TODAY Polk County Mobile Recy- cling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ce- ramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assistance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001. Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties Vol. 85 / No. 71 Tryon, N.C. 28782 Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Only 50 cents The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper Polk County beats out Mt. Heritage for WHC title, ‘Sports,’ page 18 Tryon Daily Bulletin (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2) Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations: The theater department of Lake Lure Classical Academy will present “The Jungle Book” Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 in the auditorium at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. each night. More information can be found by visiting www.polk- countyfarms.org. We’re proud to announce the opening of Welcome, Dr. Lonnie Lassiter and team! located at 112 Sparks Drive in Forest City * 828-351-6000 Rutherford Wound Care & Hyperbarics Polk compromises on sheriff’s office budget Sheriff to hire new investigator next fiscal year by Leah Justice The Polk County Board of Commissioners and Polk County Sheriff Donald Hill have com- promised on new positions in the sheriff’s office and decided to allow enough funds to hire one of three requested employees. Commissioners met Monday, May 7 and announced they would add $30,000 to the sheriff’s budget from the general fund contingency to help pay for an additional investigator. The sheriff’s office was asked to find approximately $10,000 in its budget to pay for FICA expenses for the position. The sheriff’s office originally requested three new positions, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 6) (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) Emily Hyder Bartlett, Russell Mierop and Renée McDermott celebrate their wins in the May 8 Democratic primary for Polk County commissioner. (photo by Virginia Walker) Bartlett, McDermott, Mierop win primary McDermott top vote-getter by Leah Justice Polk County chose Renée McDermott (incumbent), Emily Bartlett and Russell Mierop as Democratic nominees for county commissioner during the primary held Tuesday, May 8, according to unofficial results from the Polk County Board of Elections. McDermott was the high vote- getter with 1,607 votes. Bartlett received 1,464 votes and Meirop received 1,121 votes. Rickie McFalls lost to Mierop by 352 votes, with McFalls re- ceiving 769 votes, Ernie Giannini
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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-
cling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon.
The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ce-ramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assistance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001.
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
Vol. 85 / No. 71 Tryon, N.C. 28782 Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Only 50 cents
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Polk County beats out Mt. Heritage for WHC title, ‘Sports,’ page 18
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
The theater department of Lake Lure Classical Academy will present “The Jungle Book” Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12 in the auditorium at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. each night.
More information can be found by visiting www.polk-countyfarms.org.
We’re proud to announce the opening ofWelcome, Dr. Lonnie Lassiter and team!
located at 112 Sparks Drive in Forest City * 828-351-6000Rutherford Wound Care & Hyperbarics
Polk compromises on sheriff’s office budgetSheriff to hire new investigator next fiscal yearby Leah Justice
The Polk County Board of Commissioners and Polk County Sheriff Donald Hill have com-
promised on new positions in the sheriff’s office and decided to allow enough funds to hire one of three requested employees.
Commissioners met Monday, May 7 and announced they would add $30,000 to the sheriff ’s budget from the general fund contingency to help pay for
an additional investigator. The sheriff’s office was asked to find approximately $10,000 in its budget to pay for FICA expenses for the position.
The sheriff’s office originally requested three new positions,
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Emily Hyder Bartlett, Russell Mierop and Renée McDermott celebrate their wins in the May 8 Democratic primary for Polk County commissioner. (photo by Virginia Walker)
Bartlett, McDermott, Mierop win primaryMcDermott top vote-getterby Leah Justice
Polk County chose Renée McDermott (incumbent), Emily Bartlett and Russell Mierop as
Democratic nominees for county commissioner during the primary held Tuesday, May 8, according to unofficial results from the Polk County Board of Elections.
McDermott was the high vote-getter with 1,607 votes. Bartlett
received 1,464 votes and Meirop received 1,121 votes.
Rickie McFalls lost to Mierop by 352 votes, with McFalls re-ceiving 769 votes, Ernie Giannini
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Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.
Male Domestic Abuse Inter-vention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 828-894-2340.
Unified Development Or-dinance (UDO) committee will meet Wednesday, May 9, 6 p.m. at the Polk County Public Library.
ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-
cling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.
N.C. DMV driver’s license mobile unit will be in Columbus in front of the post office on Ward Street on Thursday, May 10 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A sign on the light pole in front of the post office will inform people when
the unit has had to cancel its visit because of mechanical difficulty or weather-related issues.
The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.
House of Flags Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Colum-bus.
Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nurs-ery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.
Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Thurs-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.
Saluda Community Library will have preschool story time every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers.
Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.
Polk County Public Library, free yoga class (bring your own mat) every Thursday from noon - 1 p.m.
Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd.
Polk County Planning Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 10, has been canceled because there is no new business to discuss.
Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 155 W. Mills St., Suite 202, Columbus.
Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.
Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098.
NAMI support group, Thurs-days, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for any-one feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828-817-0382.
Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-days, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.
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 Commerce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy. 108), Tryon. 828-894-0293.
Mother’s Day Tea Party,
Polk County Public Library, Friday, May 11, 4-5:30 p.m. Tea, lemonade, sandwiches and cup-cakes. Participants will also make a gift for mom to take home.
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.
saTurdayGreen Creek Community
Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m.
Art in Bloom, May 12-13. Garden tours, garden bazaar on McCown Street in Tryon and Trade St. in Landrum, art and sculpture show at Tryon Fine Arts Center, presentation by Sally Spangler Barnett at 4 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds benefit TFAC’s Artscape project.
Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. 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.
Kindermusik class, Saturday, May 12, 10 a.m., Tryon Fine Arts Center. 828-859-8322.
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receiving 688 votes and Ritchie “Bubba” Greene receiving 349 votes.
McDermott said she is very grateful to everyone who helped her win the primary.
“I’m real happy and very, very grateful to the folks who helped me, and there were a lot of them,” McDermott said. “I’m hoping everybody will pull for me in November. I will work my hardest to do the best
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I can for them.”McDermott won in three of
Polk County’s seven precincts: Columbus 2, Green Creek and Tryon. Bartlett came in second in those precincts.
Bartlett also won in three precincts: Columbus 1, Saluda and White Oak. McDermott came in second in those pre-cincts.
Bartlett also said how thank-ful she is to the people who supported her.
“I’m very happy and very thankful for so many peo-
ple who supported me,” said Bartlett. “I’m looking forward to the fall.”
McFalls won in Coopers Gap Township, netting 77 votes to McDermott’s 64 votes.
Mierop came in third in Co-lumbus 1, Columbus 2, Green Creek and Tryon. Mierop was fourth in Saluda and White Oak behind McFalls, who came in third in those two precincts. Mierop fell to fifth in Coopers Gap with 37 votes, one vote behind Greene’s 38 votes. Giannini received 29 votes in
Coopers Gap.Mierop thanked his support-
ers as well.“I want to thank everybody
who supported me and for vot-ing for the young guy,” Mierop said. “I look forward to Novem-ber. It’s exciting.”
The three Democratic nomi-nees will face Republicans Michael Gage, Keith Holbert and Tom Pack (incumbent) during the general election on Nov. 6 for the three open seats on the Polk County Board of Commissioners.
Polk County Board of Commissioners Democratic primary Col. 1 Col. 2 Coopers Gap Green Creek Saluda Tryon White Oak Total
* Russell A. Mierop 197 148 37 198 77 361 103 1,121* Winners Note: Based on unofficial results from the Polk County Board of Elections
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Polk vote on Amendment 1 For AgainstColumbus 1 491 296Columbus 2 527 356Coopers Gap 417 78Green Creek 569 240Saluda 364 201Tryon 441 725White Oak 417 152Total 3,226 2,048
Note: Based on unofficial results from the Polk board of elections
Polk approves Amendment 1by Leah Justice
The constitutional amendment defining marriage in North Caro-lina was approved both in Polk County and statewide during the Tuesday, May 8 primary, accord-ing to unofficial election results.
In Polk County, voters ap-proved the amendment by 1,178 votes. Polk voters cast 3,226 votes for the amendment com-pared to 2,048 votes against it.
Statewide, the amendment was also approved by a wide margin, with 61.31 percent vot-ing for the amendment and 38.69 percent voting against. There were 1,282,718 votes for the amendment and 809,547 votes against it statewide.
In Polk County, Tryon was the only one of seven precincts to record more votes against the amendment than for it. Tryon had 725 votes against the amendment compared to 441 votes for the amendment.
Coopers Gap had the least votes against the amendment, with 78 against compared to 417 for the amendment. Green Creek tallied the most votes for the amendment, with 569 for and 240 against.
Approval of the amendment means the North Carolina Con-stitution will now define marriage as the only legal union recog-nized in the state as between one man and one woman.
Polk voters favor Romney, Keever, McHenry in national racesby Samantha Hurst
Polk County voters also had a number of national primaries to select choices for Tuesday, May 8.
In the Republican presidential nomination race, Polk County favored Mitt Romney, with 1,726 votes or by 68.46 percent. Com-ing far behind in second were Ron Paul with 292 votes, Rick Santorum in third with 180 votes and Newt Gingrich in fourth with 246. Romney also gained first statewide with 612,568 votes, with Paul in second with 102,777 votes.
When it came to District 10 of the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives, Polk voters selected Patsy Keever in the Democratic primary with 58.79 percent, or 1,167 votes (Timothy Murphy grabbed 266 votes and Terry Michelle Bellamy received 552 votes). Keever also won overall in the district with 57.92 percent, or 36,620 votes, as of 11 p.m. Tuesday evening.
On the Republican side of the aisle, Patrick McHenry won the District 10 primary with 67.37 percent or 1,433 of the votes cast (challenger Ken Fortenberry garnered 440 votes and Don Pe-terson 254 votes). McHenry also won district-wide with 58,580 votes or 72.56 percent, as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, May 8.
Polk voters cast ballots in governor, other state racesby Samantha Hurst
Polk County voters cast bal-lots regarding a number of state seats during this primary election. Winners of both Democratic and Republican primaries, according to unofficial results, are listed below:
N.C. House of Representatives District 113
In the race for N.C. House of Representatives District 113, Chris Whitmire pulled a slight advantage over Trudi Walend, with 6,399 votes or 51.01 percent to Walend’s 6,146 votes or 48.99 percent, as of midnight May 9.
In Polk County, meanwhile, 55.52 percent of the county’s vot-ing Republicans chose Walend over Whitmire (44.48 percent). Walend grabbed 1,227 votes, while Whitmire brought in 983 votes in Polk County with all seven precincts reporting.
N.C. GovernorFor N.C. governor, Polk County
selected Walter H. Dalton as the Democratic nominee with 66.77 percent, followed by Bob Etheridge with just 13.74 percent. Dalton also won the most votes statewide with 45.83 percent or 411,306 votes to Etheridge’s 341,720 votes or 38.08 percent.
Polk Republicans chose Pat Mc-Crory as their nominee to run in the state governor’s race with 59 per-cent or 1,265 votes. McCrory also won statewide with 83.54 percent or 718,481 votes.
N.C. Lt. GovernorFor Lt. Governor, Democrats in
Polk chose Linda D. Coleman with 73.15 percent or 1,351 votes, while Republicans chose Dan Forest with 1,144 votes or 56.33 percent. Coleman won statewide with 56.02 percent and 467,678 votes. Forest won the most votes statewide for the Republicans with 32.95 percent or 243,170 votes. Tony Gurley had 184,308 votes for the Republicans.
N.C. Secretary of StateIn the Republican primary for
Secretary of State, Polk County se-lected Michael “Mike” Beitler with 742 votes or 39.16 percent. State-wide, Ed Goodwin garnered the most votes for this race with 35.86 percent or 235,984 votes. There was no Democratic primary for this position as incumbent Secretary of State Elaine Marshall plans to run for re-election in November.
N.C. TreasurerJanet Crowell grabbed 1,447 or
79.59 percent in the Democratic primary in Polk County for N.C. Treasurer, while Frank Roche won Polk County with 55.59 percent and 1,025 votes on the Republican side.
Crowell also won statewide with 76.66 percent and 605,412 votes. Roche’s opponent, Steve Royal, won statewide with 373,511 votes or 57.72 percent to Roche’s 42.28 percent.
N.C. AuditorRepublicans in the county
chose Debra Goldman as the nominee to run for N.C. auditor. Goldman won the county with 542 or 29.06 percent of the vote; following closely behind was challenger Fern Shubert with 26.92 percent or 502 votes. N.C. Auditor Beth Wood is running for reelection.
N.C. Commissioner of Agriculture
In the Democratic race for the N.C. Commissioner of Ag-riculture, Walter Smith won in Polk County with 1,215 votes or 69.07 percent.
Statewide, Smith also won with 55.06 percent or 406,9000 votes.
On the Republican side, Steve Troxler won locally with 1,150 votes or 59.31 percent. Statewide Troxler also won with 69.23 per-cent of the vote.
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Foothills Community Chapel youth choir cleans up Polk roads
The Foothills Community Chapel Youth Choir will clean up 100 miles of Polk County roads on Saturday, May 12. The event will serve a dual purpose: to clean up the community and to fund the summer youth choir tour, which will travel to Georgia, Alabama
and Florida beginning July 14.If you would like to make a
tax-deductible contribution to the choir, contact one of the leaders: Pat Overholt, 864-316-9827, or Rob Painter, 828-606-8859.
– article submitted by Rob Painter
Polk tax assessor resignsBowlin appointed as interim administratorby Leah Justice
Polk County Tax Assessor John Bridgers resigned last week to take a position with the State of North Carolina. Commission-ers decided not to fill his position immediately, but rather appointed tax collector Melissa Bowlin as interim tax administrator.
Commissioners met Monday, May 7 and after discussing the issue in closed session, approved Bowlin’s appointment. Com-
missioners said following the meeting the new board should decide on Bridger’s replacement. The board of commissioners has three open positions, and a new majority could be elected this November.
Bridgers was Polk County’s first tax assessor following a deci-sion to split the tax collection of-fice and the tax assessor’s office a few years ago. He was hired on Aug. 1, 2007, having come from Yadkin County, and his last day was May 4.
Next year’s proposed budget includes funding for a tax as-sessor.
including a new drug investigator and two deputies for patrol.
The sheriff’s office requested the new positions, saying there has been an increase in the num-ber of calls and cases over the last few years.
“As you know the amount of meth labs discovered and amount of drug cases we are working in the county has in-creased tremendously as of late and is currently being handled by one person,” said Hill in his budget request. “Thus this investigator would not only work with the narcotics inves-tigations (increasing the safety of the position of having two persons assigned to cases) but also would help the case loads the non-narcotics investigators are handling (three investiga-
tors currently handling over 285 cases as of this request).”
With the three new positions, the sheriff’s office was request-ing approximately $142,000 in additional salaries, including FICA, retirement, insurance and a 2.5 percent salary in-crease for all county employ-ees. The three new positions would have cost approximately $127,500.
County manager Ryan Whit-son presented his recommended budget to commissioners on Monday, which originally de-nied all requests for new posi-tions.
Whitson said in his budget message that he was denying all new positions because he doesn’t feel it is the time to add to the county’s payroll, espe-cially considering this budget
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will cut two employees from the department of social service (DSS) staff.
“I could not in good conscience support adding employees to other departments while taking employ-ees away from one,” Whitson said.
Whitson later said he negotiated with the sheriff and some of his staff on Monday, based on some of the issues printed in a Bulletin article on Friday, May 4. He said he and the sheriff’s office agreed to hire only one of the requested employees, a new narcotics officer. Whitson said he is happy with the compromise.
“Sounds like we’re in a good meeting of the minds,” said com-missioner chair Ray Gasperson.
Commissioners also agreed with Whitson’s recommendation to take $30,000 from contingency to help fund a new narcotics officer.
The county’s recommended
budget initially in-cluded $58,095 in cont ingency. The $30,000 to the sher-iff’s office will leave $28,095, with Whit-son saying another approximately $7,000 will need to be taken from contingency to match state money. The final contingency left in the new budget will be a little over $20,000 after the ad-justments, Whitson said.
The new adjust-ments to the sheriff’s office budget will mean the total sheriff budget for next year will be an estimated $1,698,471. This year’s amended budget for the sheriff’s office was $1,670,231.
The sheriff’s office request-ed $80,000 in capital outlay, down from this year’s budget at
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Commissioners Ted Owens, Cindy Walker and Tom Pack, Sheriff Donald Hill, commissioner chair Ray Gasperson and commissioner vice-chair Renée McDermott, with a new Ford Taurus Interceptor recently purchased for the sheriff’s office. The vehicle should be equipped and on the road next week. (photo by Leah Justice)
$120,500. Capital outlay requests from the sheriff include one new vehicle, fully equipped; seven additional mobile data terminals for patrol cars, seven printers for the computers, one Hot-n-Pop (heat sensor/door popper) for the K9 vehicle, replacement of three
tasers and the purchase of con-ex for evidence storage, according to the budget request.
Polk County’s new budget year will begin July 1.
Editor’s note: Look for more coverage on the county’s over-all budget later this week.
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More than kids’ play – Saluda on top of important issue for all
Out of thousands of communities around the country Saluda was recently selected as a Playful City USA.
The distinction is awarded each year by the national non-profit KABOOM!
Though playtime may seem low on the priority radar for town management, we think Saluda should be commended for recog-nizing the need to make sure residents and their children have adequate space to swing, turn cartwheels, take a hike or simply breathe in a bit of fresh air while chasing a ball with their dog.
What’s even better is the drive to address these needs cre-atively. The Saluda Community Land Trust is leading the charge to convert an old landfill to green space and trails, while another group of passionate community members hopes to one day fund the construction of a playground for children of all ability levels.
Play is necessary in all our lives – necessary to release stress, to connect neighbors, to enrich all our lives.
book entitled “The Chemistry of the Blood,” written in 1943 by M. R. DeHaan, MD.
I wou ld l ike t o s h a r e s o m e simple, yet elegant verses out of the book concerning a mother’s prayer for her child.
My own mother entered Heaven’s gates on Palm Sunday of this year. How I miss her sweet love and tender kisses. I well remember the times during our childhood squabbles (I have four siblings) that she would make us kneel in prayer and ask for forgiveness, and afterwards there would be neck hugs all around. Needless to say, we remain a close knit bunch to this day because of my mother.
Many of you dear readers will relate to these verses as you think of your own precious mom.
‘Twas in the years of long ago when life was fair and bright
And ne’er a tear and scarce a fear o’ercast my day or night,
That often in the eventide I found her kneeling there,
And just one word, my name,
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I heard, my name in Mother’s prayer.
I thought but little of it then, though reverence touched my heart
For her whose love sought from above for me the better part,
But when the sterner battles came with many a subtle snare,
‘Twas then one word, my name, I heard, my name in Mother’s prayer.
I wandered on and heeded not God’s oft-repeated call
To turn from sin to live for Him and give to Him my all,
Until at last of sin convinced I sank in deep despair,
My hope awoke when memory spoke my name in Mothers’ prayer.
That pleading heart, that soul so tired, has gone unto her rest,
But ere with me for aye shall be the memory of her trust;
And when I enter Heaven’s gates and meet her over there,
I’ll praise the Lord for just one word, my name, in Mother’s prayer.
Happy Mother’s Day to moms of all ages.
We women are all moms to someone (whether human or furry).
Let’s all celebrate! – Tina Melton, Columbus
Words of wisdomTo the editor:I admire and envy people who
can express whatever it is they want to say in a crystal clear and concise manner.
Abraham Lincoln was such a person with his Gettysburg Address. Mark Twain and Will Rogers were two others.
Then, I came across this the
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other day: “The majority of the voters are just dull and mentally inert people who dislike thinking and are easily deceived by the
enticing promises of i r responsible p ied pipers.”
That was written in 1951 in Oslo, Norway, but it is timeless and,
regrettably, just as “on target” in the U.S. today – or perhaps more so – as it was back then.
– Bill Wuehrmann, Tryon
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Tryon Daily Bulletin post-ed the article titled: “Tryon receives grant for information kiosk”
Betsy Freeman replied: “A KIOSK would indeed be dandy
But a public rest room would be more handy.”
Elinor Gay of Columbus asked: Twice in the last decade
while on the road, I have had to call 911, both times because something was blocking the road.
Both times I have been con-nected to South Carolina op-erators in Spartanburg County.
Both times I have been in North Carolina, on Landrum Road. Doesn’t our emergency response connect us with the correct operator?
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A letter to mothersDear Mom,I think of you every day and
remember all your funny, quirky and amazing insightful ways. Your infectious smile, the sound of your laughter, the loving look in your blue eyes, the beautiful tone of your voice.
So many things you taught me come in to p lay a lmost daily. I could not have asked for a better loving parent to help guide me through my childhood, teens, and into my present middle age.
I am truly blessed to have been born to you, so compassionate, protective and loving a mother, I wish every child could have. I know I was a lucky kid and have not forgotten that.
It has been two years since I lost you to breast cancer and it just seems like yesterday that
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we were on a mother-daughter day trip, something we both loved to do.
I miss you every day, wish fate had been different and you were still here with me, but I continue to live a life you would be proud of.
I volunteer in my communi ty, g ive my love and time to my friends, show kindness to strangers, try to help those in
need, have a strong work ethic and radiate a love of life that warms and surrounds me.
Mother’s Day approaches and to all of you out there who still have your moms here on earth, don’t hesitate, tell her you love her, hold her tight, make up if you fought, forgive past differences. It is all about the love, people!
Love in all forms has the power to heal us and conquer all.
Love to you all.– Candy Butler, Columbus
Political insert should not speak for all businesses
To the editor:T h e “ p o l i t i c a l
admonition” inserted in last Friday’s Tryon Dai ly Bul le t in i s troubling. Political ads must, by law, carry the name, or names, of those who pay for them.
Just who is “Business,” as in “Business Against Amendment One”?
If I were in business in the Bulletin’s subscriber area, I would be outraged that this “phantom” activist is implying
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t h a t h e o r s h e k n o w s a l l business owners are against the amendment, and has the nerve to sneak that pronouncement into a newspaper!
The Tryon Daily Bul le t in survives , I a s s u m e , o n a d v e r t i s i n g f r o m business owners.
How, then, could you possibly agree to cooperate with a nameless person who is making a blanket statement about the political opinions of all business?
The Bullet in owes many apologies before we see more such audacity in the coming general election.
– Wanda Veh, Columbus
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To the editor:Mills River could do it. Tryon can’t seem to get it
together. Go figure.Congrats to Mills River for
caring.– Toby Wolter, Landrum
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October 19-28, 2012
Pea Ridge gathering May 10The next Pea Ridge commu-
nity gathering will be Thursday, May 10 at the community center. The speaker for the event will be a representative from the Mill Spring Agricultural Center.
Everyone is invited to attend and bring finger foods and a bev-erage. Paperware and ice will be provided. The center is located
at 207 Big Level Road, 3½ miles east of Mill Spring, off Hwy. 108.
Reminder: Bring your recy-clables to the center as the Polk County mobile recycling truck will be there prior to the meeting at 6:30-7 p.m.
If you have questions, call Daryl Hardin at 828-894-8376. – article submitted by Ann Carswell
John Earl RhodesJohn Earl Rhodes, 90, of Saluda
went home to be with his Lord on Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2012 in Mission Hospital, Asheville, N.C.
Born in Greenville, S.C., he was the son of the late Burton J. and Ber-tha Barton Rhodes.
J o h n w a s a v e t e r a n of WWII, h a v i n g served in the U. S. A r m y , where he received two Purple
Hearts and the Bronze Star. He was an electri-cian by trade and had worked many years
with Pace Electric. John retired from the City of Saluda as mainte-nance supervisor in l992 after more than 20 years of service.
Mr. Rhodes was a member of the VFW Post #5206 in Hender-sonville, N.C. and the Saluda Lions Club. He was a member of Saluda
Obituaries First Baptist Church.Surviving are his wife of 69
years, Ruth Middleton Rhodes; two daughters, Patricia R. Ross (Bob) of Johns Island, S.C. and Gail Bailey-Heaton (Steve) of Taylors, S.C. Also surviving are three grandchildren, Andy Ross, Kristie Bryson and Bart Bailey, and five great-grandchildren, Austin Harrison, Madison and Hunt-er Bailey, Chase and John Bryson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 10 in the Mc-Farland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, with Rev. Sherrill Moore, Don Mintz and Jerry Russell officiating.
Family will receive friends from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Thursday prior to the service in the McFarland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in the Saluda City Cemetery, Saluda, with military rites by VFW Post #5206, Hender-sonville, N.C.
At other times the family will be at the home.
Memorials may be made to Sa-luda Fire and Rescue, 199 Walnut Street, Saluda, N.C. 28773 or to the American Diabetes Association, 1701 North Beauregard, Alexandria, Va. 22311.
An online guest register is avail-able at www.mcfarlandfuneralcha-pel.com.
McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.
BBQ supper, gospel singing May 12 for Coopers Gap Church
On May 12, a BBQ supper and gospel singing will be held at Sunny View Elementary School, featuring “Simple Faith and the Royal Quartet.”
BBQ will be served beginning at 3 p.m., and the singing will begin at 6 p.m. Bulk pulled pork
will be available. Proceeds will benefit Coo-
peres Gap Church’s Asia mission trip in July.
For more information, call 828-625-0551.
– article submitted by Kendra McIntosh
Saluda Arts Festival May 19 features more than 80 artistsArtists’ booths at a previous Saluda Arts Festival. This year’s festival will take place Saturday, May 19. (photo submitted by Cathy Jackson)
The ninth annual Saluda Arts Festival will be held May 19 in downtown Saluda.
The festival will feature more than 80 fine artists and skilled craftspeople from all over west-ern North Carolina and South Carolina. They will exhibit and sell oil, watercolors, acrylic paintings and drawings, wood-working, photography, pottery,
jewelry, sculptures, stained glass, metalworking and more.
“This is more participation by local and regional artists than ever before,” said Susie Welsh, festival organizer.
Festival-goers can also enjoy watching live demonstrations of artists at work while children exercise their creativity in the children’s art tent.
One Leg Up, The Danber-rys and The Honeycutters will also perform throughout the day. Music is made available through a grant from the Polk County Community Foundation Saluda Fund.
The festival starts at 10 a.m. Parking is available along Main Street, at the Saluda School back parking lot, the Saluda
Presbyterian Church on Car-olina St., Saluda Methodist Church on Greenville St, the First Baptist Church on Hen-derson St., the west end public parking lot (across the bridge) and the Saluda Fire Depart-ment on Greenville St. Shuttle transportation will be available.
– article submitted by Cathy Jackson
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Bridge Players Cornerby Karl Kachadoorian
South arrives at four hearts after an uncontest-ed auction. West leads the king of clubs and after a cursory look at the dummy south sees he has the potential to lose four tricks; two spades, one diamond and one club. Cover up the east/west hands and develop a plan of attack to shrink four losers into three.
Actually there are three possible plans that could lead to success after you extract trumps from the opponents hands. The first one is dependent on finding the ace of spades being favorably located. The second plan involves taking a double finesse in Spades, leading twice toward the king and covering whatever small card east plays. The third plan involves playing out the minor suits to eventually end-play one of the opponents with the third round of diamonds so they will be end-played into possibly giving you a favorable lead. Which one did you choose?
Let’s review the merits of each plan from a winning percentage point of view.
Plan one has a 50 percent chance for success and puts all you eggs in one basket. Plan two works whenever
the Ace is on-side or the queen and jack are split to eventually set up a parking spot for declarer’s third diamond, about a 75 percent chance for success. Plan three works when east has both missing diamond honors or these honors are split and the defense falls asleep. This line of play is actually inferior to the double finesse in spades as it requires east to hold diamond queen, while plan two doesn’t care who holds the lesser spade hon-ors as long as they’re split. Did you choose plan two?
LAST WEEK FOR ENROLLMENT I will be teaching a 10 week course on
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All things flying, soaring, flut-tering and buzzing around during the spring, either real or imaginary, are included in “Flights of Spring,” the member show now opening at Tryon Arts and Crafts.
A broad interpretation of this theme has resulted in a huge carved feathered dragon by James Greene; an old fashioned bi-plane entitled “the flight of the Tucson” by Bob Neely and a large painting entitled “Dream/Soar” by Diana Gurri. These are just a few of the subjects that member artists have entered to carry out the theme.
The media represented in the show ranges from delicate painted silk to fine silver to earthenware
and fine woven cloth, as seen in Suzanne Monroe’s delicate weav-ing inspired by peacock feath-ers. As usual, a members’ show showcases the talents of numer-ous Tryon Arts and Crafts mem-bers who have executed unique interpretations of subjects in all of the media that are studied at the school in its numerous workshops and classes.
James Greene, a new member of Tryon Arts and Crafts School,
has been an artist all of his life, working in gold, as a fine art framer
and as a graphic artist. Greene has created the larger 3-D pieces in the show.
Ruthie Co-hen , j ewel ry instructor and silversmith, has created a delicate eagle pin crafted in sterling silver
with oxidized copper with patina and set with a Mexican fire agate. Douglas Chamberlain has several assemblage pieces representing rural scenes and a humorous piece
featuring a birdcage and a cat en-titled “Shadow.”
The gallery had a soft opening on Saturday, May 5 during the Art Trek open house and will have an artists’ reception on Friday, May 11 from 6-8 p.m. The public is invited to meet the artists at this time. The gallery is always open during weekdays from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. This show will run until June 15.
Tryon Arts and Crafts School is a non-profit crafts organization located at 373 Harmon Field Road in Tryon.
– article submittedby Christine Mariotti
‘Flights of Spring’ show now open at Tryon Arts and Crafts Gallery
Joe Williamson of Tryon and Landrum (Williamson’s Paint) has been selected to join fellow World War II veterans on an Honor Flight on Wednesday, May 23 to visit the WWII Me-morial in Washington, D.C. He will be accompanied by John Cash of Landrum.
During the course of the day,
Williamson and the other partic-ipants will have the opportunity to visit some of the most sacred grounds in United States history. The group will begin the day with a flag presentation at the WWII Memorial and will then visit the Vietnam, Korean and Lincoln memorials. They will also visit the Iwo Jima Memorial
and will end the day at Arlington National Cemetery, where they will observe the changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
“We are proud of your distin-guished service to our nation,” said Bill Dukes of Honor Flight South Carolina in a letter Wil-liamson received informing
him of his selection for Honor Flight. “We gratefully applaud your service to our nation and hope that in this small way, we can let you see how thankful we are that you gave so much to preserve the freedoms we all enjoy today.”
- article submittedby Joe Williamson
Williamson to join Honor Flight to visit WWII Memorial in D.C. May 23
Want to go? What: Flights of Spring member show
When: May 11 - June 15
Where: Tryon Arts and Crafts, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon.
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Bravo Marketplace, 83 Palmer St., Tryon. Collection includes works by Diana Gurri, Linda Hudgins, Bob Neely, Jim Shackelford, Ford and Mara Smith and J.T. Cooper. Gallery open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Ferullo Fine art Studio, 140 Pacolet St., Tryon. Cur-rently conducting an ongoing class in expressive wa-tercolor, the non-traditional approach, each Thursday from 2 - 4 p.m., with open studio from 4 – 5 p.m.
kathleen’S Gallery, 98 N. Trade St., Tryon. Art quilts of Greer, S.C. artist Beth Andrew on display for Tryon Gallery Trot May 12, 5-8 p.m., through mid-May. Gal-lery hours are Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, call 828-859-8316.
Saluda artS FeStival, Main St. in Saluda, May 19. Art, food and music. Contact Susie Welsh at 828-749-3900 or Todd Kirby at 828-606-0942 for more information.
Saluda center, 4 Greenville St., Saluda. Works of students of Bill Jameson on display. 828-749-3455 or 828-749-9245 for more information.
Skyuka Fine art, 133 N. Trade St., Tryon. “Cooley-McNamara,” a show of paintings by Gary Cooley and Michael McNamara. The show will run through May 31.
tryon artS & craFtS School, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon. Reception for members’ show, “Flights of Spring,” Friday, May 11, 6-8 p.m. Show continues through June 15.
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U.S. Army Officer Erich Robert Then of Arlington, Va. was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in a Penta-gon ceremony on March 6.
Then is the son of Robert and Suanne Then of Campobello, S.C. and the son-in-law of Ben and Glenda Benton of Hender-sonville, N.C. He is a 1991 graduate of Hendersonville High School and a 1995 gradu-ate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Family, friends and fellow officers attended the ceremony.
Lieutenant General Robert P. Lennox officiated, with the Army Chief of Staff, General Raymond T. Odierno in atten-dance.
Lt. Col. Then is currently serving on the Army Headquar-ters Staff in the Pentagon. He has served for 17 years as an Army aviator, flying and com-manding various UH-60 Black-hawk and Army reconnaissance
fixed-wing units across the globe. He is a veteran of the Iraq war and numerous overseas hazardous duty contingency operations.
The Army recently selected Then to command the U.S. Army Priority Air Transport Battalion at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The battalion oper-ates a fleet of executive jets, and is responsible for transport-ing senior Army, defense and government officials across the globe.
He holds a bachelor’s of science in systems engineering from West Point, and a M.A. in management and leadership from Webster University.
Lt. Col. Then counts himself very lucky to be married to the former Kelli Hall Benton of Hendersonville. They have two children, Erich II (8) and Abby (10).
– article submittedby Robert Then
Then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Erich Robert Then (right) accepting his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. (photo submitted)
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A total of 36 participants ran in the Polk County Middle School’s Model UN Famine 5k on Saturday, April 28.
During the race, participants ran or walked the cross-country course at PCMS. Malik Miller finished first and won a gift card to Regal Cinemas with a time of 21:37. The Model UN students hope to bring awareness to fam-ines in severely underprivileged areas of the world. All proceeds from the race were donated to UNICEF for famine relief ef-forts in East Africa. The students hope to hold the race again in the fall.
sey, male, 29:00.60; 11. Chris-tian Davis, male, 29:00.60; 12. Luke Arledge, male, 29:04.90; 13. Andrea Stratman, female, 30:11.90; 14. William Hoy, male, 34:38.40; 15. Jordan Heston, female, 37:19.90; 16. Mike Hes-ton, male, 37:21.40; 17. Kristen Simmons, female, 38:46.80; 18. Todd George, male, 38:47.20; 19. Dana Desautels, female, 38:47.60; 20. Aurora Teague, female, 39:37.90; 21. Dottie Wilson, female, 41:33.10; 22. Ciera Wilson, female, 41:33.70; 23. Ashley Wilson, female, 42:00.60; 24. Maria Bolanos, fe-male, 42:31.00; 25. Lauren Pat-terson, female, 42:41.20; 26. Sue Heston, female, 43:00.50; 27. Erin Heston, female, 43:01.30; 28. Mary Sue Hyder, female, 43:05.70; 29. Autumn Gar-land, female, 47:59.80; 30. Katie Keller, female, 49:40.00; 31. Gracie Fletcher, female, 49:40.80; and 32. Ashlyn Law-ter, female, 49:41.60.
– article submittedby Stephanie Gilbert
Polk County Middle School Model UN Famine 5k held April 28 results
Malik Miller crosses the finish line at the Famine 5k held Saturday, April 28 by Polk County Middle School Model UN mini-course students. (photo submitted by Stephanie Gilbert)
Grants allow for safer parking area
A grant from the Polk County Community Foundation, a grant from the Rotary Club Foundation and private contributions, have provided for an extension to be constructed to the Tryon Youth Center’s parking area.
Youth center officials said additional parking has long been needed and those who use the Tryon Youth Center facility will enjoy being able to park safely. Overflow parking has previously been along Hwy. 176. creating danger to individuals and their automobiles.
– article submittedby Sadie McKaig
Tryon Youth Center receives more parking
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by Samantha Hurst
Polk County baseball stepped up to the challenge Monday, May 7 taking down Mountain Heritage 2-1 to win the Western Highland Conference title.
“That game meant everything - it meant all the happiness we’ve been able to experience since last night - all because of one run,” said Wolverine Head Coach Ty Stott. “We couldn’t have played much better. That was two tough pitchers, both of who were dominating, we just managed to pitch a bit better and run better.”
Senior Roberto Taft, who re-cently signed to play ball at Bel-mont Abbey, took the mound striking out nine and giving up just one run and three walks.
“He got a lot of those lead off men out, which kept that second run from scoring and allowed us not to have to go into extra in-nings,” Stott said of Taft.
Opposing pitcher Zach Wise-man got the one and only run off Taft to put Mountain Heritage on the board early.
Polk wouldn’t wait long to answer. In the third inning, Taft himself grabbed an RBI double
to send Bryce Martin into home plate to tie things. Jordan Brown followed in the fourth with a double to send Wes Brady home for the Wolverine’s winning score.
Stott said when his boys took the field he told them to keep their minds off the playoffs. As far as they should be concerned Monday night, the playoffs didn’t exist, he said.
“That [conference] win lasts forever. No one ever remembers how far they went in the playoffs, but with the conference champion-ship you’ve got something to show for it,” Stott said he told his Wolver-ines. “The conference champion-ship is all about what you’ve done over the entire season. Our whole season was about maintaining … you can have a bad game, but you can’t have a bad week. You’ve got to deal with adversity.”
And Polk faced plenty of adver-sity with more injuries this season than Stott said he’s ever dealt with in any other year. Brady was hurt twice in the season, as well as Cameron Hoots who was out for the season with a back injury, Stott said. And though Taft played other positions, he had to miss five games
as a pitcher. Working past those challenges,
Polk now boasts a 14-7 overall record and 12-2 in the WHC.
This win also places the Wol-
Polk Wolverines beat out Mtn. Heritage for WHC title
Wolverine Alec Philpott slides into third base during Polk’s 13-4 win over Madison Thursday, May 3. The Wolverine’s went on to beat Mountain Heritage for the Western Highland Conference championship Monday, May 7. (photo by Leah Justice)
Polk County High School hosted the NCHSAA West Re-gional Track and Field Champi-onships Saturday, May 5.
The top eight finishers in each event scored points on a descending scale for their team (10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). The top four finishers in each event will advance to the State Championships to be held May 11 at NCA&T University. Polk celebrated wins in the women’s 800 meter, 4x400 relay and men’s long jump. Seniors Re-
Polk celebrates wins at NCHSAA track, field championship May 5becca Elliott and Cary Little-john each qualified for state in three events, while Elliot set an 800-meter run record at Satur-day’s 2-A West Regional with a time of 2:22.91, besting the old record of 2:24.43 set in 2004.
Scoring for the Lady Wol-verines: Shot Put - Charlie Bullock 31-08 sixth; High Jump - Rebecca Mitchell 4-08 eighth; 4x800 Relay - (Rebecca El-liott, Casey McDowell, Shelby Wells, Autumn Miller) 10:37 third; 1600 Meter - McDowell
5:59 eighth; 400 Meter - Miller 1:07 eighth; 800 Meter - Elliott 2:22 1st; 4x400 Relay (Elliott, Wells, McDowell and Miller) 4:17 first.
Scoring for the Wolverines: Shot Put - Markece Cunning-ham 48-8.5 second; Discus - Cunningham 136-10 fourth; Long Jump - Cary Littlejohn 21-10 1st; Pole Vault - Kevin Angier 11-0 fourth; 4x800 Relay (Kyle Whitson, Andy Conner, Jacob Collins and Eli Hall) 9:42 sixth; 100 Meter - Littlejohn
verines in the top WHC 2-A seed for the state playoffs.
State playoffs start Friday, May 11 with Polk playing Smoky Mountain at home.
11.35 fifth; 400 Meter - Conner 50.77 third; 200 Meter - Little-john 22.77 second; 4x400 Relay (Conner, Littlejohn, Whitson and Mason Umlauf) 3:37 fourth.
Women’s Team Scores: Newton-Conover 67, Draugn 55, East Burke 52, S. Iredell 49, E. Lincoln 47, Bandys 46, Pisgah 44, N. Lincoln 43.5, N. Henderson 40, W. Caldwell 39, Smoky Mountain 35, Polk County 32, Bunker Hill 22,
(ConTinueD on page 20)
by Joey Millwood
Landrum’s back is against the wall in the 1A Upper State finals.
In an elimination game on Monday, May 7 it was Taylor Jenkins who stepped up and helped the Lady Cardinals stave off elimination.
The sophomore made big plays on both sides of the ball to help lead the Lady Cardinals to an 8-6 victory over Fox Creek. In the fourth inning, the second baseman came to the plate with a runner on base and two outs. Jenkins hit a shot past the Fox Creek third baseman and left fielder.
“I just saw Hamrick saying, ‘keep going, keep going,’” she said. “I was like where in the world did I hit this ball.”
Jenkins didn’t stop until she reached home.
In the seventh inning, the Lady Cardinals were up 8-6. Jordan Farmer forced a pop
up to second base by Brittany Cross and then struck out Kel-cey Cook. Hannah Culpepper, however, drew a walk. Ashlyn Wanninger followed with a shot in between second and first. Jen-kins broke for the ball, made a diving grab and fired to Meagan Painter at first for the final out.
“It feels really good (to bounce back with a win),” Ham-rick said. “They had the right attitude coming in.”
Lauren Pitts and Bre Cuff led the Lady Cardinals. Pitts finished 3-for-3 with a double and three runs scored. Cuff finished 3-for-3 with a sacrifice fly and three RBIs. Farmer won the game on the mound and had eight strikeouts.
Landrum will play at Ches-terfield on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. and all Hamrick has his team focused on is themselves.
“We’re just taking it one game at a time,” he said. “We
Jordan Farmer pitches against Fox Creek on Monday afternoon. The Lady Cardinals won the 1A upper state finals elimination game 8-6. (photo by Joey Millwood)
Lady Cardinals softball pulls out victory in elimination game
by Samantha Hurst
Polk County’s Lady Wolver-ines pulled out a thrilling win at home over Madison Monday, May 7 giving them claim to the title of co-conference champs.
The Lady Wolverines had lost to Madison once earlier in the year but they were deter-mined not to meet that same fate this time around.
PCHS Coach Jeff Wilson said the team came out to play with a different motto this year.
“We played with the idea of ‘new role, new direction’ with our new role being conference champs,” Wilson said. “The great thing is we’ve been uni-fied in our vision and that’s all because these goals have not been my goals, they’ve been our goals.”
At the end of the seventh inning Monday night, strength from the pitcher’s mound and solid defense on both sides
kept the teams tied 0-0. It took determination and every single player to pull out the win, Wil-son said.
“We need everybody, be-cause you never know who’s going to do it; who’s going to make that winning play,” Wil-son said.
In the end it was the speed of No. 10 Shae Wheeler and the smart hitting of No. 7 Amber Lynch that pushed the Wolver-ines to victory. Just after Wheel-er (1-2) took a chance and stole second, Lynch (1-3) stepped up to the plate and knocked one just over the left-fielder’s head to give Wheeler a smooth ride into home plate.
The Wolverines grabbed five hits on the night off the strong arm of Madison’s pitcher, with those hits coming from Lynch, Wheeler and one each from Pitcher Jamie Hrobak throws a pitch toward Madison player no. 4. Coach
Jeff Wilson said the tight game had a lot to do with the strong pitching from both Hrobak and Madison’s pitcher. (photo by Samantha Hurst)(ConTinueD on page 20)
Polk takes down Madison to become co-conference champs
can only focus on what we’re doing.”
The winner of that game will
travel to Abbeville High School on Friday, May 11 for Upper State Championship final.
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Owen 20, W. Lincoln 20, Shelby 17, Mountain Heritage 16, Maiden 14.5, Lincolnton 13, M a d i s o n 1 3 , Chase 9, Brevard 6.
Men’s Team Scores: Shelby 88.5, E. Lincoln 85, N. Lincoln 67, Draugn 67, Polk County 57,
• Polk Track(ConTinueD from page 18)
• Polk softball(ConTinueD from page 19)
Brittany Jones, Katie Ruff and Alyssa Montgomery.
“We went for the win. We tried to run and we tried to hit instead of sitting back and waiting for it to come to us,” Wilson said.
The Wolver ines p layed Mountain Heritage Tuesday, May 8 but results were not
available as of press time. Please visit www.tryondailybul-letin.com to see results and view more photos from the game vs. Madison.
The game against Mountain Heritage determined whether Polk would be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed moving forward into the playoffs. Mountain Heritage was the only other team to beat Madison this year.
The first rounds of state play-offs begin May 11.
S. Iredell 46, Newton-Conover 45, N. Henderson 38, Maiden 32, Owen 28, Bunker Hill 27, Lincolnton 17, Pisgah 14, Bre-vard 13, Chase 12.5, Smoky
Mountain 12, W. Caldwell 12, E. Burke 11,
Mountain Heritage 10, Bandys 8, E. Rutherford 7, W. Lincoln 4.
- article submittedby Jenny Wolfe
Sports
Regional Champions Polk Womens 4x400 Meter Relay (left to right front to back0 Casey McDowell, Autumn Miller, Shelby Wells and Rebecca Elliott) 4:16. (photo submitted by Jenny Wolfe)
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Bridge club members prepare for ‘Spring Soiree’Foothil ls Duplicate Bridge Club members (left to right) Charlotte Lindsey, Kathe Burklow, Betsy Carr and Marily Williams work on the final plans for the “Spring Soiree,” a fundraiser for the Tryon Youth Center sponsored by the club. The event will be held on Friday, May 18 at 5:30 p.m. at the youth center, located at 2969 Hwy. 176 West. The deadline to buy tickets for the benefit is Tuesday, May 15. The evening will include cocktails and appetizers, an Italian feast catered by La Bella Tavola, silent and live auctions between 5:30 and 7 p.m., and music by both John Memory on the guitar and the Sue Wilson group. All cash contributions (except the entry fee) will be matched up to $10,000 by an anonymous donor and are 100-percent tax deductible. The youth center, which serves the community as a whole, now needs major repairs and that is the reason for this fundraiser. For tickets or to make a contribution to Tryon Youth Center, please call event chairman Sherrill Wingo at 828-817-1668. For more general information email [email protected]. (photo submitted by Barbara Clegg)
The Polk County Public Li-brary’s (PCPL) Bookmobile is a free service to all residents of Polk County. The bookmobile offers fic-tion, nonfiction, large print books, children’s books young adult books and paperbacks. Materials will be brought from the main library on request. Library cards are available at the bookmobile.
The bookmobile will visit the following locations from May 9 - 23:
Preschool11:35 – 12:15 Meeting Place #1Wednesday, May 16: Colum-
bus/Tryon9 – 10 a.m. Virtual College10:10 – 11 a.m. Polk County
High School11:30 – noon New Market Road3 – 4 p.m. Windwood DriveThursday, May 17: Tryon9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Oak Hill
Apartments2:15 – 3:30 p.m. White Oak
Manor3:30 – 5 p.m. White Oak Manor
ApartmentsWednesday, May 23: Green
Creek9 – 9:45 a.m. Columbus Chil-
dren’s Center10 – 10:45 a.m. Polk County
High School11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Good Earth
Lane1 – 2 p.m. Green Creek Family
Life Center/Meeting Place #22:15 – 4 p.m. John Smith Road
– article submittedby Rita Owens
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Twice-told Tales of the Dark Corner
by Dean Campbell
Barton families were among the first to settle the Glassy Mountain area, once land grants to former Revolution-ary War soldiers began in 1784.
Paneuma Barton’s great, great grandparents, David and Nancy Barrett Barton, settled on a tract of land in the southwest -ern section of Glassy M o u n t a i n township (on present-day Southerlin Road) in 1785, fol-lowing his release from Revo-lutionary War service.
Her great grandparents were Thomas and Nancy Easley Barton and grandparents were Millington Easley and Sallie Goodlett Barton.
Paneuma was the third child and oldest daughter of James Henry and Josephine Coleman Barton. She was born on Au-gust 16, 1884, 99 years after David Barton first arrived in the area.
She was an extremely intel-ligent child, everyone said, and it was no surprise when she enrolled in the North Green-ville High School, forerunner of North Greenville University,
as one of very few female stu-dents in that day.
She graduated in 1903, then entered Greenville Woman’s College, which was later com-bined with Furman University, and graduated with honors in 1908.
After graduation, she taught school for t w o y e a r s a t Spar tan High School in Landrum, a s c h o o l o w n e d b y t h e S p a r -
tanburg Baptist Association, which received help financially from the Baptist Home Mis-sion Board in Atlanta. She also taught for two years in public schools in the area.
While teaching, she was very active in Sunday School and Womens Missionary Union (W.M.U.) work at Highland Baptist Church. She felt led to attend the W.M.U. Training School in Louisville, Ky., to receive special preparation for missionary work on the foreign field. She graduated in 1914.
A year later, on July 15, 1915, she received her mis-sionary appointment from the Southern Baptist Foreign Mis-sion Board, Richmond, Va.,
Paneuma Barton of Glassy Mountain gave her life to Chinaand sailed for China on Oct. 8.
She became the first gradu-ate of North Greenville Uni-versity to go on an appointed mission.
She served 22 years in Chi-na. While there, she married Dr. Parks Harrison Anderson Sr., a fellow missionary, who lost his wife while giving birth to twins.
One twin survived, leaving Dr. Anderson with four young children to raise.
In later years, Parks and Paneuma Anderson had two children, Henry Lee and The-resa.
Soon after they retired and returned to the United States, Dr. Anderson passed away on March 9, 1955. Following his death, she made her home for a short time near Greer with her sisters, Ollie Barton and Mrs. Glover Dill.
She lived her last years as a resident of the Bethea Baptist Home, in Darlington, S.C.
She died September 8, 1975, at the age of 91, and was buried beside her husband in Wood-lawn Cemetery near Greenville, S.C.
Although she loved her na-tive mountains of the Dark Cor-ner, their creator held a stronger mission for her in serving lost souls in faraway China.
• Calendar(ConTinueD from page 2)
Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.
Tryon Painters & Sculptors, opening reception for members show, Saturday, May 12, 5-8 p.m. at the TPS gallery, 26 Maple Street, Tryon.
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.
Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.
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.
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-
p.m., recreation room, Laurel-Hurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 828-894-3336.
Saluda Center Monday ac-tivities include line dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit www.Saluda.com.
Green Creek Community Center, line dancing, Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
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Bazaar, motorcycle ride benefits Mill Spring Cub ScoutsA spring bazaar and motor-
cycle ride hosted by Star Touring & Riding Association will be held Saturday, May 12 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at Polk County Middle School, located at 1681 N.C. Hwy 108 in Mill Spring.
The event will raise funds to help pay for Mill Spring Cub Scouts to attend summer day camp at Cub Scout Camp in Rutherfordton, N.C. June 18-22.
Star Touring & Riding (STAR), chapter No. 468 is the local chap-ter of STAR, an international family riding organization. As the “official riding organization of Star Motorcycles,” STAR is a non-political, non-confrontation-al association. Its main focus is on family, fun, camaraderie and riding. All brands of motorcycles are welcome. Comprising over
65,000 members and more than 285 chapters, STAR recognizes safety as a first priority.
STAR Chapter No. 468 has offered to host this event for the benefit of Mill Spring Cub Scouts to ensure each boy has the op-portunity to attend summer day camp. To support the children in an area that has been hard-hit by economic forces, STAR organizers said they are happy to host an event that brings family-oriented motorcyclists and Cub Scout families together for the enhancement of future leaders, the Cub Scouts.
Visitors at the spring bazaar and motorcycle ride will be able to shop from local vendors, hear live music by the Olde Tyme Pickers, enjoy hotdogs and ham-burgers with sides, visit with
friends and neighbors and see displays and demonstrations by local organizations (including Cub Scouts). There will be games and fun for children of all ages throughout the day.
Tables and booths are avail-able for rent. Contact Keith Mis-tler, 828-817-5050 or [email protected], or Elizabeth DeChant, 828-429-9896 or [email protected].
Motorcycle ride information: registration for the motorcycle ride will be from 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. For more information, con-tact Raymond Thompson at 828-899-3650 or Gail Thompson at 828-899-2856 or [email protected]
- article submittedby Mary Edwards
PCHS students Anna Koenig, Mason Umlauf and Ben Stockdale give out white pine seedlings to Saluda School third-graders. Nine members of the Polk County High School Green Team recently visited each of the third-grade classes throughout the county schools to promote Earth Day (April 22). The green team talked with the students about the importance of recycling, energy conservation and the overall preservation of the natural environment. Students participating were Emily Costine, Emily Kocher, Koenig, Kari Malki, Malynne Petoia, Stockdale, Umlauf, Rachel Vining and Caroline Wolfe. Each third-grader was given a white pine seedling to plant at home. This project was sponsored by the Tryon Parks Committee and the PCHS Green Team. The club’s faculty advisor is Joel Picher. John Vining accompanied the presentation and supplied the seedlings through the Tryon Parks Committee and helped with the team and the elementary students as well. (photo submitted by Joel M. Picher)
