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Just in time for Mother’s Day
Studio 106’s photographers, Susan Renfro and Colleen Kerrigan will be teaching all age and skill levels how to snap their own prize-winning close-ups in a series of creative camera classes. There are many options to explore. At 10:00 A.M. Saturday, May 11, get ready to capture images photographers couldn’t have imagined a decade ago. Smartphones have come a long way, …
Books & Bites
Hudson Library launches its busy summer season with a pair of events that’ll set the tone for the rest of the year. “A highlight is the first of our annual Books & Bites series, featuring Michelle Gable on Saturday, May 25, at 12:30 PM,” says Branch Librarian Carlyn Morenus. “The Hudson Library Board provides lunch bites at this free event; …
Big Changes at the Bascom
The Bascom has been selected to receive assistance in its long-range planning from the DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the University of Maryland. The DeVos Institute, a global leader in training and consultation for cultural organizations, has chosen five arts organizations in rural communities across the United States to receive strategic planning services free of charge. It created this …
Leadership Cashiers Program
The inaugural Leadership Cashiers class recently launched its seven-month program with an opening retreat at Mountaintop Golf & Lake Club. The Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce’s new community engagement initiative is based on a development model used by many cities across the country to prepare and motivate participants to offer quality community leadership. The program’s mission is to inform, connect, …
Stroud Appointed Advisor to Humane Society US
Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society Executive Director David Stroud has been named to the North Carolina State Council for the Humane Society of the United States. In his new role on the council, Stroud will serve as a volunteer advisor and advocate to support HSUS’ efforts to protect companion animals and wildlife, and help strengthen animal welfare legislation in the state. HSUS …
A Pool of Talent
One of the things that make life on the Plateau so special is that so many people give back to our community in some way, sharing their time, gifts, and talents with others, often in a very quiet and unassuming manner. One such group of people who give freely of their time and talents are the volunteers that coach …
Scaly Mountain Women’s Club
It must be Spring. There are warmer and longer days, apple blossoms, and a watch for the return of the Hummingbirds. For the members of the Scaly Mountain Women’s Club, spring brings a special reason for excitement. Three of their scholarship students are graduating. Fred Barnes, graduates from the University of North Carolina, Emily Gabbard will graduate from …
A Century of American Legion
On March 16, the American Legion turned 100, and local Post 370 celebrated the centennial milestone. While the local post was chartered in 1946, the organization as a whole traces its roots to March 15-17, 1919, in Paris, France, in the aftermath of World War I. The American Legion was federally chartered on Sept. 16, 1919, and quickly became an …
Carpe Diem Farms
Carpe Diem Farms has had its doors open for business at the end of Western Rhodes Drive in Highlands following its grand opening in October 1997. The foundation, established in 1992, had been operating its equine and human services programs in other locations. Throughout our history 23 horses have been involved in our programs, nine horses remain as the core …
Buzzing ‘Round the Meadow
Wildflowers are even more beautiful in the mountains, don’t you think? The mountain air, high elevation, and unique granitic soils create an amazing and colorful expanse of flowering plants. Not only are the flowers beautiful to look at, but they are important ecologically. Flowering plants and pollinators have a special symbiotic relationship: flowers are able to reproduce via pollination, while …
True Grits
While on my annual winter sojourn to Edisto Island, off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, I bought a fancy cloth bag of Charleston’s Own Stone Ground Whole Grain White Grits, prepared on granite millstones in its namesake’s city. Its logo: Experience a history you can taste. Grits have been a Charleston staple since the town was settled in 1670. …
A Tale Destined to Be Told
I love reading in all genres, but historical fiction is my guilty pleasure. I’m always fascinated with other time periods, and I live vicariously through the characters of my favorite books. My most recent foray into days gone by was the humbling opportunity to read Diane McPhail’s latest novel, “The Abolitionist’s Daughter,” which is coming out on April 30 from Kensington …
