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A Collaboration for the Senses

Winter’s Delights

Celebrating 150!

Our Laurel Wordsmiths

A Collaboration for the Senses

Let’s raise a glass to the generosity of vintner Guy Davis and the vivid imagination of artist Leah Grace Craig.

Winter’s Delights

The Plateau is home to a raft of activities that’ll get your heart pumping and invigorate your outlook. (In the words of Highlands’ unofficial

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Celebrating 150!

Though we can pause to look back at Highlands’ last 150 years, a commitment to preservation demands that we keep our eyes on the future.

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Our Laurel Wordsmiths

A remembrance of writerly flourishes in our Laurel magazine.

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There are so many great articles in the pages of The Laurel Magazine, sometimes you want to read them again. You won’t miss a thing. Use these helpful search parameters and find just what you’re looking for about Highlands, NC and Cashiers, NC.

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Where Eagles Fly

The return of Bald Eagles is a conservation triumph and a boost for the Plateau’s spirit.

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Step Out and Into Magic

A pair of gentle strolls offer a soul-satisfying dose of nature and transcendent beauty.

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Gardening Lessons From Gracie

Whether you frolic on two legs or four, Debby has some sensible steps to ensure that your outdoor time is splendid.

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Avian Influenza & Songbird Feeders

Our avian neighbors could use some help with staying healthy through the threat of bird flu.

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Walk and Learn

Let Deena walk you through 150 years of Highlands history.

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Leaning Into His Roots

Move over, New Orleans – High Country Wine & Provisions stages its own lavish Mardi Gras celebration on March 1, complete with five-course feast, generous pours and all the exuberance.

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Good to Be a Local

With its We Love Locals program, Half-Mile Farm and Old Edwards Inn offers a luxurious Welcome Spring Getaway to its neighbors.

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Cleaning Up Highlands

It’s time to tidy up the neighborhood – you’re invited to join the Plateau Pickup, set for Saturday, April 26.

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Plant Sale Bonanza

Just in time for Plateau Planting, the Highlands Mountain Garden Club’s beloved Annual Plant Sale returns to the Town Ball Field on Saturday, May 24.

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Bowl like it’s the Stone Age

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cashiers-Highlands will be staging its Bowling For Kids’ Sake from 10:00 A.M. to 2:15 P.M. Saturday, March 22, at Galaxy Lanes (347 Jackson Plaza in Sylva). For more information, contact Senior Program Coordinator Danielle Hernandez at cashiers@bbbswnc.org, (828) 399-9133.

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Historic Presentations

For this big year in Highlands’ history, Highlands Historical Society and the Center for Life Enrichment are cooperating across the calendar.

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Bingo Excitement

As the Rotary Bingo Season ramps up, the entire Plateau benefits.

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Fallon Hovis - Center for Life Enrichment
American Legion Post 370
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A.J. Stewart
Adair Simon - Highlands Cashiers Players
Alex Foltz
Alister Brady
Amelia Golcheski, Cashiers Historical Society
Amelia Golcheski, Cashiers Historical Society, Executive Director
Angel Joy, Zen Spa Owner
Angela Jenkins
Angie Jenkins
Ann McKee Austin
Ann Novitske, Whiteside Brewing Company
Ann Self
Ann Self - The Village Green
Anna Norton, The Literacy and Learning Center
Anne Koenig - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor
April Getz, Highlands Cashiers Players
Ashby Underwood - Yoga Highlands
Ashley Stewart
Ashlie Mitchell Executive Director, The Village Green
Ashlie Mitchell-Lanning - Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation 
Audra Bullard
Audra Bullard, Center for Life Enrichment
Barbara Dougherty
Barbara Jamison
Becca Smith
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Beverly Wichman
Bianca Mitchell, Director of Marketing, The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Cashiers/Highlands
Bill Kruckenberger
Bill Peavey
Billy Love
Billy Love, The Bascom
Bob Kieltyka
Bonnie Dayton - Center for Life Enrichment
Bonnie Dean - Pinnacle Anti Aging
Bonnie Potts
Bonnie Potts - Literacy Council of Highlands
Brenda Baldwin
Brendon Voelker
Brian O’Shea
Bud Katz
by Beverly Cree
by Dr. Sue Aery
by Sandi Rogers- Cashiers Historical Society
Candace Sommer
Canty Worley
Carlyn Morenus
Carol M. Bryson
Carole Adams
Caroline Cook
Carolyn Long
Carolyn Timmons
Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
Cashiers Historical Society
Chad Garner - Yoga Highlands
Charlotte Muir - Highlands Biological Station
Charlotte Spears
Cherie Faircloth
Chip Snyder
Chip Snyder PIO
Chris Wilkes - The Highland Hiker
Chris Wilkes and Andrew Watson
Cindy Rodgers - State Farm
Cindy Trevathan
Clint Carruth The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center
Cornelia Powell
Courtney Scarborough
Courtney Scarborough, Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
Curt Christiansen
Cynthia Strain
Danie Beck
Danielle Hernandez
Danielle Hernandez-Juarez
Danielle Hernandez, Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
David Stroud - Cashiers-Highlands Humane Society
Davis Picklesimer - Highlands Wine Shoppe
Debbie Grossman
Debbie Lassiter
Debby Hall
Deborah Deal and Ian Newell - Acorns on Church
Dee Vollmer, Scaly Mountain Women’s Club
Deena Bouknight
Diane McPhail
Dinah Davis - Broker
Dinah Davis Broker - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - Meadows Mountain Realty
Director of Membership/Community Relations - Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
Donita Cline
Donn Gash - Friends for Life Forever Farm
Donna Clements
Donna Cochran
Donna Rhodes
Doris Deadwyler
Doris Hunter
Dr. Anastasia Halldin - healthymamainfo.com
Dr. Gary Wein - Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Dr. Kristin Lander, DC Highlands Chiropractic & Wellness
Dr. Michael Crowe, Bel Canto
Dr. Paul S. Cambrian - Highlands Dermatology
Dr. Sue Aery - Aery Chiropractic & Acupuncture
Drew English, The English Gardener
Duncan Greenlee, Mountaintop Rotary Club
Ed and Cindy Boos
Ed Boos
Elaine Million
Eli Ramirez
Elise Trexler, Highlands Field Site Student
Elizabeth Spaulding - Big Brothers Big Sisters
Ella Fast
Ellis McIntyre
Emily Crowell
Erik Bishop
Erika Mason
Erin Leigh Knowles, Mountain Theatre Company
Frieda McCall Bennett
Gary Wein
Gary Wein, Executive Director, Highlands Cashiers Land Trust
George Manning
Ginger Moseley - Highlands Playhouse
Grace McCants
Granville Younce
Helene Seigel
Highlands Biological Foundation
Highlands Biological Station
Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation
Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation, Author
Highlands Chamber of Commerce/ Visit Highlands
Highlands Motoring Festival
Highlands Mountaintop Rotary
Highlands Performing Arts Center
Highlands Plateau Audubon Society
Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Hillrie Quin
Holly Renehan, Southern Highlands Reserve
Hope Corbin, Highlands Cashiers Land Trust
Jacob Bearer - The Village Green
James and Margaret Freeman
Jane Ellington Davis
Jane Gibson Nardy - Cashiers Historical Society
Jane Jerry
Jane Jerry- Rotary Club of Highlands
Jane Jerry, The Rotary Club of Highlands
Janet Cummings
Janet Grantham
Jason Kimenker
Jason Kimenker - Friends of Panthertown
Jeanne Piazza, Executive Director, Highlands PAC
Jeannie Chambers - The Accidental Gardener
Jeannie Mullen
Jeff Alt
Jeff Norman
Jenni Edwards - The Literacy & Learning Center
Jenni M. Edwards
Jennifer S. Cunnigham
Jennifer Webb
Jenny King
Jesse Oates Vest
Jessica Blackburn Americorps, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Jessica McLaughlin
Jim and Resa Johnson - Cashiers Chiropractic and Acupuncture
Jim Rothermel
Jodie Nidey
Johanna Fein
Johanna Fein, Highlands Chamber of Commerce/ Visit Highlands, NC
John Alt
John Edwards
John Woods - Chairman Highlands Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Josh Bloom
Josh Bryson, Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation
Joy-Lynn Rhoton
Judy Joyner, Scaly Mountain Women’s Club
Julie Schott - Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Kara Addy
Karen Patterson
Kat Ford
Kat Ford - the Bascom
Kate Bruno
Kathleen Bub - Forever Farm
Kathryn Potts
Kathy Balistreri
Katie Bumgarner
Katie Tims
Katie Wall
Kaye McHan
Kaye McHan, Executive Director Highlands Chamber of Commerce Visit Highlands, NC
Kayla Deaton, Boys & Girls Club of the Plateau
Kelly Holdbrooks - Southern Highlands Reserve
Ken Conover - Highlands Biological Foundation Trustee
Ken Fernandez
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Kevin Rowland
Kim Daughtery
Kirk Dornbush
Kyle Pursel
Lance Hardin - Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Lance Matzke - Highlands Playhouse
Larry East
Larry Morris President, Fishes & Loaves Food Pantry
Laurel Magazine Staff
Lauren Carmichael, Cashiers Historical Society
Lila Howland
Lin Sheffield - The Bascom
Linda Kirkman, The Counseling Center
Linda Lapeyrouse
Linda Schowalter
Lindsay Garner Hostetler
Lindsay Garner Hostetler, Director of Marketing and Outreach, Mountain Theatre Company
Lindsay Heller
Lindsey D. Koach, Highlands Dermatology
Lisa Duff
Logan Kallam - Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust
Lorna Alexander
Luke Osteen
Lynleigh McLain
Madeleine Landrum
Marci Sherwood
Margaret Eichman
Marissa Nieddu, Highlands Biological Foundation
Marjorie Christiansen
Marjorie N. Deal
Marlene Osteen
Martha Porter
Marty Rosenfield - The Food Pantry of Highlands
Mary Abranyi
Mary Abranyi - Cashiers Valley Fusion
Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC
Mary Alice Grant
Mary Beth Brody - Edward Jones Financial Advisor
Mary Jane McCall
Mary Lou Bilbro - Rotary Club of Highlands
Mary Lou Smith for The Laurel Magazine
Mary Palmer Dargan
Masha Moxley
Matt Canter
Matt Canter-Brookings Fly Shop
Matt Salerno, CLE Summer Programs and Events Assistant
Meadows Mountain Realty
Melanie Jones
Melissa Hudson
Melissa Reed
Mercedes Heller
Meridith Elder
Merrel Hattink, Boys and Girls Club of the Plateau
Michael Crowe
Michael Weaver
Michelle S. Ruigrok
Missy McIver
Nalicia Allio, Fusion Yoga and Wellness
Nancy Gould Aaron - Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival
Nancy Heck Albers
Nantahala Health Foundation
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Nick Breedlove
Nicole Smith Russell
Norma Hendrix
Norma Jean Zahner
ohanna Fein
Old Edwards Club
Paige Barnes
Paige Engelbrektsso
Pam Kerr
Pat Allen
Patrick Owings
Patti Wheeler MD
Patty Calderone
Paul Clark, Big Brothers Big Sisters of WNC
Peggy Payne - Scaly Mountain Women's Club
Phyllis Racine
Priscilla Wodehouse
Rachael Feibelman
Rachel Dyer
Rachel Kinback
Ran Shaffner
Randy Sells
Reagan Jarrett, Highlands Biological Station
Rick Siegel
Robert A. Poarch
Robert E. Smith, PCC Board Chair
Robert Goldberg
Robin Canady
Robin King Austin - Mountaintop Rotary
Robin Phillips
Robin Tindall
Romney Bathurst
Ron Leslie
Ronnie Spilton
Rotary Club of Highlands
Russ Regnery, Ph.D.
Ruthie Oliver
Sandi Rogers, Cashiers Historical Society
Sarah Bishop
Sarah Jennings, Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
Sarah Pursel
Scott Daniel, Mountain Theatre Company Executive Artistic Director
Serenity Richards, Librarian, Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library
Shayna Bigazzi
Shelby Batchelor- The Village Green
Shelby Ward, The Village Green
Sonya Carpenter - Highlands Biological Foundation
Sophia Iler - Scaly Mountain Women's Club
Stell Huie, Highlands First Presbyterian Church
Stephanie Contreras, Highlands Cashiers Land Trust
Stephanie Edwards - Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
Steve Ham
Steve Mehder
Stuart Ferguson
Stuart Ferguson - Shakespeare and Company
Studio Alive
Sue Blair - Carpe Diem Farms
Susan Gregory Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce Leadership Cashiers Class of 2022
Susan Gregory, Cashiers Area Chamber of Commerce
Sydney Galarda
Tammy Mobley - Big Brothers Big Sisters
Taylor Ashley
Tee Time with Tommy
Teresa Osborn
Terry Potts
The Highland Hiker
The International Friendship Center
The Literacy and Learning Center
The Literacy Council
The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center
Thomas Taulbee
Tiffany LaFontaine
Tiffany Monier
Todd Holder
Tom Chillemi
Tom Chillemi - tomsgolftours.com
Tom Neal RN, MBA, MHA, CEO/CNO, Highlands-Cashiers Hospital
Tonya Hensley - Highlands Literacy Council
Tracy Burnette
Tracy Foor, Highlands Historical Society
Tracy McCoy
Tricia Smith
Virginia Talbot - Highlands Performing Arts Center
Walter Wingfield
Wiley Sloan
William McReynolds
William McReynolds - Highlands Plateau Audubon Society
William Zoellner
Winter Gary
Winter Gary-Highlands Biological Foundation
Zach Claxton - Highlands-Cashiers Art League

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