All are invited to join Friends of the Smokies as they welcome nationally renowned storyteller Donald Davis back to his ancestral home of Western North Carolina to tell “Tales from the Smokies” at Lake Junaluska in the Harrell Center.  Davis will bring the warmth of a homespun tale to life at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct.14.

Tickets are $15 per person. Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park memberships will be offered at a special discount for $20 with purchase of ticket. Tickets may be purchased at Blue Ridge Books, 152 S Main St, Waynesville; by mailing checks to Friends of the Smokies, 160 S Main St, Waynesville, NC 28786; or online at www.friendsofthesmokies.org.

Attendees of the benefit event are in for a special treat hearing Davis, a nationally acclaimed storyteller.  This will be ...