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OUR 22 nd YEAR • ISSUE NO. 37 • SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 RutherfordWeekly.com 828-248-1408 FREE FREE RUTHERFORD COUNTY'S ONLY AUDITED NEWSPAPER RUTHERFORD COUNTY'S ONLY AUDITED NEWSPAPER ACE EQUIPMENT ACE EQUIPMENT SALES & SERVICE SALES & SERVICE 126 Park Lane Drive 126 Park Lane Drive Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Behind BB&T Bank Behind BB&T Bank 828-286-9781 828-286-9781 STARTING AT STARTING AT $ 2799 2799 THE GAME THE GAME CHANGER CHANGER MON.-FRI. 9-6 MON.-FRI. 9-6 SAT. 10-2 SAT. 10-2 NO CONTRACT WIRELESS Nationwide Coverage Nationwide Coverage On The Largest Network On The Largest Network Local Customer Service Local Customer Service Plans As Low As Plans As Low As $ 10 10 Per Month* Per Month* *REQUIRES ACTIVATION PLUS 1 ST MONTH SERVICE. 99¢ 828-202-5597 • 828-245-4696 828-202-5597 • 828-245-4696 644 SOUTH BROADWAY ST., FOREST CITY 644 SOUTH BROADWAY ST., FOREST CITY nationwide coverage unlimited talk, text, web plans available EZ WIRELESS EZ WIRELESS TALK MORE PAY LESS ©Community First Media Community First Media Flip Phone Or Android Smartphone! Smartphone! Your Your Choice Choice By M.A. Andrews • maandrews@rutherfordweekly.com By M.A. Andrews • maandrews@rutherfordweekly.com Want to be a Want to be a vendor? Call vendor? Call 828-287-2071 828-287-2071 ©Community First Media Community First Media Saturday, Saturday, October 4 October 4 8:30am-5:00pm 8:30am-5:00pm Main Street • Main Street • Rutherfordton Rutherfordton Rutherford Town Rutherford Town Revitalization Revitalization Presents Presents Music From 11AM to 7PM Globe Park Forest City Gates Open 10AM Jamming Is Encouraged Bring Your Instruments! If you live in Western Carolina, then there is only one place you need to be on Saturday, September 13th! It's at Globe Park in Forest City at the annual Snuffy Jenkins Festival. The gates open at 10 a.m. and the non-stop music begins at 11 a.m. and continues showcasing great music until 7 p.m. If you love the music of our land this festival is all about bluegrass music and the close relatives in the acoustic music tradition. The festival is in honor of Dewitt "Snuffy" Jenkins who was born in the Harris community of Rutherford County. He was the 10th of 10 children! The first banjo he played he and his brother Veri made. He was an innovative three finger banjo player and is given credit for influencing the famous Earl Scruggs and Don Reno. The Snuffy Jenkins Festival is a celebration of bluegrass and old time music. It also includes historical talks and discussions of Snuffy's life. He was born on October 27, 1908 and passed away on April 29, 1990. How did Dewitt Jenkins get his nickname "Snuffy"? It seems that in 1947 while a member of the WIS Hillbillies, Jenkins dressed up in baggy pants as part of the minstrel and comedy skits the hillbillies included in their performances. Byron Parker, a member of the WIS Hillbillies, gave Jenkins the name "Snuffy" because he used to wipe his nose with his sleeve during one of the skits. It stuck! When Parker died in 1948 the group changed their name of "The Hired Hands" in Parker's memory. This "one of a kind" musician was part of what everyone called hillbillies. The name country music had not yet emerged. Connie B. Gay from Lizard Lick, North Carolina and a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame is credited with changing the music of the land to "country music". Most people don't realize that when Snuffy was semi-retired he worked in the 1960's as a car salesman in South Carolina. In 1979 the surviving members of The Hired Hands were invited to stage an old time medicine show in the hamlet of Bailey, North Carolina. It's success led North Carolina Public Television to produce the "Free show Tonight" which aired over PBS. The Hired Hands also performed their medicine show at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C. and in 1983 they performed at the American Place Theatre in New York City. This year's lineup at the festival includes: Billy Constable & Sassagrass, Phil & Gaye Johnson, Wiregrass, The Dowden Sisters Band, and The Shady Oak Ramblers among others. If you play an instrument bring it with you because there is a lot of jamming going on. This showcase of music is something special and no one should miss. Tickets are only $10 and the kids get in free. You can purchase advance tickets at B Sharp Music in Spindale (828-286-4444). For additional information just call 828-245-4000. Saturday, September 13, at Globe Park in Forest City, The Snuffy Jenkins Festival a special presentation of the Rutherford County Arts Council and should not be missed. It is a reflection in music of our great heritage and those who have made and continue to make it so! Don't miss it! Sat. Sept. 20 at Rutherford County Moose Lodge KSU at 11am. Ride $ 15 single • $ 20 double. Hot dogs for all riders, non-riders $6 per plate. Horseshoe & Cornhole Tournament after ride, $10 per team, will draw for teams. Silent Cake Auction. Bandana at 9pm. All riders with armbands, free admission. Contact Info: Philip Walker AKA Iceman 828-447-2454 or 828-245-0506 All proceeds to Doug for medical expense from grill accident. Benefi t Ride for Doug Doug Melton Melton Carolina Panthers vs. Detroit Lions Sunday, Sunday, September 14 September 14 1pm on Fox 1pm on Fox

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