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HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — As Clyde Elementary School prepares for Thanksgiving, there's much appreciation for special education teacher Jessalyn Rathbone.

As Clyde Elementary School prepares for Thanksgiving, there's much appreciation for special education teacher Jessalyn Rathbone. (Credit: WLOS)

Amanda Putnam, along with her children, 8-year-old Maeanna and 7-year-old Micah, nominated Ms. Rathbone for Thanks to Teachers.

"Miss Rathbone is actually my sister, my younger sister," Putnam said. "But, I probably look up to her more than she looks up to me. She's just such an example of what a teacher should be."

The big-hearted Rathbone recently spent the day teaching her students about the human heart, complete with pictures and bottles of red juice for "blood." The lesson ended with each student placing their cutout paper heart in the right place on paper cutouts of each student. Those cutouts already have lungs, stomachs, and intestines from previous lessons.

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"My ultimate goal every day is to be able to come to school and to see kids, that they have a purpose and life has great possibilities for them," Rathbone said.

Rathbone, who says she was inspired by her special needs cousin, says she always wanted to teach exceptional children, adding she owes much of her success to her loving family, teachers assistants, and the Clyde community.

"When you have a family that loves you, it makes your evenings a lot better, so you can rejuvenate for the next day and come and give your best at school," the teacher of eight years said.

In addition to being named Haywood County's Exceptional Children's Teacher of the Year, Jessalyn Rathbone also led the effort to add a special needs playground to the school.

"It's hard to watch kids with mobility issues or special needs of any kind sit and watch others play whenever they are not able to," she said.

Rathbone said it took years of work and multiple donors before the playground was completed in May.

"Learning is a social experience. Not only am I teaching my academics, I'm teaching my students how to be people and interact with others," Rathbone explained.

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Putnam said her little sister has profoundly impacted Maeanna and Micah, inspiring them to learn sign language to communicate better with some of Rathbone's students.

"To get to see her live that dream out is just so rewarding," Putnam said.

DAVIDSON, N.C. (June 13, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Davidson College’s joint venture, Common Thread Theatre Collective, will produce the Tony Award-nominated comedy “Clyde’s” by Lynn Nottage in its North Carolina premiere directed by Luther Wells. The show will run the next two weekends beginning June 16 at Barber Theatre on Davidson College’s campus.

The theatre collective was established in 2022 to tell stories that center marginalized communities–bringing together faculty and students who may have different backgrounds, but share the same love for theatre.

“Clyde’s” serves up an unforgettable story about community, healing, creativity, mindfulness, forgiveness and big dreams. The play takes place at a truck stop sandwich shop that hires formerly incarcerated individuals as kitchen staff. They long for redemption even as the sandwich shop’s callous owner, Clyde, played by Angela Williams Tripp, tries to keep them down. Clyde is like a prison warden who has the upper hand and knows it. We sense that she does not want her employees to succeed; though they are physically free, she longs to keep them psychologically imprisoned.

Tyler Madden, who plays Montrellous, is a master sandwich chef and a modern-day shaman whose sandwich creations are sublime. He inspires his co-workers – former addict Rafael (portrayed by Eduardo Sanchez), struggling single mother Letitia (played by H’arrya Canty) and Jason, a gang member (Scott Tynes Miller) – to reclaim their lives. These unlikely sandwich makers find purpose and inspiration through a shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.

Please be advised that this production contains strong language, adult situations and references to drug usage. Suggested for ages 16 and older.

Production Dates and Times

Friday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 18 at 2 p.m.

Friday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 25 at 2 p.m.

Location

Barber Theatre (Davidson College campus)

310 N. Main St.

Davidson, N.C.

Ticket information

Adults – $28

Seniors – $23

Students – $15

Faculty and staff – $23

Tickets can be purchased here.

Expanding on the success of Common Thread Theatre Collective’s nationally-recognized inaugural season, this season is made possible by generous funding from the Bacca Visiting Scholar and Artist Program, the Clark Ross Academic Innovation Fund, North Carolina A&T State University’s College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Division of Student Affairs, Arts and Science Council of Charlotte, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department and Natural & Cultural Resources.

Learn more by visiting the website or by emailing Karli Henderson at [email protected].

FLETCHER − People have been enjoying the food and rides at the 2022 North Carolina Mountain State Fair at the WNC Agricultural Center for the past week, and at the same time, the Fair has been focused on its main purpose of promoting agriculture and local farmers.

With all the festivities, there has also been events highlighting the area's home-grown food. The Fair has several cooking competitions and as of Sept. 14, one woman has won the top prize twice: Clyde's Jennifer Currie. According to a press release, Currie took first place over the weekend in both the tomato and trout cooking contests.

The Fair also announced Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has inducted two local men into the North Carolina Mountain State Fair's Livestock Hall of Fame: Jerry Plemmons and Jerry Roberts.

Currie takes top prize in two cooking contests

For the N.C. Tomato Growers Association’s “North Carolina’s Fresh Tomatoes” contest on Friday, Sept. 9, Currie took top prize with her Tomato BBT Pie and earned $100. Second place and $75 went to Stephanie Barringer of Buncombe County for her Cheesy Herb Tomato Bread, and Patricia Barringer of Buncombe County placed third with her BLT Pasta Salad and took home $50.

The next day, the N.C. Aquaculture Association held the “NC Mountain Trout Cook-Off," and Currie again placed first and earned $200 for her “Foiled Ya” Rainbow Trout. Zuerner placed second and earned $150 for her Garlic Butter Steelhead Trout, and Justin Pegg of Buncombe County placed third and earned $100 for his Teriyaki Trout Fried Rice.

The winning tomato and trout recipes are listed below:

Tomato BBT Pie

(Tomatoes from Mills Garden – Mills River)

· 1, 9-inch pie crust

· 4 large tomatoes peeled and sliced

· ½ cup fresh basil

· 3 green onions – sliced

· ½ pound bacon – cooked and chopped

· ½ teaspoon garlic powder

· 1 teaspoon dried oregano

· ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper

· 2 cups cheddar cheese – shredded

· ¼ cup mayonnaise

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Fill pie crust with tomatoes, basil, onions, bacon, garlic powder, oregano and red pepper. In a small bowl, mix cheese and mayonnaise. Spread mixture on top of pie. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 30 minutes. Serve warm or cold.

“Foiled Ya” Rainbow Trout

· 1-pound NC rainbow trout – fillets and fillet bites

· Salt and pepper to taste

· 2 tablespoons butter – melted

· 2 cloves garlic – minced

· 1 teaspoon dill – chopped fine

· Lemon juice from ½ lemon

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Place 11x14-inch piece of aluminum foil on baking sheet and put trout fillet in center. Season trout with salt and pepper. Drizzle with melted butter. Top with garlic and dill. Fold foil until it forms a pocket and the trout is covered completely. Bake for 13 minutes. Open foil and broil on high for 3 minutes.

Plemmons, Roberts inducted into Livestock Hall of Fame

According to a press release, Agriculture Commissioner Troxler inducted two men into the N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame during the fair’s opening weekend: Plemmons and Roberts. Both are lifelong Buncombe County residents and were recognized for their longtime support to the fair and the livestock industry in Western North Carolina.

“We couldn’t have built this livestock program into what it is today without the contributions and support of men like Mr. Plemmons and Mr. Roberts,” said Troxler in the release. “I am honored to present them with this award and thank them for their support of the N.C. Mountain State Fair livestock program.”

Plemmons is from Leicester and has been a lifelong educator, working as a teacher at Swannanoa Elementary School and then serving as principal at four different schools in Buncombe County. Plemmons also raised beef cattle until he was in his late 70s and still participates in the Western North Carolina Beef Cattle Commission.

“Jerry Plemmons is a longtime supporter of livestock at the N.C. Mountain State Fair and an advocate for agriculture in Western North Carolina,” said Troxler. “His passion for youth and agriculture shows through his continued support of youth livestock programs.”

Roberts was raised on a cattle, poultry and tobacco operation, the release said. He is a third-generation farmer and currently is a cow/calf producer with a commercial Angus herd. Roberts graduated from North Buncombe High School, spent two years in the U.S. Army, including one year in Vietnam.

Roberts also worked for 25 years with the Standards Division of the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Roberts serves on the Board of Director’s for the N.C. Cattleman’s Association, representing Buncombe County and the WNC Beef Cattle Commission Executive Committee, the Ag Advisory Committee for WNC Communities at the WNC Regional Livestock Center, and as vice president of the Buncombe County Farm Bureau Board.

“Jerry Roberts has been instrumental in youth livestock shows at the N.C Mountain State Fair,” said Troxler. “He continues to dedicate his life’s work to advocate for agriculture and livestock in Western North Carolina.”

The N.C. Mountain State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame was created by livestock show staff to recognize individual contributions to the livestock industry and livestock shows in Western North Carolina.

North Carolina Humanities is honoring hall of fame writer, educator, artist, musician and pilot Clyde Edgerton for his life’s work. Since 1990, the John Tyler Caldwell Award for the Humanities has recognized individuals for strengthening the educational, cultural and civic life of North Carolinians. Edgerton is set to formally receive the 2023 award on Oct. 20 at the Grand Bohemian Hotel Charlotte.

Reynolds Price, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., William C. Friday and Hugh Morton are past honorees.

“Clyde has been a central fixture in the North Carolina literary scene for decades. This is yet another well-deserved honor recognizing his many contributions throughout a storied career. We are fortunate and immensely proud to have him on our faculty,” said Mark Cox, UNCW Department of Creative Writing professor and chair.

A native of Durham and graduate of the University of North Carolina, Edgerton has taught at UNCW since 1998. He received the Kenan Distinguished Professorship in Creative Writing in 2013 for international prominence in his field.

The author of 10 novels and two nonfiction books, five of his novels are New York Times Notable Books. Three of his books have been made into motion pictures. Raney, Walking Across Egypt, The Floatplane Notebooks, Killer Diller, Where Trouble Sleeps, Lunch at the Piccadilly and The Bible Salesman were adapted for stage.

His short stories and essays have been published in Best American Short Stories, New York Times Magazine, Southern Review and Oxford American, among others.

A past Guggenheim Fellow, he was inducted into the NC Literary Hall of Fame in 2016. Other honors include the Thomas Wolfe Prize, the North Carolina Award for Literature and the University of North Carolina Education Department Distinguished Alumni Award.

An avid musician who plays the keyboard, banjo, mandolin and guitar, he was the featured artist for the 2015 North Carolina Azalea Festival. He makes frequent public appearances at bookstores, art shows, music festivals and theaters.

Fellow creative writing professor David Gessner says of his colleague of 20 years, "Clyde is that rare thing: a great artist, a great man and a great teacher, too. He is a model for passionately pursuing one's work and excelling at the art of living, always keeping an open mind and an open heart. His is a gracious excellence."

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HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Authorities in Haywood County say no foul play is suspected after a man who was previously reported missing was found dead underneath a duplex in Clyde. Officials said Tuesday that it appeared, from their preliminary investigation, to be a death involving drugs.

On Jan. 26, 2024, deputies with the Haywood County Sheriff's Office responded to 167 James Street in Clyde around 12:45 p.m. for a "suspicious situation." A maintenance worker reported a foul smell and discovered what appeared to be human remains in the crawlspace of a duplex.

"It has been confirmed the human remains were that of 26-year-old Joshua Lee Wayne Seagraves, who was reported missing from Clyde, NC and was last seen on October 14, 2023, in the area of James Street and Old Clyde Road," the sheriff's office said in a press release on Jan. 29.Seagraves was officially reported missing on Oct. 29.

REMAINS FOUND IN CRAWLSPACE OF DUPLEX IDENTIFIED AS MISSING 26-YEAR-OLD MAN

On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Haywood County Sheriff's Office held a press conference regarding the death investigation. Sheriff Bill Wilke said at the time of Seagraves' disappearance, probation and parole officers were seeking him for a post-release check. An investigation was initiated with several interviews conducted. Probation officers checked on his home multiple times, the sheriff said.

Once authorities were alerted to human remains found inside the crawlspace at 167 James Street, it was determined Seagraves had been "deceased in the crawlspace for a period of time consistent with the last time he was seen," Sheriff Wilke said, referring to October 2023.

"He had his wallet in his pocket, and nearby was a small empty baggie, a straw, a lighter, and a syringe with a small amount of clear liquid still in it," the sheriff said, but did not elaborate further on what exact type of substance was found.

There is no evidence to indicate that Mr. Seagraves came into the crawl space by any means other than his own willful actions.

An autopsy performed on Monday, January 29, revealed there were no signs of blunt force trauma or inflicted wounds to the body of Mr. Seagraves, nor was there any other evidence of foul play.

Sheriff Wilke then took the opportunity to give his condolences to the family of Seagraves, adding that he and the sheriff's office are committed to "stopping the scourge of illicit drug use" in the county. He also encouraged anyone struggling with a substance use disorder to reach out for help. A few resources available are listed below:

"As for those engaged in the sale or use of illegal drugs, stop now, or stay out of Haywood County," the sheriff said in his closing, prepared statement. "We will find you. We will prosecute you. You will spend as much time as I can get a court of law to place you in prison for, so that the pain and heartache of a loss such as this does not find its way into another Haywood County family."

When answering questions following the initial prepared statements, the sheriff said a toxicology report was pending, and the difficulty they are facing at the moment is that they aren't sure just how accurate it will be due to the state of Seagraves' body when it was found.

"While the case isn't closed, I don't see a path of evidence that changes what we believe to have happened right now," Wilke said. When asked, the sheriff also did not have an answer for what the exact cause or manner of death for Seagraves was, referring to the state office of the chief medical examiner for those final results.

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As far as no suspected foul play, the sheriff said, "After reviewing photographs of the scene and speaking with investigators, I cannot see how it's possible that his death was accompanied in any manner, in fact to the point that the crawlspace was resealed from what appeared to be on the inside. The room that was available underneath the crawlspace, and the position that he was found in, leads us to believe that there's no possible way anyone else was involved."

Adding to that, Sheriff Wilke said if anyone has any information regarding any drugs that were provided to Seagraves shortly before his death, they should come forward.

The sheriff's office has a reintegration program manager named Bob Cummings.

“I’ve seen people get good solid recovery here,” Cummings told News 13 on Tuesday.

He refers those struggling with addiction to recovery programs across the state, and says he knows first-hand that they work.

“I'm in recovery," Cummins said. "I can tell you, if you go to meetings, work a program, follow what the 12 steps tell you to do, 35 years later here I am. Anybody who calls my phone, whether an inmate here or not and says, 'Hey Bob, I saw you on TV' or 'I heard your name, I want recovery,' I'm going to help them.”

Cummings said loved ones, programs like Narcotics Anonymous, and seeing others succeed are puzzle pieces that catch on.