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Tryon Fine Arts Center will hold a Kindermusik Demo Day at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 24.

People with chil-dren ages 2-6 are welcome to try out

the music program with teacher Bryant Belin. There is no charge for your first class.

For more information, call Tryon Fine Arts Cen-ter at 828-859-8322.

PCHS grads collaborate on biology e-book at Wake Forestby Samantha Hurst

Wake Forest sophomores and twin sisters Jessica and Tif-fany Blackburn of Columbus provide unique support for a Ph.D-level project aimed at creating an interactive biology e-textbook for students.

“I really like the idea of changing the way that biology textbooks are written,” Jessica Blackburn said. “They are so difficult to understand and in my opinion contain so much unneeded information. I want-ed to make it so that biology textbooks actually helped you.”

Jessica had heard about the project from her first semester biology teacher during her freshman year. After assisting professors the next summer in editing and even writing many

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Tiffany and Jessica Blackburn of Columbus display their work with a new project called BioBook being conducted by professors and researchers at Wake Forest University. The twin sisters are now both sophomores at Wake Forest University and are hoping the new ebooks will help students grasp a better understanding of the biology. (photo by Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University)

BBQ officials ask Tryon for break on Harmon Field use feesby Leah Justice

Blue Ridge BBQ and Music Festival officials said they are trying to cut every cost to ensure the festival continues and have asked Tryon to allow the festival to pay Harmon Field use fees partly through a tiered payment system based on attendance.

The contract between Tryon and the Foothills Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the BBQ festival, ended last November, and the new contract is be-ing negotiated. The festival currently pays the town a use fee for 50 cents


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Local Weather

Today: Partly cloudy, with 60 percent chance of thun-derstorms. High 79, low 60.

S a t u r d a y : P a r t l y cloudy, with 60 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms. High 76, low 51.

Sunday: Cloudy, with 30 percent chance of rain. High 72, low 52.

Monday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 79, low 48.

Wednesday’s weather was: High 78, low 59, no rain.

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Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include movie matinee at 10 a.m. and bin-go at 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Com-merce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy. 108), Tryon. 828-894-0293.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m., 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.

PCHS Outdoor Track WHKP Relays at 4 p.m.

American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.

Narcotics Anon., Saluda Se-nior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.

SaturdayHarmon Field Heritage

Days, Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, 9 a.m. - 9

p.m., Harmon Field, Tryon. Civil War encampment reenactment open for observation, Supper with the Soldiers at 6 p.m. on Saturday in the Harmon Field log cabin, battles each day at 2 p.m. For more information, contact Lorna Dever at 828-817-1544.

Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. – noon. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Pacolet Area Conservanc y and Walnut Creek Preserve will host botanist David Camp-bell on Saturday, March 24 at 10 a.m. at the Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve. Campbell will speak on “The Flora and Landscapes of the Southern Mountain Re-gion.” Time and weather permit-ting, an interpretive woodland walk around the grounds of the preserve will be held after the presentation. Children and adults welcome.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Tryon Toy Makers Mu-seum, open Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600. Fashion show and luncheon benefit, Saturday, March 24, 11 a.m., Spiegel Farm, Campobello. Pam Stone will emcee. Sponsored by PJ’s Fash-ions. Proceeds benefit O.P. Earle Elementary’s Reading Is Funda-mental (RIF) program. Tickets/information: 864-457-3416 or 864-457-3360.

Tryon Gallery Trot, Satur-day, March 24, 5 - 8 p.m. Par-ticipating businesses are Richard Baker’s Studio, The Book Shelf, Bravo Outdoor Marketplace, Green River Gallery, Kathleen’s, The Pine Crest Inn, Skyuka Fine Art, Tryon Painters & Sculptors and Upstairs Artspace. Sponsored

by the Tryon Downtown Devel-opment Association.

SundayTrash to fashion workshop,

Sunday, March 25 from 2-4 p.m. at Thompson’s Landscape on Palmer St. in Tryon. Thompson’s professionals will help interested people make outfits from trash. Participants can then use the outfits to compete in the annual April Fool’s Festival Trashion Show. Participants should bring reusable items, such as newspa-per, magazines, food containers, soft toys, scrap materials, duct tape and glue. For more infor-mation, call Erin Thompson at 828-859-3185.

Slow Food Foothills (a.k.a. Slow Polk) will meet Sunday, March 25 at 4:30 p.m. at La Bouteille at 10A N. Trade St. in Tryon. Activities, programs and committee projects the group hopes to develop will be dis-cussed. Bring a potluck dish and your own plate and silverware to cut down on waste. Open to all.

MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.

Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; bridge,

10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with bridge discussion session at 12:45. 828-749-9245. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Monday activities in-clude line dancing, 10 a.m., senior fitness, 11 a.m., bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Democratic Women’s Club will hold its monthly meeting Monday, March 26 at 11 a.m. at the Democratic headquarters in Columbus. A light lunch will be served. Everyone welcome. 828-894-3219.

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and dis-cussion of relevant issues; inter-denominational.828-859-5051.

Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, Laurel-Hurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336.

Saluda Center Monday ac-tivities include line dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit www.Saluda.com.

Here’s a list of upcoming meet-ings and events for area non-profit community and govern-mental organizations:

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Wood-turning workshop at TACS March 31 - April 1Tryon Arts and Crafts School

(TACS) will host a wood-turn-ing weekend workshop with in-structor Chris Carroll on Satur-day, March 31 and Sunday, April 1 at the craft school located on Harmon Field Road. Students

will learn how to use a lathe and other tools to create a one-of-a-kind wood bowl. The workshop will run from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Students should bring a lunch. Materials will be supplied

by the instructor.C h r i s C a r r o l l

started his business, Carroll Woodcrafts Unlimited, in 2010, at the Mill Springs Business Incubator at the Polk County Ag Center. He quickly outgrew the space at the incubator and has moved into a studio on his own property in Tryon. Carroll spe-cializes in custom furniture, designing elaborate birdhouses and turned wood bowls. He is devoted to using local materials, so he has estab-lished contacts with local tree haulers and tradesmen, trad-ing his time and skills for raw materials and labor. For more information, visit www.carrol-lunlimited.com.

Advance registration for all

Bowl created by Chris Carroll. (photo submitted by Julia McIntyre)

workshops is required. For more information about the instructor or workshop, including tuition and supply costs, contact TACS at 828-859-8323 or [email protected]. More details and examples of projects are available at www.TryonArtsandCrafts.org.

– article submitted by Julia McIntyre Bowl created by Chris Carroll. (photo submitted by Julia McIntyre)

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per attendee and also reimburses the town for employee time and utility use. The chamber is ask-ing that the lease payment from admissions change to 25 cents per attendee for the first 6,000 spectators, 50 cents per attendee for 6,001 to 12,000 spectators and to 75 cents per attendee for spectators 12,001 and up.

Tryon Town Council met Tuesday, March 20 and d i s -cussed adding the new form of payment to the new contract.

F o o t h i l l s C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e Cha i r Laura Weicker said the BBQ festi-val is in its 18th year and brings thousands of people annu-ally to the area, which promotes the Town of Tryon and puts tourism money in the pockets of hotels, inns, retail stores and grocery stores.

“Since 1999, from the pro-ceeds of the BBQ festival, the Chamber Foundation has award-ed more than $150,000 to worthy area organizations,” Weicker said. “(Grants of) $31,300 of that total amount have gone to the Town of Tryon for Harmon Field, the fire department and the town itself. In addition, over the last five years, the BBQ festival has paid the Town of Tryon $62,000 for leasing and associated ex-penses.”

Weicker also said when the chamber board decided in 2010 to cancel the festival, “the public outcry was immense.”

The chamber received com-ments from tourism-related busi-nesses, area government officials and concerned citizens saying the loss of the festival was a detri-ment to the entire community,

she said.“Bowing to the pressure, the

chamber board reinstituted the event based on the promised public support as well as that of the Town of Tryon,” Weicker said. “To date, nothing in the leas-ing contract with Harmon Field has changed to help support the festival. We are calling upon your help now.”

The BBQ festival, which will be held this year on June 8 and 9, has seen a decrease in at-

tendance over the las t few years. Weicker said in 2007 14,754 people attended, and in 2011 there were 8,644 at-tendees.

Tryon coun-cilman George Baker said he is a supporter of the festival, having volun-teered for 16 years and, with his wife, pledg-i n g $ 2 , 0 0 0 when the fes-t ival was in jeopardy. How-ever, he said he

thinks the chamber is being disingenuous when talking about revenues. He said he doesn’t think grocery stores benefit from the festival.

“For the town not to recoup its expenses is to me not something I’m willing to consider,” Baker said.

He also said the town doesn’t get to see the financials of the festival until they are long gone and he is not sure the chamber’s proposal is the way to get more attendance.

Interim Tryon Town Manager Joey Davis said if the proposed tiered system had been used last year, it would have meant $1,500 less for the town.

Baker said if they are talking about $1,500, he’d be in favor if the chamber put $750 of that

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“Bowing to the pressure (not to cancel the festival), the chamber board reinstituted the event based on the promised public support as well as that of the Town of Tryon. To date, nothing in the leasing contract with Harmon Field has changed to help support the festival. We are calling upon your help now.”

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toward more advertising to get more attendance.

Chamber officials said they are not asking not to pay bills, such as employee reimburse-ments or utilities, only to base the Harmon Field rental on at-tendance.

The chamber has paid Tryon $62,497.37 over the past five years in reimbursements and pay-ments to Harmon Field from the fees of 50 cents per attendee. Over the last five years, the chamber has reimbursed the Tryon Police Department a total of $22,122.64, Harmon Field staff $2,728.14, water service $789.57, power bills $6,713.02, Harmon Field (attendance) $28,544 and the Tryon Fire Department $1,600, according to data provided by the chamber.

Grants to the town from the Chamber Foundation, which come from BBQ proceeds, have included a total of $31,300, in-cluding a $20,000 grant to the town in 2006, a $4,000 grant to Harmon Field in 2008, a $2,500

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grant to the Tryon Fire Depart-ment in 2009, a $2,800 grant to Tryon in 2009 and a $2,000 grant to the fire department in 2010, according to chamber data.

“We’ve already cut $10,000 from the BBQ budget,” Weicker said. “Every bit helps the festival continue on. We’re asking this to ensure the festival continues.”

Foothills Chamber Executive Director Janet Sciacca also said the festival is an important fund-raiser for the chamber as it has al-lowed the chamber to keep its dues at a lower level than surrounding chambers, making it more afford-able to area businesses.

The chamber, Tryon officials and Harmon Field officials must agree on the new contract, which is being proposed as a three-year contract that would be in effect until 2015.

Council asked the chamber to get a recommendation from the Harmon Field Board of Supervi-sors on the tiered system and to give council time to review the numbers. Council agreed for the chamber to revisit the proposal during council’s April 17 meet-ing.

of the BioBook’s chapters or leafs, Jessica brought on sister Tiffany – a biology major and art minor – to provide illustrations for the varied subject matter.

“It was a really cool project and I realized there were a lot of opportunities to use pictures to explain the concepts, plus I’m a big advocate of Tiffany being able to use her art skills and her biology interests,” Jessica said.

The two work to make biology subject matter, from genetics to fungi, easily understandable for the average student.

Tiffany said she understands the vital need for visual learners, like herself, to see an example of the concept they are studying.

“The illustrations help you visualize how the concept relates to reality,” Tiffany said. “With drawing I always draw animals

and people. So with things like biology I was able to take that one step further by drawing the examples, which helped me un-derstand them. For me, it always helped me remember what I was learning better, as well.”

When she needs to better understand the analytical side of things, she turns to her sister and collaborator for assistance. They both agree it’s been a great partnership.

The Polk County High School graduates have shared a love of biology, and science in general, since middle school.

Middle school teachers Mr. Brumley and Mrs. Newton, now retired, inspired the Blackburn twins’ scientific passion. That inquisitiveness was further fos-tered, they both said, by Mrs. Allsbrook at the high school.

“They made science really

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Jessica agreed that living and going to school in Polk County only enhanced her curiosity of the subject.

“Science contains so much information about living organ-isms,” Jessica said. “Studying anatomy, you learn how your body works. Studying ecology, especially when we lived in Polk County, you could look all around and see these things happening right around you that you were learning about in the classroom.”

Jessica started her education at Wake Forest already passionate

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about helping her peers better understand biology, especially as she watched them struggle. She said the project has further en-couraged her to consider teaching as an option later. It’s also made her consider pursuing additional degrees in the field because, as she said, she’s “never going to know enough to be satisfied.”

Tiffany, meanwhile, has real-ized there might be a real way to merge her two passions – biology and art.

“I really enjoy it and it would be my best-case scenario if I could find a job that could merge both biology and art,” she said.

Tiffany added that she’s learned a lot about many compa-nies that illustrate for textbooks so it has given her a whole new career possibility.

Polk district court resultsIn Polk County District Court

held Wednesday, March 14 with Judge Mack Brittain presiding, 131 cases were heard. Some cases were continued, dismissed or sent to superior court.

The following persons were convicted of a crime (names are given as they appear in court records):

W a y m a n Dale Allison was convicted of interfering with a utility meter. Allison was sentenced to 30 days in jail with credit for time served.

Austin Tylar Ball was con-victed of consumption of alcohol by under 19 year old. Ball was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $25 fine and court costs.

Keith Preston Bradley was convicted of level 5 driving while impaired. Bradley was sentenced to one year unsupervised proba-tion, 24 hours in jail, a $100 fine and court costs.

Andrew Thomas Corryn was convicted of driving while li-cense revoked. Corryn was sen-tenced to five days in jail.

Robert J. Gill was convicted

of speeding 74 mph in a 65 mph zone. Gill was fined $30 and court costs.

James Clemen Harrelson was convicted of driving while li-cense revoked, failure to appear on misdemeanor and operating a vehicle with no insurance. Har-relson was sentenced to one day in jail with credit.

Laura Eliza-beth Hart was convicted of speeding 90

mph in a 65 mph zone. Hart was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $90 fine and court costs.

Tommye Jean Johnson was convicted of misdemeanor break-ing or entering. Johnson was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Sheldon Renarde Larry was convicted of speeding 79 mph in a 65 mph zone. Larry was fined $40 and court costs.

Evelio Macedo Jr. was con-victed of failure to comply with community service. Macedo was sentenced to 48 hours in jail with

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credit.Steven Neal was convicted

of assault on a female, assault by strangulation, misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury and misdemeanor child abuse. Neal was sentenced to 150 days at the N.C. Department of Cor-

rections (DOC) for assault on a female, six to 15 months at the DOC with 81 days credit for assault by stran-gulation and 150 days at the DOC for assault inflicting serious bodily injury and misdemeanor child abuse.

Kyle Douglas Sorenson was convicted of failure to stop for

a stopped bus. Sorenson was sentenced to

one year unsupervised probation, a $50 fine and court costs.

Jeffrey Michael Tomko was convicted of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Tomko was sentenced to 90 days in jail with credit for time served.

Jordan Lee Walker was con-

victed of operating a vehicle with no operator’s license. Walker was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $50 fine and court costs.

Garrett Cain Williams was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile. Wil-liams was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $75 fine and court costs.

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Hyder pleads guilty in federal court to fraud charges involving victims in Polk County and FloridaSentenced to 7 years in prison and $789,649 restitutionby Leah Justice

An Orlando, Fla. man was sentenced last week in federal court after pleading guilty to a wire fraud charge that involved the 2010 fraud of an 82-year-old

Polk County woman, as well as victims in Florida.

Terry Scott Hyder, 51, was sentenced by Judge Martin Re-idinger to serve seven years in a federal prison and pay $789,649 in restitution, as well as three years of supervised release.

The Polk County case in-volved $120,000 obtained fraud-ulently from the victim, accord-

ing to Polk County Sheriff’s Office records. The case was turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

In October 2010, a federal criminal indictment charged Hy-der with one count of wire fraud. Hyder pled guilty to the charge in February 2011. According to filed court documents, the plea agreement and court proceedings,

Hyder engaged in a fraudulent investment scheme from about June 2007 through about July 2010 that defrauded elderly indi-viduals residing in Polk County and in Orlando, Fla. of their savings. Hyder established and maintained Sterling and Stratford LLC (“Sterling”), a limited li-




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ability corporation organized in the state of Florida to carry out the scheme.

According to court docu-ments, Hyder convinced his victims to invest with Sterling by making fraudulent represen-tations to his victims that Ster-ling was a legitimate business engaged in multiple investment vehicles that yielded high rates of return on short-term invest-ments. A total of nine victims were involved in Hyder’s in-vestment scam.

Court documents indicate that Hyder, who met many of his victims in connection with Alzheimer’s support groups and other church-sponsored func-tions, told his victims to invest through “real estate trusts,” which he purportedly set up in the victims’ names.

The Polk County victim was thought to have met Hy-der through his mother, Sue Carswell Hyder, of Bostic, who was also arrested in 2010 on charges of creating fake handicapped placards and is-suing them to non-disabled

people through the Forest City Department of Motor Vehicles, which was subsequently shut down during that investiga-tion.

Terry Hyder was said to have used the money he col-lected as investments to pay for personal expenses, and made no legitimate efforts to invest any of the money on behalf of the individual victims. Hyder collected a total of $789,000 from his victims, according to reports.

Terry Hyder has been in local federal custody since his August 2010 arrest. He will be transferred into custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, where he will serve his sen-tence without the possibility of parole.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Corey Ellis of the United States Attorney’s Of-fice in Asheville, with the an-nouncement made this week by Anne M Tompkins, United States attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and Chris Briese, special agent in charge of the FBI, Charlotte division.

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Polk Red Cross holds blood drives March 26, April 5

March is American Red Cross (ARC) Month, and to pay tribute to ARC month, the Polk County ARC invites you to donate blood at one of two upcoming blood drives.

“Today’s economic con-ditions make it difficult to include charitable giving in our individual budgets, but a donation of blood offers every individual the chance to give the most precious gift there is – a gift that costs the donor no money, just an hour of time,” Red Cross officials said.

The two upcoming blood donation opportunities in Polk County are:

Monday, March 2612:30 – 5 p.m.Holy Cross Episcopal Church150 Melrose Ave. Tryon

Thursday, April 5 2 - 6:30 p.m.American Red Cross Chapter231 Ward St.Columbus

To make an appointment to give blood, call 1-800-733-2767, visit www.redcrossblood.org or call the Polk County of-fice at 828-894-2700.

– article submitted by Janet Peterson and Jerry Perry,

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DRIVERS/DELIVERY/OTRProfessional TruckDriver Training, Carri-ers Hiring Today! PTDICertified Course, OneStudent per Truck, Po-tential Tuition Reim-bursement. ApprovedWIA & TAA provider.Poss ib le Earn ings$34,000 first year. SAGETechnical Services &Isothermal, 828-286-3636 ext 221

www.isothermal.edu/truck

SALES

Whirlpool Electric OvenRange, Glass Top,Black/Stainless Steel $375828-551-2412

HELP WANTED

Brock’s Cleaner Now Hir-ing full or part time. Workavailable M - S. Apply inperson Tryon location.

Full-time position for aVolunteer Services As-sistant at Hospice of theCarolina Foothills. TheVolunteer Services Assis-tant assists the VolunteerServices Manager in theday-to-day operations ofthe volunteer program.Must have a minimum of ahigh school (or generalequivalency) diploma, and1-2 years of clerical/secre-tarial and event planningexperience. Excellentpublic speaking, clericaland computer skills re-quired. Some work out-side of normal businesshours and driving or othermode of transportation re-quired. EOE. Please ap-ply online at www.hocf.org

Drivers: Ours have ahome life! No-Touch,

Great weekly pay,Benefits! Swing Transport

Spartanburg operation.CDL-A, 2yrs Exp. Req.

1-864-597-1151

NEED HELP! Looking forTree Work, Asst. & Ad-ministrative Asst. Musthave experience running acrew, chipper, bobcat,versed in all tree work.Call Josh: (828)817-4301

Now accepting applica-tions for back server at Gi-ardini Trattoria located inColumbus NC. Applica-tions will be accepted inperson only. Bring a smile,a good attitude and thewillingness to help. Experi-ence helpful but not nec-essary.Apply to fill out an applica-tion only between thehours of noon - 8 PM at:Giardini Trattoria, 2411Hwy 108E, Columbus NC.

HELP WANTED - MEDICAL /

DENTALPart time position forMedical office assisting atfront desk working withpatients and administrateduties. Experience notnecessary but helpful.Please send resume toPO Box 457 Landrum, SC29356.

CABINS

NC MOUNTAINS. New1328sf Log Cabin on 3+acres. $139,500. 3/4 loft,open floor plan, fireplace,lg deck and porch, pvt.wooded setting w/stream.Call Today 828-286-1666

HOUSES FOR SALE

2700 sq. ft. home on 1.40AC. Located in SunnyView. 6 bdrm, 3 full baths,fireplace, front porch &back deck full length ofhouse, paved parking.Creek & great mtn. views.Just remodeled inside &out. Some appliances.$ 1 7 9 , 9 0 0 C a l l864-978-7983 and leavecall back information.

HOUSES FOR RENT

Big, beautiful 3BR, 3.5BAhome w/ 2 Car garage inMorgan Chapel Village,Columbus. $1000/ mo +security & references.Also option to buy. Call:(828)859-6018.

Brick, 3bd/2ba, sun & bo-nus room, 2 car garage,basement, in Sunny View.Security System. No pets.$1000/month. Cal l828-243-2617

FOR LEASE LANDRUM:3BR/2BA, corner lot inquiet neighborhood nearschools, park & down-town. Central heat/air, car-port, deck, all appliances.$850/mo plus deposit.828-894-8492

FOR RENT 2BR/2BAGillette Woods home,$750 per month with lease& security. Call Allan atPruette & Associates,828-859-9715 or 828-817-1868

Highest view in Tryon w/quick access. Spacious2bd/2ba cottage on privateestate. Spectacular viewsfrom all sides. Currentlyunder renovation. Avail-able April 2012. $1200 permonth. Call 843-514-5900

Mini Farm 3bd, 1baRanch style home. Newcenter aisle, 4 stall barnwith big pasture on trailsystem. $1200 per month.Also a furnished 1 bdapt. for $450/month. Bringyour horse. Call 828-863-2979.

HOUSES FOR RENT

Peniel Rd. Brick 4 B.R./3BA . 3000 sf Ranch. Ber-ber carpet, 2 car garage.$1350.00, 828-894-2029.

Tryon - Lynn 3-4 Bdrm,2 bth, sunroom off master,woodstove, w/d, nice yardto play in. $950/mo. Thou-sand Pines 828-859-5858

Unique 2bd, 1.5ba Ranchstyle home. Includes 1horse stall & large pastureaccess to FETA Trails.$ 8 0 0 / m o n t h . C a l l8 2 8 - 8 6 3 - 2 9 7 9 o r817-0896

MOBILE HOME RENTALS

1ba/2bd. Central heat/air.Some utilities furnished.Call 863-4453.

FOR RENT IN GREENCREEK: 2 BR, 2 BA, nicemobile home on 1/2 acrelot. Garbage, grass mow-ing & water included.$550/m. No pets. Call828-899-4905

APARTMENTS

1 Bd Duplex $360 PerMonth, $360 deposit, Ap-pliances furnished. Nopets! Call 828-625-9711

2 - 1 Bdrm ApartmentsAppliances included.1 for $300/month and

1 for $400/month.Call 864-590-0336

Downtown Tryon, Large+ charming, 1 B.R./1 BAon Chestnut St. Woodfloors, walk-in closets.$450.00, 828-894-2029.

FOR RENT 2BR/2BA,Balcony overlooking Tryonvillage, $850 per monthwith lease & security.Call Allan at Pruette & As-sociates, 828-859-9715or 828-817-1868

APARTMENTS

FOR RENT LANDRUM:1BR, beautiful, quietneighborhood. No pets.$300/month plus deposit.Includes water and trashpickup. Call 571-438-5295or 864-680-6158.

For Rent Near LakeLure , Very private, 1100sq ft heated, 360 sq ft cov-ered porch, EfficiencyApartment, Private en-trance, Utility and DirectTV included. No indoorsmoking, no drugs & nodrunks. Fully furnished$900.00, Empty $800.00Call 864-978-7983.

FOR RENT:PREMIUM one bed-

room apartment: fullyfurnished, all utilitiesincluded. Located in

Harmon Field area ofTryon. Enjoy the spec-tacular views and se-

rene setting. $750/mo.Inquire at

828-817-9748.

Tryon Pacolet Valley.2 bdrm, 1 bth, good unit,nice kitchen, $450/mo. T h o u s a n d P i n e s828-859-5858

Tryon Apartment175 Broadway. 1bd/1ba,appliances, wood floors,

heat pump, screenedporch or fireplace. $495.

864-895-9177 or864-313-7848

COMMERCIAL FOR RENT

Beautiful professionaloffice space for rent in

Tryon / Columbus area.(Behind Chamber of

Commerce.) 450 squarefeet/ 3 offices. Call Mike

at: 828-817-3314

Office. 4 Rooms & Wait-ing Area. 2 Restrooms.108 Ridge Rd., LandrumSC (near NC-SC Stateline.) $800 per month. Call864-270-8704

VACATION RENTALS

LAKE LANIER, TRYON:Vacation lake front fur-nished rentals. Timeavailable for daily/weekly/monthly. Call Paul Pullen,Town and Country Real-tors. 828-817-4642.

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Buy, Sell, Trade, Work …With Your Neighbors!

Let TDB

Classi ed Ads

work for you!

LAWN & GARDEN

For Sale: Aged cow ma-nure, clay free bottom landtop soil, rotted sawdust,pine and hardwood barkmulch, sand, gravel, filldirt. Delivered in dumptruck or pickup size loads,or pick up yourself. Alsowill haul off brush, trash,etc. 863-4453

WANTED TO BUY - VEHICLES

Looking for a used, inex-pensive vehicle. Call864-457-6830.

Want to buy junk vehi-cles! No title, no problem.Must have ID. Will pick upanywhere, 24/7. Neverany towing fee. Price is$325 cash to max. $3325cash, on the spot. Call(828)748-6739 or (864)356-6076.

WANT TO BUY: Junkcars, trucks and vans. Callanytime for pick up.(828)223-0277

WE PAY CASHFor junk & cheap runningcars. Most cars $200 to$750. Towed from yourlocation. No fee for towing.FAST SERVICE.(828) 289 - 4938.

CARS

1990 Mercedes 560 SEL.Excellent condition 172k.Must see. Best offer. Call:(864)457- 4933.

1995 Mercedes 320Wagon

Excellent Condition141K Miles, $5500Call 205-859-5352

CARS

2003 Toyota AvalonXLS . Burgundy with grayleather. One owner, al-ways garaged. PremiumLuxury pkg. w/ heatedseats JBL Premiumsound. 16" alloy wheels;160,000 mostly highwaymiles. All accessorieswork. Service record avail,$7300. 828-606-5906

For Sale - 1997 Camaro.White, Automatic, V6,Good condition. $3500.Call 828-329-4121

TRUCKS - COMMERCIAL

2 6x6 General Truck/Tractor. 5 ton. CummingsDiesel. Allison Automatic.1 with 115 original miles,& 1 with 13,000 originalmiles. Best offer. (828)894 - 5544

6x6 General DumpTruck . 5 ton. CummingsDiesel. 5spd with 2spdtransfer. 13,000 originalmiles. Best offer. (828)894 - 5544

MOTORCYCLES / ATVS

Polaris ATF - new tires,winch. 250cc ATV, 2 newback tires. Call (828)8 1 7 - 6 2 3 8 o r(828)863-4551

WANTED TO BUY

WE BUY FIREARMS! We buy hand guns and

rifles, new and old,short and long.

Call 828-395-1396 or828-393-0067

VEHICLES

1972 Corvette StingrayStreet ROD 350/ 408HP.Very Clean. Minor me-chanic work needed. Bestoffer. (828) 894-8523

2001 Ford EconolineVan. TV, VCR & DVD.50,000 miles. $8000.00.Call 859-2202

MISCELLANEOUS

Heavy duty home chip-per, $100.00 or best offer,heart rate control vital fit-ness machine $60.00, GEchest freezer almost new$115. All steal. 27” colortv works perfectly. Call894-8791

POND STOCKING - FISHDAY at Green Creek FarmSupply, 2291 ChesneeRd., 828-863-4343. Chan-nel Catfish, Sterile GrassCarp, Hybrid Bluegill,Bluegill Shellcracker. Fri-day March 16, Monday19th, Wed 21st, Thurs22nd & Fri 23rd 9 am.

Tanning Bed. Sun Quest24 RS. Paid new$2599.00, sale price$1150.00. Like new, usedvery little (828) 894-5276

LEGALS

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

OF THE POLK COUNTYBOARD OF EQUALIZA-

TION AND REVIEW

Pursuant to N.C.G. S.105-322, the Polk CountyBoard of Equalization and

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Review will meet as re-quired by law.

PURPOSE OFMEETINGS

To hear, upon request,any and all taxpayers whoown or control taxableproperty assessed fortaxation in Polk County,with respect to valuation ofsuch property, or the prop-erty of others, and to fulfillother duties and responsi-bilities as required by law.

TIME OF MEETINGSThe Board will convene forits first meeting on Tues-day April 4, 2012. TheBoard will adjourn for thepurpose of accepting re-quests for hearings at itslast meeting on Friday,April 20, 2012. Meetingswill begin at 9:30 AM inthe R. Jay Foster Hall ofJustice upstairs in theWomack Building locatedat 40 Courthouse St, Co-lumbus, NC

Requests for hearingmust be received nolater than final adjourn-ment which is scheduledfor Friday April 20, 2012at 1:00 PM.

In the event of an earlieror a later adjournment, no-tice to that effect will bepublished in this newspa-per.

• If you are appealing thevalue of your property, youmust provide evidencethat the county value wassubstantially higher thanmarket value on January

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1, 2009 (the county's lastappraisal year.) Examplesof relevant evidence in-clude:

o sale prices of propertiescomparable to yours,which sold during the yearbefore the county’s lastappraisal year;

o unequal assessed val-ues for properties compa-rable to yours;

o an appraisal with an ef-fective date of January 1,2009 (the county’s last ap-praisal date;) any ap-praisal after January 1,2009 cannot be taken un-der consideration.

• By statute, property val-ues cannot be changedbased on changes in eco-nomic conditions whichoccur after the last ap-praisal, and which affectthe county in general -[G.S. §105-287(b)(2)].

o For example, if your taxvalue was set by thecounty at $200,000 a cou-ple of years ago, but to-day’s market value is only$70,000 because of a re-cent decrease in real es-tate values, the county isnot permitted to lower thetax value. For the samereason, your tax valuecannot be raised if today’smarket value is $130,000because of an increase inreal estate values.

o Local real estate marketconditions only affect taxvalues when the county

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conducts a new county-wide reappraisal, whichmust be done at leastevery eight years.

Tryon Daily BulletinMarch 23, 30 and April 6,2012

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

CREDITOR'S NOTICE

IN THE GENERALCOURT

OF JUSTICESUPERIOR COURT

DIVISIONBefore The Clerk

COUNTY OF POLKIN THE MATTER OFJOSEPH CORDA

12 E 38All persons, firms and

corporat ions havingclaims againstJosephCorda, deceased, arehereby notified to exhibitthem to Vincent JohnCorda, Executor, of theestate of the decedent at70 Ford Ridge Lane, Co-lumbus, NC 28722, on orbefore the 29th day ofMay, 2012, or be barredfrom their recovery. Debt-ors of the decedent areasked to make immediatepayment to the abovenamed Executor.This the 29th day of Feb-

ruary, 2012.Vincent John Corda, Ex-

ecutor of the estate of Jo-seph Corda70 Ford Ridge Lane, Co-

LEGALS

lumbus, NC 2872250-1P

Tryon Daily B ulletinMarch 2, 9, 16, and 23,

2012

CREDITOR NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

EXECUTOR'S NOTICE

Having qualified on the15th day of February,2012 as EXECUTOR ofthe Estate of Eva S.Fowler, deceased, late ofPolk County, North Caro-lina, this is to notify allpersons, firms and/ orcorporat ions havingclaims against the dece-dent to exhibit the sameto the undersigned JesseL. Fowler on or before the2nd day of June, 2012, orthis notice will be pleadedin bar of their recovery.All persons, firms and/ orcorporations indebted tothe Estate should makeimmediate payment tothe undersigned Jesse L.Fowler, EXECUTOR.This is the 2nd day or

March, 2012.Jesse L. Fowler12905 Rivers Bend Rd.Chester, VA 23836EXECUTOR ore theEstate of Eva. S. Fowler

Tryon Daily Bulletin03/02, 03/09, 03/16, &

03/23/2012

EST/FOWLER

Sell your home in the classifieds call

828.859.9151

Selling your home?Advertise here and

sell it faster. Call Classifieds at 828.859.9151.

Saluda Center duplicate bridge results, games played March 10, 19Results of duplicate bridge

played at the Saluda Center on March 10 and 19 were as fol-lows:March 19

First: Lee Ellis and Lesesne Smith

Second: John Tyndall and Tollie Ross

Third: Sabra Keinau and Talley Wannamaker

Fourth: Pat and Maria McCall

March 10First: Lee Ellis and Tollie

RossSecond: Veevee Blackshear

and Talley WannamakerThird: Mary Margaret

Lejeune and Valerie Thompson

Fourth: Livvy French and Maria McCall

Games are played each Monday at 1:30 p.m., with a discussion session beginning at 12:45 p.m. A partner is guaranteed.

– article submitted by Tollie Ross

Friday, March 23, 2012 Tryon daily BulleTin / The World’s sMallesT daily neWspaper page 13

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A glance at some of the latest news in the area.

news briefs

Landrum names Inman mayor pro-temThe Landrum City Council voted to name Billy Inman as the mayor pro-tem. This position steps in whenever the mayor is unavailable to run meetings. Inman has served for several years in this capacity.

Polk school board submits Head Start renewal application

The Polk County School board approved the submission of its annual Head Start program continuation applica-tion. The board hopes to expand its program to 80 slots with the next school year.

Reading Foundations trainingTeachers and staff of Polk County schools participated Feb. 24 in the conclusion of Reading Foundations training for this year. Aaron Greene, director of curriculum and Instruction, reported to the Polk County School Board that 120 K-5 teachers and support staff received 3,600 hours of reading instruction training this year.

Polk approves school lottery funds to pay loanThe Polk County Board of Commissioners on Monday, March 19 approved the school system’s use of $96,000 of lottery funding to pay this year’s QZAB loan payment for the Tryon Elementary School addition. Polk County School Superintendent Bill Miller told commissioners the school system continues to save ADM money to replace the high school roof in the future. Between lot-tery and ADM money, Miller said the school has saved approximately $650,000.

Polk to change auditors this yearThe Polk County Board of Commissioners on Monday, March 19 approved a contract with Dixon Hughes to handle this year’s audit. The county used Gould Killian for the past few years and commissioners said it is good practice to change auditors after three or four years. The new contract with Dixon Hughes is for $48,600.

Columbus February fire reportDuring February, the Columbus Fire Department responded to 95 calls for service: 60 emergency medical calls, six motor vehicle accidents, two woods fires, one downed power line, three law enforcement assists, one smoke investigation, five public service calls, one aircraft standby, one gas leak, six fire alarm activations, one cover station, one no incident located, one dispatched and canceled medical, three dispatched and canceled automatic aid fire alarm activations, one fire alarm automatic aid, one woods fire mutual aid and one sprinkler activation automatic aid. The fire department spent more than 154 hours on calls and 148 hours in training.

Streetscape construction to begin April 23Tryon’s Streetscape project along McCown Street is sched-uled to begin April 23. Interim Tryon Town Manager Joey Davis said the town recently met with the contractor, who expects the construction to take about three weeks to complete.

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Ferrante performs ‘An Evening with Groucho’ Tuesday, April 3Frank Ferrante brings his

award-winning show, “An Evening with Groucho,” to the Veh Stage at TFAC on Tuesday, April 3 at 8 p.m. Ferrante is described by The New York Times as “the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx’s material.” “Animal Crackers” and “A Night at the Opera” co-author Morrie Ryskind calls him “the only actor aside from Groucho who delivered my lines as they were intended.”

Discovered by Groucho’s son, Arthur, when Ferrante was a drama student at the University of South-ern California, Ferrante origi-nated the off-Broadway title role in “Groucho: A Life in Revue,” portraying the comedian from age 15 to 85. For this role, Ferrante won 1987’s New York’s Theatre World Award and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. He reprised the role in London’s West End and was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for

Comedy Performance of the Year.In 2001, Ferrante starred in,

directed and produced the national PBS television program “Groucho: A Life in Revue.” When not touring with “An Evening with Groucho,” Ferrante stars as the comic lead in the European cirque “Teatro Zinzanni” in San Francisco and Seattle.

Jim Furmston, musical direc-tor/piano, Ferrante’s accompanist since 1984, has enjoyed a versatile career as recitalist, accompanist and composer. His performances have garnered international ac-claim in both worlds of classical and popular music. Furmston was invited to perform a debut recital at New York’s Lincoln Center and also performed on the inaugural program of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute.

In Hollywood, Furmston has accompanied many stars, collabo-rating over the years with Billy Da-vis, Marilyn McCoo, Nell Carter,

Carol Channing, Debbie Reynolds, Joel Grey, Sally Struthers, Jane Seymour, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Gene Barry, Ann Margaret, David Hasselhoff and John Rubinstein, to name a few.

“I expect that our audience will belly laugh during our show,”

Ferrante says. “That’s what it is designed to do… make people laugh hard. And remind them of a classic style of American comedy. Audience members can also expect the magnificent piano playing of

Frank Ferrante (right) and Jim Furmston. (photo submitted by Marianne Carruth)

(conTinued on page 16)



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Jim Furmston, who also serves as my comedy foil onstage.”

Ferrante will also conduct a master class in comedy acting for local students and adults. Fer-rante’s performance is presented with funding from Main Stage

• Ferrante(conTinued FroM page 15)

Supporting Sponsor TD Bank and Event Sponsor ACTS Retirement -Life Communities.

Tickets are available at the TFAC box office Tuesday – Friday from 10-4 and Saturday 10-1. Call 828-859-8322 for more informa-tion, or email [email protected].

– article submitted by Marianne Carruth

Music on parade

Percussionists and other musicians took their tunes to the street for the parade held during Super Saturday on Saturday, March 17. (photos by Leah Justice)

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Super Saturday street scenesEntertainers and community members joined in the Super Saturday parade Saturday, March 17. Super Saturday, also known as the Children’s Theater Festival, brought out hundreds of families to enjoy theatrical performances, music, storytelling, chalk drawing, food and more in downtown Tryon. (photos by Leah Justice)


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Dorothy Skipper Stephens

Dorothy Skipper Stephens, 81, of Green Creek Dr., Columbus (Green Creek Community) passed away Thursday, March 22, 2012 at her home.

Born in Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Ferd Skip-per and Lusco Gosnell Skipper. She was owner and operator of Green Greek Salon. She enjoyed music, having played the piano for many years. Mrs. Stephens was a member of Green Creek First Bap-tist Church and was the widow of Jack Stephens, who died in 1999.

Surviving is one daughter, Yvonne Bloom and her husband, Larry Bloom, of Sandy Springs, Ga.; one son, Mark Butler of Atlanta, Ga.; two sisters, Juanita McGuire of Anderson, S.C. and

Obituaries Gladys Nanny of Virginia; one brother, Arnold Skipper of Melvin Hill, N.C. Also surviving are two grandchildren, Chad Butler and Christy Gee, and four great-grand-children, Chadee, Tori, Brayden and Hudson.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24 in Green Creek First Baptist Church, with Rev. Allen McKinney of-ficiating.

Burial will be in Green Creek First Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 1 - 2 p.m. prior to the service in the church.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, N.C. 28722.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneral-chapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Polk County locals Pvt. Blair Ruth and Pfc. Luke Spangler of Mike Company PLT 3016 took “The Crucible” March 3 and earned the title Marine after 13 weeks of training for the United States Marine Corps. The Crucible is a 54-hour ordeal made up of several events that test the recruits’ endurance, strength and overall teamwork as they face the stress of limited food, sleep and exhaustion. It is the final test recruits must pass to earn the title Marine. A graduation ceremony was held Friday, March 9 at Parris Island, S.C. These two Marines plan to enjoy a break with their families and then return to active duty. (photo submitted by Sabrina Spangler)

Polk County localsearn title of Marine

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It is difficult to establish the defining lines between social or moderate drinking and problem drinking. This is primarily due to rationalizing or denial on the part of the drinker. Problem drinking can be defined as the repeated use of alcohol which causes trouble in the user’s personal, profes-sional or family life. What makes trouble is trouble. You may have a drinking problem if you…

- Feel guilty or ashamed about your drinking

- Lie to others or hide your drinking habits

- Have friends or family mem-bers who are worried about your drinking

- Need to drink in order to relax or feel better

- “Black out” or forget what you did while you were drinking

- Regularly drink more than you intended to

- Repeatedly neglect your responsibilities at home, work

or school- Experience alcohol related

legal problems- Have problems with relation-

ships at home or at work.Even though family and

f r i e n d s m a y recognize the trouble, it takes honest examina-tion on the part of the individual to make positive change.

According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1 in 13 American adults is at any given time an alcohol abuser. These problems generally occur between the individual’s mid-20s and early 40s. So, the question is, “How much is too much?” For most non-alcoholic adults, moderate use of alcohol – no more than two drinks a day for men and one for women and older people

– is relatively harmless. A drink means 1.5 ounces of spirits, 5 ounces of wine, or 12 ounces of beer – all of which contain 0.5 ounces of alcohol.

Some research has shown that these amounts – especially with wine – are actu-ally healthy.

Since alcohol is a legal drug, there are certain criteria for re-

sponsible use. Responsible use is defined as 21 years of age, non-alcoholic, never drink and drive, knowing your personal limits, no alcohol related health problems, no trouble at home or on the job, and no genetic predisposition for alcoholism in your family.

As mentioned above, honest self-examination on the part of the individual is required. Sometimes we are not willing to see what others see. We don’t

When does drinking become a problem?

Journey to wellness

by Rick McCallister

want to examine ourselves and are not receptive to the sugges-tions of others. Individuals may rationalize or blame others for excessive drinking, building a wall of denial. Breaking through denial is a difficult task. Honesty and openness, hopefully, will lead to admitting that a problem exists. Then and only then can proper intervention or treatment help to resolve the issue.

Courage and discipline on the part of the individual is neces-sary to address problem drink-ing: courage to admit a problem exists and the discipline to do something about it.

If you think that you or a fam-ily member may have a drinking problem, The Polk Wellness Center can help. A licensed ad-dictions counselor is there to help in a confidential and non-threatening environment. Call our office at 828-894-2222 for an assessment. Most insurance is accepted with adjusted rates for low-income individuals.

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TRYONBAPTIST - page 31

"Take a Hike!"VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLFirst Baptist Church of Tryon

125 Pacolet Street (top of the hill)Sunday - Thursday, July 27 - 31, 2008

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.PRE-SCHOOL THRU GRADE 6

LIGHT SUPPER SERVED EACH EVENING AT 6:00 P.M.

2x47/24,25

First Baptist Church of Tryon, Inc.POST OFFICE BOX 1287125 PACOLET STREET

TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA 28782DR. WILLIAM G. HENDERSON, JR., INTENTIONAL INTERIM PASTOR PASTOR’S CELL PHONE 912-399-4446HOME PHONE 828-357-8246 CHURCH OFFICE 828-859-5375

Please use the following business-card size advertisement in your paper Friday,October 24, 2008. Please send statement to the above address, to the attention of JaneEdwards, Secretary. Thanks!

Please place picture of church over the X.

WE WANT TO SHARE OUR CHURCH AND OUR LORD WITH YOU.

Sundays are for Worship! 10:00 A. M. Sunday School 11:00 A. M. Joyful Worship X 6:00 P. M. Youth “Refuge”

Choirs for all ages

Wednesday 10:00 A.M. Bible Study & Prayer

Dr. Bill Henderson, Pastor in the Interim







Choirs for all ages



2x210/24, F thru 1/30/09TBAP-025296


First Baptist Church of Tryon

TBAP-025296







Choirs for all ages









Choirs for all ages



2x212/4 F tfnTBAP-033564

Rev. Jeffrey C. Harris, pastor

First Baptist Church of Tryon

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Rotary Club of Tryon President Gorden Threlfall (left) with Frank Ortiz. The motto of Rotary is “Service Above Self,” and each year Rotary International conducts a competition to select a Rotarian whose service best exemplifies the Rotary motto. This year the Rotary Club of Tryon nominated Frank Ortiz for the award. Ortiz was selected as the nominee for Rotary District 7670, which comprises all the Rotary Clubs of Western North Carolina, and he was selected as well at Rotary Zone 33, which has more than 38,000 Rotarians. At a recent club meeting, Threlfall congratulated Ortiz on his success in the competition. Threlfall also noted Ortiz’ numerous contributions to the club, including his many years as chair of the annual ShrimpFest, which raises funds for youth projects, his participation in Reading Is Fundamental, and his volunteerism throughout the community. (photo submitted by Bill Hillhouse)

Ortiz recognized for service above self

Morning restricted pairsSection A: North-South1. George Cashau - Donald

Cobb2. Donna Lohr - Judith

Depriester3. Silvia Crouse - Carolyn Jones4. Daniel Dworkin - Jack Wil-

liamsSection A: East-West1. Roger Yike - Marilyn Yike2. Ronald Wingo - Carolyn

Ashburn3. Esther Taylor - Barbara

Clegg4. Robert Palmer - David HartSection B: North-South1. Rodney Lohman - Barbara

Lohman

2/3. Jim Rezac - Elizabeth Murray

2/3. Katherine Moore - Janice Matthisen

4. Mickey Brandstadter - Dianne Brandstadter

Section B: East-West1. Stephanie White - Nancy

Symmes2. Elizabeth Easley - Norma

Evola3. Kris Diggs - Yoshikazu

Kinoshita4. Bruce Fritz - Elaine JenkinsAfternoon open pairsNorth-South

Foothills bridge results, March 8

(conTinueD on page 22)

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Like fire ants, they’re spreading“The little white clouds are

racing over the sky,And the fields are strewn with

the gold of the flower of March,The daffodil breaks under foot,

and the tasseled larchSways and swings as the thrush

goes hurrying by.”~Oscar Wilde

An early spring has come to Saluda, and with it among pale-pink drifts of cherry blossoms at McCreery Park. Other things have come as well, maybe not as welcome. Bugs. Varmints. Pests. Visitors that appear by magic—with intent to stay, and keep staying — un-welcome guests that appear for dinner and never leave.

Woolly adel-gids on hemlock trees are sup-posedly returning in full force this year. Apparently, even pests have on and off years, just like the rest of us. The good guys, bats and bees are struggling — I’ve watched my own bat colony practically vanish over the past few years — from under the shutters and also from the bat houses. With a warmer than usual winter, the bad guys had a head-start. Along as the early grass season, ticks and mosquitoes are bound to hatch out earlier, too.

Last summer and fall, I started noticing strange dark-shelled la-dybugs hanging around. Was this a mutation of sorts? The little crunchers acted and smelled the same as the imported Asian lady-bugs. Both are attracted to white walls, western and southern expo-sures, have a lingering hard-to-get-rid of smell: they’ll find any crack

in your house where they can gain entrance for the winter months. What are these alien bugs?

Kudzu bugs. Megacopta cribraria. Some folks call them

stink bugs, or other names. They’re an im-port, and have moved up to this area from Geor-gia first identi-fied in 2009 by

University of Georgia entomolo-gists, it’s believed they hitched rides from Asia into Hartsfield International Airport.

Like fire ants, they’re spread-ing. Although these guys don’t sting, they’re a pest. They love kudzu for their main-course and think wisteria is dessert: but also soybeans, and possibly other crops. Wherever there’s kudzu, they will go. Cold weather is their enemy, and some people use pesticide to control the beast. Vacuuming them in the house works, although smashing them is not a good idea.

One good note is, I found a re-cord number of praying mantis egg cases in the garden while working, so hope the mantis population will help control some of the pests.

So, if you see kudzu bugs: please tell them to pack their suit-cases and hitch a ride back to Asia!

West Point Baptist Church will hold revival services Sunday, March 25 - Wednesday, March 28.

Professors from Fruitland Bap-tist Bible Institute will speak:

Sunday, March 25: 10 a.m. - Rev. David Horton; 6:30 p.m. - Dr. Johnny Tiller

Monday, March 26: 7 p.m. - Rev. Peter McDonald

Tuesday, March 27: 7 p.m. - Rev. J.D. Grant

Wednesday, March 28: 7 p.m. - Rev. Brian Henderson

– article submittedby Sheree Crowder

Revival services at West Point Baptist

Saluda News &

Notationsby Bonnie Bardos

A kudzu bug (megacopta cribraria). (photo submitted by Alex Bardos)



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Ah, the sight of people tak-ing their toddlers for a leisurely springtime promenade up Trade Street in Tryon. Wait a minute, those aren’t toddlers in the strollers, and this is no leisurely afternoon walk. It’s the Tryon April Fool’s Festival Stroller Race to benefit Foothills Hu-mane Society (FHS), and those are bags of pet food in those strollers.

The humane society invites community members to join it on March 31 in Tryon as racers charge up Trade Street pushing strollers containing bags of pet food. The registration table will be located on Trade Street at the bottom of the hill, near Stott’s Ford. Eager participants can come by starting at 10:30 a.m. to register for the race, which will occur at approximately 2 p.m., after the parade and TP Trot to the Outhouse. The en-try fee is a large bag of cat or dog food (14 pounds or more), or other items needed by the shelter of equivalent value (see www.foothillshumanesociety.org/home/shelter-needs-list.html for a list of needed items). Prizes will be given to the win-ners, and all donations will go to FHS. Volunteers on hand at the registration table will also gladly accept in-kind donations from those not wanting to race.

While you’re waiting for the start of the stroller race, watch the parade and admire some of the animals from the shelter strutting their stuff. Animals from FHS available for adop-tion will be at the FHS On the

Road trailer until 3 p.m., which will be located at the corner of Maple and Trade Streets (where the old thrift shop was located). And after the race, stick around for the Trashion Show at 4 p.m. at the Tryon Depot, which will also benefit FHS.

For more information, please visit Tryon Downtown De-velopment Association’s web page on the day’s festivities at downtowntryon.org/additional-information/calendar/2012-april-fools-day/.

–article submittedby Joyce Cox

This dog, Lilly, will be one of many dogs available for adoption Saturday, March 31 during Tryon’s April Fool’s Day Festival. Visit the Foothills Humane Society’s On the Road trailer to see Lilly and other adoptable animals until 3 p.m. (photo submitted by Joyce Cox)

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Ingram Willis Jr.– article submittedby Marily Williams

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Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC), in conjunction with the City of Landrum and town of Tryon, will present the second bi-ennial Art in Bloom, a celebration of artful gardens in the Carolina foothills, on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13.

Highlights for the weekend will be five private gardens on tour in the Tryon area and a garden and art bazaar in the two towns on Saturday, May 12 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Each garden will be staffed with a master gardener and local artist who will paint the landscapes.

Both downtown Landrum and downtown Tryon will host a gar-den and art bazaar featuring more than 40 vendors selling a variety of garden and art items.

Sunday afternoon at 4pm, the Tryon Fine Arts Center will hold a “Festive Finale” sponsored by Tryon Federal Bank, with guest speaker Sally Springer Barnett,

author of “A Tale of Two Gar-dens.” There will also be a recep-tion for the regional artists whose work will be on display through-out the Tryon Fine Arts Center campus for the month of May.

“Art in Bloom is a community wide event and we are so fortu-nate to have broad participation from all the local garden clubs, individuals, garden retail and wholesale shops, local merchants and the arts community,” said Stuart Evans, TFAC vice presi-dent of development and bazaar chair for the event. “Our collec-tive goal beyond celebrating gar-dens as art and the natural beauty of our area is to work with the municipalities to develop funding for pocket parks and public art throughout the Tryon, Landrum and Columbus communities.”

The two-day weekend kicks off with a Friday night gala spon-sored by Millard & Co. Tickets for the garden tours on Saturday,

A tranquil pond in one of the gardens featured in the first Art in Bloom celebration in 2010. Garden tours will take place on Saturday, May 12 as one event in a weekend celebration of art and gardens. (photo submitted by Marianne Carruth)

TFAC to hold ‘Art in Bloom,’ an art and garden festival, May 12-13

May 12 include refreshments and free parking. Tickets for the “Festive Finale” include Barnett’s presentation and the reception.

The bazaars on Saturday in downtown Tryon and downtown Landrum are free to the public.

For information to purchase tickets and for more informa-tion on Art in Bloom, call TFAC at 828-859-8322 or visit www.tryonarts.org.

– article submittedby Marianne Carruth



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The public is invited to Iso-thermal Community College’s Polk Center Monday, March 26 at 7 p.m. for “Mark Twain’s Amer-ica,” a concert by Ken Burns’ pianist, Jacqueline Schwab.

Schwab will perform her ar-rangements of vintage American music, featuring music from Mark Twain’s era (1835-1910) and beyond – Stephen Foster and Civil War song tunes, Victo-rian ballroom dance tunes, Scots and Irish songs and dance tunes brought over by settlers, hymns and spirituals, ragtime, plus 20th-century tango and Billie Holiday blues, as well contemporary-style Celtic and English traditional music. These may include some new arrangements from an up-coming solo piano recording featuring waltzes, airs and tan-gos. Jacqueline’s arrangements of American heart songs honor the community and improvisational spirit of music making reported in Twain’s times but also have a contemporary sound.

In Ken Burns’ words, “Jac-queline Schwab brings more feeling and intensity to music than anyone I know. Her playing is insistent, physical, heartfelt and unusually moving.”

Drawing on classical, tradi-tional folk and contemporary music roots, Schwab has been heard on a dozen of Burns’ documentaries, including his Grammy award-winning “Civil War,” his Emmy award-winning “Baseball,” “Lewis and Clark,” “Mark Twain,” “The War,” his recently-premiered “The Na-

tional Parks: America’s Best Idea” and his recently-premiered “Tenth Inning” to his “Baseball” series. Schwab’s latest project for Ken Burns will be his upcoming documentary on the Dust Bowl.

The New England Folk Alma-nac wrote Schwab plays with “the jazz/classical improvisational spirit of Keith Jarrett and the touch of George Winston.”

She has performed at the White House for President Clin-ton, with singer Jean Redpath, on Minnesota Public Radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion” and on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman.”

The event is sponsored in part by Polk County ICC Foundation Inc. and is free and open to the public. More information is avail-able at 828-894-3092.

- article submittedby Kate Barkschat

Ken Burns’ pianist, Schwab,in concert at ICC’s Polk Center

Jacqueline Schwab, pianist for Ken Burns’ documentaries, will perform at ICC-Polk Monday, March 26 at 7 p.m.

The Godshaw Hill Residents Association will hold their annual meeting on Thursday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church on New Market Road. They will meet with town officials as well as consider Tryon’s build-ing codes and some of its ordi-nances, particularly those concern-

ing general nuisances, dogs and garbage/trash. All residents of the Godshaw Hill area are encouraged to attend, meet their neighbors (es-pecially the newer ones), and learn more about the neighborhood and community they live in.

- article submittedby Peter Hawes

Godshaw Hill Residents meet March 29

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Editor’s Note: In the recent Appointments issue the Bulletin incorrectly listed information that Kayleigh Spicer and her horse, Socks, won the World Cup Olympic Pentathlon. Instead Spicer’s horse, Socks, was the winning horse at the World Cup Olympic Pentathlon in Charlotte, N.C. in mid-March, but Spicer was not the competitor who rode Socks in the event. The pentathlon was a qualifier for the Olympic team selection and included entries from 34 countries competing in five categories.

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TJ Fincher, 17-year-old son of Trey and Missy Fincher, recently attended the Baseball Factory’s Under Armour Pre-Season All-American Tournament in Tucson, Ariz.

He attended the week-end event with 300 standout baseball players from across the country, including Roger Clemmons’ son, Casey Clemmons, and first-round draft prospect Carson Kelley. Fincher represented the “Coastal” team, along with other players from North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Florida. He also played alongside former teammate Roberto Taft. Fincher played at second base and also went 2-3 at the plate in the final game.

Players started the tournament by being videotaped in a show-case setting. This video will be posted to each player’s individual web page. Each team also played in three “showcase-style” games.

The current special assistant to Kansas City Royal general man-ager Mike Toomey was the guest speaker at the opening ceremony. All games were held at the Kino Sports Complex, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks Spring Training.

Fincher was able to see a former coach from the Omaha experience, CJ Lee. Lee is a for-mer professional player with the Atlanta Braves Organization and played college baseball at Old Dominion and East Tennessee State. Most pitchers at the event were throwing in the mid to high 80s. Fincher remarked, “That’s probably the best pitching I’ve ever faced.”

As a result of his performance in Arizona, Fincher was also selected to play on an Under Armour Team this summer in Florida.

– article submittedby Missy Fincher

Fincher selected as Baseball Factory’s Under Armour Pre-Season All-American

Cary Davenport, who has more than 40 years as a tennis in-structor and is a recognized U.S. professional tennis instructor, founded Carolina Junior Tennis in October 2008. The program is now one of the largest tennis programs in South Carolina and Western North Carolina.

The goal of the Carolina Ju-nior Tennis Program, Davenport said, is to provide families in the community with the same qual-ity tennis instruction you would find in country clubs, select private schools and tennis clubs for a fraction of the cost.

“There are now more than 100 players in the program playing seasonally, once a week, and some play daily. Parents are given the opportunity for their

children to play as much or as little tennis as they like. Some children want to play for rec-reation, and some want to play competitively, and a few want to play at the college level,” said Davenport.

“For the first time in this area the U.S. Tennis Association has sanctioned two tennis tourna-ments for the Carolina junior tennis players, and we are all thrilled,” said Davenport.

The tournaments will be held Saturday, April 21 and Saturday, Oct. 6 at Chapman High School and Landrum High School.

Carol ina Junior Tennis League will also offer several free tennis clinics this spring:

May 11, 3 p.m. at Saluda School

May 12, 10 a.m. at Chapman High School and Harmon Field.

May 19, 10 a.m. at O.P. Earle Elementary School in Landrum.

Davenport led the first Dis-trict One Schools tennis clinic, which was attended by more than 125 students. When it was completed, Davenport said, many parents asked him to con-tinue offering tennis instruction for their children and Carolina Junior Tennis was born.

As more children began playing, the need for another instructor became evident and Edgar Rodriguez came on board. Rodriguez’s experience com-petitively and professionally brought a new dimension to the tennis program. His extensive training (he played at Wimble-

Carolina Junior Tennis offers sanctioned tournaments, free clinicsdon) and trainer skills have added different levels of tennis from teaching the beginner all the way to the college develop-ment, Davenport said.

In the fall of 2010 another instructor was added. Nestor Vargas, a junior at West Alabama University and their No. 1 tennis player, coaches Carolina Junior Tennis during the late spring, summer and over Christmas holiday season.

“There are several good sports programs here in the community but not a compre-hensive developmental junior tennis program,” said Daven-port. “We have use of all District one Schools 18 tennis courts,

TJ Fincher

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By Samantha Hurst

The Polk County Lady Wol-verines played a tough one on the diamond against Madison Wednesday, March 21 losing their first game of the season.

“This one was a hard-fought game,” said softball head coach

Jeff Wilson. “We just couldn’t get the bats going.”

Pitcher Jamie Hrobak still managed to strikeout 10 batters, despite the one run Madison had on the Wolverines. Hrobak herself also got one hit, while teammate Casie Couch also

Polk softball falls to Madison in first loss of season

Harmon Fields in Tryon, Saluda School in Saluda, and Red Fox Country Club in Columbus. We also use the Landrum United Methodist Church gym and the O.P. Earle Elementary gym in Landrum for rainy and cold days. Our main base is the O.P. Earle tennis court in the winter months and Red Fox Country Club in the spring and summer.”

Davenport said, “We empha-size hard work, listening and being respectful to others in the group, and to family members and our instructors. Sports-manship is a key factor in the program.”

Contact Davenport for more information at 864-415-8775 or [email protected] or visit www.CarolinaJuniorTen-nis.com for the spring/summer programs.

– article submittedby Barbara Childs

• Tennis(conTinueD From page 26)

Tickets available for FENCE Golf Tournament FundraiserThe annual golf tournament to

raise funds for the Foothills Eques-trian Nature Center (FENCE) will be held at the Carolina Country Club of Spartanburg. The tourna-ment will be held Monday, April 23 from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, the date will be rescheduled to Tues-day, April 24. The club is located at 2355 Carolina Country Club Road in Spartanburg, S.C.

The day begins at 8 a.m. with coffee and pastries prior to the 9 a.m. registration at the club. Then a shotgun start will take place, so there is no need for individual players to set up a tee time. All teams will play in the Captain’s Choice, which leaves at 10 a.m. Lunch is provided at noon on the course. An awards and cocktails reception for the players will be held at the club from 5 - 7 p.m.

The tournament is organized by Foothills Equestrian Nature Center in partnership with The Carolina Country Club and spon-sors include Raymond James and Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, Inc. The entire entry fee will be 100-percent tax deductible since

sponsor’s donations will pay all the expenses.

FENCE, located at 3381 Hunt-ing Country Road in Tryon, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing facilities and focus for education, recreation and preservation in nature studies and equestrian activities with the aim of enhancing these endeavors to enrich the quality of life for the community. It is set on 380 acres of hardwood forest, meadow and wetland. The entire property is protected by a conservation ease-ment, so it will always be available for future generations. It serves some 65,000 people each year with programs in nature study, outdoor recreation and equestrian competition. It is governed by a volunteer board of directors work-ing with a small salaried staff.

During the school year, some 8,000 elementary and junior high school students join the Project FENCE natural history curricu-lum, both on the FENCE grounds and in their own classrooms. FENCE currently serves stu-dents in Buncombe, Henderson, Rutherford and Polk counties in

got a hit. Playing well on defense,

Coach Wilson said, were catch-er Ashley Crop and third base-man Shae Wheeler.

Polk now sits 8-1 overall for the season and 1-1 in Western Highland Conference play.

North Carolina and Greenville and Spartanburg counties in South Carolina. FENCE also provides facilities and classes in nature study for home-schooled children and for youth organizations like 4-H and the Boy and Girl Scouts.

A complete list of activities for 2012 organized by FENCE can be found at www.fence.org/general/general-events. To learn more visit www.fence.org and to learn about the location of the tournament visit www.thecarolinacountryclub.com

– article submittedby Theron Farmer



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It never ceases amaze me how many things there are to do in our area. Last Saturday was Super Saturday in downtown Tryon. WOW - if you haven’t had the chance to visit Super Saturday in Tryon you are missing out on a great time. Although the focus is on children there was great fun to be had by all.

The streets were filled with smiling children as dragons, jug-glers and musicians entertained. Countless volunteers and local businesses put their time, money and hard work into making the event a great success. I doubt that any of them expect recognition or publicity but they deserve it.

This weekend you can enjoy Heritage Days at Harmon Field in Tryon, with a realistic Civil War encampment along the Pacolet River. In the morning soldiers will drill and discuss battle plans. Saturday evening there is the ever-popular Tryon Gallery Trot from 5 – 8 p.m. which is open to all art

lovers. Many businesses will also be open for your enjoyment and shopping.

Still looking for something to do? Pam Stone, who among oth-er things writes a hilarious column that we publish each Friday, will emcee for the

fashion show and luncheon ben-efit at Spiegel Farm, in Campo-bello this Saturday. PJ’s Fashions of Landrum is sponsoring the event and proceeds will benefit the O.P. Earle Elementary Reading is Fundamental (RIF) program. For more information or tickets call 864-457-3416.

I could go on and on as there are so many things to do and see here, but in the interest of space I’ll direct you to the community calendar for more fun things to do and see.

Most of these events wouldn’t happen without all of the volun-teers who make it repetitive. Our hats are off to all who make our area such a special place to visit and even better to call home.

Publisher’s Notebookby Betty Ramsey

Local events make thisa special place to call home

Eric Freeman of Tryon was presented with a gold “Certificate of Achievement” award in person from Robert Ingles II and James Lanning, president of Ingles’ Landrum supermarket. They surprised Eric on his March 13 anniversary upon completion of his 15th year of service and dedication to the store. For the previous 19 years, Freeman worked in Tryon for Cowan’s grocery store. He is known as a steadfast, loyal and popular. After hours, Eric gives his time as a public servant to the Tryon Fire Department, where he just received recognition for serving five years as a volunteer fireman.

Freeman once was a Yankee, but he moved to Tryon in 1978 from Chagrin Falls, Ohio. (photo by B.K. Freeman)

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Shin splints: Tibial stress syndromeNow that warm weather’s

here, more folks are outside, and enjoy walking, running, tennis, basketball, racquetball and hiking, among other foot bearing activities. With all this, often comes that ole spring time malady “shin splints,” and if you’ve ever had them, you know how painful and aggravating they can be.

Shin splints are generally described as soreness that occurs in front of the lower leg. Although pain-ful, a shin splint isn’t usually an actual injury, but rather a “syn-drome” or condition.

So what is a shin splint any-way? Shin splints (Tibial Stress Syndrome) occur when one or several muscles (usually the anterior tibialis) that attach to the shin bone are overworked, and pull on the two lower leg bones, the tibula (shin bone) and the fibula.

Shin splints are usually caused one of two ways. First is “overexertion,” like running on hard surfaces, exercising too quickly after a long winter’s lay off, poor shoe quality or running on uneven ground.

The second cause of shin splints is referred to as “biome-chanical” and can be a bit more complicated to diagnose. These causes have more to do with the individual.

Everyone walks and runs dif-ferently. Some have a short gait (stride), while other’s is long. Most everyone, while walking or running touches their outside heel down first, with their foot rotating inward to support them.

Simply put, some feet turn in-ward just enough (normal prona-tion), but some turn in too much (over pronation), and some feet don’t turn in enough (under pronation). Other biomechani-cal causes of shin splints can be flat feet, walking or running with toes pointed outward (duck feet), or toes pointed inward (pigeon toed). By the way, as a

sprint coach I can tell you, the fastest runners(sprinters) are pigeon toed.

Now that we know some of the causes of shin splints, lets go over some preventions, and treatments.

Obviously prevention should be your main goal. First, if you have any physiological condi-tions with regard to your feet,

visit your po-diatrist. Make sure you have good footwear. R e m e m b e r ,

you get what you pay for.Next, strengthen your leg

muscles, but slowly. One exer-cise I recommend is to sit in a chair with legs out straight. Point toes away from you, and hold for a few seconds, then pull toes toward you and hold, and repeat.

Also, stretch your tendons. Tendons hold muscles to bones, and are much like leather in two ways. First, the more supple ten-dons are (stretched), the stronger they can hold.

Secondly, you can’t condition tendons or leather in one sitting. You need to do it (stretch) day after day.

For treatment of shin splints, I recommend icing them (fifteen minutes at a time), several times a day, elevation and rest. Wrap-ping you shins will also help. There are shin splint braces out there, but I’ve found that a 4’ Ace bandage works well.

Diet or exercise question? Email me at [email protected]. Or visit fitness4your-life.org. David Crocker of Lan-drum has been a nutritionist and personal trainer for 26 years.

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Saluda School A and A/B honor rolls and perfect atten-dance lists for the fourth six weeks of school

A Honor Roll Third Grade: Aubrey Baum-

berger, Wylie Rauschenbach and Cecelia Thompson.

Fourth Grade: Tana Harris and Anna McFadden.

Fifth Grade: Sadie Allen and Judy Laughter.

A/B Honor Roll Third Grade: Grayson Brad-

ley, Brandon Cantrell, Sabrina Craig, Alexia Farrell, Maylin Fletcher, Kaleb Johnson, Lo-gan Johnson, Katie Mundy, Christian Netschylatilo, Drake Waggoner and Max Wagoner.

Fourth Grade : Amberly Arkell, Parker Gooding, Hunter Justus, Isaac Kellar, Grace Lauer, Brandon Metcalf, Holly

Saluda School A and A/B honor rolls and perfect attendanceObermiller, Bret Snider, Trey Stanley and Madalyn Williams.

Fifth Grade: Ceasar Bowser, Peyton Dill, Damien Kuettel, Zach Lambert, Georgia Mc-Cullough, Abigail Orlando and Blake Rackley.

Perfect AttendancePreKindergarten: Paulino

Cera-Gonzalez Kindergar ten : F ranc i s -

co Cera-Gonzalez, Maggie McCammon, Reagan Moss and Claire Thompson.

First Grade: Hunter Cantrell, Allison Kennedy, Cameron Markel and Sydney Uhrich.

Second Grade: Tyler Heath-erly and Ashlyn Ramsey.

T h i r d G r a d e : G r a y -

son Bradley, Alexia Farrell, Kaleb Markel, Tristan Morgan, Christian Netschytailo, Brittany Strickland, Cecelia Thompson and Samantha Wilcox.

Fourth Grade: Jhoana Cera-Gonzalez, Jayden Culver, Alys-sa Justus, Hunter Justus, Keith Martinez, Anna McFadden, Ashleigh Nonamaker, Holly Obermiller, Joshua Sester, Trey Stanley, Dylan Stepp and Ryan Thorsland.

F i f t h G r a d e : B r a n d o n Boehler, Jackson Hanson, Judy Laughter, Georgia McCullough, Daniel Moss, Helena Netschy-tailo and Blake Rackley.

- article submittedby Ronette Dill

Photonic Red Light Therapy demonstration evening April 18Dianne Jenkins will present

an information and demonstra-tion evening on Photonic Red Light at Redgate Farm in Tryon on Wednesday, April 18 at 6 p.m.

This evening will follow a five-day course, April 13-17, at the Biltmore Estate associated with the presentation. Photonic Red Light Therapy studies the

integration of traditional Chi-nese medicine practice with science using a modern and safe technology, Jenkins said.

As Photonic Red Light Ther-apy is complementary to vet-erinary medicine and all other known therapies, the course attracts professional students, veterinarians, physical thera-

pists, human and equine mas-sage therapists, chiropractors, farriers and dentists.

Horse owners, trainers and horse caregivers who wish to broaden their skills to support equine health can also benefit from this demonstration.

Students learn gait analysis, reading the equine body, strate-

gies for emergency first aid – shock, colic and bleeding control – and protocols for movement dysfunction and a number of systemic conditions.

A guided externship/field work is then undertaken post course for certification.

– article submittedby Dianne Jenkins

The Lanier Library will hold its spring book sale on Thurs-day, March 29, Friday, March 30 and Saturday, March 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sale is open to the public on Friday and Saturday (Thursday is for members only).

In addition to a large number of books for all interests (fic-tion, reference, how-to, cook-ing, crafts and children’s), the sale includes several categories of CDs, DVDs, videotapes and puzzles. Although the library has received a large number of donated items for the sale in recent months, new donations

are still being accepted.The Lanier Library is a non-

profit organization supported by its members. It provides full library services for its mem-bers and holds regular cultural events and activities that are open to the general public.

The library receives no fund-ing from city, state or federal taxes and uses the proceeds from its spring and fall book sales to add new items to its collections.

New members and visitors are always welcome.

– article submittedby Frances Flynn

Lanier Library holds springbook sale March 29 - 31

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Want to make your Doctor’s day?Honor your physician with a gift to the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation.

March 30 is Doctors Day . . . Each year, we recognize our doctors, physician

assistants and nurse practitioners for their community

spirit, their healing talents and their selfl ess dedication

to the art of medicine. Th is year, you can make your

doctor feel really good with a contribution to St. Luke’s

Hospital Foundation in his or her honor.

Just like our physicians, all donations improve

healthcare in our community.

Please accept this tax-deductible gift in honor (or memory) of:

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____$10 ____$25 ____$50 ____$100 ____Other

Please make your check payable to St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, c/o Meshelle Colvin, Executive Director, 101 Hospital Drive, Columbus, NC 28722. If you prefer to make a donation over the phone, call 894-2693. All donors and physicians will be acknowledged.

Visit www.slhfoundation.org for more information.

The Encyclopedia Brittanica DictionaryWell, that’s sad.The Encyclopedia Brittanica,

which has been published con-tinuously since 1768, has rolled out its last print edition, suc-cumbing to the electronic age.

Critics pointed out that, like Kodak, the company turned a blind eye to the competition of the internet and ‘Wikipedia,’ and that it is no surprise only 8,000 units were sold last year, world-wide.

But it’s sad, isn’t it?A gleaming set of Ency-

clopedia Brittanica graced the bookshelves of many well-to-do households down through the ages and were considered some-what of a status symbol. Parents of lesser means, still wanting to assist the education of their chil-dren, displayed copies of ‘World Book,’ but it simply wasn’t as impressive. Rather like having a new Buick in the driveway instead of a Cadillac to show off to the neighbors.

I have vivid memories of our own set, purchased by my father sometime in the early 1950s, and when I began leafing through them in the early 70s, even I realized how dated they were, but nearly daily, I stood on the couch to drag down a hefty volume, which pleased my father to no end.

“You like reading, don’t you?” he said.

“Mmmmm.” I replied, ne-glecting to point out that it was the same book I pulled out, in the ‘H - J’ section, because it had two pages of black and white photos depicting horse breeds and I couldn’t figure out why the sleek Shetland show pony presented looked nothing like the beloved but wooly crea-ture with a passion for rolling in the mud that I kept in our back yard paddock.

At the end of the set in our bookcase stood the bonus tome: ‘The Encyclopedia Brittanica Dictionary’ and to any person of the modern era, you have no idea of the frustration this brought to a child.

Today, like cashiers that have to look up to the digital display above their registers to see how much change should be given back for a candy bar when given a dollar, or God forbid, a dollar and two pennies, any person can simply type in a word and their trusted comput-er alerts them that they have spelled a word incorrectly (although I must say that I’ve had to insist to my own Mac that, no, I have not mis-spelled Brittanica. Trust me. It doesn’t matter how many times you underline it in red).

But as a child this modern marvel was not available and my parents, having sunk a great deal of money in these books essentially washed their hands of any further educational as-sistance.

“Mom!” I called, hunched over a homework assignment. “How do you spell pneumonia?”

“What’s that, dear?” called

my mother from the kitchen.“Pneumonia! How do you

spell pneumonia?”“Look it up.” came that

teeth-grindingly, frustrating, reply.

“How can I look it up if I don’t know how to spell it?” I countered.

“ I spen t a bloody fortune buying that set,” announced my father, walking through the den with the newspaper, on his way to the bathroom. “And I didn’t spend it so that you could be lazy and not look things up.”

“But how can I look it up,” I said slowly, deliberately, as if speaking to a foreigner, “if I don’t know how to spell it?!”

“Well,” replied my mother rationally. “You’ll know how to spell it once you look it up, won’t you?”

In exasperation, I pored through the ‘N’ section and found no mention of pneumo-

nia. “I can’t find the bloody word!”

My mother, laying the table for dinner, poked her head through the doorway.

“Stop swearing. I don’t know where you pick up such lan-guage!”

“It’s another symptom of laziness!” yelled my father from the bathroom. “People who swear don’t have the intellectual capability or vocabulary to use an appropriate word to describe their feelings, so they swear instead!”

“Well, I’m never going to be able to finish my homework or have a vocabulary...” I muttered.

“You will if you want to go to that school dance tonight.” my mother threatened. “By the way, there won’t be any drugs there, will there?”

“No.”“Good. But be careful. You

never know; someone could try to slip marijuana in the punch.”

I did, by the way, eventually finally find ‘pneumonia’ in the dictionary.

But ‘quay’ took me forever.

“I’m Just Saying...”

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PAC hike visits Rainbow Falls March 30Hikers are invited to join the

Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC) Friday, March 30 for the fourth hike of PAC’s Spring Hiking Series, a 5-mile excursion to Rainbow Falls. PAC Land Pro-tection Specialist Pam Torlina will lead the hike from the trail head at Jones Gap State Park. It will be a strenuous hike, 2.5 miles out and 2.5 miles back. The trail starts out moderately, with a slight incline, and follows the Middle Saluda River for the first mile or so. Then, the trail begins a 1,000 foot ascent, over approximately 1.6 miles, to the base of the falls. Rainbow Falls is created by Cox Camp Creek which drops 100 feet over a steep wall of granitic gneiss. The view of the falls makes this strenuous hike worth the effort.

If you are interested in attend-ing the PAC hike at the Jones Gap State Park, contact the PAC office to sign up by phone at 828-859-5060 or email [email protected]. Please note that there is a park fee for this hike. Hikers

should be prepared to pay park admission. S.C. park passes are accepted.

Hikers should wear appropri-ate clothing and footwear; bring a bag lunch and/or snack and plenty of water. Hikers are asked to bring any personal medication that they may require. Hikers should be prepared to return to the area by 3 p.m. at the latest. In case of inclement weather, contact the PAC office by 8:15 a.m. on the day of the hike to see if the hike will take place.

Hikers will be meeting at the Gowensville Spinx (at the inter-section of Hwy 14 and Hwy 11) at 8:30 a.m. to start the journey to Jones Gap State Park.

If you cannot make this hike but would like to attend other hikes, watch the website page www.pacolet.org or go to PACs Facebook page for updates. The next hike is scheduled for April 13 at the Green River Game Lands.

- article submittedby Pam Torlina

Hikers on the PAC Hike to Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve March 16. From left to right: Mary Savard, Bobbie McNutt, Linda Watts, Annie Ewing, Toni Palmisino, Mara Smith, Ford Smith, Tryon Lindabury, Kathy Gross, Barbara Hall, Adel (the dog), Lois Torlina, Patsy Panther, Peggy Burke, Steve Habel and Elizabeth Habel. (photo submitted)

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A neighbor and I were recently discussing his need to do some light scarifying (making slits to remove old thatch) in his lawn to encourage new spring growth. In the course of our conversation, I asked if he was familiar with the scarifying that our ancestors did on people.

“No, what did they do, and why?” he asked.

If folks were believed to be suf-fering from high blood pressure, or from “bad blood” stagnating in areas of the body causing swell-ing and pain, a very sharp knife would be passed through a flame and used to make tiny slits in the skin over the swollen area.

Blood would be drawn from these open slits until the pressure was relieved or it was felt that a sufficient amount of “bad blood” had been removed.

“Folks had a lot of remedies in the old days that sound a little crazy to us today, didn’t they? I re-member my grandma telling about them. Why don’t you include some of them in your twice-told tales?” he asked.

I use several in my The Dark Corner—An Elusive to Exclusive Odyssey course, which I teach in Furman University’s OLLI Learn-ing Curriculum. Here’s a sampling:

Cure for Hives. Find a person who has never seen his or her father

to breathe directly into the mouth of the affected person. The hives will be cured.

Pains of Child Birthing. Place an axe or a large knife underneath the bed to cut the pain.

Cuts and Scratches on the Skin. Find a spider web, place it on the cut or scratch, and blow on it.

Menstrual and other Cramps. Place your oldest pair of shoes un-derneath the seat or bed, in upside down position.

Long-lasting Headache. Tie an old sock tightly around the head for

several hours, then remove and burn it.

E a r a c h e . Blow tobacco smoke into the ear, or place three or four

drops of warm urine into it.Sour Stomach. Mix hot wa-

ter and baking soda in a cup and drink it.

Toothache. Put vanilla flavor-ing on the tooth and surrounding gum.

Bladder or Kidney Infection. Drink plenty of dandelion tea and lots of water.

Jaundice. Drink lots of catnip tea. Especially good for newborn babies.

Diarrhea. Drink blackberry juice.

Croup. Drink moonshine with rock candy or honey.

Chicken Pox. Take an oatmeal bath twice a day.

Scarifying and other natural remedies

Twice-told Tales of the Dark Corner

by Dean Campbell

The Book Shelf will welcome new author Linda Martin, a native of Polk County, with a book re-lease party Sat-urday, March 24 from 1-3 p.m.

The event will celebrate the re-lease of Martin’s new book, “The Summer of the Rabbits.”

Martin will read her book for kids and they can meet illustrator Alice Feagan who will give a draw-

ing demonstration. There will

also be juice and cookies avail-able.

Two library readings will also be held next week. One will be March 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the

Polk County Library and another March 30 at 10:30 a.m. at the Saluda library.

– article submittedby Alivia Rochester

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Kim St. Jean will bring her “Torch Fired Enameling and So Much More” workshop back to the Tryon Arts and Crafts School (TACS) on April Fool’s Day weekend. The workshop will introduce students to the art of enameling with a torch.

St. Jean, an award-winning artist, instructor and author, will teach students some of her favor-ite techniques, such as enameling metal without a kiln and cold connections. At the end of the workshop, students will walk away with several jewelry pieces they have designed and created themselves.

St. Jean has been teaching jewelry classes for 13 years. She has been published in numerous magazines, appeared on several

beading/craft television programs and recently had her first book published, “Mixed Metal Ma-nia.” St. Jean was also named one of the top 10 instructors in the country by the editors and readers of “Bead & Button” and “Beadstyle” magazines.

The workshop will be held on Saturday, March 31, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 1, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Students should pack a lunch, as well as their twit hat (a large man’s handkerchief). All materials and tools will be supplied by Kim St. Jean; ad-ditional supplies and tools will be available for purchase during the weekend.

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Green flower earrings by Kim St. Jean. (photo submitted by Julia McIntyre)

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Dear Savvy Senior,Can exercise help seniors

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~ Sedentary Sally

Dear Sally,Lots of seniors who have

arthritis believe that exercise will worsen their condition, but that’s not true. Study after study has shown that exercise is actu-ally one of the best treatments for osteoarthritis.

Proper and careful exercises can help reduce joint pain and stiffness, strengthen muscles around the joints and increase flexibility. It also helps man-age other chronic conditions that are common among seniors with arthritis, such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Here are some tips to help you get moving.

Exercises for ArthritisDetermining exactly which

types of exercises are best for you, depends on the form and severity of your arthritis, and which joints are involved. It’s best to work with your doctor or a physical therapist to help you develop an exercise pro-gram that works for you. The different types of exercises that are most often recommended to seniors with arthritis include:

• Range-of-motion exercises: These are gentle stretching ex-ercises that can relieve stiffness, as well as improve your ability to move your joints through their normal range of motion. These exercises should be done daily.

• Strengthening exercise: Calisthenics, weight training and working with resistance bands are recommended (two or more days a week) to main-tain and improve your muscle strength, which helps support and protect your joints.

• Aerobic exercises: Low-

impact activities like walking, cycling, swimming or water aer-obics are all recommended three to five times per week to help improve cardiovascular health, control weight, and improve you r ove ra l l function.

It’s also important to keep in mind that when you first start exercising, you need to go slow to give your body time to adjust. If you push yourself too hard you can aggravate your joint pain, however, some muscle soreness or joint achiness in the beginning is normal.

To help you manage your pain start by warming up with some simple stretches or range of motion exercises for five to 10 minutes before you move on to strengthening or aerobic exercises. Another tip is to ap-ply heat to the joints you’ll be working before you exercise, and use cold packs after exer-cising to reduce inflammation.

If you’re experiencing a lot

Exercises that can help ease arthritis pain

Savvy Senior

of pain while you exercise, you may need to modify the frequency, duration, or inten-sity of your exercises until the pain improves. Or you may

need to try a dif-ferent activity – for example switching from

walking to water aerobics. But it you’re having severe, sharp or constant pain, or large increases in swelling or your joints feel hot or red, you need to stop and see your doctor.

Exercise ResourcesTo help you exercise at

home, there are a number ar-thritis exercise DVDs you can purchase to guide you through a wide variety of activities. Col-lage Video (collagevideo.com, 800-819-7111) sells several at prices ranging between $10 and $25, as does the Arthritis Foundation Store at afstore.org or 800-283-7800.

Also see go4life.niapublica-tions.org, a resource created by the National Institute on Aging

that offers a free exercise DVD and book that provides illus-trated examples of exercises you can do to improve your condition. You can order your free copies online or by calling 800-222-2225.

If you need some motivation or don’t like exercising alone, ask your doctor about exer-cise programs in your area for people with arthritis. Hospitals and clinics sometimes offer special programs, as do local health clubs and senior centers. The Arthritis Foundation also conducts exercise and aquatic programs for people with ar-thritis in many communities throughout the U.S. Contact your local branch (see arthritis.org/chaptermap.php, or call 800-283-7800 for contact infor-mation) to find out what may be available near you.

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Edward Emory is an art histo-rian and connoisseur, art gallery owner and charismatic civic booster. The Upstairs Artspace will host Emory’s informal talk, “Spartanburg Spells ART!” as part of its new exhibit, “Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Art in Spartanburg.” The program is Tuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. There is no charge.

Emory will focus on Spar-tanburg’s rich cultural history, its present-day reputation as a thriving artists’ community, and the positive impact of the arts on the region’s economy. He will outline how the Upstate

of South Carolina and Western North Carolina can, together, be an arts destination for people from across the United States.

An added interest for Tryon residents is Emory’s knowledge of the artists of the famous Tryon artists’ colony in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of these artists, such as Margaret Law and Jose-phine Sibley Couper, also lived in Spartanburg.

Emory is the author of a cof-fee table book that inspired the Upstairs exhibit. Also called “Artists Among Us,” the book features double-page spreads for 100 artists showing a representa-

tive art work, the artist’s portrait and an artist’s statement. All but four of the artists are in the cur-rent show. The book is available for purchase at the gallery.

Emory and his wife, Shan-non, are owners and operators of Carolina Gallery in downtown Spartanburg.

The Upstairs’ doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more details, call 828-859-2828 or visit www.upstairsartspace.org. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sat-urday, 12 to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m.

– article submittedby Upstairs Artspace

Guests at the opening reception for “Artists Among Us” at Upstairs Artspace. (photo by Keith Spencer)

Upstairs Artspace hosts ‘Spartanburg Spells ART!’

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will meet on Sunday, March 25 at the Tryon Youth Center on Rt. 176 N. at 10:30 a.m. This service will be devoted to the creative side of the congregation. Various members of the TBUUF fellowship, who have special talents and interests in the arts, will share their talents with the rest of us.

Selections from a sermon by Rev. Rowe entitled “Seeing” will be read, and the group will discuss how artists may see

things in fresh and new ways and may often be willing to help others see things from a different perspective.

Several members of the con-gregation have already volun-teered to participate in the ser-vice. Annie Ewing and her female folk music group will provide music, artists Penny Kessler, Marie King, Katherine Smith and Christine Mariotti will show and talk about their paintings. Wood craftsman Grant Libramento will show and discuss his handmade

UU Fellowship holds ‘Creativity Service’ March 25chairs. Others will read poetry and prose during the service.

All of the congregation will have a 3-D project to complete by the end of the morning.

This unusual service is open to the public and all are invited to share it with the artists on that day. After the service the culinary arts will be sampled with coffee and conversation.

For information, call 828-894-5776 or visit www.uutryonnc.org.

– article submittedby Dan Dworkin

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In “Nothing Daunted, the Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West,” the author, Dorothy Wickenden, has written an entertaining nonfiction book. Wickenden is on the faculty of the Writer’s Institute at CUNY’s Graduate Center, where she teaches a course on narrative non-fiction. This book illustrates that she is well qualified to teach such a class.

Wickenden is the grand-daughter of Dorothy Woodruff, one of two childhood friends who went west in 1916 to teach school in Elkhead, Colo. Doro-thy and Rosamund Underwood regularly wrote letters home to their parents that tell of their trials, joys and adventures. It is these letters and scrapbooks left by the two women that form the foundation for “Nothing Daunted.”

When Dorothy and Rosa-mond were hired, they were the first women of their generation from Auburn, N.Y. to have pay-

ing jobs. As “society girls,” they were bored with the parties and shopping that were their regular activities in Auburn.

The book that was created from their letters reads like fiction. You’ll find your-sel f want ing to read from cover to cover to learn what happened during their time in this remote western town.

If you are in-terested in reading “Nothing Daunted,” you’ll find it at the Lanier Library, located at 72 Chestnut Street in Tryon.

If you are not a member of the Lanier Library and would like information on how to join, call 828-859-9535. The library’s website is www.lani-erlib.org.

The Lanier Library is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday afternoons.

– article submittedby Robbie ter Kuile

A book review: Entertainingnonfiction, ‘Nothing Daunted’

Yoga continues at Stearns Gym in Columbus with a new six-week session from March 28 – May 2, every Wednesday from 6-7 p.m.

There is a small fee for the session. Elaina Prevett, a certi-

fied yoga instructor who has been teaching for 14 years, leads the all-levels class.

For more information, call the instructor at 828-894-5176.

- article submittedby Elaina Prevett

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workshops is required. For more information about the instructor or workshop, including tuition and supply costs, contact TACS at 828-859-8323 or [email protected]. More

details and examples of projects are available on the TACS web-site, www.TryonArtsandCrafts.org.

TACS is a nonprofit crafts school located at 373 Harmon Field Road in Tryon.

- article submittedby Julia McIntyre

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Leonard Rizzo

As I sit at my desk, pen and pad at the ready, I think of the hectic last few weeks I’ve had. My lower back is acting up again and I have phone calls to answer which I’m not sure I have a solu-tion for. I pose the question to myself, “Why are you doing this, Lennie?”

He lay beneath a tree for a few days, visibly injured. Car-ing people bring food and water as his tail thumps with excite-ment, savoring human contact. I receive the call from the great folks at Buck’s Pizza in Tryon, dear friends and great supporters. They are heartbroken and con-cerned as they relate the situation to me. I am overwhelmed with cases and struggling with dimin-ishing funds as past cases flash before my mind. I tell them, “find a way to get him to Landrum vet and I’ll work something out.”

With the help of Marie King, the little dynamo nicknamed Mongoose and her husband Steve, Cobra, you figure it out, they bring him to the vets. I im-mediately rush over to Landrum to meet this wonderful pit mix but I feel certain there is Pointer or Setter in there somewhere. He is 53 pounds and estimated to be 1 ½ years old. In honor of my good friends we name him Buck. Besides his awesome looks, his friendly and loving ways and he has already stolen every heart at the clinic. It is obvious he’s been struck by a vehicle; he has some bruises but there is severe damage to his right leg which he cannot use. He is most certainly in pain but you’d never know it by his actions. This fact never ceases to tear me up. I tearfully wrap my arms around him as he licks my face and pokes at me with his injured leg for more attention. I turn to Dr. Maiolo, “Do whatever it is you can for him Tommy, I will find a way to handle it.”

The next day after work I

Answering my own question

stop in to visit Buck along with Buddy and leg and Tommy calls me over to view the x-rays. “It’s not good, Lennie,” he explains as I see the severe split of his bone on his lower foreleg. “I could

pin it,” Tommy goes on, “but it’s in a precarious area and I don’t think it would hold.” “What’s

the solution, Tommy?” I ask. He lists procedures needed then adds, “they probably could do it Upstate but it will be expensive.” Snowy flashes through my mind and I smile, “please send the x-rays to Dr. Keith Allen and see if and when they could take him.” I then go back to the cages and give Buck my customary kiss and promise. Then I call Kathy Toomey, who manages my F.H.S. Lennie’s fund and explain what’s going on. I ask if there’s enough money in the fund to handle the case and Kathy assures me I can cover it. “Thanks Kathy, you’re the best.” “So are you,” she re-plies. I then contact Steve King, (Marie is currently out of town) and he agrees to register Buck as a stray turned in at F.H.S., under their name. He also agrees to foster Buck for any recuperative time he may need when the time comes. I thank the big fella and ask him to send Marie my prayers for her ailing father.

Next I head off to see Liz and Tyler at Buck’s Pizza to give them the run down as I had promised

I would. They make me one of their fantastic meatball sandwich-es, which they know I love, then hand me a few hundred dollars of their own money plus another hundred they had raised. “God bless you,” I exclaim, fighting back tears of gratitude, “this will go a long way to help with his bill at Landrum.” They promise to try to raise more and I leave with my food from heaven. I arrive home and answer a few phone calls as I eat my sandwich, not realizing how hungry I was for sometimes I forget to eat. I learn that Buck is scheduled to be operated on next Tuesday at 11 a.m. It being Friday, I quickly call F.H.S. to rearrange my schedule then take the phone in with me to try and squeeze in an hour nap. Don’t laugh, I’ll admit I’m getting old.

A lot has happened on Buck’s behalf since then and thus far it is all good. I promise I will fill you in on this magnificent boy’s tale when things finalize.

Before I conclude I will try to answer the question I posed to myself. I haven’t any doubt of the love I receive from my family and friends but I am fallible and I, like all of us, make mistakes now and then. I’ll say the wrong thing or not do what’s expected of me and as is human nature, their love falters.

I do what I do because I’ve learned that there are only two entities that love me uncondition-ally, my kids and my Lord.

Thanks for listening.

Buck (phoTo suBMiTTed By elaine rizzo)

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During four sold-out performances by juggler Ivan Pecel and music funnyman Al Simmons at the Tryon Fine Arts Center on Super Saturday, TFAC Technical Director Jimm Brink had his high school crew working lights and sound in the control booth and handling backstage needs of the performers. Here the team celebrates at the end of a successful day: (front row) Brink, Tij D’oyen and Alexa Hughes; (back row) Maddie Yates, Jerreth Emory, Sara Seagle and Aaron Yates. (photo submitted by Connie Clark)

High school students help withTFAC Super Saturday shows

AAUW meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Tryon Presbyterian Church fellowship hall. Lisa Alther will discuss her latest book, “Washed in the Blood.” Open to the public.

Tryon Garden Club will offer a class in flowering and non-flowering plants (mosses and ferns) on Monday, March 26 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Phil Nisbet, who has taught at Iso-thermal Community College and FENCE, will be the in-structor.

PCHS golf at Links of Tryon at 4 p.m.

PCHS men’s tennis at Highland Tech at 4 p.m.

Male Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Mon-

days, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Community policing meet-ing for Tryon area, Monday, March 2, 6:30 p.m. at the Tryon Fire Department.

Landrum Library, free yoga classes. 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Limited to first 30 people.

Thermal Belt Stamp Club, first and third Mondays of each month, 7:30 p.m., Tryon Fed-eral Bank, Columbus. Visitors welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyterian Church.

TuesdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda.

Polk County Transporta-tion Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the

first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203.

Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “We Care” is a week-ly informal social group open to women coping with loss. The group meets at 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon and is open to newcomers. For more informa-tion, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000, 800-617-7132 or [email protected].

The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Please submit Curb Re-porter items in writing at least two days prior to publication. Items must include a name and telephone number of a contact person. Items will be printed in order by date of event, as space allows.

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