The Mountain Eagle
WHITESBURG WEATHER

Friday Nite Supper Club is back

Hemphill


Check out our websites: www.blacksheepbrickoven.org and www.hemphillcenter.org and our Facebook pages please.

Our hours are Thursday and Friday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pizza is not available until 4:30 p.m. on those days as it takes that long for the oven to heat back up. Remember we are cooking with wood in a primitive oven. There is no temperature control dial so we cannot turn it up or down. We are cooking the ancient way. We are subject to Mother Nature’s whelms.

In an effort to have some sense of normalcy in this crazy time we are in, we have resumed Friday Nite Supper Club. The bakery will be open, so purchase your supper and enjoy it outside. William Caudill and Boyd Davis will be picking outside from 6 to 8 p.m. Open mic is from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. All are welcome.

We ask that you wear a mask and bring a chair. Please social distance and respect the space of others. There is an increase in COVID-19 cases in our community so we want to be “wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove”. Please be mindful of these things. You are invited to listen in your car or bring a pop-up tent for your party. Oh and you might need a light jacket too as the coolness of the evenings has increased. Fall weather is upon us! If the weather gets too cool the musicians have the option to cancel. If they choose to cancel, we will post it on Hemphill Community Center and Black Sheep Bakery Facebook pages at least two hours before the event.

We are so thankful for all the volunteers and for the Black Sheep (Evelyn, Mary, Savannah, and Steve), who work cheerfully, tirelessly, and efficiently keeping the dough rolled and rolling in.

Link State Systems, LLC, completed the installation on our campus WiFi. Using our “guest” login you can bring the children to do their schoolwork if you don’t have a good connection. We ask that a responsible adult accompany the children and see to them. The pavilion with its lights and fans will enable comfort and social distance. WiFi is available 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days per week. You are welcome!

“Because all our children are above average.” Garrison Keiller

We have felt compelled to shut down our dining room to indoor dining. Folks can now dine in our outdoor shelter spaces and still social distance. We will re-open the inside dining room later when we can be surer of health and wellbeing for all. So sorry for the inconvenience. Masks and social distancing required please. If you are experiencing a fever or other symptoms, please don’t get out and about. Be careful! The life you save may be your own.

Reminder…the Sacred Harp Singing, which is usually held at Southeast Community College (four shape), will take place once per month on the second Sunday of each month at Hemphill Community Center until the pandemic is over. Come join us and sing. It does the heart good.

The new pavilion provides us with a place for family gatherings and outside marketing of goods made or grown in our community can also happen on Saturday mornings. Please feel free to schedule outside events when you need to. We ask the scheduling to omit Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. as we want to encourage a neighborhood marketplace for cottage industry and entrepreneurial pursuits. We have a vision to boost the economy through tourism and cottage industry. Hopefully you will add us to your list of stops on Saturday mornings since the bakery is open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Narcotics Anonymous Facilitators Frankie Bentley and Evelyn Adkins have changed the location for the Hope Without Dope NA meetings that were scheduled two times weekly at Hemphill Community Center. The meetings will be held at Fishpond Lake each Sunday evening at 6 p.m. We will still host the meetings on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Center outside in the pavilion. All are welcome. Social distancing and larger gatherings are easier in the outdoors. Governmental restrictions on in-house gatherings have deemed this change necessary for the time being.

If you are interested in T-shirts and aprons check out our merchandise page website above. You can purchase online.

We have updated the menu on Facebook. Please check that out. Don’t forget if you want to ensure you get what you need please call and place an order with us by Monday evening the week you need it. That way we will have a heads up and can plan our week for maximum efficiency to make your request. We want our products to be fresh so we do not make things days ahead. We do not use preservatives therefore we cannot make things much ahead. Our GMO-free products are made by hand the ancient way. Our breads and pastries take all day to make. Many of them are made from fermentation methods that take 24 hours or more.

Holiday mornings we will always be open from 8 a.m. to 12 noon to allow folks to pick up special orders and things we have on hand. Please do not try to order online. We cannot check messages if we are really busy. Call (971) 867-4337 to order please. If there is no answer call back please. We do not have call waiting. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Weekly Quote: Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it. -Amit Ray

Events and Schedule:

Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6 p.m.: NA Meeting at the Center outside and at a social distance facilitated by Frankie Bentley, Evelyn Adkins

Friday, Oct. 23, Friday Nite Supper Club. Live music. Come purchase your supper and dine outside. Bring a jacket and a chair. Please wear a mask and social distance. If the weather is too cool we will post on the Facebook pages by 4 p.m. We will leave that up to the band.

Sunday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 5:00: 7 Note Gospel Singing is a bi-weekly shape note singing. This event will be held outside in the new shelter. Social distance and masks are required to sing. Ecumenical with everyone welcome regardless of church affiliation or lack of. A perfectly great gathering of fine and not-so-fine singers. Come and gather with us.

Inclement weather policy: In case of cancellation of events please check the Facebook accounts two hours before the scheduled event for postings.

Stay safe and sound! We will make it through this with the help of God and our leaders. Cooperation and extreme care are what it takes. See you soon!

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:21-23

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