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YOUR NONPROFIT, COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1997 The Fairview Town Crier MARCH 2021 VOL. 25, No. 3 | FAIRVIEW, NC | fairviewtowncrier.com INSIDE Local Takeout Options p11 Backyard Birding Guide p16-17 // WastePro Trash/Recycle Schedule p30 Helping the Helpers COVID-19 Update At the end of last month, Governor Cooper announced the easing of some COVID-related restrictions due to improving numbers and the vaccine rollout: • ! e 10 pm curfew for businesses and people has been li# ed. • Indoor areas of bars may reopen at 30% capacity, and alcohol can be sold until 11 pm. Bars and breweries can sell • Many indoor businesses can operate at 50% alcohol until 11 pm. capacity. • Movie theaters and sports arenas can operate at 30% capacity. • ! e limit for indoor mass gatherings has been increased to 25 people. A vaccine shot is now available for those who want it and are eligible. Group 3 Rich Mueller (right), Tyler Hembree (left) and Lume Beddingfi eld helped to fence in some Great essential workers, including child care and Pre–K-12 school workers, should now Pyrenees. (photo: My Fairview NC Community Facebook group) be eligible. For more information on COVID-19 in Buncombe County, go to buncombecounty.org/covid-19 or call 419-0095. e are so fortunate to live in a to cover the costs. And people have community that helps our reached out to donate their time or with W neighbors, and that gets things o$ ers of materials to donate. done. Some donate money or materials. It has been ful" lling for him, too. He Help Keep Fairview Roadsides Clean! Some lend their muscles and experience, needs to stay active, to serve, to help •Upper Hickory Nut Gorge Community Center some can let others know about it, and people who need help. He grapples with some, like Rich Mueller, have the time and feeling guilty that he has things so good March 19 (Friday) at 10 am willingness to be the point person. when others are so distressed, especially Meet for a socially distanced event. Participants are encouraged to bring and Rich grew up loving dogs in general, and during this pandemic. wear their own masks and work gloves. Safety vests and bags will be provided. in particular, Newfoundlands. So, when he How does he know how to do all of this? Last year, the event lasted about two hours. 4730 Gerton Highway, Gerton. saw a post on the “My Fairview Commu- He grew up on a farm in northeast Ohio, nity NC” Facebook group about some big with cows, pigs, chickens, goats, rabbits •Garren Creek Road Adopt-A-Road group dogs (Great Pyrenees) getting loose—he and horses. He learned from his dad, who March 20 and 21 (Saturday and Sunday) jumped right in to reinforce and install new was handy, and he also gained experience The event will not be held as a group. Contact Bill Fain to RSVP and get trash bags fencing. ! en he fenced in a horse arena through building houses and decks with his (call 688-9820 or email [email protected]). The DOT is no longer on the same property. ! en he installed neighbors. He used all that knowledge to a fence for another family’s Australian " x up the houses he lived in at all the places supplying gloves and vests, but Bill has a limited supply of pokers. Shepherd, built a chicken coop, picked up where he was stationed while serving in Participants can collect trash during the weekend (or even a few and donated furniture to needy families the Air Force. He wanted his last posting days before) and put the fi lled bags along the roadside to (including baby furniture) and delivered to transition him into retirement, so he be collected on Sunday night. Children under 13 should be " rewood on cold days to a family in need. landed a job at the Air Force Climatic Data monitored closely, as parts of the road have limited sight-lines. He currently has a garage full of collected Center in downtown Asheville in 2004 and To learn about more local cleanup efforts, join the ”Keep Fairview furniture to donate. “My wife’s calling me moved his wife and two middle schoolers Clean” Facebook group (facebook.com/groups/keepfairviewclean). Fred Sanford and has changed her ringtone to Reynolds for the good schools and the to the show’s theme song,” he said. space he could get for his dogs. He retired ! e support from the community has from the service in 2008 and then worked been amazing, he said. If he lets people other jobs until o% cially retiring in 2019. Catch Up with Our Zooms know that he laid out his own money for Would You Like to Help? anything, he will get generous donations Last month, three Fairview-area woodturners—Anne Ogg, Mike You can donate money directly to Rich Moore and Caroline Greiner—joined the Crier and the Fairview online via PayPal or Venmo (see his Library to display and discuss their works and di$ erent tech- Daylight Saving Time contact info below). Or you can drop a niques. And in January, performers from Fairview, WNC and Scotland joined more than check made out to him in the dropbox 40 audience members on a live Zoom event to honor Robert Burns. You can " nd the full starts Sunday, March 14. outside the Crier’s o% ce (1185H Charlotte recordings of those Zoom events at fairviewtowncrier.com/links. Set clocks ahead one hour. Highway, Fairview). If you have building materials to donate, see below for his The Fairview Town Crier NON-PROFIT contact information. P. O. Box 1862 U.S. Postage Paid Rich recently had knee surgery and Fairview, NC 28730 Permit #100 Fairview, NC 28730 probably shouldn’t be doing so much physical labor. He could really use some volunteers to help him. If you’re concerned about COVID-19, almost all of the work is Postal Patron done outside and Rich tries to be as com- Fairview, NC 28730 pliant as possible with safety protocols. Call or text him at 808-1924 or email him at [email protected]. COMMUNITY EVENTS & UPDATES MARCH 2 (TUESDAY) they will be required to when in the dugout. Family Caregiver Isolation Creek Farm. For more information, go to Coaches will wear masks at all times. The During the pandemic, family caregivers are facebook.com/canecreekvalleyfarm or call Prostate Cancer Support Group bleachers will be roped off, and parents must at a higher risk for becoming socially iso- 338-0188. See their ad on page 13. 7 pm. Medical professional speaker keep their distance from others. For more lated. You can attend the ”Harnessing Tech when available. Free, via Zoom. information, go to facebook.com/fairview. to Connect” series free of charge. March APRIL 9 [email protected] or 419-4565. athleticassociation.3. Fairview Elementary 11, 18 and 25 from 1:30–2:30pm. Register ballfields, 1355 Charlotte Hwy., Fairview. online at aarp.cvent.com/TechToConnect2 Trinity of Fairview MARCH 8 (MONDAY) or call 251-7441. GriefShare seminar: ”Loss of a Spouse?” MARCH 27 (SATURDAY) Pre-register at trinityoffairview.com. $6 for Fairview Area Art League Live Music at Joint Next Door learner’s guide. Call 628-1188 extension 10 am. The group meets via Zoom to share Easter Egg Hunt The Lads are playing every Tuesday from 202 for more information. 646 Concord art inspirations and projects. Email Paula. 10 am, rain or shine. Trinity of Fairview. 646 6–8 pm at the Joint Next Door. For more Rd., Fletcher. [email protected] for more information and Concord Rd., Fletcher. information on the band, go to TheLadsAVL. the Zoom link. com. 1185 Charlotte Hwy., Fairview. MAY 9 UPDATES MARCH 10 (WEDNESDAY) SAVE THE DATE Fairview Handmade Market 911 Texts Pop-up market highlighting area artists, ASAP’s CSA Zoom Fair You can now text 911 in an emergency in APRIL 3 craftspeople, artisans, non-profits and cre- 4–6 pm. Attend this free event to learn about Buncombe County. Emergency services still ators. At Root Cause Farm, 26 Joe Jenkins local farms that can provide you with weekly highly prefer that you call if possible. Sec- Easter Egg Hunt Rd., Fairview. For more information, visit produce or other goods. Attendees can talk onds matter, and 911 operators can get more At Cane Creek Valley Farm. 1148 Cane fairviewhandmademarket.com. to farmers about their CSA programs, prod- information from you quicker from a call. ucts, growing practices and more. 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