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04-19-21

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How Brothers Like These came to be:

In spring of 2014, Joseph Bathanti, a Creative Writing Professor at Appalachian State University and then North Carolina Poet Laureate, and Dr. Bruce Kelly, a primary care physician at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, began conversations about launching a creative program for Vietnam Veterans in Kelly’s care who were struggling with PTSD. Kelly had been pioneering Medical Humanities at the VA, as well as a community-based Arts in Medicine program – programs that transformed what healing looks like for wounded veterans. Bathanti, in his two-year signature project as poet laureate, had worked with returning combat veterans and their families to harvest their war-time stories through various strands of creative writing.

After months of strategizing and wrangling with red tape, Bathanti and Kelly began meeting with cohorts of Vietnam Veterans in Classroom B, an out of the way room in the basement of the Asheville VA, where they gathered weekly to write. In January of 2016 –through the generosity of the NC Arts Council, the NC Humanities Council, the cooperation of Appalachian State University, and Kelly’s unflagging determination – Bathanti assumed the role of Charles George VA Medical Center Writer-in-Residence.

Brothers Like These, a staged reading of those Vietnam Veterans reading the work they produced in classroom B, premiered on August 31, 2016 at the Asheville Community Theater, and was later reprised at Appalachian State University on April 19, 2017. It’s been performed in Franklin, NC, Old Fort, NC, at the Vietnam Veterans of America annual mid-Atlantic Convention in Durham, NC, and was excerpted at the Carolina Mountains Literary Festival in Burnsville, NC in September of 2019 and at the North Carolina Writers Network Annual Conference in Asheville, also in 2019.

Brothers Like These weaves the remarkable voices of unimaginably brave soldiers who gave their all during the Vietnam War. These are stories and poems, large and small, funny and heartbreaking — not just invaluable to succeeding generations of soldiers, but to every citizen of our country, and beyond. In April of 2017, the book, Brothers Like These, was published by St. Andrews University Press, and remains the Press’s best-seller.

—Joseph Bathanti 

   Professor of English at Appalachian State University
NC Poet Laureate (2012-2014)

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How do people win the house as a buyer? It's so tough out there - multiple offers on each home and people overbidding list price.

• Work with an experienced agent
• Do the sellers want seller possession after closing?
• Get Pre-approved - NOT pre-qualled
• Speed - gotta jump on it with an experienced agent
• Take your search down and look 10% less so you can afford to go 10% over to win the house
• Ask your agent whether you can offer SELLER paid closing costs
• Don't settle for a home -however, check your expectations and figure out what is a MUST and what is a wish
• As a seller, in this overheated market - get it out there as fast as you can

First News with Mark 04-06-21

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Will joins Ro today on his debut radio experience.

Rowena keeps it light and fun while she shares various questions that come in from potential buyers moving to the mountains, and folks thinking of selling their home, as well as bonus podcasts on The Real Estate News Radio Show with Rowena Patton. The podcast comprises 10yrs of the broadcast show, as well as bonus programs and mini podcasts.

If you like to listen to live shows to call in with questions - or win the trivia - get the link to listen anywhere at www.RealEstateNewsRadio.com - broadcast live at 10:05am EST every Saturday since 2011.

Follow our podcast for bonus short pods throughout the week, with short 5-10 minute pods that will explain the things that people ask about most frequently. 

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Like to call instead? 828.333.4483

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Or you can listen to short pods on some of the programs:

• Homes For Heroes: 
  Police | Firefighters | Educators | Healthcare Professionals | Veterans get large rebates
• Love it or Leave it
  Not sure about where to purchase? Remove some of the risk as we will sell it free on the seller side for 6 months, and at a discount for 10 years
• Listing Storyboard
  Bring a home listing to life and take the ‘boring’ out of sharing a property details.

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Rowena keeps it light and fun while she shares various questions that come in from potential buyers moving to the mountains, and folks thinking of selling their home, as well as bonus podcasts on The Real Estate News Radio Show with Rowena Patton. The podcast comprises 10yrs of the broadcast show, as well as bonus programs and mini podcasts.

If you like to listen to live shows to call in with questions - or win the trivia - get the link to listen anywhere at www.RealEstateNewsRadio.com - broadcast live at 10:05am EST every Saturday since 2011.

Follow our podcast for bonus short pods throughout the week, with short 5-10 minute pods that will explain the things that people ask about most frequently. 

More info? Search at www.MountainHomeHunt.com or hit CONTACT US on that site.

Like to call instead? 828.333.4483

For an Allstar Experience, See all of our customer programs www.AllstarCertifiedPrograms.com

Or you can listen to short pods on some of the programs:

• Homes For Heroes: 
  Police | Firefighters | Educators | Healthcare Professionals | Veterans get large rebates
• Love it or Leave it
  Not sure about where to purchase? Remove some of the risk as we will sell it free on the seller side for 6 months, and at a discount for 10 years
• Listing Storyboard
  Bring a home listing to life and take the ‘boring’ out of sharing a property details.

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Tina chats with Rowena Patton, AllstarPowerhouse Real Estate

RELEASED yesterday FRIDAY - Fly Without Fear - elimination of some testing and quarantine restrictions

(CNN)The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released a highly anticipated update to travel guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, eliminating some testing and quarantine recommendations.

Fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk to themselves, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Friday, but travel still isn't recommended at this time because of rising numbers of coronavirus cases.

The agency said that as long as coronavirus precautions are taken, including mask wearing, fully vaccinated people can travel within the United States without getting tested for Covid-19 before or self-quarantining after.

  *   Safety measures which have been put in place to protect our staff and Veterans. Everything from our screening process to the required wearing of masks, physical distancing, testing protocol prior to procedures, etc.

  *   Appointments – We offer multiple ways for our Veterans to get their appointments. We offer phone and video appointments as well as many face-to-face appointments. Our telehealth work has been extremely successful in the mental health arena. It has also opened doors for our facility to reach out and help our Veterans in rural areas.

  *   Trust/Satisfaction -- The Veterans enrolled in our health care system are very happy with the care they receive here. We have a 93 percent Veteran trust score, while the national average sits comfortably in the 80s. We want Veterans to enroll with us. We offer the best health care in the country, and we want our Veterans to know we are taking every precaution to ensure their safety while providing them with the best care available. Choose VA!

  *   The way ahead – our facility has been diligently looking at the best ways to reopen face to face services, while continuing to employ some of the methods adopted due to the pandemic. Telehealth for instance is probably going to continue for the foreseeable future.

  *   Our Vaccine success. We have been able to vaccinate 25 percent of our Veterans, which exceeds the national average of 1 in 5 adults. We have put together the most efficient and effective Vaccine Clinic in our parking lot. This is a great time to enroll in our health care system!

Rowena keeps it light and fun while she shares various questions that come in from potential buyers moving to the mountains, and folks thinking of selling their home, as well as bonus podcasts on The Real Estate News Radio Show with Rowena Patton. The podcast comprises 10yrs of the broadcast show, as well as bonus programs and mini podcasts.

If you like to listen to live shows to call in with questions - or win the trivia - get the link to listen anywhere at www.RealEstateNewsRadio.com - broadcast live at 10:05am EST every Saturday since 2011.

Follow our podcast for bonus short pods throughout the week, with short 5-10 minute pods that will explain the things that people ask about most frequently. 

More info? Search at www.MountainHomeHunt.com or hit CONTACT US on that site.

Like to call instead? 828.333.4483

For an Allstar Experience, See all of our customer programs www.AllstarCertifiedPrograms.com

Or you can listen to short pods on some of the programs:

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