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Page 4 - Rutherford Weekly 828-248-1408 www.rutherfordweekly.com Thursday, May 18-May 24, 2017 551 Harris Henrietta Rd., Forest City, NC 28043 828-229-3160 Food & Drinks Join us for a Customer & Community Appreciation Event! May 25, 2017 11AM - 7PM • Come and see our large selections of offered products • Speak with an Associate about your building needs We've Moved Our Walk-in Clinic! Same Great Services. New Location. Rutherford Regional Health System has relocated its walk-in services clinic from Walmart in Forest City to Forest City Family Care at 212 Allendale Drive in Forest City. Walk-in hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Scope of services will remain unchanged for walk-in patients. Advance Tickets Will Be In Stores June 3 Adults $10 11 & UNDER FREE Ad Ticke Returns To Cleveland County! Returns To Cleveland County! June 16 th & 17 th 2017 Gates Open at 6pm • Rodeo Begins at 8pm Mintz Arena - Hwy. 226 in Polkville (At Polkville Baptist Church) For More Information: www.rodeopolkville.com or call the church office at 704-538-7464 Presented By Polkville Baptist Polkville Baptist Church Church Shelby shopper & info SPONSORED IN PART BY: OFFICIAL TICKET LOCATIONS: Cooke's Hometown Market - Polkville ESTEP Livestock Supply - Polkville Barbara's House of Beauty - Polkville Mitchem's Kitchen - Vale Southern States - Waco Becky's Country Store and Grill - Golden Valley EVENT PARTNERS: Buck Saver #4 Buck Saver #4 Shelby Shopper & Info & Rutherford Weekly Shelby Shopper & Info & Rutherford Weekly Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center Case Farms Chicken Case Farms Chicken Carolina CAT Carolina CAT Servo South Servo South SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT BY: SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT BY: KEITH KEITH ISLEY ISLEY Rodeo Clown Rodeo Clown and and Entertainer Entertainer FRIDAY NIGHT FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT ALL ADULTS $ 10 AT GATE - CHILDREN FREE Saturday Night: Regular $ 12 for Adults (ages 12-older) Children Free (ages 11 and under) Specialty Act Sponsor: 2013 PRCA Comedy Act of the Year & ER E FR A AmeriCorps Project Con- serve members Jillian Wolf (serving Organic Growers School) and Sara DeFosset (serving the Hemlock Res- toration Initiative) will fa- cilitate a Food Security and Disaster Resilience work- shop on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in the Lenoir-Rhyne University Boardroom (2nd fl oor), 36 Montford Avenue, in Asheville NC. The work- shop is scheduled from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and is free to the public. Emergency prepared- ness was once an everyday part of a much more self- reliant, resilient lifestyle. In this workshop, participants will check in with where we are today, and on what re- siliency might look like in our future. How might Bun- combe County residents prepare to cope with and eventually thrive in the face of disruption to commercial food production or distribu- tion? To help answer this ques- tion are panelists Amy Mei- er (Buncombe County Out- reach, MANNA Foodbank), Kiera Bulan (Coordinator, Asheville Buncombe Food Policy Council), Amber Weaver (Director, City of Asheville Offi ce of Sustain- ability), Carolina Arias (Co- ordinator, Bountiful Cities/ Asheville Buncombe Com- munity Gardens Network), and Patryk Battle (Director, Living Web Farms). According to Jillian Wolf, "We're going to paint this subject with a broad brush to get a sense of City and County plans for address- ing food access in emer- gency situations. But we'll also get into the fi ne lines of what residents can do for themselves in our current environment to increase re- silience in the long term. We aren't painting a picture of negativity, but one that cre- ates hope through aware- ness and preparedness. I think most people today are too complacent about caring for themselves, rely- ing too heavily on support systems that are breaking down." Our food systems are subject to disruption on fronts from climate change- related events like drought, fl ood and fi res to rapid fl uctuations in population size or food prices and a myriad of other possible disturbances. This event is an invitation to examine our capacity to withstand these systemic shocks as they pertain to our food supply, and to converse in com- munity about ways in which we can close any prepared- ness gaps. Sarah DeFosset says of her motivation to co- facilitate the workshop: "I am excited to talk with my community about how to not only be prepared for a disaster, but to grow and thrive in the face of disrup- tion. And disaster resilience isn't just about emergency situations. "Resilience" is a way of creating more sus- tainability on a daily basis. Food security in that sense is about food sovereignty and creating a local agricul- tural network that functions independently of the in- dustrial complex, supports people where they live, and works with our environment instead of against it." For more information on this event, contact Jil- lian Wolf at outreach@or- ganicgrowersschool.org, 828-778-1874, or Sara De- Fosset at info@savehem- locksnc.org, 415-728-1717. AmeriCorps Project Con- serve is a National Service program founded in 2004 as an initiative of Carolina Mountain Land Conser- vancy (CMLC) to respond to the growing conserva- tion needs in Western North Carolina. See also organ- icgrowersschool.org and savehemlocksnc.org. Our agricultural well-being is in- extricably tied to the health of our environment. Article Provided By: Jillian Wolf, AmeriCorps Project Conserve, Home Growers Program and Outreach Coordinator Food Security and Disaster Resilience Workshop 369 Butler Rd., Forest City 828.248.1408 rutherfordweekly.com @Rutherfordwkly @Rutherfordwkly Follow On @Rutherfordwkly Follow On On Small Town Friendly BIG Time Results Small Town Friendly BIG Time Results Not just a bunch of BOLONEY! Advertising that works.

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