The Town of Seven Devils Fall 2012 Edition F all in the High Country is officially here! The temperatures are dropping and the leaves are starting to change. Our summer residents are starting to leave for warmer climates. Those brave residents who stay year round should begin to feel excited, because Fall in the High Country brings many fun and culture rich things to do. Before you leave the mountain, especially if you do not plan to come back before the Spring, make sure that your home is ready for the winter season. Frozen pipes can cause more damage than anyone wants to deal with! Please drop by Town Hall to let us know you re leaving for the season and to also have your water turned off. We hope you have enjoyed the summer in the High Country, and can t wait to see you in the Spring! For those that are staying awhile, here are some events happening around the High Country: Oktoberfest: October 13 & 14, 2012, 10AM til 5PM, Sugar Mountain Resort Main Lodge www.oktoberfest.skisugar.com Woolly Worm Festival: October 20, 2012, 9AM til 5PM, October 21, 2012, 9AM til 4PM, Downtown Banner Elk, www.woollyworm.com Valle Country Fair: October 20, 2012, 9AM til 4PM, Valle Crucis Conference Center, NC Vallecountryfair.org In this Issue: Fall Overview 1 A Word from the Council.. SafetyFest 2012 Update.. Town Meeting Schedule 2 5 9 Special points of interest: Fall Overview New Playground! Household Hazardous Waste Day: Saturday, October 27, 2012 9AM until 2PM Watauga County Sanitation, 336 Landfill Rd, Boone Watauga County Residents ONLY, no commercial waste Operation Medicine Cabinet Drug Take-Back Day: Elections SafetyFest Update Town Holidays Saturday, October 27, 2012 10AM until 2PM Food Lions (Boone, Blowing Rock, & Rutherwood) Foscoe and Beaverdam Fire Departments All prescription and over-the-counter medications NO questions asked! Page 1
Seven Devils Shines! You can't be a beacon, if your light don't shine! is a line from Donna Fargo's best known hit song. If you look around Seven Devils you will see the shining effects of the hard work put forth to make Seven Devils a better place to call home. Seven Devils is a better place not only because of the quality of our employees, but also due, in no small part, to our friends and neighbors who volunteer their time and efforts to better our Town. Take a look at the new playground next to the tennis courts. What a wonderful addition to our Town made possible through the efforts of Public Works and volunteers who serve on the TDA to provide funding, volunteers who serve on the Recreation Commission who planned and executed the playground effort, and the neighbors who made the equipment available at a reduced cost. Take a look at the Seven Devils First Responders program. Recently, on a beautiful mountain Sunday morning, a medical alert call went out. The Seven Devils Police Officer on duty plus four volunteer first responders were on scene in minutes equipped with medical equipment funded, in part, by funds from the annual SafetyFest. The SafetyFest is planned and executed by volunteers on the Safety Committee and manned each year by an additional 75 volunteers. These are just two examples of how important volunteers are to our small community of how our light shines brighter due to their dedication. So, join me in saluting our volunteers and thanking them whenever you can. Better yet, become a volunteer yourself. If you volunteer for a committee and give just two hours a month, that's only 2 minutes a day! Check our website or talk with Ed. There is definitely a place for you to volunteer. By joining a committee, you can help shape where Seven Devils is going as a shining community. Let's be a beacon! Mayor Pro Tem, Brad Lambert Town of Seven Devils Staff Ed Evans: townmanager@sevendevils.net Town Council Larry Fontaine, Mayor Brad Lambert, Mayor Pro Tem Kay Ehlinger, Member David Hooper, Member David Ehmig, Member Town of Seven Devils 1356 Seven Devils Road Seven Devils, NC 28604 Office: 828.963.5343 Fax: 828.963.7418 Public Safety Dept: 828.963.6760 Debbie Powers: townfinance@sevendevils.net Sara Miller: townclerk@sevendevils.net Police Chief Chuck Davis: policechief@sevendevils.net Fire Chief Bobby Powell: firechief@sevendevils.net Public Works Director Kevin Aldridge publicworksdirector@sevendevils.net Page 2
Grand Opening!! Please plan to join us on Saturday, October 6, from 10 am - 12 noon for the Grand Opening of the Seven Devils Playground. There will be refreshments and all are welcome. Bring your children and grandchildren to play on the swings and slides! Don't forget to bring your tennis rackets and bat around a few balls. There might even be a hoops contest! Thanks go out especially to the following: Kevin Aldridge, Public Works Director; Brian Johnson, Kevin "Bubba" Russell, Bobby Powell, and Roy Vance. They did all the work from clearing the playground property, to erecting the playground, spreading all that mulch, and finally hanging the swings! Carolynne & John Barrs from Playgrounds of the Carolinas were on hand to supervise and even hauled the equipment to us from their offices. We appreciate their great service and help to our community! Page 3
GENERAL ELECTION The North Carolina General election will be held November 6, 2012 from 6:30 AM to 7:30 PM. Seven Devils residents of Avery County vote at the Banner Elk Town Hall. Seven Devils residents of Watauga County vote at the Foscoe Fire Station. I. Significant dates affecting voting: October 12, 2012: Voter registration deadline. October 18, 2012: One-stop voting begins. November 5, 2012: Mailed absentee ballots due at the Board of Elections Office. November 6, 2012: General Elections Voter registration forms are available at Seven Devils Town Hall and sample ballots will be available in October. Information on each candidate is available at Political Party Offices. SEE YOU AT THE POLLS! Thank you Sarah Manning for keeping us updated!! Sarah has officially resigned from her position on the Voter Information Committee. Thank you for serving well! Page 4
H ope you didn t miss the 9th Annual Seven Devils SafetyFest on Saturday, June 30, 2012. It was a beautiful sunny day one of the hottest on record. It was a day for checking out the craft booths, nibbling on something from the bake sale, listening for your name as a raffle winner, bidding on a silent auction item and enjoying the best BBQ in the High Country. This year we had a limited amount of smoked turkey on sale for takeout let us know if it should be offered in the future. Seven Devils Public Safety Officers and Firemen welcomed the children at the squirt house and the smoke house. They also passed out goodie bags and fingerprinted in ID kits. SafetyFest 2012 was a chance to get together with family, friends, neighbors and visitors. Proceeds benefit the Seven Devils Fire, Police, and Public Works Departments, which benefit all citizens. Thank you for your support. The Seven Devils Recreation Commission joined in to raise funds for the playground. Recreation Commission members and volunteers manned the book sale. A highlight was the area they set up as a Kid Carnival with face painting, games, and prizes. Young and old enjoyed playing putt-putt. It was a super SafetyFest day! Thank you to our Platinum, Gold, Silver and Placemat Ad Sponsors and Silent Auction and Raffle contributors. A special thanks for the many volunteers and Town employees who helped to make this all possible from start up to wind down. SafetyFest 2012 would not have gotten off the ground without their time and energy. We are grateful for our volunteers can always use more! Join us next year, it s fun and rewarding! Page 5
Denise and Dylan Aldridge Carroll and Linda Berkley Bob Bridges Sue Demaras Bill and Pat Durham Kay Ehlinger David and Sue Ehmig Lois Evans Anne and Larry Fontaine Gordon and Mary Frank Bob Garland David and Vivian Giblett Jenny and Sam Gray Ann and Dan Griffin Lauren Guiette Mary Hooper Bobbye Hurlbrink and Bill Logan Barry Isquith Don and Mary Maclean Sarah Manning Judy and Kevin McCarthy Lou McLean Bill and Mary Ellen Overholser Joe and Sib Pair Barbara Pariseau Carlton and Ilene Pool Heidi and Laci Powell Glenda and Lee Rawlinson Brady and Leigh Sasse Frank Sell Garret Stonesifer Barbara Tarlton Barbara and Yardy Williams Evert Williams and all of the unnamed but valued! Thanks to all from the Public Safety Committee: George Ehlinger, Brad Lambert, Jim Drum, Mike Tarlton, Dick Nelson, David Hooper, Tom Bookstaver, Phyllis Miller, Earl Pariseau, Kay Lambert, and Bobby Powell (Fire Chief) Public Safety Officers: Chuck Davis-Police Chief Bobby Powell-Fire Chief Jimmy Keener Roy Vance Johnathan Harris Brian Hicks Public Works: Kevin Aldridge Kevin Bubba Russell Mark Virginia Brian Johnson Page 6
Platinum: Seven Devils Tourism Development Authority BB&T Blue Horse Promotions Skyline Stevens Fire Equipment West Consultants Gold: Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp. Mountain Community Bank Silver: Freeman Gas Grandfather Trout Ponds Iron Mountain Construction Pepsi Bottling Ventures Placemat Ads: A&L Concepts, LLC BB&T Blue Horse Promotions Bob the Builder Consultants Brady Sasse Creekside Electronics, Inc. Custom Muffler Ehlinger Construction Farm Bureau-Bradley Myers Foscoe Country Corner Deli & Catering Foscoe Pharmacy Freeman Gas Hawks Peak Condo Association High Country Honda Jared Munday Electric Inc. Joe Newton s Plumbing Mountaineer Heating & Cooling NW Glass & Mirror, Inc. Prep. Rite Painting Quiznos Seven Devils TDA Shelton s Roofing Sup Herb Gutters West Consultants-David Poore Page 7
A to Z Detailing Appalachian Summer Festival Avert Rent All Bandanas BBQ Bank of America Banner Elk Car Wash Barter Theatre Bear Creek Traders Bellas Blackberry Creek Mattress Blue Ridge Veterinary Clinic Blue Ridge Vision The Brown House Carlton Gallery Casa Maya The Chimney Wizard Clemmons Produce Comfort Consignment Cottage Country Gourmet Custom Covering DeWoolfson Down Earl & Barbara Pariseau Eat Crow Ensemble Stage Erick s Cheese & Wine Flanagan s Auto Service Food Lion Foscoe Fishing Co. Fred & Larry s Coffee Friends of Seven Devils Gamekeeper Restaurant Gilded Age Antiques Golf Shop Foscoe Grandfather Mountain Grandview Restaurant Greater Foscoe Mining Co. Hawksnest High Country Dulcimer Honey Bear Campground Horn in the West Impeccable Pooch Laura & Vance Duggan Lees McRae Summer Theater Levi s Barber Shop Linville Caverns Lowe s Home Improvement Maggie Black Pottery Maw s Produce Mickey Jones Mike s Inland Seafood Modern Toyota/Scion of Boone Moonstar Gallery Mountain Dog Mountain Girl Mountaineer Garden Center Mr. E s Video Mystery Hill Nancy Cope Nick s Restaurant & Pub Oil Exchange Perfect Nails & Tan SD Public Safety Committee Puerto Nuevo Quiznos Regis Salon Richard DeMott Sassy & Co. Shirley & Dick Nelson Ski Country Sports Skyline Special Additions Stone Caverns Stonewalls Restaurant The Blowing Rock The Painted Fish Thelma s Things Troy s Diner Tweetsie Railroad Ultimate Kitchen Design Village of Sugar Mountain Golf Course Wahoo Adventures Walmart Windrush Antiques WingNits Wolf Creek/Sobleski & Co. Zuzda **Please visit these businesses, as well as our Sponsors and Placemat Ad patrons and express thanks for supporting the Seven Devils SafetyFest! Page 8
Recreation Town Council Planning Brd TDA Brd of Adj. Pub Safety Pub Works 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 10/9/2012 10/8/2012 10/16/2012 10/23/2012 10/23/2012 11/13/2012 11/13/2012 11/20/2012 11/27/2012 11/27/2012 12/11/2012 12/11/2012 12/18/2012 12/27/2012 12/27/2012 Next scheduled meeting will be in January, 2013 Next scheduled meeting will be in March, 2013 *Note: Town Council, Board of Adjustment, Planning Board, and Recreation will be changing from Monday to Tuesday. Veteran s Day Monday, November 12, 2012 Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 22 & Friday, November 23, 2012 Christmas: Monday December 24, Tuesday December 25, & Wednesday December 26, 2012 New Years: Tuesday, January 1, 2013 Page 9