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Therapeutic Riding of Tryon (TROT) was founded in 2004 and is a program of the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center. Its purpose is to \"use the healing, gentle nature of horses to help people with physical, developmental, and cognitive disabilities improve balance, strength, and coordination, focus and confidence.\" TROT serves people four and older.
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22321
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Five North Carolina writers share how their deep connections to the western part of the state were forged.
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22322
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Chef Bill Greene, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America who perfected his skills at some of the country's finest restaurants, operates Artisanal, an unassuming wood building located on the grounds of Banner Elk's Diamond Creek Golf Club. Richards review the restaurant.
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Five generations of the Rogers family have lived on their Haywood County forest and farmland since the 1850s. Although the log cabin of the first Rogers is long-gone, the two-story farmhouse of his widow still stands. Built in 1890 near Clyde, it was purchased by Laura and Mark Rogers in 2010. They kept the original clapboard siding and windows throughout. Nelson describes their restoration of the interior.
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John Fleer, a finalist in the 2011 in the James Beard Best Chef in the Southeast award, presides over Canyon Kitchen, located at Sapphire. He rose to fame in Tennessee at Blackberry Farm where for fifteen years he made the place a destination for people series about farm-to-table cuisine. Leggett reviews the restaurant.
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Johnnie Sue Myers and her husband Soney are a Cherokee couple who preserve Cherokee cooking traditions and Southern Appalachian cookery. He is an adept hunter who brings in the likes of deer, bear, turkey, and rabbit, and Johnnie Sue prepares the meals. Their five sons who live nearby also help by gathering all sorts greens in the spring and helping with the fall harvests of corn, okra, squash and lots more. Their home is a true gathering place for meals, with family and friends, including Chief Michell Hicks and others.
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Owners Toni and Kaighn Reynolds left the Atlanta culinary scene for the mountains where they opened Frogs Leap Public House in Waynesville. Richards reviews the restaurant and specialties of executive chef Kaighn.
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Junaluska, a Boone neighborhood, is one of the oldest African-American communities in Western North Carolina. It was founded by fifteen families shortly after the Civil War, and by 1900 the population had grown to over one hundred residents. Three years ago the Junaluska Heritage Association formed to uncover their past through genealogy records, photographs, and oral histories.
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O'Sullivan explores the work of George Peterson, a skateboarder-turned-artist who moved to Western North Carolina at Lake Toxawayin 1998. He is a wood worker who always uses salvaged wood such as maple or cherry for his functional pieces. One of his bowls was purchased for the Oval Office. For some of his sculpture he uses discarded skateboards of which he has over four hundred.
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22333
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Blowing Rock, population 1,425, is located in Watauga County. Northcote provides tips on where to stay and play while visiting there.
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22334
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Elliston recounts the life of \"Moms\" Mabley, the trailblazing Brevard-born comedienne. Born Loretta May Aiken, her early days in show business were confined to the segregated black night club and theatrical circuits. In the 1930s she adopted the stage name of Jackie \"Moms\" Mabley, a colorfully dressed bag lady. Eventually she crossed over to success in films, best-selling records, and TV variety shows, like Ed Sullivan's. From the 1930s until her death in 1975 she was the country's reigning black comediennes.
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Seven people in Western North Carolina \"are impacting the lives of others through job training, cultural arts outreach, language skills tutoring, community enrichment, and sheltering animals.\" They are Jennifer Pickering (LEAF); DeWayne Barton and Dan Leroy [Green Opportunities];Steve and Susie van der Vorst [Camp Spring Creek for dyslexic children];Rob Pulleyn [Marshall High Studios]; and Jeri Arledge [Rusty's Legacy, for dogs people don't want or can no longer afford].
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22336
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Rob Amberg captures the raw beauty and complexities of everyday life in Madison County in this photographic collection.
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22337
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Drew Wallace, owner of The Admiral in the West Asheville River Arts District, and Chef Matt Dawes, formerly of Table, have come together to create a new restaurant, The Bull and Beggar, also located in the Arts District. Richards reviews the setting the food.
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O'Sullivan examines the work of Molly Must, a muralist who uses public art to tell community stories. Must states that 90 percent of her time on a mural project is spent on fundraising and organizing and only10 percent on painting. For example, before she could paint the mural under the I-240 overpass, there were years of grant writing, public hearings, planning, and visits with NC Department of Transportation officials.
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