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MontfordVol. 23 No. 6 June/July ‘18

15th Annual Montford Music & Arts Festival

A great big thanks to Judges Janelle Wienke, Grants Manager and Mamie Fain, Program Manager from the Asheville Area Arts Alliance. They chose the winners of the Montford Festival juried artists. First place for the second year in a row was: The Language of Leaves, beautiful batiked scarves. Coming in second was Sam’s Spoons. And third place was Humble Bumble Beads. Congratulations to all.

Festival Juried Artist Winners

1st place—Patricia Spangler—$200 prize 2nd place—Sam Tallman —$100 prize

3rd place—Kim Plotkin—$50

A wonderful day at Asheville’s largest, longest running, single-day neighborhood street festival

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2018 Montford Music & Arts Festival

We didn’t let a little rain stop us.

Sunshine Prevailed!

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Festival photos courtesy of: Randy Omark (Festival Photographer), Ron Greenberg, Nancy Lydon, and Roger Helm

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The Montford Music & ArtsFestival GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES these sponsors for their GENEROUS SUPPORT in 2018...

Please go to www.montfordfestival.org/2018_sponsors for business descriptions and contact info for this year’s sponsors!

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Many thanks to: Pinecrest B&B • Cumberland Falls B&B • Grove Arcade • Hunter Banks… and all of the volunteers that make this festival possible!

© 2018 All proceeds from the Montford Music & Arts Festival help fund the community activities of the Montford Neighborhood Association.

The 2018 Montford Challenge

The Challengers:Brian May & Scott Merrill

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Richard Barden

Michelle Bedard

Lani Blakeslee

Dave Boyles

Lee Brown

Patrick Clancy Jr

Linda Copley

Foster de la Houssaye

John Ewing

Sharon Fahrer

Vic Fahrer

Bonnie Gilbert

Chris Gilbert

Ron Greenberg

Abigail Griffin

Ginger Harding

Roger Helm

Gretchen Henn

Anna Holcomb

Darcie Layne

Susan Loftis

Nancy Lydon

Janice Mead

Cherie Morris

Susan Murray

Ellen Nutter

Dave Nutter

Randy Omark

Terry Peters

Susan Presson

Steve Raker

Lynn Raker

Dan Rogers

Alan Rosentha

Susan Rothlein

Lewis Rothlein

Betsey Russell

William Saupe

Mary Kay Smith

Tom Stork

Ross Terry

Tamilia Thompson

Mary Trauner

Dave Werle

Myra Zachrich

A special thanks to the Festival volunteers.

They jumped in and made it happen!

How to Contact the Asheville Police Department • For emergencies, call 911. • For nonemergencies and to

report suspicious activity, call 252-1110. • For the Crime Prevention Division,

call 259-5834. • For Police Dispatch, call 259-5888. • For Montford’s Community Resource Officer

Justin Wilson call 828-450-3719

Order your Montford BannerThree colors to choose from: red, green, and mustard yellow. Visit montford.org to order yours today.

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Montford June/July ‘18Volume 23 No. 6

T e m p i e A v e r y m o n T f o r d C e n T e r

For information regarding any of our programs, facility hours or special events,

call 253-3714 or email [email protected]

Shana Kriewall, Facility Manager, Tempie Avery Montford Center

Tempie Avery Montford construction should begin on the park surrounding the recreation center in July. If you have any questions, please call Shana at 235-3714.

CalendarSummer Camp—camp will be running June 11 - August 17. Come recreate with us.

Badminton—Join this active group of players on Friday nights 5:30pm - 8:00pm and Saturday Mornings 9am - 11am. If you don’t think badminton is a great workout, you haven’t played at Montford!

Capoeira—Learn the Afro – Brazilian art which combines martial arts, dance, and culture. Saturdays 10am - noon. Recommended donation of $6 per class.

Table Tennis—Meets every Monday 5:30 - 8pm, and Saturday 11am - 2pm.

Ukulele—Mondays 6pm - 8pm. This self-led group welcomes all levels of talent including beginners. Free.

Pick-up Basketball—(for ages 16 & Up) - Tuesday evenings 5:45 - 8pm. Free.

Line Dancing—June 16 2:30pm - 5:30pm. Free.

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Bus Shelter Badly DamagedFrom a post by Amy Ray on the Montford Listserve, May 29, 2018.I am sorry to report that an apparently drunk driver just hit a parked car south of the Montford/Cullowhee bus shelter on the northbound side of Montford and pushed the truck into the shelter and then to the retaining wall behind the shelter. The car also ran into the shelter. The bus shelter sustained significant damage. Police are there now. The driver fled on foot on Cullowhee headed west. With all of the foot traffic in the area it is a miracle no one was hurt.

Hopefully, the police can identify the driver through the license plate.

Thanks and stay safe, everyone. Sooner or later we need to do more to slow traffic on Montford.

Editor’s Note: Watch for updates on montford.org as we work with the City to repair the shelter and replace the historic panel.

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Angel’s Return HomeAsheville Resident Publishes Novel Featuring Asheville Today and Thomas Wolfe’s Asheville in the Early 1900’s.

Jim Funk has just completed writing and publishing his second novel and third book. Jim and wife Marilyn are residents of Asheville.

“Angel’s Return Home” draws on Jim’s extensive education, and diverse career, to entertain readers with a refreshing, new, and creative form of storytelling.

The story takes place primarily in Asheville, favorably portraying today’s Asheville, as well as Thomas Wolfe’s Asheville of the early 1900’s.

“Asheville is a very special place for me,” Mr. Funk said. “I became fascinated by Thomas Wolfe’s life story, and the Asheville surrounding Wolfe’s legend. So, I combined those interests in a fictional story that brings Thomas Wolfe back to hometown Asheville.”

Characters are fictional, but residents will see an unmistakable resemblance to people and places they know.

Robert Morrow encounters the Ghost of epic American writer Thomas Wolfe, wandering endless—for over 75 years, ‘lost’ within confines of Riverside Cemetery in hometown Asheville, NC. Fame and fortune already bestowed upon him, serenity he’s still seeking. Ghost of lost flesh, why has this web been woven?

Which of us is not a Ghost, among a world of Ghosts? What is real? What isn’t? And, who are we to know?

Robert and Ghost work together, as friends—they find ‘memory’ a key to an unfound door. Ghost Tom revisits hometown Asheville, where he became an iconic legend. Robert and Ghost Tom revisit their childhood. After all, childhood matters!

Within our dreams, we find our self, worthy person all the more. We wake again, shreds of memory do return, saying: Come back again! Come home! For home, we never leave.

For more information, see the Author’s website: www.james-funk.com

This book is available in softcover or e-book editions.

Available through Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and other retail outlets, or on Kindle, iPad, Android, and other mobile devices.

www.amazon.com/author/jamesfunk James Funk

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Elections, Registering, Voting and Working the Polls in MontfordBill EakinsAs your Chief Judge in our Montford polling place for many years, I want first of all to thank the voters of Montford. WE ALWAYS HAVE THE HIGHEST TURNOUT OF ANY POLLING PLACE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. That speaks well of you, the voters of our Precinct 2.1. You care, you show up, you make our system work.

This year the General Election is Tuesday, November 6. Polls open promptly at 6:30 a.m. and close promptly at 7:30 p.m. If a voter is online at 7:30 p.m., that voter will be permitted to vote. All poll workers are required (and happy) to wait as long as it takes for everyone online at poll closing time to vote. In a presidential year that may be up to an hour. Curbside voting is available for the handicapped on the Montford Avenue side of the building. Driving over a hose rings a bell inside the polling place and one of the poll workers will come out. Over a long day with school buses, cars, etc. the hose can become moved or otherwise malfunction. For that reason, a Board of Elections number is posted on a sign at the curbside voting spot. There is also a handicapped parking space next to the curbside voting space. Voter parking is available on the Courtland Avenue side of the polling place.

Over years of trial and error and limited by the location of a small number of outlets for equipment, location, and accessibility of exits, school security issues, etc., we have configured the polling place to allow the longest indoor line space can accommodate. We do not want voters deterred from voting by inclement weather.

Though we poll workers do our best to make the process as quick and pleasant as possible, any general election will have sometimes in the day when there are waits. To avoid them you may want to vote early. Early voting begins this year October 18 and continues until 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 3. Locations and times

are available on the Buncombe County website www.buncombecounty.org under “elections”. Also, voters with legitimate reason may apply for absentee ballots starting

September 7. Voter registration ends at 5:30 p.m. October 12. All necessary forms and information can be found on the website.

Last, we are always looking for more help at the polling place. The pay is a little better than jury service. Hours at the polls, for set up and for training are a commitment. The positive side is you. It is a pleasure to see our friends and neighbors. It is a pleasure to make the process, our process in our system of government, work fairly and efficiently. If you would like to work the polls contact your political party leader or go to the elections part of the Buncombe County website.

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Resource DirectoryHouse HistoriesLearn the story of your house. Who lived there, who owned it and what they did for a living. • For more information call Sharon at 777-1014

Historic Walking Tours For by-appointment walking tours of historic Montford, Riverside Cemetery, and downtown Asheville, call 777-1014.

Smart Feller Tree Works• Ira Friedrichs • 545-5503 (NEW cell) • [email protected]. Down trees got you down? Contact us for all your tree removal and pruning needs! We are locally licensed and insured. Please call for free estimates. Montford references available. Thanks.

Square Peg Construction Inc.Add beautiful custom woodwork to your historic home: New upgrades like wood paneling, built-in cabinetry, trim, doors, stairs and railings. Small details add big impact! Montford references. • Call your neighbors, Leslie and David Humphrey 277-5164

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Montford Action Agenda May 9, 2018Members present: Chair Bryan Moffitt, William Eakins, Emily Kite, Craig Cline, Janet Whitworth, Valeria Watson, Emily Spreng, Amanda Warren

Staff present: Stacy Merten, Alex Cole, Jannice Ashley

Item, Summary and Action63 Panola Street—Construction of new 2,870 square foot, 2 ½ story primary structure. Action—Continued

57 Flint Street—After-the-fact approval to replace post and wire fence in front yard with new wood picket fence. Action—Continued

58 Courtland Avenue—Construction of new 1,108 square foot accessory structure in rear yard. Action—Continued

Please refer to the website (www.ashevillenc.gov)

for the full approved minutes after the following month’s meeting.

Historic Resources Commission of Asheville and Buncombe County

BE A LOCAL LEADERThe City of Asheville has various openings on various committees. Have you ever wanted to make a difference? Have you wondered, “Can the City benefit from my experience and knowledge?” Do you want to have a voice in the City’s growth and future? Do you want to be a part of the body that is responsible for making decisions regarding policy, service and education? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, then it’s time to take that initial step forward and put your perspective, leadership and knowledge to task by serving on one of the many committees we have to offer.

Please visit the City’s Boards and Commissions web page or contact the City Clerk’s Office at 259-5839 or by e-mail at [email protected] for an application form.

CURRENT VACANCIES:

The deadline for applications for these openings is Monday, June 11, 2018 at 5 p.m.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE

AIRPORT AUTHORITY, GREATER ASHEVILLE

CITIZENS-POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CIVIC CENTER

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL

HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION

I-26 CONNECTOR PROJECT AESTHETICS COMMITTEE (ad hoc committee)

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION

NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE–

NOISE ORDINANCE APPEALS BOARD

PUBLIC ART AND CULTURAL COMMISSION

RECREATION

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The Montford Newsletter is published online by the Montford Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box 7181, Asheville, NC 28802 for the residents of Asheville’s first historic neighborhood. We welcome articles and advertising by the 20th of the month. Contact Editor Ross Terry at

[email protected], 230-7439 for more information

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