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On Sunday, a memorial plaque and boulder commemorating the lives of the incarcerated workers who labored and died to build the railroad over the mountains was unveiled. ....
On Sunday, a memorial plaque and boulder commemorating the lives of the incarcerated workers who labored and died to build the railroad over the mountains was unveiled. ....
The annual Wilma Dykeman Stokely Lecture, named for the Appalachian writer, was held Thursday evening, featuring author Kathleen Dean Moore and WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper. The lecture was held for an ....
Cauley wins first two Wilma Dykeman Awards for Writers of Color Crystal Cauley, a Hendersonville creative writer, spoken word poet and African American advocate, recently won two awards for short stories published in The Urban News. Cauley was the recipient of the first two Wilma Dykeman Awards for Writers of Color along with $200 for The Talking Walls and Grounded: A Mother s Love. Wilma Dykeman was a writer, speaker, teacher, historian, environmentalist and social justice advocate who lived near the French Broad River in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. Dykeman is a North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame inductee. She died in 2006. ....
Fellow RiverLink staff members expressed appreciation of Artz’s work and said he will be missed. “He is very friendly, very likeable, very supportive of the folks that work for him. A champion of the staff,” said Katy Palombi, operations manager at RiverLink. “Conservation-minded, for sure, and he’s been a great leader.” Palombi, a co-worker for the past three years, said Artz has done great work building the staff. Given that RiverLink is a nonprofit, building the staff is a task that, according to Palombi, can be challenging. She also said Artz has ensured the staff is not only supported, but also has the tools needed for success. ....