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Flat Rock Life

New kids on the Rock

FLAR ROCK — The first goat kids of the season, triplet Toggenburg bucks, were born at Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site on Tuesday. They were originally due on March 17, so Irish themed names — Brennan, Brady, and Breck —  were chosen for them. Following the tradition of how Mrs. Sandburg named her goats, offspring names start with the first letter of the mom’s name. These triplets were born to Babs, a Toggenburg doe. Visitors are welcome to see the new kids at the barn, which is open 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is just the start of kidding season at Connemara Farms. Four more does are due between now and May 9. For parking options when you arrive, please visit www.nps.gov/carl/planyourvisit/parking.htm. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is a unit of the National Park Service. The park is located three miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. 225 on Little River Road, and is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. For further information please telephone 828-693-4178, or visit our website at:   Read Story »

Flat Rock Life

Flat Rock Park Foundation hires new fundraiser

The Flat Rock Park & Recreation Foundation has hired Tracey Daniels as its new director of development, replacing Maurean Adams.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Life

Inez Norman, longest serving city police employee, dies at 88

Inez Norman, who started her career as a jail matron in 1965 and continued working for the Hendersonville Police Department for 53 years, died Tuesday at age 88, the police department said.   Read Story »

Flat Rock Life

Ask Matt ... about Dylan's visit with Sandburg

 Q. I heard that Bob Dylan once came to Flat Rock to meet Carl Sandburg. Is there any truth in that? Absolutely. Two years ago Thomas Crowe wrote about that meeting in the Smoky Mountain News. His source was Sandburg’s housekeeper at Connemara who some 37 years ago shared details of the event with Crowe. It was February of 1964, when Bob Dylan had just released his second album titled The Times They Are A-Changin’. He was on an unannounced mission to Flat Rock to meet the man that had inspired his own poetry and songwriting. Dylan appeared at the Sandburg home with a copy of the new album under his arm and asked to speak with Mr. Sandburg. “I am a poet; my name is Robert Dylan,” said the visitor. Crowe recounts that the two sat in chairs on Sandburg’s front porch and Dylan told the 89-year-old Sandburg how he admired his work and what an influence he had been. “Sandburg listened quietly and acknowledged Dylan’s praise and accepted the gift of the album and told Dylan that he had much work to do that day and had to get back to it, sending Dylan on his way.” There are a few related pieces that I found in a 1972 Rolling Stone biographical piece on Dylan by Anthony Scaduto. He chronicles the road trip Dylan and three others made from New York City to Flat Rock and thereafter points south and west. “The drive down had been uneventful, which is surprising considering that they were all stoned,” relates Scaduto. After spending the first night in Charlottesville, Virginia, they headed for Flat Rock and arrived late in the afternoon. Dylan got directions to Sandburg’s home from a mountain man at a gas station. There was some confusion because the man only knew Sandburg as a goat farmer, not a poet in residence. The meeting was brief, probably just ten minutes. Dylan was miffed that Sandburg never heard of him so when he got back to the car Dylan took a puff from a joint. After Flat Rock, Dylan’s entourage made more stops in the South and ended the sojourn in San Francisco. Ron Partin, who volunteers at the Sandburg Home, said that he occasionally shares the story with visitors, particularly if they ask about Sandburg the song writer. Officials at the Home said the Dylan album was not in their inventory. Maybe someone can contact Dylan and have him autograph another for the collection.  * * * * * Send questions to askmattm@gmail.com.         Read Story »

Hendersonville Life

Committee announces 2019 Walk of Fame inductees

A joint city-county committee announced seven inductees into the Henderson County Walk of Fame on Thursday, including pioneers in the fields of education, transportation, agriculture and the law.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Life

Symphony serves up 'Holidays at the Movies'

The silver screen is decked out in red and green this holiday season, as the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra presents “Holidays at the Movies” Saturday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Community College’s Concert Hall. The concert is sponsored by Carolina Village.   Read Story »

Saluda Life

Event marks Carolina Special’s last run up Saluda Grade

SALUDA — After 53 years of running from Charleston to Asheville and beyond to the mid-west, the “Carolina Special” passenger train made its final run up the Saluda Grade 50 years ago on Dec. 5, 1968.   Read Story »

Hendersonville Life

Training is Wednesday evening for skating rink volunteers

Organizers of the iceless skating rink at the Visitor Center parking lot are seeking volunteers to help in the operation. Volunteer training will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28. The rink will be open Dec. 18 though Jan. 1. The larger and improved synthetic ice-skating rink is made from special polymers so it can be enjoyed year-round in any temperature. The skating rink is a fundraiser for the Henderson County America in Bloom Committee. To volunteer call Mia Freeman at (828) 698-4600 or email Karen Baker at kbaker@visithendersonvillenc.org   Read Story »

Henderson County Life

Volunteer profile: John Bell, Community Foundation of Henderson County

John Bell Community Foundation of Henderson County   What do you do in your volunteer job? “I was chairman and immediate past chair as of June 30. I helped with budget when I came on. I was on the board of the Boys and Girls Club and I moved over to the Community Foundation and that was probably 10 years ago. They moved me to the board about eight years ago. I stayed on the investment committee — in fact I’m still on the investment committee — and I serve on several different committees, even though I’m no longer on the board. After six years they figure that you’ve been around enough. As past chair you stay on two more years so I served eight years.” How long have you been volunteering? “Golly, I think in some form or another in a lot of different places for 40 or 50 years. I did the United Way when I got out of the service and volunteered with several civic clubs and of course time at church as well.” (St. John in the Wilderness.) Why do you volunteer? “I think it’s important to use your time, talent and treasure in many different ways and I try to do what I can. My experience has been in the investment field so I work on finance and investments. I think time is probably the most key thing you can provide. That’s what I’ve been able to do.” What’s the best thing about volunteering? “The best thing about volunteering is the satisfaction you get from contributing to a cause or to the community. It’s something that, if you haven’t volunteered, I think you might not understand. It’s the satisfaction of knowing that you’re doing something for others and not for yourself.” If someone is interested in volunteering, what is the best advice you would give based on your own experience? “I think the most important thing that anyone who volunteers needs to take into consideration is that they are interested and have passion for the organization. If you’re not interested and passionate about the nonprofit then you’re not a good volunteer. You have to have the time and be willing to commit the time but the key is you have to have an interest and passion. Sometimes you’ll find people that volunteer because their friend asked them to and they really don’t have an interest and they kind of fall by the wayside.”   Read Story »

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