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Mitchell Hicks, Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, \"feels it is the responsibility of his generation to protect, preserve and revitalize the Cherokee native language.\" Clarke describes how this is being accomplished. One way is to develop a new generation of speakers starting with the young. Language immersion means young children up to three years of age hear only Cherokee all day in classrooms on the reservation. Plans call for the program to include reading and writing Cherokee until the oldest students reach the fifth grade.
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The summer only has so many weekends to pack activities into. The authors describe twenty-one weekends of things to do in Western North Carolina. These include shopping in Swain and Graham counties, rafting and kayaking on the Nantahala River, attending the music festival in Brevard, and strolling through some art studios in Buncombe, McDowell, Mitchell, and Yanncey counties.
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In John Payne's studio in the Asheville River District, art, metal and skill combine to bring life-size dinosaurs and prehistoric birds to life. The sculptures are supported and moved by pulleys and cables much like a marionette would be. His collection has about fourteen animals at the moment. Museums lease his skeletons and put them on three month displays. This exhibit \"Natural History Machines\" has appeared in museums all over the nation.
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4.Wolfgang's Restaurant and Wine Bistro by Sullivan, Bryan WNC Magazine Vol. 1 Issue 2, May/Jun 2007
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22411
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Chef Wolfgang Green is owner of Wolfgang's Restaurant in Highlands. The restaurant is located in an 1890 Highlands home. Green has plied his culinary trade in Europe, New Orleans, Texas, Jamaica, and Western North Carolina.
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22412
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As tobacco farming dwindles in Western North Carolina, farmers are seeking other cash crops to help maintain their incomes. One contender is the shitake mushroom, an Asian edible. Sullivan describes how Madison Farmers grow the mushroom which can sell for up to $8 a pound.
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North Carolina holds many festivals throughout the year, including the dogwood, collard, strawberry, and shad. Chase describes the newest one now in its second year at Mountain Farm near Burnsville--the Lavender Festival. The two-day event offers demonstrations on cooking with lavender and how to make essential oils. Also featured are garden tours, cultivation tips, and tasting some foods like lavender bread and ice cream.
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22414
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Painter and sculptor Wayne Trapp came with his wife, photographer Frederica Georgia, to Western North Carolina from Vermont in 1980. His home and workplace is located deep in the woods from Boone. There he works to fill an ever-expanding list of major sculpture commissions from individuals, corporations, and public institutions.
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22415
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At one time the great forests that blanketed Western North Carolina had been burned and almost flattened by the early settlers. However, there were three visionaries in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--George W. Vanderbilt, Frederick L. Olmstead, and Dr. Carl Schenck--who began a conservation movement resulting in the creation of the Pisgah National Forest and a forest management school that was a model for the country--the Biltmore Forest School.
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22416
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Bryson City offers many attractions, including the Smokey Mountain Railroad, three waterfalls, Homestead Gardens and the Station Restaurant.
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Max Woody builds furniture, but he is best-known for his chairs. He has a five-year customer waiting list to prove it. Six generations of Woody woodworkers have preceded him. He uses maple, cherry, walnut and oak lumber and creates his chairs using age-old methods.
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22418
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After Daniel Boone, North Carolina's most famous mountain man was Big Tom Wilson, who was a noted guide, tracker, bear hunter, and master story teller who lived in Yancey County. However, it was leading a search party to find Elisha Mitchell's body in 1857 that brought him nationwide fame. Mitchell's claim that Black Mountain was the highest in the Appalachians had been challenged and he fell to his death remeasuring the mountain. Black Mountain was later named Mt. Mitchell in his honor when his claim was proven.
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Burnsville in Yancey County is named for Captain Otway Burns, a famous privateer in the War of 1812. Among the things to see and do are spending a few days in the Nu Wray Inn, dining at the Hilltop Restaurant, or making stops at the Design Gallery, Peddler Quilt Shop, the Toe River Arts Council and Gallery, and the Orchid Tearoom.
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Hendersonville resident Tom Fazio is one of the country's most prolific golf course designers. During his almost fifty years as an architect, he has designed around two hundred golf courses, including over eighteen in the North Carolina. He has been called upon to tweak some of the nation's most famous courses like August National, Pinehurst Numbers 6, 8, and 4, and Charlotte's Quail Hollow Country Club. His courses have received many awards and top rankings from the golf industry.
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Connie Regan-Blake of Asheville is a nationally-renowned, award-winning storyteller. In 2006 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Storytelling Network. She has produced seven award-wining audio and video recordings, most featuring Appalachian stories and tales.
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Born in Swepsonville in 1923, Don Thompson grew up to be a major league baseball player. His career began with the old Boston Braves in 1949 as a pitcher. Traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers, he played in the outfield from 1951-1953 and in the World Series against the New York Yankees in 1953. He came back to Western North Carolina where he had a successful real estate business.
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