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It’s Time to The Macon County SpringSpring ForwardForward Daylight Savings Time Distributed in Franklin, Highlands, Otto, Sylva, Dillsboro, Webster, Cullowhee, Scaly 2am Sunday, March 8 & Shopping Guide Mountain, N.C.; and Dillard, & Clayton, Ga. March 5, 2020 • 24 Pages Volume 37 Number 41 FREE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER www.themaconcountynews.com Young, Wallace commissioner nominees; Davis 67recovIN THIS ISSUE out; Cawthorn, Bennett are headed for a runoff Brittney Lofthouse cent of the total votes Contributing Writer over Jackson County resident Sarah Con- All eyes were on North way. Carolina’s 11th Congres- In the race for gov- sional District Tuesday ernor, the incumbent, night as primary election re- Gov. Roy Cooper, sults started to roll in. With won the Democratic incumbent Mark Meadows primary with 87% of bowing out, a sea of candi- the vote. dates from both parties Dan Forest, who has Page 2 added their names to the served as Lt. Gover- ballot. nor since 2013, won Foundation awards All Saints $20,000 grant With new district lines, the Republican pri- the 11th District featured all mary with 89% of the of Asheville, giving Democ- vote. rats the best shot at regain- Kevin Corbin Moe Davis The District Court ing the seat that they have Judge race came down had in years. Buncombe to two candidates, County Democrat Moe Kaleb Wingate and Davis won the Democrat Jim Moore, and with nominee with nearly 50 per- the final precincts re- cent of the votes. porting, Wingate The Republican race for came out ahead with Congress doesn’t have a over 10,000 votes – clear victor and instead will more than 40 percent be heading into a runoff of the total. race, which will be held on Political newcomer May 12. Haywood County Josh Young won Republican Lynda Bennett, Macon County’s Page 8 who was granted the en- Board of Commis- dorsement of Rep. Mead- sioner’s District II Men’s center is experiencing growing pains ows, ended just shy of 23 seat for the Republi- percent of the votes cast. A can ticket with 2,482 votes over Bryan candidate must receive more Betty Cloer Wallace Josh Young than 30 percent in a primary Rauers’ 1,850. Repub- election to be considered a lican Terry Bradley winner and because Bennett did not, she received 1,239 votes. On the Democrat will be facing Madison Cawthorn again on ballot, Betty Cloer Wallace came out on May 12. Madison Cawthorn and Jim Davis top, receiving 1,768 votes to Olga Lamp- were neck and neck throughout Tuesday kin’s 1,409. night and as counties across WNC reported For the presidential Democratic nomi- in, the two were separated by just over nee, former Vice President Joe Biden, D- 1,000 votes with Cawthorn surpassing Delaware, won in North Carolina’s with Davis. The final tally had Bennett over 43% of the vote. U.S. Sen. Bernie Cawthorn by just 2,000 votes. Sanders, I-Vermont, earned 24% of the Former N.C. Sen. Cal Cunningham, D- vote and is the only other candidate to Davidson, won the Democratic nomination surpass the 15% threshold to earn dele- Page 20 to face off against the Republican incum- gates from the state. In Macon County, bent, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis of Mecklenburg voters cast 1,437 for Biden; 735 for 19-year-old wins NASCAR Xfinity race at Fontana County, to represent North Carolina in the Sanders; and the third highest vote getter U.S. Senate. was Michael Bloomberg with 454. 828.369.6767 PRST STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID Macon County native Kevin Corbin won All results are considered preliminary www.themaconcountynews.com PERMIT 22 the North Carolina Senate District 50 race until after canvassing, which will be held [email protected] GOODER PUBLISHING CORP. Madison Cawthorn FRANKLIN, NC 28734-3401 by a landslide, securing more than 78 per- on March 13. 2 THE MACON COUNTY NEWS & SHOPPING GUIDE VOLUME 37 NUMBER 41 THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020 Foundation gives $20,000 grant to All Saints Franklin’s All Saints’ Episcopal Church has received a grant from the Episcopal Foundation of Western North Carolina to help make im- provements to the memorial garden at St. Cyprian’s Chapel. The $20,000 grant will cover about 54% of the cost of the improvements with the remainder to be donated by parishioners. The Episcopal Foundation is an agency of the Epis- copal Diocese of Western North Carolina, the Diocese in which All Saints’ is a parish. St. Cyprian’s was constructed in 1887-1888 as a place of worship for African-American Episcopalians in the Franklin area and a grave- yard was established there. In recent years a me- morial garden space was added for the interment of cremains. According to Rev. Jonathan Stepp, rector of All Saints, the church had very few re- sources to improve or beautify this space. The Diocesan grant will make these improvements St. Cyprian’s Chapel possible. “This is a wonderful blessing to our parish,” Rev. Stepp said. “Thanks to the generous support of our parishioners we Rev. Stepp says the planned improvements to this memorial Surprise 95th birthday are able to maintain St. Cyprian’s Chapel, but we don’t have garden will honor the rich, 130-year history of St. Cyprian’s, the funds to make major improvements. This grant will make beautify this final resting place for generations to come, and party planned ... shhhh this beautiful new memorial garden possible.” create an attractive space where current parishioners will want The current memorial garden is a grassy space without to be interred. The improvement project includes a gravel path, Friends of Navy World War II veteran Bryant Ledford are hold- landscaping and with a chained off area for Christian inter- enhanced landscaping involving trees and shrubs that are ap- ing a surprise 95th birthday celebration with an open house ment and a chained off area for Jewish interment. The area propriate to the local climate, benches, a pergola, and a fence. Saturday, March 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Franklin Church of God. A service dedicating the new space and giving thanks for all Friends, family and fellow veterans are invited. Pictured are for Jewish interment exists because All Saints has been shar- Cowee pastor Jason Smith and Ledford following his Quilt of ing the St. Cyprian’s parish hall with Mountain Synagogue who have contributed to its construction will be held this au- Valor presentation. for the past 40 years. tumn when the work is complete. 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