CEDAR MOUNTAIN NEWS FOR THURSDAY APRIL 24TH, 2025

COMMUNITY SUPPORTED ARTS FUNDRAISER AT THE CEDAR MOUNTAIN CANTEEN

A POTLUCK TOO! ON THURSDAY

MAY 1, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join us as we raise funds for our Community Supported Arts (CSA) Program to help keep music and the arts free to all!

Here at the Canteen, we really strive to never have to charge ticket prices so that music, arts, and workshops are always free and accessible to anyone and everyone. We created the Community Supported Arts Program in order to sustain the arts, pay musicians and artists fairly, and keep the arts in our community at no cost. By becoming a CSA Member, you can help us keep the arts free for all. Donate and become a member here today: https://cedarmountaincanteen.com/community-supported-arts-2023/

On May 1st we will be hosting a live music double header from local favorites Cody Hale and Jenn and Owen, and selling Canteen T-Shirts made from all natural inks and up cycled t-shirts. 

We will also be hosting a community potluck dinner this evening.  Please bring a dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. If you cannot bring food, for any reason, we are happy to feed you. We look forward to sharing a meal together.

Cody Hale is a singer/songwriter from Penrose, North Carolina.  He began writing music in 2010 after a career ending injury kept him off the basketball court.  He currently travels and performs with his wife, Jonlyn Linville, who plays fiddle and sings.  The duo has crafted their own sound through years of performing live music.  You will hear popular, classic songs mixed in with clever and capturing original tunes if you attend one of their shows.

Jennifer Rhea Linville and Owen Grooms play heartwarming original and traditional songs on guitar, banjo, mandolin and fiddle. Jenn grew up in Transylvania County, North Carolina and has played music there throughout her life’s journey with her family and friends, including the bands Chrysalis and The Woven. Owen plays with Pretty Little Goat and other regional bands, and teaches traditional music through the Transylvania JAM Program. Together, they offer sweet harmonies that bring ease to your soul and a smile to your face. Their debut self-titled album was released in June 2024 and features Jenn’s evocative songwriting and soulful lead vocals, traditional tunes brought to life by Owen’s unique claw hammer banjo style and lead singing, and Jenn’s beautiful harmonies. The duo is currently working towards recording their second album, Under the Hawthorn Tree, which is set to be released on June 19th.

HEMLOCK RESTORATION PROGRAM 

The Hemlock Restoration Initiative (HRI) is hosting a demonstration of chemical treatment methods to control the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) on Saturday, May 10th from 9am to 12pm at the Robin Hood Centre in Sherwood Forest.

Hemlock trees in western North Carolina are an important and irreplaceable component of our forests. These trees have been suffering for over two decades from hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), an invasive insect that can kill the tree in as little as four years.

However, hemlock management is simpler and less expensive than ever before. This hands-off demonstration will be useful for landowners, natural resource managers and tree care professionals. We will use the trees on-site to practice assessing hemlock health to determine the best treatment options, and HRI staff will demonstrate the HWA chemical treatment methods used on national forest and state lands. These methods are available to all private landowners in North Carolina without obtaining a license or certification. We will also discuss applicator and environmental safety, special considerations and guidance for hiring a tree care professional.

NC pesticide applicators can earn 3 credits for attending (categories G, L, N, D, and X), and ISA members can earn CEUs.

Please register for this free program by April 26 using this form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4wIeIUGuYnEy-O1XT0M9zfws2IpxN0ncA70mclEKEhJMxAA/viewform?usp=sharing)

You may also contact Olivia Hall at education@savehemlocksnc.org with any questions. 

Sponsored by a donation from the Woodcutters Fund for Environmental Education

AROUND THE HOUSE BY LINDA PACKER YOUNG 

On the road again.  Near Kansas City Tuesday night.  We are headed north to near Sioux City, Iowa on Wed.

Great weather except for a short rain storm Monday. 

My school is having an all-school reunion on the 26th. The school closed in 1963 and was torn down a few years ago. Those of us who went to school there before it closed are getting together, probably for the last time. We do plan to have a little fun. Four of us, who used to be cheerleaders, will be cheering. We are all over 80, so there won’t be a lot of jumping or any splits. 54 of us are going. Bronson, Iowa, is a very small town. Class sizes were never large. Our senior class consisted of 7 boys and 7 girls. Some of us started together in kindergarten and graduated high school together. My mother also attended kindergarten through 12th grade and graduated from the same school. I have memorabilia to share, including the school yearbook. One of the cheerleaders still has her gold sweater, and I have a pillow that my mother made from my cheer skirt that includes awards for band, choir, and cheerleading. This should be a great reunion.

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