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Poplar in Mitchell County, North Carolina before and after hurricane Helene.
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Poplar in Mitchell County, North Carolina before and after hurricane Helene.
𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑤, 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦.
𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 21𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐿𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑛. 𝐻𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠...ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑁𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑟.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎, 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠...𝐴 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑇𝑜𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦, 𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑎. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒.
𝐼𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑦 𝑆-10.
𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑒/𝑁𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙.
𝐵𝑦 1 𝑎𝑚 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑢𝑛𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛.
𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑠 𝑑𝑜. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒...𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑. 𝑇𝑤𝑜 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝑁𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑌𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤𝑒'𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑. 𝑊ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦? 𝑊𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑.
𝐴𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑦𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑑. 𝑆𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑢𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒.
𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏'𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝑁𝑜𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒.
𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑, 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑦 ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑. 𝐻𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒.
𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑢𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝... 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛. 𝑆𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎, 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏'𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡. 𝑊𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒? 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑛𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑤.....
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Jacob Michael Lance, age 21, of Erwin, passed away on Saturday, September 8, 2018. A native of Erwin, Jacob is a son of Michael James Lance
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𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑂𝑛 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑀𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑏. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑂𝑛 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝐼𝑠 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑒...
The horror!!!
I regret to inform you that the Evangelicals are at it again.
A high school Shakespeare play has sent Christian parents through the roof for depicting drinking, suicide and, most egregiously of all, a kiss shared between two people who happen to both be male people, which is truly shocking in this year of two thousand and eighteen years anno domini!
Have you ever heard of such decadence in all your days?! Because I surely haven't!
Anyway, the incident so upset approximately 30 parents and pastors in the local area that they gathered November 9 for a group prayer in front of the school. Now, never mind that the play in question, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged), is a farcical comedy, so the depictions of drinking and suicide are what is sometimes known in showbiz parlance as "jokes." Or that the play is meant to be performed solely by men, just like in Shakespeare's day, and that a stage kiss - -essentially a peck on the cheek -- between a woman character played by a man and a male character played by another man is playing pretty fast and loose with the definition of "homosexuality." Nuance is not Evangelicals' strong suit!
For a pastor in the audience, Nathan Silver, it was the suicide that most worried him. "Life's hard, and that seed can be planted of there's a way out," he told local news outlet WLOS News 13 about a farcical scene where a character commits suicide by "drowning" herself with a cup of water thrown in her face. (I was a theater major, and I know this play, and this entire story is bullroar. Anyway!)
But while the various pastors involved, along with Mitchell County Schools Superintendent Chad Calhoun, who shut down the play, were careful to make no mention of the gay kiss as an inciting incident for their protestations, some of the angry parents were not quite as hush-hush.
On social media, folks were not having it:
[tweets at article]
Jeff Bachar, the Director of Parkway Playhouse, the theater company who put on the play for the school district, told WLOS, "We didn't set out to be controversial. I think it's encouraging some dialogue that's really healthy about some different topics, that's our purpose as a theater."
But Bachar's employer apparently disagrees: they shut the play down and issued the following statement that seems diametrically opposed to "healthy dialogue": "The intention was for it to be funny as well as to show how plays were actually performed in Shakespeare's day. Also, because the director is an experienced high school drama teacher, we believed that she would review the content and conduct to make it fun, educational and appropriate. This was not the case."
Guess satire and "educational" are mutually exclusive, at least in North Carolina.
From a friend on FB: “We were using The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) for speech team events TWENTY YEARS AGO at Freeport High School [Freeport, IL], if you want an idea of how risqué this production actually is. And if these folks are really interested in preventing teen suicide, being a little less homophobic would go a whole lot further than this horrible performative religion that just drives people away.“
Cane Creek beside of Cane Creek Road in Bakersville in Mitchell County, North Carolina
Then and Now- November 2025 and Circa 1940- This used to be Kilmichael Tower in Little Switzerland, North Carolina. It was built in the 1930’s. By the 1960’s, the tower fell into disrepair, the wooden upper section collapsing. The base was restored in the 1980s as a cottage. It is now an AirBnB that you can rent.
Kilmichael Tower, atop Grassy Mountain, was one of the attractions built by the Clarkson Family and Switzerland Company in the 1930’s as a gathering place for the community and as a tourist attraction.
Constructed out of native stone laid by Fate McKinney and other family members, who were aided by oxen Pete and Repete, it featured 360 degrees, panoramic views of the mountains. To the west arose Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains; to the south, Linville Mountain, the South Mountains, Turkey Cove and the Catawba River valley; in the east were views of Table Rock, Hawksbill, and Grandfather Mountains; and in the north was Roan Mountain.
The Tower was named after the Clarkson family’s ancestral holdings in Scotland – Kilmichael which means Church of Michael.
(Information from the Mitchell County Historical Society. Photos via https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ0aSCBkd_m/?img_index=11&igsh=MWIwNm00azhsY256eQ==)
Fork Mountain Road in Bakersville in Mitchell County, North Carolina
Embracing Humor After Hurricane Helene in the Poplar community in Mitchell County, North Carolina
Old Mine located at Emerald Village in Little Switzerland, North Carolina. Little Switzerland is located in both Mitchell and McDowell Counties.