will begin with

a reading of a selection of the Declaration of Inde-pendence by Darrell King. Then, select audience mem-bers will read 13 toasts, one for each of the original colo-nies. Each toast is followed by musket fire by Hickory Ridge volunteers.

“One toast honors fallen

American military mem-bers from the Revolution to the present…who have fought to secure our free-dom,” said King.

After the 13 toasts have been read, King goes on to read a piece from one of the original Fourth of July celebrations that condemns

King George III of England for his tyranny against the colonies. The effigy is then set ablaze and the chorus and audience join together in song.

The current format of the celebration is based on suggestions by the Hickory Ridge Living

History Museum Curator, Dave Davis. It is a tradi-tional celebration enjoyed by the earliest Americans, and Hickory Ridge sup-porters agree that it is an important tradition to continue into the future. Many characters from the drama will be involved in the celebration, joined by volunteer interpret-ers. This celebration is a joyous event that brings everyone together in cel-ebration of the birth of the America following the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The Hickory Ridge Liv-ing History Museum will be open 5:30–8 p.m. before the showing of “Horn in the West” at 8 p.m. Visitors are encouraged to leave a dona-tion during the celebration of The Burning of the Ef-figy of King George.

The Hickory Ridge Liv-ing History Museum is located on Horn Avenue, just off NC 105 in Boone, North Carolina (591 Horn in the West Drive, Boone NC 28607). For more infor-mation about “Horn in the West” or Hickory Ridge call 828-264-2120.

Celebrate July 4 at Hickory Ridge

Learn more about the July 4 event at Hickory Ridge Museum at www.hickoryridgemuseum.com.

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