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Eaton donates $20,000 to cancer center

On Thursday afternoon, leaders from both Pardee Hospital and the Eaton Corporation came together in the construction site that will soon become Pardee’s new Comprehensive Cancer Center.   Read Story »

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County drops Pinnacle property pursuit

It’s looking like strike 2 for Sheriff Charlie McDonald in his hunt for a large isolated site to conduct tactical training center and target practice.   Read Story »

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Garden Jubilee, veterans, music kick off summer

Flowers and plants star downtown Folks with green thumbs will flock to Main Street this weekend.The annual Garden Jubilee Festival Saturday and Sunday features workshops by gardening experts, more than 200 vendors selling thousands of annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs and hard-to-find plantsplus handmade lawn furniture, jewelry, garden tools, yard art, planters, wind chimes, birdhouses and more. (Many shoppers bring wagons tohaul their trove of plants and accessories.)The Southeast Tourism Society has named Garden Jubilee a Top 20 event in the Southeast for May 2016.Lowe’s Expo at the Visitors Center will feature lawn and garden workshops, a variety of plants for sale, patio displays, a hands-on kids clinic, outdoor furniture and equipment. Bill Slack, landscape and gardening specialist with Southern Living magazine, will host these gardening workshops at the Expo:• 11 a.m. Saturday: Gorgeous Landscape: Maximum Beauty/Minimum Effort.• 1 p.m. Saturday: Annuals & Perennials: Colorful Garden Accessories.• 3 p.m. Saturday: Help! I don’t have sun in my yard.• 1 p.m. Sunday: Gorgeous Landscape: Maximum Beauty/Minimum Effort.• 3 p.m. Sunday: Annuals & Perennials: Colorful Garden Accessories.Please leave pets at home. A Hendersonville city ordinance prohibits animals in the festival area. Veterans Hall hosts Memorial Day program The Henderson County Heritage Museum will host the annual Memorial Day program and salute to veterans at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Veterans Hall outside the Veterans Services office at the Henderson County Human Services Building, 1200 Spartanburg Highway, Suite 200.The program includes Jeff Miller speaking about the new HonorAir Korean War flights taking off this fall, the Hendersonville Chorale singing a collection of patriotic songs, the Henderson County Patriot Guard, Henderson County Honor Guard and the Heritage Museum Tar Heel Junior Historians.Veterans Hall displays a timeline of United States conflicts from World War I to today. Pictures of veterans are displayed along with artifactsand memorabilia from the veterans. The public is invited to tour the exhibits. The museum’s videographerwill be present to scan photographs for anyone wishing to include their veteran in the Hall. Photographswill be scanned and returned during the tour. Festival celebrates Sandburg’s folk music   FLAT ROCK — The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site hosts the 30th annual Carl Sandburg Folk Music Festival on Memorial Day with free live performances from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the site’s outdoor stage.A special theme this year is Chicago-style folk and blues in celebration of 100 years of Carl Sandburg’s ground-breaking collection of poetry Chicago Poems, published in 1916. Performers are:• 11 a.m.: Dana and Susan Robinson are two guitar-playing, banjo-picking, fiddle-sawing, and harmony-singing interpreters of the American experience. Their unique blend of contemporary songwriting and traditional Appalachian music bring to their performances a deep understanding of America’s musical heritage much in the same way as Carl Sandburg.• Noon: The King Bees, led by Rob Baskerville and Penny “Queen Bee” Zamagni, are considered one of the hottest and most entertaining shows anywhere, igniting the stage with exuberant joy, Chicago-style shuffles and rockabilly.• 1 p.m.: Jon Shain brings story-telling songs that are enhanced by stark country folk-blues accompaniments.• 2 p.m.: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues delivers a style that connects Arnold’s life and music to Chicago, the Mississippi Delta and South Carolina blues tradition. Arnold toured and recorded with the Muddy Waters Band and recorded LPs with John Lee Hooker, helped produce Soul Train with his friend Don Cornelius and even played bass on the Sanford & Son television show when he wasn't playing bass for Otis Redding and B.B. King.Steve and Jean Smith will perform hammered dulcimer music at the historic barn area from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Sandburg began playing the guitar in the early 1900s to enhance his lectures. Performing during the era of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, he was a mentor for Burl Ives. He played guitar, banjo and harmonica and collected a series of folk songs, which he published in his book The American Songbag. Enjoy picnic, music on Jump Off Rock LAUREL PARK — The Laurel Park Civic Association presents the annual Jump Off Rock Music Festival Saturday.The Carburetors kick off the show at 4 p.m. followed by Dashboard Blue.Tickets are $10 and available at Laurel Park Town Hall, Crate Wine Market and the Henderson County Visitors Center. Admission is free for children under 12. Bring your own food and beverages — beer and wine are permitted — chairs, picnic blankets and coolers.The Civic Association will present a check for $21,500 to the town of Laurel Park, which was theproceeds from the Jump Off Rock event. The money will cover the first phase of improvements at JumpOff Rock, which included a newentrance plaza, removing a largeevergreen tree, adding a circular wall and rock garden andredoing the path to the main viewing spot.“It’s a meandering path with a much better surface so handicapped people and wheelchairs can maneuver it much better,” said Civic Association President Don McIntyre.   Read Story »

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Carpenter moves from board chair to counsel's office

Walter C. Carpenter has moved from the chair’s seat to the general counsel’s office at Pardee Hospital.Carpenter, a board member since 2011, opened the regular meeting of the directors by announcing his resignation as chair and board member and appointment as general counsel.“I wasn’t looking for that job. I didn’t even think about it,” he said, describing his first reaction when Pardee CEO James M. “Jay” Kirby II approached him about the position. After talking to his wife, Carpenter decided he’d be receptive.“So I came back and I told Jay that I did have an interest and he has made me an offer and I’m going to accept that,” he said. After accepting a plaque of appreciation, Carpenter walked out of he board room, leaving the directors with the task of choosing the new leader. There was no suspense.Dr. Bill Medina was elected chair of the Pardee Hospital Board of Directors.The board elected vice chair Bill Medina as chair and Jack Summey as vice chair.“We are thrilled to welcome an attorney with Walter Carpenter’s experience and longevity in our community to the Pardee team,” Kirby said in a statement. “Walter knows and understands Pardee and is well suited to assist our organization in navigating the changing regulatory environment that is present in health care today.”Carpenter earned his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his law degree from Mercer University School of Law. He is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association, an assistant scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 601.As general counsel, he will provide counsel on legal matters, provider compensation and offer strategic counsel regarding future growth and expansion. Sharon Alexander will continue to serve as counsel to the board.   Read Story »

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TDA announces tourism grants

The Henderson County Tourism Development Authority awarded 12 recipients tourism promoting grants totaling $20,000 for the fiscal year starting July 1.   Read Story »

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HMS girls continue conference dynasty

The Hendersonville Middle School Lady Bearcat Soccer team scored a 4-0 shutout victory over Waynesville to clinch the Blue Ridge Conference championship on May 16, the team's fourth straight conference championship.    Read Story »

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Area farms win agritourism grants

An Edneyville orchard and a Saluda farms are among 29 agritourism farms that will receive funding for marketing projects, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced. Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard Hendersonville and Bradley Farms in Saluda won the grants. The Agritourism Marketing Cost Share program is administered by the department’s agritourism office with funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. In its first year, the cost-share program received 77 applications requesting a total of $409,050. After a thorough review of applications, 29 farms were selected to receive grants for projects ranging from directional signage and marketing brochures to website development and branding. Individual grants ranged from $360 to $6,000.     Read Story »

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Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (85)

You won't want to miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

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Walkers, joggers and pedalers flock to greenway extension

Walkers, joggers and bicycle riders flocked to the newly opened Oklawaha Greenway extension to Berkeley Mills Park this week, celebrating a meandering paved surface that runs along Mud Creek.   Read Story »

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