Rose Eiklor

Two of them go to Valdese Elementary School, and they like the food at school. During the school year, they get two meals a day inside the cafeteria, which Stallings says is very helpful.

Each was relatively small, according to records, and near to the area of the 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Sparta, North Carolina, in 2020.

"It went from 400 boxes to almost 600 boxes in the last few months, and we add bags to that too," Steele said. She was a single mom who struggled.

They enjoy time with family on the creek, but an issue with trash can put a damper on the experience.

The games will continue in Avery County all weekend.

Jacqueline Greene and the Hickory, North Carolina, chapter of Trout Unlimited, spent a Saturday outside of Wilson Creek at a campground removing invasive bamboo.

"Unfortunately it's a little bit empty this year, but we have got lots of boxes on every seat ready for more pencils, ready for highlighters, markers," said festival chair Kendra Sink.

"I think farming is one of the things where we see God's creation and what he does for us on a daily basis," Bare said.

The fire marshal said the fire was caused by a button battery in a children's book.

A $21 million walkway is now open in North Carolina.