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*Entry steps to the gymnasium featuring sponsorship plaques*

MANNA Food Distribution Schedule for White Oak, Fines Creek and Panther Creek is:
2nd and 4th Thursday every month

For emergency food needs contact:
Elizabeth Ledford 828-329-9186 or
Martha Massie 82-400-4270

Restoration Complete!

The front of the Fines Creek Community Center gymnasium has been restored to its 1935 glory with a balanced set of two functional flights of exterior concrete stairs. One of the two original sets of exterior steps had collapsed due to the effects of weather and time. A strong community effort enabled the Fines Creek Community Association to rebuild the exterior steps. In July, the mission team of First Baptist Church of Waynesville began the process of tearing out the old concrete that formed those steps. With concrete saw, jack hammer, track hoe and dump truck, the mission team removed concrete chunks. They saved the step’s original vertical side supports made of unique mason-laid stone.

The Fines Creek Community Association began a campaign to fund the new stair. Individuals contributed to the renovation by sponsoring a step. In the fall a local concrete contractor added his support to the endeavor by forming and pouring the new stairway. In January plaques recognizing the donors or their designees were affixed to the step risers.

The project restored the appearance of the old Fines Creek School and improved the safety of the building, providing better access. The community center hosts dances, fundraisers, weddings, and other events in this large historic building.

Monthly Board Meetings

The Fines Creek Community Association has a Board meeting on the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in the gym. All community members are welcome.

Here’s What’s Going on at the Fines Creek Community Center!

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WNC Honors Award
Michelle Walker and Karen Hammett attended the WNC Communities Honors Awards on November 11, 2023. Over 55 communities were represented at the luncheon. Communities from the seventeen western counties comprise the eligible membership for WNC Communities. Fines Creek Community Association was recognized at the Redbud level and received an additional award for best in class! Humpy Lambert of Harrah’s Casino Resorts presented the award to Michelle and Karen. […]
Fire Camp at Community Center
On Thursday, November 16, 2023, the Fines Creek gym was opened for the use of the US Forest Service and other agencies involved with the efforts to contain the Black Bear fire along Interstate 40. The community association cancelled the monthly dance and turned the gym into the Fire Camp for those fighting the Black Bear fire. Because of smoke on the interstate, possible I-40 lane closures and activity at the community center, please be aware of the increased traffic on Fines Creek Road. This situation continues indefinitely. […]
THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH
The First United Methodist Church youth volunteered at the Fines Creek Community Center on the afternoon of July 19th. These engaging teenagers cleaned auditorium seats and floors, pulled staples and nails out of walls, flattened boxes, painted and scraped the walls in a small room, organized and cleaned the dining room of the cafeteria and moved items from one building to another. Their energy was such a great help in accomplishing many tasks at the center. The FCCA board wants to thank the group for all the work that they did. […]
Sudden Urgent Needs grant
A Sudden Urgent Needs grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (cfwnc) enabled the Fines Creek Community Association (FCCA) to repair the damage incurred in the cafeteria kitchen. In December 2022 a board member discovered a gas leak in the cafeteria. Immediately, the propane heaters were turned off and the space was ventilated. Before the propane leak could be located, the hard freeze of December occurred. The subzero temperatures froze the plumbing pipes beneath the sink, the spray faucet, the toilet, and the water heater. FCCA requested a grant from cfwnc to help repair these damages. Until heat and water could be restored to the cafeteria kitchen, the space could not be used. FCCA applied for a Sudden Urgent Needs grant which was awarded and repairs began immediately. Under the direction of Gregg Livengood, new heaters and pipes were ordered. The heaters would replace the old, less efficient heaters of 20+ years. Dale Ledford and John Haynes moved the sink and tore out the old frozen plumbing. This labor readied the sink for new pipes in addition to a grease trap which the cfwnc funds enabled FCCA to purchase. A new faucet, toilet and water heater were obtained but work could not begin until heat was restored or the weather warmed. The heaters finally arrived in late March and were mounted in the dinning room and kitchen in April. Once the heaters were in place Gregg could determine the length and pipe fittings needed for the new heaters. The former heater pipes were not usable with the new heaters. Meanwhile the services of a plumber were needed to reach the damaged pipes inside the kitchen wall. Those pipes were removed and new connections made. When the grease trap arrived ,once again a plumber installed the grease trap and connected the sink to the interior wall pipes. Gregg installed the new water heater and faucet. Now dishes can be washed in the kitchen again. Jerry Morris led the efforts to get the new comfort-height toilet installed. The new toilet is now working. The old toilet partition was removed by Gregg and the space will be repainted by one of the scholarship volunteers. A number of other volunteers contributed to this work and FCCA thanks all of them. The kitchen is functioning again and is in better condition with more efficient heaters, a comfort height toilet, a grease trap and new plumbing cut-off valves to make future repairs more easily done. The Sudden Urgent Needs grant of cfwnc made these repairs and improvements to happen. […]
March 2023 Newsletter
Community News The community center and fire department will be holding a benefit for Linda Teague on Saturday, March 25th from 4 – 9 pm. Linda is a life-long community member who has cancer. The community will lose her. Please come and support the Teague family as they focus on Linda during these days. The Fines Creek Community Center received a Sudden and Urgent Needs grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina to replace the old heaters in the cafeteria. Also the grant funds will replace pipes, toilet, water heater and faucet which froze during the intense cold spell this winter. The kitchen area of the cafeteria remains unusable until the pipes and water heater are replaced. Once the new heaters are installed, then the pipes, water heater, toilet and faucet can be fixed. Highway 209 and Fines Creek Road continue to have a high volume of traffic when the back-up grows on I-40 where the high and low White Oak bridges are being repaired. This congestion will continue for several years. Please be aware and plan for cars driven by people unfamiliar with the narrow, rural road. KEEP the dogs and cows at home! […]