Libby and Dick Wright were eating breakfast when this bear decided to say hello Monday, June 27 on Darnall Lane off of Hogback Road in Tryon. (photo submitted) Removal of food, trash best way to avoid bear contact by Leah Justice Bear sightings have become a common occurrence in the area. Bears seem to cross paths with humans in many Polk County and upstate South Carolina areas as frequently as deer or raccoons. Libby and Dick Wright, Steph- anie Kaneps and Scott and Karen Brunjes are among the Tryon residents who have recently had visits from bears in their back- yards. Residents of the Jervey Road and Lake Lanier areas have also reported seeing the animals. Some residents have com- mented that the bears seem to have no fear. Others have asked what they should do if they come (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) Bear sightings common ICC could be affected by state move to merge community colleges Polk issues resolution against merger proposal by Leah Justice North Carolina officials are re- portedly considering merging small community colleges as a cost-saving measure, and Polk County’s Isothermal Community College (ICC) and ICC- Spindale are among the colleges that could be affected. The Polk County Board of Com- missioners Monday, July 11 approved (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5) Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper Work continues on addition at Pavillon, page 12 Tryon Daily Bulletin The John Shehan family will gather for a reunion at Beulah Baptist Church in Tryon on July 24 at 1 p.m. Visitors are asked to bring items for dinner. For more information, call Jeanette Pittman at 828-894-3348. Vol. 84 / No. 115 Tryon, N.C. 28782 Thursday, July 14, 2011 Only 50 cents
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Libby and Dick Wright were eating breakfast when this bear decided to say hello Monday, June 27 on Darnall Lane off of Hogback Road in Tryon. (photo submitted)
Removal of food, trash best way to avoid bear contactby Leah Justice
Bear sightings have become a common occurrence in the area. Bears seem to cross paths with humans in many Polk County and upstate South Carolina areas as frequently as deer or raccoons.
Libby and Dick Wright, Steph-anie Kaneps and Scott and Karen Brunjes are among the Tryon residents who have recently had visits from bears in their back-yards. Residents of the Jervey Road and Lake Lanier areas have also reported seeing the animals.
Some residents have com-mented that the bears seem to have no fear. Others have asked what they should do if they come
(Continued on page 3)
Bear sightings common
ICC could be affected by state move to merge community collegesPolk issues resolution against merger proposalby Leah Justice
North Carolina officials are re-portedly considering merging small community colleges as a cost-saving
measure, and Polk County’s Isothermal Community College (ICC) and ICC-Spindale are among the colleges that could be affected.
The Polk County Board of Com-missioners Monday, July 11 approved
(Continued on page 5)
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Work continues on addition at Pavillon, page 12
Tryon Daily Bulletin
The John Shehan family will gather for a reunion at Beulah Baptist Church in Tryon on July 24 at 1 p.m.
Visitors are asked to bring items for
dinner. For more information, call Jeanette Pittman at
828-894-3348.
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Local Weather
Today: Partly cloudy, with 50 percent chance of scat-tered thunderstorms. High 88, low 69.
Friday: Partly cloudy, with 60 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms. High 78, low 69.
Tuesday’s weather was: High 96, low 77, no rain.
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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-
cling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.
The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.
Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; story-time, 10:30 a.m.
Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Thurs-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.
Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies and Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m.
Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.
Rotary Club of Tryon, meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon
Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Road.
PolkFresh Farmers Market, Thursdays, Tryon, McCown St., 4 - 6:30 p.m., VISA/EBT ac-cepted. Visit polkcountyfarms.org for vendor list or sign-up.
Landrum Library, “Teen Iron Chef,” teen summer reading event, Thursday, July 14, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Teens can compete to win the tile of Teen Iron Chef or just come to watch the fun. Use the given ingredients to create a dish, which will be judged on taste, creativity and presentation. Attendance limited to 16 teens. Advance sign-up required.
Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, 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.
Republican General Mem-ber Meeting, New location. Womack Building, 40 Court-house St., Columbus. 7 p.m.
Tryon Fine Arts Center, “Creation of Dance” at 7 p.m. For tickets call 828-859-8322, during box office hours, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
AA’s Sobriety and Beyond, Thursdays, 8-9 p.m., Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, 1024 W. Main St., Forest City. 828-863-1313.
The Meeting Place Senior Center, Friday activities include movie matinee, 10 a.m.; bingo, 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 Mu-
seum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m., 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.
PolkFresh Farmers Market, Fridays, Saluda, West Main park-ing lot, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., VISA/EBT accepted. Visit polkcoun-tyfarms.org for vendor list or sign-up.
American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.
Foothills Astronomy Club, meets the third Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at FENCE in the great room. Enter through the back of the building and ask for Jessie Willard. Free.
Narcotics Anon., Saluda Senior Center, Fridays, 8 p.m.
SaTurdayLandrum Farmer’s Mar-
ket, meets Saturday mornings at 7 a.m. at the Depot. For more information, call Joe Cunning-ham at 864-457-6585.
Columbus Farmer’s Mar-ket, Saturdays, 8 - 11:30 a.m., Womack building parking lot. New vendors, live music, free pet-sitting. Visit www.polkcoun-tyfarms.org to register or for more information.
Grassroots Art Project, holds art classes to benefit Len-nie’s Fund and the Humane Society Saturdays from 9:30 – noon a.m. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be
provided. Classes will be held at the Congregational Church An-nex, 210 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.
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 Museum, open Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.
Lanier Library, Magician Fish the Magish will perform for children of all ages at the 2 p.m. Free and everyone is welcome.
Lanier Library, Annual fam-ily program. “Magic around the World” by magician and story-teller Michael Fisher at 2 p.m. in the library.
SundayVegetarian community pot-
luck, hosted by Carole Antun every Sunday at 5:30 p.m at 162 Lyncourt Drive, Tryon. This event is open to the community and music will also be included. Info: 828-859-9994.
MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-
cling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field, Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.
Please submit Curb Reporter 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.
OBITUARIESWilliam Ray Horne, p. 6
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in close contact with a bear.Polk County Wildlife Officer
Toby Jenkins said this year is similar to other years in terms of bear coming on private property.
“We have had bear in Polk County for a long time, but as development continues in rural ar-eas and bear populations continue to grow, the interaction between humans and bear continues to rise as well,” said Jenkins.
On average, five to six bears are run over by vehicles annually in Polk County, most of them on I-26, according to Jenkins. Nine bears were reported as legal harvests by hunters last year, Jenkins said.
Jenkins said the number of sightings this year has not in-creased compared to the past several years.
To avoid bears coming on property, residents should remove any sources of food for the bear, such as bird feeders and unsecured garbage.
Stephanie Kaneps spotted this bear at her bird feeder in Gillette Woods. (photo submitted)
The N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission will not trap and relocate nuisance bears, partially because most conflicts with bears do not warrant trapping, Jenkins said. For example, a bear simply being in a neighborhood is not threatening.
In most cases, people are the cause of the problem and the best long-term solution involves removal of attractants rather than destruction of the bear, he said.
“Simply catching every bear that someone sees is not an op-tion,” said Jenkins. “We have no remote places left to relocate bear where they will not come into con-tact with humans. Relocated bears often return to the place they were originally captured.”
Furthermore, the process of catching bears is difficult and can be more dangerous for the bear, the public and those involved than let-ting the bear take its natural course, according to Jenkins.
“This would simply move the
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problem, rather than solve it,” said Jenkins. “The solution is to modify your habits and prevent bears from being attracted to your home.”
According to the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commission, black bear are the largest wild animal in North Carolina and are part of the state’s heritage. Female bears average 100 to 300 pounds, with male bears
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Above: Scott and Karen Brunjes of Cardinal Circle in Tryon saw this black bear coming out of their garage. (photo submitted by Karen Brunjes)
Below: Another black bear sighted in Gillette Woods in Tryon. (photo submitted by Frances McCain)
Preventing problems with black bearsTo prevent problems with bears, do not feed them:• Secure bags of trash inside cans stored in a garage, basement
or other secure area.• Place trash outside, as late as possible, on trash pick-up days
-- not the night before. Keep all garbage sites clean.• If a bear is in the area, remove bird feeders and hummingbird
feeders, even those advertised as “bear proof.”• Avoid “free-feeding” pets outdoors. Do not leave pet foods
out overnight. If you must feed pets outdoors, make sure all food is consumed and empty bowls are removed.
• Clean all food and grease from barbecue grill after each use. Bears are attracted to food odors and may investigate.
– source: www.ncwildlife.org
averaging 300-500 pounds, accord-ing to the N.C. Wildlife website (ncwildlife.org). When standing on all fours, black bears are about 5-6 feet long and stand 2-3 feet high.
There has never been an unpro-voked bear attack on a human in North Carolina, according to the N.C. Wildlife Resource Commis-sion. If you come in close contact with a bear, N.C. Wildlife officials said, you should stay calm but try to make a lot of noise.
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a resolution against the merger of small community colleges.
Polk County Chairman Ray Gasperson, who serves on the ICC board of trustees, said he was shocked when he heard about the state’s recommenda-tion, which could mean Polk County would no longer have a community college.
“ F r a n k l y, I w a s j u s t shocked,” Gasperson said. “Every time I go to a meeting they talk about how enrollment
is booming.”Gasperson said it seems un-
imaginable, but the proposal is another thing the state is con-sidering to save money.
The N.C. Program Evalu-ation Division, a state agency charged with identifying ef-ficiencies and cost savings in state government, recom-mended that all small colleges be merged with larger colleges by 2018.
Another recommendation by the program evaluation division
Polk issues resolution on N.C. community college merger proposalWHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the state program
evaluation committee (Report No. 2011-04) that the North Caro-lina General Assembly direct the North Carolina Community College System to create a plan to merge smaller community colleges with larger ones by Jan. 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, it is the recommendation of the state program evaluation committee that the merges be completed by the year 2018; and
WHEREAS, 22 of the state’s 58 community colleges are considered by state standards to be small; and
WHEREAS, the Isothermal Community College of Spindale (ICC) could be merged with some combination of McDowell Tech, Cleveland and Western Piedmont community colleges; and
WHEREAS, since 1964 Polk and Rutherford County citizens have been served by ICC; and
WHEREAS, the needs of our Polk and Rutherford County communities, and of communities across the state, are unique and serve many diverse groups; and
WHEREAS, the Polk County ICC campus provides certi-fication in the allied health fields, training for emergency and public safety personnel and a wide range of continuing education course; and
WHEREAS, the current North Carolina Community College System is singular in its responsiveness to the community each college serves; and
WHEREAS, ICC President Myra B. Johnson, Ed. D., MBA, along with her fellow presidents, the North Carolina Community College System and the Community College Trustees Association adamantly oppose this recommendation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Polk County Board of Commissioners supports continued state funding for small, diverse and responsive community colleges and urges the General Assembly not to act on the recommendation by the state program evaluation committee Report No. 2011-04 to merge small community colleges with larger ones and not to merge the small community colleges.
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William Ray Horne
William Ray Horne, 90, of Columbus died July 12, 2011. He was the son of the late Jessie Monroe and Cora Collins Horne and husband of Mildred Holbert Horne.
He was a member of Mill Creek Church of the Brethren and Mill Spring Veterans
Lodge. He served in the U.S. Army as a medic during WWII.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel (Floy) of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Re-gina Pate (Rick), both of Green Creek, and Laura Saenger (Mike) of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bakersville,
Obituaries N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grandchildren, Kim Odel, Kelly Bradley, Lee Bradley, Bran-don Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebec-ca Horne, Joseph Pate, Jacob Pate, Miles Saenger and Will Saenger; and five great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Fri-day, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellowship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe and Rev. Allen McKinney. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made in memory of Brandon Horne to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 4530 Park Rd, #240, Charlotte, N.C. 28209.
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is for colleges to develop pur-chasing consortiums to negoti-ate better pricing with existing vendors.
The purchasing recom-mendation could save the college sys-tem $270,000 per year, ac-cording to the report, while merging small colleges into l a rge r ones would be an annual savings of $5 million by 2018 in administrative costs.
Small colleges are defined in North Carolina as those with fewer than 3,000 students. Of the state’s 58 colleges, 22 are considered small.
No action has been taken on the recommendation. The report recommends that the N.C. General Assembly direct the system office to come up with a plan by Jan. 1, 2012 to merge the colleges.
The report identifies oth-
er colleges within 30 miles as institutions for potential mergers. ICC-Polk and ICC-Spindale could potentially merge with some combination of McDowell Tech, Cleveland and Western Piedmont Com-munity Colleges.
Polk County budgets ap-proximately $ 1 3 0 , 0 0 0 annua l ly to ICC-Polk, and R u t h e r f o r d County bud-gets close to $2 million for ICC-Spindale,
according to figures given at Polk’s commissioner meeting on July 11.
Gasperson said he’s heard that when the economy is down, local community col-leges serve as an emergency room, meaning the colleges help train and retrain new individuals for jobs.
“If anything, more funding is needed,” Gasperson said.
The state committee is set to continue its discussion dur-ing a meeting sometime this month.
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“If anything, more funding is needed [for community colleges].”
-- Polk County Commissioner Ray Gasperson
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894-3001Rabies vaccinations are required for all dogs and cats over the
age of 4 months; recommended for horses and cattle. In North Caro-lina, rabies vaccinations are required to be given by a veterinarian. Rabies clinics are scheduled throughout the year; watch the Bulletin for announcements, or contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for information.
Strays are taken to the Foothills Humane Society on Little Mountain Road in Columbus, a volunteer nonprofit organization that shelters homeless animals and tries to find caring owners for them, or to the Rutherford County Animal Shelter in Rutherfordton. People missing a pet should call the Foothills Humane Society at 828-863-4444 or Rutherford Shelter at 828-287-6025.
Spaying and neutering of pets is highly recommended. If finan-cial assistance is needed, call the spay/neuter assistance allowance number, 828-859-5305.
To adopt a pet or find out more information about Foothills Humane Society, check out their Web site at www.foothillshumane-society.org.
Injured or orphaned wildlife or nuisance wildlife questions can be referred to Beth Knapp-Tyner at Wild at Heart Wildlife Rehabilitation in Green Creek, 828-863-0505.
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a few days ago I made one of my frequent trips to the hospital in Spartanburg. Since it was my third trip there in as many days I was thoroughly bored with driving up and down i-26, so on my way home I fol-lowed hwy. 221 to Chesnee and then hwy. 11 back to Campobello.
however, after a few miles I found myself at the tail end of a long line of slowly moving traffic. Soon , though , i found myself nearing the head
of the line, and when the Suburban in front of me passed the “obstruction” i saw an amazing and amus-ing sight.
there before me, putt-putting along at a blister-ing 10 miles per hour was a wizened little old man in a tattered blue t-shirt, faded red Bermuda shorts and green flip-flops with a long stringy grey beard and streaming grey hair rid-ing a decrepit moped. he looked old enough to have helped noah load the Ark
tHe reverend dr. miCHaeL doty, reCtor
tHe episCopaL CHurCH of tHe HoLy Cross
avoiding tunnel vision and was extremely intent on his mission.
What added to his out-r ageous ly s t r i k ing ap -pearance was that he had a large metal basket at-tached to the back of the bike wherein were a potted bromeliad, two carefully folded towels, a large but-terfly net which blew in the breeze like a gonfalon and a stick hobby-horse.
Precariously clutched between his feet and stick-ing out dangerously from the sides of the moped was a folding canvas chair, while hanging from the side of the basket was a collapsible tea table.
As i passed i waved to him, but he paid me no mind. The rest of the way back to the church i won-dered about him. Who was
he? Where was he going? What did he plan to do that day with his unique collec-tion of items? Why did he seem so intense?
So, off my imagination went on flights of fancy Lewis Carroll would have envied and i arrived back at my office with a lighter spirit and in a much better humor than when I left the hospital.
During hard and un-certain times many of us get into task mode. We know what we need to do and we go after it with a vengeance, believing, perhaps, that if we just work harder things will improve by the sheer act of our will.
to avoid that kind of exhausting tunnel vision it is sometimes best to simply
step out of our routine and see what new thing god might set before us. We are inclined to take ourselves much too seriously, so an occasional step onto a dif-ferent path opens a way for god to touch our hearts and minds which we may have closed off from the holy Spirit in our business about being busy.
So take off down that sunlit dappled path, take the long route home, give yourself a break and see what may be offered. You may even run into mr. mo-ped chasing butterflies on his hobby-horse through a flowered field where tea has been set on a bromeliad laden table.
it’s better than grous-ing about the traffic on I-26.
Polk County Animal ControlPolk County Sheriff’s Office, Ward Street, Columbus, 828-
894-3001Rabies vaccinations are required for all dogs and cats over the
age of 4 months; recommended for horses and cattle. In North Caro-lina, rabies vaccinations are required to be given by a veterinarian. Rabies clinics are scheduled throughout the year; watch the Bulletin for announcements, or contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for information.
Strays are taken to the Foothills Humane Society on Little Mountain Road in Columbus, a volunteer nonprofit organization that shelters homeless animals and tries to find caring owners for them, or to the Rutherford County Animal Shelter in Rutherfordton. People missing a pet should call the Foothills Humane Society at 828-863-4444 or Rutherford Shelter at 828-287-6025.
Spaying and neutering of pets is highly recommended. If finan-cial assistance is needed, call the spay/neuter assistance allowance number, 828-859-5305.
To adopt a pet or find out more information about Foothills Humane Society, check out their Web site at www.foothillshumane-society.org.
Injured or orphaned wildlife or nuisance wildlife questions can be referred to Beth Knapp-Tyner at Wild at Heart Wildlife Rehabilitation in Green Creek, 828-863-0505.
Information for Thermal Belt pet owners
12505 e. wade Hampton, duncan, SC 564-439-4655 • www.cffduncan.com
bLue ridge smaLL engineGet your small engines serviced now!
Complete Sharpening Service & PartsFarm Equipment • tractors • Bobcats • Golf Carts and more
minor Repairs & Service • Pick up & Deliverymon-Fri 8:30am-5pm or call for appointments
310 E. mills St., Columbus • Across from Car Quest828-894-0794
avoid tHe rusH - prepare for summer now
828-692-61101216 asheville HwyHendersonville, nC
Yarns • Accessories • Classes227 east rutherford St., Landrum,SC
aLL SeaSOnS HeaTInG & aIr COndITIOnInG, LLCServing All Your Heating And Air Conditioning Needs.
242 E. mills St., Columbus, nC 28722Phone:
828-894-0554Fax: 828-894-6520
Polk County Transportation AuthorityCome Ride With Us! • Open to the Public
#3 Courthouse Square St., Columbus, NC
828-894-8203
a few days ago I made one of my frequent trips to the hospital in Spartanburg. Since it was my third trip there in as many days I was thoroughly bored with driving up and down i-26, so on my way home I fol-lowed hwy. 221 to Chesnee and then hwy. 11 back to Campobello.
however, after a few miles I found myself at the tail end of a long line of slowly moving traffic. Soon , though , i found myself nearing the head
of the line, and when the Suburban in front of me passed the “obstruction” i saw an amazing and amus-ing sight.
there before me, putt-putting along at a blister-ing 10 miles per hour was a wizened little old man in a tattered blue t-shirt, faded red Bermuda shorts and green flip-flops with a long stringy grey beard and streaming grey hair rid-ing a decrepit moped. he looked old enough to have helped noah load the Ark
tHe reverend dr. miCHaeL doty, reCtor
tHe episCopaL CHurCH of tHe HoLy Cross
avoiding tunnel vision and was extremely intent on his mission.
What added to his out-r ageous ly s t r i k ing ap -pearance was that he had a large metal basket at-tached to the back of the bike wherein were a potted bromeliad, two carefully folded towels, a large but-terfly net which blew in the breeze like a gonfalon and a stick hobby-horse.
Precariously clutched between his feet and stick-ing out dangerously from the sides of the moped was a folding canvas chair, while hanging from the side of the basket was a collapsible tea table.
As i passed i waved to him, but he paid me no mind. The rest of the way back to the church i won-dered about him. Who was
he? Where was he going? What did he plan to do that day with his unique collec-tion of items? Why did he seem so intense?
So, off my imagination went on flights of fancy Lewis Carroll would have envied and i arrived back at my office with a lighter spirit and in a much better humor than when I left the hospital.
During hard and un-certain times many of us get into task mode. We know what we need to do and we go after it with a vengeance, believing, perhaps, that if we just work harder things will improve by the sheer act of our will.
to avoid that kind of exhausting tunnel vision it is sometimes best to simply
step out of our routine and see what new thing god might set before us. We are inclined to take ourselves much too seriously, so an occasional step onto a dif-ferent path opens a way for god to touch our hearts and minds which we may have closed off from the holy Spirit in our business about being busy.
So take off down that sunlit dappled path, take the long route home, give yourself a break and see what may be offered. You may even run into mr. mo-ped chasing butterflies on his hobby-horse through a flowered field where tea has been set on a bromeliad laden table.
it’s better than grous-ing about the traffic on I-26.
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The AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Southeast Regional Cham-pionships were held in Char-lotte June 18-19 at the Bojangles Coliseum. Seventeen gymnasts from Foothills Gymnastics Acad-emy represented North Carolina against Florida, South Carolina and Georgia.
Foothills Coach Jana Wil-liamson was the only coach in the state to have all of her gymnasts qualify for either N.C. Team 1 or N.C. Team 2. Gymnasts com-peted on behalf of their state in the team competition, as well as earned individual honors. Gym-nasts received AAU SE Regional medals for individual apparatus placement, as well as all-around collector-piece trophies from the 2008 Seoul Olympics. Winning state team members also were awarded plaques for their contri-bution to their state’s win.
Saturday, June 18 was com-petition of Level 2, Level 3 and Level 5 gymnasts. In Level 2, N.C. Team 1 took home 1st place honors in all age groups. Age group 7-and-under had three of the five spots filled by Foothills
Gymnasts Scout Harmon, Ella Waldman, and Grace Strader. In the 8-9 year old age group, Foothills’ Madison Geddings and Amelia Nespeca comprised two of the five spots.
In the Level 2 individual awards, age 6 and under, Grace Strader took seocnd place All-Around honors (37.1), followed by a seventh place all-around finish by teammate Ella Wald-man (36.425). Strader, daughter of Tom and Belle Strader of Columbus, earned fourth place finishes on vault (9.350), bars (9.375) and beam (9.125) with third place on floor (9.250). Wald-man, daughter of Ethan and Re-nae Waldman of Tryon, placed fourth on vault (9.350), seventh on bars (9.125), won third place on beam (9.150) and seventh on floor (8.80). In the 7-and-8 age group, Foothills’ Madison Ged-dings and Scout Harmon took first and second place all-around. Geddings, daughter of Jay and Lori Geddings of Tryon, won first place all-around honors (37.325), also winning first on vault (9.725), bars (9.450), and floor (9.30) and a
fourth place win on beam (8.850). Harmon, daughter of Jeff and Kristin Harmon of Tryon, won second place all-around honors with a 36.600. Harmon placed third on vault (9.50), third on bars (9.20), won first place on beam (9.025) and tied for sixth on floor (8.875). In the age 9-and- up age bracket, Amelia Nespeca won second place all-around with a 36.750. Nespeca, daughter of Mindy Wiener of Green Creek and John Nespeca of Charlotte, won fifth place on vault (9.40), first place on bars (9.250), tenth on beam (8.525) and won first place on floor (9.525).
Level 3 gymnasts Ragan Ash-more and Rollins Carter of Foot-hills were on the N.C. Team 1 winning second place honors behind Team Florida. N.C. Team 2 gymnast Julia Griffin, also of Foothills, was on the third place N.C. team. Ashmore, daughter of Jackie Ashmore of Columbus and Warren Ashmore of Landrum, won second place all-around (35.650) in her age bracket. Ash-more also won first place honors on the vault (9.550), sixth on bars
(8.450), third on beam (8.775) and second place on floor (8.90). Cart-er, daughter of Robert and Margot Carter of Tryon, placed sixth place all-around (34.950) also placing eighth on vault (8.850), eighth on bars (8.550), tied for seventh on beam (8.50) and fifth place on floor (9.050). Teammate Julia Griffin, daughter of Ken and Tan-gela Griffin of Tryon, earned ninth place honors in her age group. Griffin, won second place on vault (9.40), placed tenth on bars (8.875), seventh on beam (8.750) and tenth on floor (8.450).
Saturday’s competition ended with Level 5 gymnasts, Sydney Waldman and Julianna Robbins, winning first place for NC Team 1 also upsetting rival Florida. Wald-man, daughter of Ethan and Renae Waldman of Tryon, won third place all-around in the 9 and under age group with a 35.525.Waldman placed eighth on vault (8.30), won second place on bars (9.225), won third place on beam (8.825) and won third place on floor (9.175). Robbins, daughter of Arthur and Joy Robbins of Columbus, won
Local gymnasts win southeast regional honors
First row (left to right): Ragan Ashmore (level 3), Amelia Nespeca (level 2), Ella Waldman (level 2), Grace Strader (level 2), Scout Harmon (level 2), Madison Geddings (level 2); Second row (left to right): Leah Bulleit (level 4), Julia Griffin (level 3), Julianna Robbins (level 5), Rollins Carter (level 3), Sydney Waldman (level 5), Kate Padgett (level4); Third row (left to right): Julia Skellie (Mod. Opt.), Savannah Robbins (Mod. Opt.), Lily Nelson (level 4), Jenna McInerney (level 4), Colleen Burke (level 6), MaryKate Christiansen (level 8), (photo submitted)
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Twice-told Tales of the Dark Corner
by Dean Campbell
Preparations for a spring garden usually included the inspection of year-old, hanging gourds and the replacement of those that were no longer “fit” for a new group of purple martins to use as nests.
The gourds had to be suspended from a rope or metal wire, placed about 18 inches apart and some 12-15 feet above the ground.
No plank or other leaning object could be placed from the ground to any gourd.
A cat or other creature could climb to the nest and kill the baby birds.
The lines of hanging gourds had to be placed out in the open, well away from woods or structures so the nesting martins could be aware of any danger that might be ap-proaching the nest.
There was never a guarantee that the purple winged creatures would return every year.
Having a barn or pig sty that at-tracted flies and gnats, or a nearby pond that produced mosquitos, were the best conditions for attract-ing them.
Insects that preyed on garden plants were tar-gets of the mar-tins, as well. In plucking them from the plants, martins did no damage to the plants themselves.
The first martins usually arrived around the middle of March, after an advance “scout” had checked out the area for favorable condi-tions.
They made their nests in the hanging gourds, laid their eggs and hatched out new babies.
The first to arrive each spring
Hanging of the gourds a spring ritual for many
began leaving with their new offspring around the end of June. The later arrivals were usually all gone before the end of “dog days” in early August.
While the martins were never part of the spring planting of gar-dens, they made the tending and gathering of fruits and vegetables
in them much more pleasant, par-ticularly by limiting the presence of summer gnats and mosquitos.
In modern Dark Corner, plastic gourds and purple martin “hotels” have become popular, but, if one looks closely as new birds arrive each year, the old fashioned, real gourds are the first to be occupied.
PurPle Martins
second place all-around for age group 10-and-up with a 35.625. Robbins won second place on vault (9.125), won third place on bars (9.075) and placed fourth on beam (8.550) and floor (8.875).
Foothills gymnasts Julia Skel-lie and MaryKate Christiansen were two of nine finalists in the Eddie Wortman AAU Memorial Award. Skellie was the recipient of that award and received a com-memorative plaque for winning that honor.
Sunday began with the Modi-fied Optional division consisting of Foothills’ Savannah Robbins and Julia Skellie earning a fourth-place win for their N.C . Team competition. Robbins, daughter of Arthur and Joy Robbins, won sixth place all-around (34.150) for age 13-and-under. Robbins also won fifth place on vault (8.800), had seventh place winnings on bars (8.00), beam (8.550) and floor (8.825). Skellie, daughter
of David and Carolina Skellie of Campobello, won third place all-around (36.200). Skellie tied for first place on vault (9.00), won fourth place on bars (8.9), won first place on beam (9.250) and won sixth place on floor (9.050).
The Level 6 competition fol-lowed with the N.C. Level 6 team winning first place, comprised of Foothills gymnast, Colleen Burke.
In the individual competition, Burke, daughter of Pat and Julie Burke of Tryon, tied for third place all-around with a 34.425. Burke also placed fifth on vault (8.875), won first place on bars (8.3), won fourth on beam (8.775) and placed ninth on floor (8.475).
In the Level 4 session, N.C. Team 1 won first place (with team member Lily Nelson of Foothills) and third place (with Foothills’ Kate Padgett and Leah Bulleit). For individual awards, teammates Kate Padgett and Lily Nelson competed in the same age bracket. Lily Nelson, daugh-ter of Rich and Kim Nelson of Tryon, won thirdplace all-around
(35.550). Nelson placed 7th on vault (8.850), tied for first place on bars (9.125), finished fifth on beam (8.450) and tied for third place on floor (9.125). Padgett, daughter of Edwin and Ashley Padgett of Tryon, won fifth place all-around (35.100) with ninth place on vault (8.600), tied for first on bars (9.125) with team-mate Nelson, won second place on beam (8.725) and placed sixth on floor (8.650).
Foothills Leah Bulleit was in the oldest age bracket and won a ninth place all-around fin-ish (35.550). Bulleit, daughter of Steve and Sandy Bulleit of Columbus, place ninth on vault (8.80), tenth on bars (8.675), tied for seventh on beam (8.825) and won fourth place on floor (9.250). Foothills gymnast Mary Kate Christiansen competed in the Level 8 session. Due to an injury, Christiansen was only able to compete on the floor event and had to withdrawal from the remaining events.
As a member of the N.C. Level
8 Regional Team, she and her teammates celebrated a second place finish in the competition behind Florida. Before the re-gional competition, Christiansen announced her retirement from gymnastics. She began training with coach Jana Williamson at the age of 5.
The Polk County High School senior has plans to pursue other interests, although she still has a passion for gymnastics. Chris-tiansen is the daughter of Don and Lynne Christiansen of Mill Spring.
The final competition of the spring/summer AAU gymnastics season concluded with Nationals on July 1 - 3 at the ESPN Center at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Flo. Ella Waldman, Rollins Carter, Lily Nelson, Sydney Waldman, Julianna Robbins and Savannah Robbins from Foothills Gym-nastics Academy represented the state of North Carolina against AAU gymnasts from around the country.
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BibleWay Baptist Church will host a gospel sing and supper Saturday, July 16 from 4 – 6 p.m for the church’s build-ing fund.
Featured singers will be
Charle Brock, The County Line Singers and many more.
Hamburger and hotdog plates, as well as ice cream will be served at the event.
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BibleWay Baptist Church fundraising benefit July 16
Benjamin Hall, a 2007 gradu-ate of Polk County High School and son of Richard and Angela Hall of Columbus, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Mon-treat College in May with a bach-elor of science degree in biology, with a pre-medical concentration.
Hall was recently named out-standing biology graduate at the college’s honors convocation cer-emony. This award is presented to a graduating senior in the biology program who has demonstrated excellence in academics, Christ-like character and compelling leadership qualities.
Hall was also awarded the Kim Denise Trapnell servant leader award, established in 1994 in honor of Kim Denise Trapnell, an outstanding example of stu-dent leadership.
Hall was given a scholarship pin, which is awarded to gradu-ates receiving a bachelor’s degree who have fulfilled the require-ments for dean’s list (3.50-3.89 GPA) or distinguished scholars’
list (3.90 or above GPA) for six consecutive semesters. He was also a member of Alpha Chi, one of the three most prestigious na-tional honor societies. Member-ship is based on good reputation and character, rank in the top 10 percent of the junior and senior classes and regular student sta-tus at Montreat College no less than one academic year prior to election.
Hall was named 2010 male athlete of the year, and was an active member on the Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes (FCA) leadership team. He also won the champions of character award, an honor given to one male and one female student in the Ap-palachian Athletic Conference.
Stephanie Luedi, a 2003 graduate of Polk County High School and daughter of Kim and Susan Luedi of Tryon, gradu-ated Magna Cum Laude from Montreat College in May with a bachelor of science degree in environmental studies. Luedi
Ben Hall is pictured (back row, second from left) with fellow biology graduates and Dr. Mark Lassiter (second from right), head professor of biology. (photo submitted)
Former PCHS students graduate with high honors
was recently named outstanding environmental studies graduate at the college’s honors convocation ceremony. This award is given to a graduating senior within the en-vironmental studies major. Award recipients are chosen by depart-ment faculty. Luedi was also on the dean’s list and distinguished scholars’ list maintaining a GPA average 3.5-3.89 and 3.90 and above per semester.
Montreat College is a Christ-centered liberal arts institution.
