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TodaySaluda Center, Friday

events: chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.; NA Meet-ing, 8 p.m. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

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

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St. Luke’s considers hiring Columbus officersby Leah Justice

St. Luke’s Hospital has asked the Town of Columbus to hire two police officers to staff the hospital at night.

Columbus Town Council met

Jan. 17 and approved the town working with the hospital on an agreement after hearing from St. Luke’s CEO Ken Shull.

Shull says with changes in the world his employees would feel

more comfortable with armed officers at the hospital.

The hospital currently has two security guards on staff but


by Samantha Hurst

A number of first responders who volunteer their time within Polk County’s emergency medical system said the Polk County Board of Commissioners made the right decision in seeking a replacement for outgoing medical director Dr. Allison Owens.

“I’m almost tickled pink to see her go,” said Nicholas Edwards, who works full-time as a captain with the Saluda Fire Department. Edwards also works part-time with Tryon and Columbus, and volun-teers with Green Creek. “She’s held this county back from a lot and now that we are getting her out the door I feel like we can excel so much more.”

Commissioners voted 4-1 on Jan. 7 to “go in a different direc-tion” in regards to the oversight of the county’s emergency medical system (EMS). Commissioner chair Michael Gage said the work-ing relationship between volunteers and Dr. Owens has soured over the years, making the department less effective than it could be overall.

Volunteers speak out about problems with EMS

In a previous interview with the Bulletin, Gage said the primary issues exist with a lack of training opportunities and the fact that in-dividuals cannot volunteer as first responders in Polk County unless they have EMT certification.

Several volunteers said these

two issues put a strain on the system.

“Under Dr. Owens the volunteer first responder program is dying,” said Marty McGuinn in a letter to the Bulletin.


Emergency responders remained at Big Bradley Falls throughout the night in April 2012 in an attempt to rescue a Saluda man that fell from the falls. This is just one example of the time commitment volunteers often give. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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

African Children’s Choir, The internationally-acclaimed African Children’s Choir will perform at Green Creek Missionary Baptist Church Friday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. The church is located at 2382 Coxe Rd. in Green Creek. Info: 828-863-2549.

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

SaTurdayPolk Democratic Men’s Club

Meeting for the first time this year. Join us for topics and planning.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m.

Church Women United, The Church Women United will meet at St. Luke’s CME Church on Markham Road on Saturday, Jan. 26 with registration at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting at 10 a.m. The group plans to honor Dr. Joseph Fox.

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 materi-als will be provided. Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more in-formation.

House of Flags Museum, open

Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical Mu-suem Association, open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, Oil painting class for teens with Mar-garet Curtis, Saturdays, noon - 3 p.m.

Regeneration Group, Sat-urday, 4 p.m., Ashley Meadows Community Room. There is Christ-centered help for all addictions. Join us to find freedom from unhealthy habits. Will meet ev-ery Saturday at 4 p.m. For more information, call Lorna Dever at 828-817-1544.

Showing of “Witch Ann,” The locally-made movie “Witch Ann” will be shown at the Polk County Agricultural Center Jan. 26 at 7 p.m.

SaTurdayCello and piano concert,

Green Creek resident Kathleen Foster, cello, will be joined by Alison Moore, piano, for a concert on Sunday, Jan. 27 in the Daniel Recital Hall of Converse College. The concert, which features the De-bussy and Rachmaninoff sonatas for cello and piano, will begin with the Couperin Pieces en Concert. The concert begins at 3 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Foxhunter’s Cup informa-tional meeting Sunday, Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. at the TR&HC office at 6985 S NC Hwy 9, Columbus, NC 28722.

MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

Saluda Center, Mondays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; line dance, 12:30 p.m.; Saluda Duplicate Bridge, 1:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

The Meeting Place Senior Center, sing-along, 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, Mondays except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion

of relevant issues; interdenomina-tional. 859-5051.

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

American Association of Uni-versity Women (AAUW) meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Tryon Presbyterian Church fellowship hall.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mon-days, 5:30 p.m., Tryon United Methodist Church, New Market Road in Tryon.

Green Creek Community Center, line dance classes (ultra beginner and beginner/intermedi-ate), Monday’s 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the gym.

Male Domestice Abuse Inter-vention, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

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

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

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mon-days, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyte-rian Church.

TueSdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

Polk County Transporation Authority, makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class,

Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

The Meeting Place Senior Center, beginner/intermediate pilates, 8:30 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions and art class, 10 a.m.; Let’s move...Let’s move dance, 10:30 a.m.; bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

House of Flags Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical Asso-ciation Msueum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

“Let’s Build a Snowman!” Preschool Storytime, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 10:30 a.m. at Polk County Public Library. Storytime is free and open to all area preschoolers and caregivers.

LIFECare of Polk County/Adult Day Health Care provides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy every Tuesday is an op-portunity for participants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info.

Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tues-days, conference room, Congrega-tional Church.

Al-Anon Family Group, meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Saluda Senior Center, 64 Greenville Street, Sa-luda, one half block off Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 176 S.), 828-749-2251 (Saluda) or 1-800-286-1326.

WedneSdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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The Foothills Association of Master Gardeners is sponsoring a very special gardening program on Monday, February 4th at 1:30 at Isothermal Community College in Columbus. Open to the public, Carolinas Dahlia Society member Brian Killingsworth will present a power point presenta-tion about dahlias, often referred to as the “WOW” flower. Included will be information about the interesting history of the plant as well as cultiva-tion needs and requirements.

Killingsworth describes his interest in dahlias as a life-long habit since he was first introduced to the flower while in the service in Germany. This spectacular bloom has many shapes and forms from basketball size to golf ball size and is available in a huge array of colors. He grew dahlias com-mercially in Georgia before moving to our area.

A brief meeting for members of the Foothills Association of Master Gardeners will follow the program.

- article submittedby Barbara and Bud Clegg

Carolinas Dahlia Society member Brian Killingsworth, shown with his wife Linda, will be presenting a free program about dahlias – the “WOW’” flower. (photo submitted)

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2nd AnnuAlJeremy Gregg, a medical officer

with the Green Creek Fire Depart-ment, said his department has had two volunteers that have not re-certified because of these issues. He said other EMTs are burned out as well and he’s concerned more will quit.

“If something doesn’t change, I’m afraid we’ll be in worse shape than what we are,” Gregg said.

Scope of practice examIssues escalated in the fall of

2010, when Dr. Owens and EMS Director Sandra Halford imple-mented a new version of the scope of practices exam for first respond-ers, which required responders to react in mock scenarios. At the time, 35 of the county’s 41 emer-gency responders failed the test.

“Ninety-four percent of the county’s responders failed the test, but she [Dr. Owens] failed every-one for the most ridiculous reasons. It was like they did not want you to pass,” Edwards said.

Edwards initially failed the test, he said, because his cell phone went off. He said he was told that was unprofessional and was required to retest. The Bulletin could not confirm with EMS the reason Edwards failed because Halford was unavailable for comment as of press time.

Edwards said during the skills evaluation responders were given a scenario with a plastic doll as their patient. They then were asked to describe what treatment they would implement based on the scenario given, he said.

“Dealing with a plastic toy ver-sus a real life human is an entirely different world. I feel they could have better explained the scenarios that they were giving us,” Edwards said.

Dr. Owens argues the test pro-vides a more accurate picture of how a responder would react in an emergency situation. With most of the system’s volunteers failing the initial test, volunteers were asked to take a course to better prepare them.

“Two years ago they came to

the plate and they took the 16-hour refresher course,” Dr. Owens said. “That shows an incredible amount of commitment and dedication and they deserve a lot of credit for doing so.”

Maintaining training Training opportunities have

remained limited, according to several volunteers and Commis-sioner Gage, but Owens said that allegation is false.

“The allegation that there have been lack of training opportunities on Mr. Gage’s part is categorically false,” said Dr. Owens.

To maintain certification first responders are required by the state to participate in 24 hours of continuing education a year. Dr. Owens said Polk County also re-quires open-book monthly protocol reviews, which she said take 10-15 minutes. County responders are also required to take 16-hours in ITLS (trauma training) and PEPP (pediatric evaluation) certification. She said recertification of these must be maintained through an eight-hour course every three years.

Edwards said training has been one of the biggest issues.

“They’d tell everyone one thing and in a few months they would change it,” he said.

Gregg said he believes the first faltering part of the system’s train-ing program is that many volun-teers have been given conflicting information about what training hours they actually need to stay certified.

“I’ve been told in years past that I didn’t have enough train-ing hours, but when I carried in my documentation it showed 320 hours,” Gregg said.

He said finding a time to attend training within your work schedule is also difficult for many volunteers who work full-time jobs. He said the system offered two 12-hour training blocks last year. He said the majority within the system voted to do those blocks on weekends, which didn’t work for everyone. He said he also feels like online training should be accepted through an accredited program.

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Dr. Owens said Halford has bent over backwards to schedule training on nights and weekends, as well as setting up individualized training.

Gregg said this year more train-ing options are planned. He said the aim is for monthly training options to be held.

“This year it’s more accom-modating than it was in the past,” Gregg said. “We’re trying to move in the right direction but it could be a lot easier.”

Medical responders In 2002 county commission-

ers voted to increase the minimal level of participation for volunteers from “medical responders,” which requires 69 hours of training, to an EMT level, which mandates 170 hours of training. Dr. Owens said this change was made to ensure that the people helping at the scene of an accident or with a person expe-riencing a life-threatening situation like a stroke is capable of handling the situation properly.

Gregg said he believes the county was wrong in eliminating the use of medical responders.

“EMS says that it’s a substan-dard certification but it’s a state certification, the state honors it,” he said. “They can’t ride in the back with a patient by themselves but a medical responder can be responsible for driving the vehicle and assisting the EMT.”

Gregg said Green Creek has about a dozen people who have expressed interest in volunteering with the department but said many of them might not be willing to de-vote the time it takes to get certified as EMTs.

“Allowing medical responders would give somebody the chance to get started,” Gregg said. “If you tell them they have to be an EMT, they are going to have to commit six months of their life to that course and if they can’t handle it, that time will be wasted.”

Gregg said a medical responder could at least open an airway if someone isn’t breathing and that alone could save a life.

Neighboring Rutherford Coun-ty does recognize and use the

service of volunteers at the medical responder level. Rutherford County EMS Director Richard Pettus said among his county system there are 11 fire departments and three rescue squads, which use a mix of medical responders and EMT level individuals to respond to calls.

Sacrifice of volunteersMarty McGuinn said the time

commitment is more than people realize.

“EMS relies heavily on first responders to often provide a driver when the one-man EMS unit responds to calls. An average medical call from dispatch to finish takes about an hour. When we are required to drive to the hospital it can add another hour. If we have to go to Spartanburg or Mission, you are looking at three hours for a volunteer,” he said.

Gregg agreed that more people need to understand the sacrifice and time volunteers pour into serving the county.

“A lot of people have no idea what these volunteers do,” Gregg said. “It’s hard if you’ve got people going out in the middle of the night when they have to work day shift the next day.”

He said the first responders are willing to take the time but want someone to help them accomplish their requirements, not stand in their way.

Edwards said too said he feels those who manage the EMS sys-tem don’t respect the commitment volunteers are already more than willing to make.

“There’s never any encourage-ment; they belittle people and they talk down to people,” he said. “The thing that bothers me most is that we are losing first responders left and right because of Allison [Dr. Allison Owens] and Sandra [Sandra Halford, EMS director]. People are getting to a point where they are giving up and don’t want to volunteer.”

Dr. Owens disagrees that volun-teers aren’t valued.

“It’s huge - it’s a huge commit-ment, I understand that,” she said.

But she said if someone cannot meet the requirements they should not volunteer.

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they are unarmed. Shull said the two guards have done a great job and this is nothing against them but it’s time to have armed of-ficers at the hospital.

Shull said with the hospital’s great relationship with the town and St. Luke’s being within town lim-its, it makes sense to go through Co-lumbus to hire the officers. He also said if there are going to be weapons at the hospital, he’d prefer the officers be trained, sworn officers.

“We think uniformed officers will have a calming affect,” Shull said.

Initially, the hospital wants to staff two officers from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. seven days a week. The staffing would mean one officer on duty per night.

Columbus Town Council unanimously agreed for the town to work with the hospital on an agreement which town manager

Jonathan Kanipe said will take a few months to complete. Both the town and the hospital will have to approve the agreement before it is implemented.

“In the initial discussion, town staff made clear that it was our belief council would consid-er this only if it were a net-zero

cost to the town,” Kanipe said. “In other words, the town would not spend any tax pay-er funds to staff these positions at the hospital, and

there would be no loss of regular service to our citizens by having officers removed from the street for this duty.”

Shull said he thinks the hiring of officers will help the hospital and the town. He said the hos-pital will work it out where it doesn’t cost the town anything and the town may be able to hire more officers. Shull said the hos-pital plans to pay for the officers’ salaries, benefits, uniforms and training among other costs that may be related.

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“We think uniformed officers will have a calming effect.”

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St. Luke’s Hospital Founda-tion is pleased to announce four outstanding professionals have joined the Board of Trustees: Fred Baisden, Ned Dick, Nancy McKinstry and Larry Wassong will each serve a three-year term.

“We are fortunate to have these individuals join our board,” said Judy Lair, chair of the Foun-dation’s Board of Trustees. “Their experience and knowledge will be a tremendous benefit as we work to support our community hospital.”

Currently the mayor of the City of Saluda, Fred Baisden is an active member of the Saluda Methodist Church, where he is on the board of trustees, chairman of the administration council, and serves as the contractor contact for a handicap accessibility con-struction project at the church.

After 30 years of service, Baisden retired from Abbott Laboratories as divisional man-ager. He and his wife, Terry, live in Saluda and have two sons.

Born at the old St. Luke’s Hospital on Carolina Drive, Ned Dick has strong family ties to Polk County. He grew up in Polk County and his parents and grandparents knew no other home.

Dick worked for Milliken & Company, sweeping floors and moving through the shift supervi-sor positions. He was later pro-moted to quality control manager, customer support manager and then transferred to the New York office in marketing/sales.

Dick had battled some health issues and after a particularly tough weekend, he visited the St. Luke’s Hospital Emergency Department. He was immediately scheduled for surgery and credits St. Luke’s Hospital for saving his life.

Dick has served as a vestry member and later senior war-den on the vestry at Holy Cross Episcopal Church and on the dis-

St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation board of trustees welcomes newest members


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tribution committee of The Polk County Community Foundation.

“I consider it a great honor to be considered as a member of the board of the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation,” said Dick.

Currently employed by Tryon Estates as executive director, Nancy McKinstry has worked in the retirement industry for 20 years. She has degrees in nurs-ing, mental health and health education. She is licensed as a

long-term care administrator, residential care administrator and registered nurse. M c K i n s t r y serves on the boards of the P o l k C o u n t y American Red Cross, Hospice of the Carolina Foothills and Pa-colet Area Con-servancy and is an active member of the Rotary Club of Tryon.

She and her husband, Bob, live in Columbus.

• Board members(Continued From page 10)

During his career, Larry Was-song held a variety of advertising/

marketing posi-tions. Wassong joined the Wil-liam Esty Com-pany, the 12th l a rges t U .S . agency special-izing in blue chip packaged goods accounts.

He has been involved with ad-vertising and marketing for a variety of businesses including American Airlines, Campbell’s

Soup, American Home Products, Nissan, R.J. Reynolds, Travelers, Texaco, Minolta, Nabisco and others.

He became president of Esty in 1984 to manage the $600 mil-lion agency. In 1990, he resigned from Esty to become a consultant to the company.

In addition to his horses and horse farm, Wassong has devoted time to a variety of area non-prof-its including Hospice, Steps to HOPE, the Tryon Concert Asso-ciation, Polk County Community Foundation, FENCE, PAC and other organizations devoted to the community. He has also been involved with the Tryon Hounds Hunt, Mountain Bank Advisory Board, Tryon Investment Club, Second Wind Hall of Fame and Hunting Country Property Own-ers Association.

The St. Luke’s Hospital Foun-dation is a 501 (c) 3 organization established in 1991 to support one of our community’s most valu-able assets, St. Luke’s Hospital. It is made up of citizens who have joined together to raise funds for new equipment, facility improve-ments, educational programs and the foundation’s endowment.

Please contact Meshelle Col-vin, Executive Director, at 828-894-2693 or email [email protected] for more information.

– article submittedby Jennifer Wilson

Moore’s Grove Bapt i s t Church, located in Mill Spring off Pea Ridge Rd., will hold an appreciation program Saturday, Jan. 26 at 6 p.m.

The program will feature local groups and choirs with Rev. Theodore Kelly. The event is sponsored by Ann Bush and Doris Switzer.

- article submittedby Rosa Bush

Moore’s Grove appreciation program, Jan. 26

“I consider it a great honor to be considered as a member of the board of the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation.”

-- Ned Dick

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The University of South Carolina Upstate

January 18 - February 22

Stephen NevittLayers and Passages:

A Tribute to Seven Women of Courage and Compassion

Gallery Talk, January 24, 4:30 p.m.Reception to immediately follow.

Big Brother Michael Veatch attended a school play to see his Little Brother George perform in his role as king. Matched through the Big Brothers Big Sisters school-mentoring program, Veatch visits George at Polk Central School weekly to help with schoolwork or reading. The highlight of many a session ends with a game of chess or another board game. According to his Big Brother, George has become quite the chess player. (photo submitted)

National effort encourages more adults to mentor youth

Big Brothers Big Sisters marks National Mentoring Month with a call to action to community members interested in helping youth become successful and pro-ductive citizens. The designation of National Mentoring Month, es-tablished by the Harvard Mentor-ing Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, MENTOR, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, sets out to energize citizens to become mentors. This year’s national spokesperson is General Colin L. Powell.

Big Brothers Big Sisters staff carefully matches children who face adversity with caring men-tors in long-term, professionally supported one-to-one mentor-ing relationships. Independent studies show improvement in school, behavior, self-esteem and

aspirations for children enrolled in BBBS.

Big Brothers Big Sisters sa-lutes all of the mentors in their programs and thanks them for sharing their time, talents and interests with youth.

To get involved, contact the Polk County office at 828-859-9230 or email Karen Dacey, program coordinator, at [email protected]. Volunteers may serve in either the traditional community-based program or the school-based mentors and matches program. For those pre-ferring not to commit to a men-toring relationship, the Advisory Council provides a way for an adult to be involved behind-the-scenes and help with recruitment and fundraising efforts in the lo-




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cal community. Big Brothers Big Sisters, the

nation’s largest donor and vol-unteer supported mentoring net-work, holds itself accountable for children in its program to achieve measurable outcomes such as educational success, avoidance of risky behaviors, higher aspira-tions, greater confidence and bet-ter relationships. Partnering with parents/guardians, schools, cor-porations and others in the com-munity, Big Brothers Big Sisters carefully pairs children (“Littles”) with screened volunteer mentors (“Bigs”) and monitors and sup-ports these one-to-one mentoring matches throughout their course. The first-ever Big Brothers Big Sisters Youth Outcomes Sum-mary, released in 2012, substanti-ates that its mentoring programs

have proven, positive academic, socio-emotional and behavioral outcomes for youth, areas linked to high school graduation, avoid-ance of juvenile delinquency and college or job readiness.

Big Brothers Big Sisters pro-vides children facing adversity, often those from single or low-income households, or in families where a parent is incarcerated or serving in the military, with strong and enduring, profession-ally supported one-to-one men-toring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. This mission has been the cor-nerstone of the organization’s 100-year history. With about 350 agencies across the country, Big Brothers Big Sisters serves nearly 630,000 children, volunteers and families. Learn more at BigBroth-ersBigSisters.org.

– article submittedby Karen Dacey

• Mentor youth(Continued From page 13)

Tryon Town Manager Caitlyn Martin was special guest speaker for the Jan. 16 meeting of Kiwanis Club of Tryon. She gave good insight into things coming up in Tryon, plus fielded questions concerning the Greenway, Morris advertising and more. Shown above are Martin (left) and Steve Cobb. (photo submitted)

Martin speaks to Kiwanis

Read more online at www.tryondailybulletin.com

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Diet & Exercise by David Crocker

There are more than 200 bones in the human body.

The main function of the skel-eton is to add structure to the body, protect organs and enable the body, with the help of attached muscles, to move. Bones, do how-ever, play a role in several other bodily functions.

The formation of blood cells takes place in the marrow within certain bones. Our bones also act as a storehouse for minerals, es-pecially phosphorus and calcium. About 98 percent of the body’s calcium is stored in its bones. Ev-ery cell in the body requires small amounts of calcium to function properly. When blood calcium levels fall, bones then release calcium that has been stored. The body uses intricate mechanisms to keep calcium levels balanced. When blood levels of calcium are low, the parathyroid gland secretes parathormone. This activates bone

cells called osteoclastsins in order to break down bone to release calcium that’s needed by the body. This also triggers other hormones that counteract mineral loss in these bones to keep them strong during the process.

When blood calcium levels get too high, the thyroid gland sec re tes the hormone cal-citonin, which blocks the ac-tions of para-thormone. There are several fac-tors that affect both calcium absorption and loss. These include gender, weight, ethnic back-ground, heredity, disease factors and activity levels. There are two areas of strengthening bone we need to explore. These are diet and exercise.

When taking a calcium supple-ment, it’s not just important how much you take, but how you take

it. I recommend healthy individu-als take between 1,200-1,500 mg. of calcium a day. The two main forms of calcium readily available are calcium carbonate and calcium citrate. Both are well absorbed, but need to be taken differently.

Calcium carbonate needs to be taken with food for proper absorp-

tion, where as calcium citrate needs to be tak-en on an empty stomach. Be

sure to take one or the other. Not both. Your total calcium intake per day should be divided and taken at two different times. Also, do not take your calcium within an hour of taking vitamin C. Calcium is a base and vitamin C is acidic. If they are both in our stomach at the same time, they will actually cancel each other out.

When it comes to calcium fortified orange juices, the form

of calcium used is calcium hy-droxide, which is not affected as much by the vitamin C in the juice. You also need vitamin D and magnesium for proper calcium absorption, so I recommend a well-balanced vitamin/mineral supplement (we’ll talk more about that later).

Proper exercise is also crucial for bone strength and health. Weight training is excellent for this. Skeletal muscles have some-thing called an origin and an insertion. The origin point of the muscle is attached to the immov-able bone. The insertion point of the muscle is attached on the other end to the movable bone. When lifting weights properly, bones between the origin and insertion points are stressed. The brain senses this stress and signals the body to rush calcium to harden


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Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) enjoyed a well-attended opening of its Have a HeART exhibit at the Upstairs Artspace Saturday, Jan. 19. To view and bid on a heart of your own, stop by the artspace Tuesday- Saturday 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Individuals interested in supporting this BBBS fundraiser can do so until Feb. 9. (photo submitted by Karen Dacey)

Exhibit opens hearts of BBBS supporters

WWW.GIBSONSAUTOS.COM

and strengthen these bones. With proper strategy you can make real progress at any age, but make sure you get instruction from someone

who is knowledgeable and experi-enced. Get your doctor, trainer and nutritionist involved.

Diet or exercise question? Email me at [email protected]. David Crocker of Landrum has been a nutritionist and master

• Diet & Exercise(Continued From page 37)

personal trainer for 26 years. He served as strength director of the Spartanburg Y.M.C.A., head strength coach for the USC-Spar-tanburg baseball team, S.C. state champion girl’s gymnastic team, and the Converse college eques-

trian team. He served as a water safety consultant for the United States Marine Corp, lead train to L.H. Fields modeling agency and taught for four semesters at USC-Union. David was also a regular guest of the Pam Stone radio show.

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Madison Alana Renee Yellen of Tryon was one of 10 dancers chosen out of an elite group of more than 150 children at the Starpower Talent Competition in Spartanburg, S.C. to attend the Power Pak program in Or-lando, Fla.

Madison is a student at Dance Dynamics Dance Studio in Tryon. She is known at the dance studio for her fast feet and is nicknamed “Clogging Cutie.”

Madison attended the Power Pak Program and did her solo Shake Senora in front of a panel of judges from across the United States. With the Power Pak program she also danced with children from all across the Untied States and Canada. Madison was invited to dance with the Power Pak junior team at Walt Disney World. Madison also competed in the Starpower Nationals Talent Competition in Orlando. She won first place overall for her clogging routine, which was choreographed by Katrina Kaplin, and first place in her division in modeling for-mal wear and first place overall out of all age divisions (model-ing coach is Missy Fincher). Madison plans on attending the Power Pak program and com-peting in the Starpower Nation-als Talent Competition again this year in June. Madison has a new clogging choreographer for this competition season – Lindy

Wickland, overseen by Missy Fincher. Wickland will help Madison get ready for her first competition the first weekend of March.

Madison is the daughter of Wendy Yellen and grand-daughter of Rickie and Renee McFalls. She has been dancing at Dance Dynamics for nine years and has been competing as a competition clogger for six years.

– article submittedby Wendy Yellen

Madison Yellen performs at national event in South Carolina

Madison Yellen performing at the Starpower Talent Competition in Spar tanburg , S.C. (photo submitted)

Madison Yellen. (photo submitted)

The Foothills Mennonite Church will hold a fundraiser dinner Thursday evening, Jan. 31 from 4 – 7 p.m., to benefit Thermal Belt Outreach Minis-try, and also a marriage enrich-ment weekend.

A total of 50 percent of the proceeds will go to Thermal Belt Outreach, as they reach out to help so many in the community.

The church will serve a good old-fashioned meal of roast beef, real mashed potatoes (you may even find a few lumps), green beans, salad, dinner roll, tea, coffee and six different kinds of homemade pies. And yes – the cooks still roll out their own pie crusts.

Suggested donation is $10 for dine and or carry out.

The church is located at 2720 Landrum Road (Hwy. 14) in Columbus. For further informa-tion, you can visit us at www.hisfcc.com.

Members hope to see you Thursday, Jan. 31 from 4 – 7 p.m.

- article submittedby the Foothills

Mennonite Church

Foothills Mennonite Church fundraiser dinner for Outreach

Want to go? What: Fundraiser for Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry

When: Thursday, Jan. 31,

Where: Foothills Mennonite Church, 2720 Landrum Rd., Columbus



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All types of books are arriving at Tryon Presbyterian Church in preparation of the annual book sale. These include educational, travel, historical, gardening, sewing, sports, craft, cookbooks, health, westerns and children’s books for sale, as well as many unusual ones. Books will be sold for all ages and interests. Everyone is welcome to browse. Tryon Presbyterian is located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon. A bag sale will be held from 12:05 to 1 p.m. on Saturday as well. Proceeds help fund youth activities and projects at Tryon Presbyterian Church. (photo submitted)

P4P’s of Tryon Presbyterian Church Book Sale

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Contact Misty @[email protected]

or 843-267-8085

OFFICE SPACE

330 sq ft office space inColumbus. Available

Feb. 1st, $600 per month, includes utilites.828-894-7058

HORSES & EQUIPMENT

Fescue Hay for sale.Square bales. $4 per baleat the barn. 864-472-8621

HAY, FEED, SEED, GRAIN

Hay For SaleOrchard/Fescue

Delivery Available828-817-5005

WANTED TO BUY - VEHICLES

WE BUYCheap running cars and

junk cars. Up to $1000.00.Come to your location.

FAST SERVICE.(828) 289 - 4938

CARS

1995 Ford Taurus StationWagon, 82,000 miles, Sil-ver, PW, PS, PL. Verynice and clean. $2950.Call 828-859-6381

Lincoln LS, 2004. Looksand runs like new. Newtires. 130k miles. Asking$6000. Cream color,leather, 6 cylinder. Call8 2 8 - 3 2 9 - 1 1 9 9 o r828-696-3115

MISCELLANEOUS

Black AKIA professionalelectric piano, with 2 or-

gan settings, including ad-justable bench. Excellentfor serious music student

or small church. Orig.$2500, sell for $895. Call

828-606-7971

Round Bale HayFor Sale.

$30 per roll.Call 817-4049

LEGALS

LEGAL NOTICE

City of Landrum, SCAssistant City Clerk

Position

The City of Landrum iscurrently accepting appli-cations for the position ofpart-time Assistant CityClerk. Requirements ofthe position are knowl-edge of Microsoft Office,including Windows andExcel; excellent phoneetiquette; typing; book-keeping; payroll andbenefits administration;and experience with CSIAccounting Systems pre-ferred. Applications areavailable at Landrum CityHall, 100 N. ShamrockAvenue, Landrum, SC29356. Monday throughFriday 8:00 – 5:00 pm.Applications will be ac-cepted through February11th or until the positionis filled. The City of Lan-drum is an Equal Oppor-tunity Employer.

Tryon Daily BulletinJanuary 24, 25, 31 and

February 1, 2013

ASSISTANT CITYCLERK

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it faster. Call Classifieds at 828.859.9151.


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Contact Misty @[email protected]

or 843-267-8085

OFFICE SPACE

330 sq ft office space inColumbus. Available

Feb. 1st, $600 per month, includes utilites.828-894-7058

HORSES & EQUIPMENT

Fescue Hay for sale.Square bales. $4 per baleat the barn. 864-472-8621

HAY, FEED, SEED, GRAIN

Hay For SaleOrchard/Fescue

Delivery Available828-817-5005

WANTED TO BUY - VEHICLES

WE BUYCheap running cars and

junk cars. Up to $1000.00.Come to your location.

FAST SERVICE.(828) 289 - 4938

CARS

1995 Ford Taurus StationWagon, 82,000 miles, Sil-ver, PW, PS, PL. Verynice and clean. $2950.Call 828-859-6381

Lincoln LS, 2004. Looksand runs like new. Newtires. 130k miles. Asking$6000. Cream color,leather, 6 cylinder. Call8 2 8 - 3 2 9 - 1 1 9 9 o r828-696-3115

MISCELLANEOUS

Black AKIA professionalelectric piano, with 2 or-

gan settings, including ad-justable bench. Excellentfor serious music student

or small church. Orig.$2500, sell for $895. Call

828-606-7971

Round Bale HayFor Sale.

$30 per roll.Call 817-4049

LEGALS

LEGAL NOTICE

City of Landrum, SCAssistant City Clerk

Position

The City of Landrum iscurrently accepting appli-cations for the position ofpart-time Assistant CityClerk. Requirements ofthe position are knowl-edge of Microsoft Office,including Windows andExcel; excellent phoneetiquette; typing; book-keeping; payroll andbenefits administration;and experience with CSIAccounting Systems pre-ferred. Applications areavailable at Landrum CityHall, 100 N. ShamrockAvenue, Landrum, SC29356. Monday throughFriday 8:00 – 5:00 pm.Applications will be ac-cepted through February11th or until the positionis filled. The City of Lan-drum is an Equal Oppor-tunity Employer.

Tryon Daily BulletinJanuary 24, 25, 31 and

February 1, 2013

ASSISTANT CITYCLERK

Selling your home?Advertise here and sell

it faster. Call Classifieds at 828.859.9151.


at 828.859.9151.

Looking for a home?

Look in our classifieds section and learn of great deals for you and

your family.


Put your ad here call 828.859.9151Looking for

a home?Look in our

classifieds section and learn of great deals for you and

your family.

Free tax assistance and prep-aration for low and moder-ate income individuals, with special attention to those age 60 and older, is available for taxpayers from AARP Foun-dation Tax-Aide. You do not need to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use this service. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers, trained in coopera-tion with the Internal Revenue Service, have helped individu-als for more than 40 years in every state. In 2012 more than 32,500 volunteers at 6,233 sites

throughout the United States helped prepare more than 1.57 million returns; over 95 percent were filed elec-tronically.

Free tax as-sistance will be available every Wednesday be-ginning Feb. 6 through April 10 at the Co-lumbus location by appointment only. This will be held at the Polk County Public Library Community Conference Room.

For more information, call 828-894-8721, Ext 221.

“Each year more people f r o m P o l k Coun ty, and e v e n S o u t h Carolina, are using our tax services,” said R o n P e t e r s , a loca l Polk County volun-

teer. Ron added, “People need to remember to bring their 2011 Federal Tax Return as well as all their 2012 tax information. If

they wish to authorize a direct deposit on any tax refund, they also need to bring a blank check for bank routing information.”

The program is offered at approximately 118 sites in North Carolina including senior centers, libraries and other con-venient locations. Call the toll-free number 1-888-AARPNOW (1-888-227-7669) or visit www.aarp.org/taxaide during this tax season to locate an AARP Tax-Aide site near you.


AARP Tax-aide provides free tax assistance and prep

“Each year more people from Polk County, and even South Carolina, are using our tax services.”

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GOSPEL EXPRESS MINISTRIES HARBOUR LIGHTS TEAM

Foothills Community Chapel 2836 Landrum Road, Columbus, NC

The Penner family, Jake & Margie, Julia, Tania, Tyrell and Lonita are from Millbank, Ontario and serve as a ministry team under Gospel Express Ministries. Come join them

for an evening of singing, testimonies, a ministry presentation, and a challenge from God’s Word.

Wednesday, January 30

7:00 PM

Call (828) 859-7003 for more info.

Afterschool field trip

A group of Polk County Recreation Afterschool/School’s Out children getting ready for Bubba’s Fun Park in the recreation van. The children were able to take the trip because of a grant from the Polk County Community Foundation. (photo submitted by Patty Aldred)

AARP Tax-Aide is a pro-gram of the AARP Foundation, offered in conjunction with the IRS. The AARP Foundation is AARP’s affiliated charity. Foundation programs provide security, protection and em-powerment for older persons in need. Low-income older work-ers receive the job training and placement they need to rejoin the workforce. The Founda-

The Keglers have room for new bowlers. This is a very low-key fun league for adults over 50 who want a little recreation. They bowl on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. at Autumn Lanes in Forest City.

Here are the results of the bowl-ing on Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Hot games over average:Joan Hancock +47 = 169Kay Shockley +43 = 165Karen Andersson +41 = 173Ruby Drew +38 = 176

High series over average:Joan Hancock +64 = 432Chuck Ott +60 = 391Karen Andersson +39 = 436Ken Andersson +38 = 381Anyone wishing to join the

Carolina Keglers should contact Mike Davidson at 828- 894-5823 or email [email protected]. Members are asked to please call Mike when they cannot bowl.

– article submittedby Mike Davidson

tion’s litigation staff protects the legal rights of older Ameri-cans in critical health and long-term care as well as consumer and employment situations. Additional programs provide information, education and ser-vices to ensure that people over 50 lead lives of independence, dignity and purpose. Founda-tion programs are funded by grants, tax-deductible contribu-tions and AARP.

– article submittedby Ron Peters

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My intent this week was to follow-up on the plight of the pit bulls, for it seems that every other run at the shelter has a pit or pit mix in it.

A dear lady became gravely ill so I went to Foothills Humane Society and asked my kids if I could talk about her instead. The answer was a resounding, “Yes, tell Aunt Sandy that we love her.”

Many faces have changed since I began working at the shel-ter six years ago, only two remain from the initial staff, Lani and Dana. There is a third who came in periodically to administer to the animals, Dr. Sandra Davidson. I quickly endeared myself to this gentle lady with the perennial smile, big eyes and cherub face. Over the years Sandy has become a sort of mentor to me, ready and willing to answer questions about my kids and to give sound advice when I asked. She would always follow-up and ask how this or that animal was doing. I knew for Sandy this was not just a job, she had a deep and genuine caring for the animals, how could I not love her.

It was always I who sought her out and each time we’d meet she would tilt her head knowingly, flash that heartwarming smile and open up her arms for an embrace. As we hugged, Sandy would always whisper in my ear, “Bless you.” I’ll humbly admit that I have been blessed by many people, but being blessed by Sandy had and will always have a very special meaning for me.

In November, Sandy had se-vere stomach pains and went to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment.

At first it was thought she had pancreatitis but nothing seemed to be helping her. Her husband had her brought to Spartanburg where extensive tests were done and it was learned she suffered from stage four Lymphoma. The disease had spread throughout her body and the count was far too high to administer treatment. After numerous attempts had failed to bring her count down she was sent to Hospice in Landrum.

I’d visited her at St. Luke’s and today I visit her daily at hos-pice where she’s begun to fade in and out of consciousness. She works up a smile when she sees me and as I softly embrace her she again whispers, “bless you.” Her husband Tim has confided in me, “she so enjoys your visits.” Both Tim and Sandy are amazed at how many people have come but those who visit are not at all. This wonderful caretaker of both animals and people has touched many hearts.

As you read this Sandy may or may not still be with us but do not fret for Sandy is at peace. As prayers and blessings were being given to her she worked up a smile and stated with simple eloquence, “I know that He is waiting for me.” I bowed my head in tearful prayer knowing how so right she was. This great little lady, this dear friend, did not realize all the souls that she has touched, but it has been written, “by your deeds shall He know you.”

Bless you Sandy. Thanks for listening.

Humane Society Special Cases

Leonard Rizzo

The Caretaker

It’s time to move onTo the editor:

If memory serves me we held an election on Nov. 3 to elect three new county commission-ers. And did we ever do that by a landslide. So the voters spoke. So Renee McDermott needs to move on because she did not win.

It appears to me that she can’t take losing. She is using the local paper to try and discredit what this current board is undertaking to do. This board is willing to make the hard decisions that will be in the best interest for all of Polk County not just for a certain group of people.

– James Moore,Polk County

Letter to the Editor



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Most of us have made our New Year’s resolutions to lose those extra pounds, pay off bills, spend more time with the fam-ily and so on. You may want to consider adding, “be a smarter consumer” to the list. It does take time to be a well-informed consumer but the consequences of not paying attention can be devastating.

Unfortunately devious folks are hard at work figuring out new ways to relieve you of your hard earned money. From a few hundred dollars to a person’s life savings being wiped out, these people have no morals and no qualms about taking as much as they can get.

Consider this scam where a desperate sounding phone call from the friend of a “grandson” claiming the grandson is in trouble and needs money. This

is accompanied with a plea, “please don’t tell his mom and dad, it’s so embarrassing and he says only you can help him.” This scam is designed to tug at your heart and mislead you into sending money through western union, money gram etc., where the money is quickly gone and the scam-mer laughingly walks away with your money.

Or how about the scam where you get a knock on your door from the “electric company”, with a notice to turn off your service for non-payment -un-less of course you pay them “x “ amount of money right now. The list of scams goes on and on with no end in sight.

If these deviants would spend

as much time trying to earn a living as they do scamming the rest of us, the world would be a much better place.

Here are a few basic steps to protect your identity, bank

accoun t and financial secu-rity.

• N e v e r share your So-cial Security Number, bank

account or credit card informa-tion with someone you don’t know that calls or emails you.

• Set up a security code with your bank and credit card pro-viders to further protect your identity.

• Read all contracts and pa-perwork BEFORE you sign it. Make sure you understand what you’re signing. If you don’t know, don’t sign.

• Never pay money to get a loan or win a lottery or sweep-stakes. If you are asked for money up front this should be a huge red flag. Just say no.

• Letters or emails that ask you to help transfer money into your bank account or wire money out of the country are scams. Don’t respond to these requests.

• If you receive a check in the mail telling you that you have won an unexpected prize don’t cash it! The check is probably fake and you will be out the money once you cash it.

This year vow to be a smarter consumer and stay informed. The North Carolina Department of Justice has news, alerts and tips on protecting your identity. To find out more visit them on the web at www.ncdoj.gov/News-and-Alerts

Publisher’s Notebookby Betty Ramsey

Become a smarter consumer and protect yourself

Dr. Teresa Romzick will be the keynote speaker for the “Heart to Heart Gala,” an enchanted evening with a purpose. In recognition of Heart Awareness Month and Valen-tine’s Day, it will be an event with a purpose, dealing with matters of the heart, mentally and physically.

The “Heart to Heart Gala” will be held on Feb. 9 at 6 p.m., at the Cobb Family Life Center 2382 Coxe Rd, of the Green Creek Mis-

sionary Baptist. Attire is formal and dinner will be served. Admission is free.

This event is sponsored by the Unity in the Community Organiza-tion and funded by the Polk County Community Foundation and its Special Events Fund.

Dr. Romzick is a resident of Rutherfordton and has her primary board certification in family medi-cine. She attended undergraduate

and medical school at the Univer-sity of Michigan. She served in the National Health Service, taught, and had a private practice in Geor-gia prior to coming to Rutherford County in 1994. Dr. Romzick joined the Hospice of Rutherford County staff in February 2011.

RSVP by calling 828-429-6635 or 828-817-1750.

– article submittedby David Staley

Dr. Romzick keynote speaker for gala, Feb. 9

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Saluda News &

Notationsby Bonnie Bardos

“An absolute patience.Trees standup to their knees infog. The fogslowly flowsuphill.Whitecobwebs, the grass leaning where deer have looked for apples.The woodsfrom brook to wherethe top of the hill looksover the fog, send upnot one bird.So absolute, it isno other thanhappiness itself, a breathingtoo quiet to hear.”

~ Denise Levertov,The Breathing

Do you ever go in restaurants and stores: then notice that the overhead lights are harsh and too bright? Perhaps I’m a lone com-plainer, but I do not like those new energy efficient fixtures ... at least

not the cold light the new-style bulbs emit. (I do like the savings!) Surely there must be a way to make them look a bit more ‘friendly,’ maybe a warm-colored transparent cover of some sorts that makes a pleasant glow, rather than a direct glare, which is hard on the eyes.

I’ve even tak-en some thinned down soft pink-orange acrylic paint and fixed my own that bug me; that works too. Mercy, those lights make one look like a funeral home back-room project! Let’s face it, food and people look so much better in a softer warmer light overhead. It seems like good marketing to have ambient, friendly warm lighting in a restaurant, much more conducive to an enjoyable meal; yet, time and time again, no one else but me seems to notice or even care. I guess you can say I’m

‘all lit up’ about something, that’s for certain.

New shops in town include: Shaman’s Way, at 54 East Main Street (in the alley by M.A. Pace General Store), a bulk food store specializing in nuts, seeds, herbs,

spices, dried fruit, Himala-yan salt and raw Shea butter. Saluda Bike & Hike will open March 1 at 459 Hwy 176 across

from Tickle Family Health Center. Saluda restaurants and shops are open, and while some have winter hours, will be glad to see you.

The Saluda Welcome Table every Tuesday: dinner is served for anyone who’d like to come enjoy companionship and connection from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Saluda United Methodist Church fellow-ship hall. The meal is free; dona-tions appreciated; all welcome.

On February 2, artist Richard Baker will host a Ground Hog Day party/fundraiser for Steps to Hope from 6-9 p.m. at his studio at 18 Church Street. Donations to Steps to Hope will be appreciated; treats will be served. Feel free to wear a costume and bring your favorite sweet snacks to share for a great cause.

Plan ahead for dancing! Blue Ridge Contra will have a dance at The Party Place (right off I-26/Ozone Drive) Feb. 15; music will be by the Skeeziks. Beginner les-sons are at 6:30 p.m. with the dance from 7- 9:30 p.m.; a small fee is charged.

Get well wishes and hugs go to our beloved Saluda artist Bill Ryan, who has been under the weather. Bill and Jim, have been a big part of what makes Saluda special. Many years ago, all my houseplants froze to death when we were without power for over a week after one huge ice storm hit. Bill and Jim told me to bring my truck over after that,

Life enjoyed under softer, warm light




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Batchelder named to Second Wind Hall of Fame

Alan Batchelder recently be-came a member of the Second Wind Hall of Fame, having been nominated by Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity.

Second Wind provides recogni-tion for retirees 60 years and over for outstanding volunteer work in area organizations that exemplify the concept that retirement need not be the end of a productive life of service to others and their com-munity, but a “second wind” of opportunity.

Batchelder and his wife, Norma, have lived in the area since 2000.

They moved here from Freder-icksburg, Va. Batchelder’s career began as an economics professor and after many years of teaching, he joined the Harvard Development Advisory Service and the United States Agency for International De-

velopment, working in more than 20 countries, primarily in Africa. They have five children.

Since retiring, Batchelder has been very active volunteering in various community organizations including Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity, where he served as President of the board for three years and on the construction crew for 12 years. He has also served on the board of Isothermal Com-munity College, as buildings and grounds chair at Lanier Library, on the finance committee at Holy Cross Church, and is a member of Tryon Garden Club.

In his free time, Batchelder en-joys building stonewalls and walks on their property, reading, research-ing his genealogy and gardening.

- article submittedby Barbara Clegg

Alan Batchelder is congratulated by his wife, Norma, and Bob Montgomery, president of Thermal Belt Habitat for Humanity, on his induction into the Second Wind Hall of Fame. (photo submitted)

and loaded it up with houseplants so I wouldn’t be plant-less.

Saluda sympathy goes to the family of Ron Poole. Ron was famous for his love of decorat-ing: homes, floral arrangements, gardens and more. He also was one heck of a cook, known for his delicious Southern cooking — Ron will be greatly missed. Sympathy also goes to the family of Grace Justus Thompson.

Happy January birthday to Fos-ter Archer, Brandy Bradley, Alex

•Saluda News(Continued From page 33)

Bardos, Carolyn Ashburn, Scott Kinard, Donna Bond, Greer Eargle, Wyatt Alan Pace, Irma Anderson, Paul Aaybe, Rich Rauschenbach, Melissa Igoe, Connie Kuckelman and Phyllis Arrington.

Thank you for reading this col-umn; as ever, the goal is to make you, dear reader, feel like you’re enjoying a cup of hot tea with me, and small town life in a friendly little mountain town called Saluda. You can contact me at [email protected]; or 749-1153, visit my website at bonniebardos.com for more writing and art, or find me on facebook.

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Why on earth is it that I, a woman who goes as rigid as a 14-year-old boy when an infant is plopped into his arms, whose idea of baby-proofing a house is to not let them indoors in the first place, and who fails to acknowledge any child as adorable or anything other than a destructive projectile missile, am suddenly giddy over the prospect of an expectancy?

Not mine, lightning, the Duchess of Cambridge’s.

Yes, the former Catherine Middleton, married 18 months to Prince William, is carrying the next king or queen within her, knocking Prince Harry, whom I assume is now shaking a celebratory bottle of cham-pagne over himself, knowing he’ll never have to assume the claustrophobic role, further down the line of succession.

But the Duchess is not well. Not well at all. As news reports breathlessly revealed (as well as a naive hospital staffer com-pletely duped by an Australian radio host, who assumed the high-pitched and nasal voice of Queen Elizabeth and divulged private medical information), the Duchess was stricken with a morning sickness so severe that she could keep nothing down, was dehydrated and losing all-important nutrients needed for the fetus.

When I die and arrive in

heaven (provided God grades on a curve), one thing I would like very much to ask my Di-vine Creator is, “I get the pain of childbirth bit, thanks to Eve, but could you tell me why women, before contractions even begin, also have to suffer swollen legs, feet and faces, as well as the inability to find a comfortable way to lay in order to sleep, and are forced to empty their bladders every five minutes, and also have to suffer bouts of vomiting that may go on for months?”

If it’s all because of Eve, it just seems to be a bit one-sided.

Yes, she got tricked by the serpent, but she owned up to the mistake when queried by God and quietly took her sentence of punishment. She never tried to weasel out of it.

But Adam, with the behav-ior of a 6-year-old just caught breaking a lamp, when queried about ingesting the forbidden fruit, pointed to Eve, assigned all blame to her and, actually, God, and said, “That woman you made? Pulling that rib out of me? That woman that was all your idea and that I never even asked for? She gave it to me.”

Way to go, Adam.And all the punishment he

received was that now he had to actually work to eat instead of relying on the subsidized food-stuffs in the Garden of Eden.

Oh, and the serpent was punished by having to move along on his belly for the rest of his life, but that didn’t really

stop him from doing what he needed to do, j u s t a s w i t h certain divorce attorneys.

But women, we poor women

(or, you poor women who get suckered into wanting kids after seeing store windows display-ing cute Baby Gap mannequins) have to physically retch for months, search for a used circus tent to wear, endure a seem-ingly eternal labor, and then, then, look forward to trying to heal while being completely sleep-deprived and listening to the complaints of your hus-band, who now feels he’s not getting enough attention.

Tain’t fair.I side with scientists who

theorize that Mother Nature (probably dur ing a mood swing) perhaps struck women with morning sickness so that, back in cave man days, they’d be too ill to run around and jeopardize the health of the fe-tus while she was unknowingly pregnant.

Men, in the meantime, were given the green light to launch into the bed (or pile of rocks) of any passing woman, in order to populate the planet. And, since we’re talking about a time when one could easily die from something as simple as a tooth abscess or infected scrape, it was necessary to impregnate as many women as possible to keep the species thriving.

Men even became particu-larly clever and got out of the whole “you now have to toil for your food” by oppressing the women and making sure they took on this task as well — gathering, cooking and later, walking behind a team of mules, baby on her hip, and plowing the back 40.

So while we’ve come a long way (as deaths from Virginia Slims and stress-induced heart disease will attest), baby, we certainly still have a long way to go.

But some things will never change: We’re born, we fall in love, we have kids and then we die, royal or commoner.

So here’s my very best wish-es to the Duke and Duchess for a safe pregnancy and a happy, healthy, royal heir.

And William, you probably shouldn’t ask your grandmother if she could stay over for a couple of weeks to help change nappies.

“I’m Just Saying…”

by Pam Stone

A woman’s lot in life


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by Mark Schmerling

Individual performances, rather than team dominance, will have to satisfy Polk County High School wrestling followers as the Wolverines near the end of the regular season.

On Tuesday, Jan. 22 senior Juan Vera (113-lb. class) pinned visiting Madison’s Stephen Smith, to extend his record to 33-1, and continue his quest of a state championship. At 145 pounds, Anthony Marino (11-11) earned a 6-1 decision over Madison’s Clark, and Wolverine heavyweight Chase McMur-ray pinned Ray Stines in only 9 seconds, to raise his season mark to 17-6.

All of those heroics couldn’t stop Madison, which drove home with a 53-21 win. Polk’s other points came as Jerry Cox earned a forfeit at 189.

Polk’s next meet was moved to this evening, Jan. 24 at Moun-tain Heritage (originally slated for Friday). On Jan. 29, the Wolverines host Mitchell and Shelby. On Feb. 1, they visit Avery for the season’s last reg-ularly-scheduled meet.

Much of the post-season tour-nament attention will center on Vera, whom, two years ago, as a sophomore was state runner-up. In last year’s state tournament, he led T.W. Andrews’ Quan Le, 9-2, but was hurt in that contest, and had to settle for sixth place.

“We think he’ll be a state champ,” predicted Wolverine’s head coach Phillip Miller. “Any-thing other than a state title will be a disappointment.”

Le, who was state runner-up last year, is currently ranked No. 1 in North Carolina. “He’s going to come in second again,” Miller brashly noted.

Vera is currently ranked sec-ond statewide.

“We didn’t wrestle well (against Madison),” observed Miller, whose squad dropped to 7-19. But, he promised, “Better times are coming.”

Did the Wolverines lack some intensity on Tuesday?

“Our heads were down,” ad-mitted Miller about the Jan. 18 meet. “We got beaten by a team (Hendersonville, who narrowly defeated the Wolverines) we should have beaten. That’s what

high school is like.” Another bright spot for Polk

though is McMurray, a junior. “He’s had a pretty good year,”

said Miller. “At heavyweight, it’s either pin or get pinned.”

McMurray is currently not ranked among the region’s top four heavyweights. Only the top four finishers in the regional tournament go to state. Given that, Miller still said McMurray has a chance to advance beyond regionals.

Senior Alex Metcalf, who stands at 15-13 after losing a decision at 152 on Jan. 22, is the Wolverines other grappler with a winning record. He’s also wrestled at 145 lb.

Just a sophomore, Anthony Marino (138/145) has the poten-tial to be a big winner for Polk. Already muscular and strong, Marino “is just going to get bet-ter,” noted Miller.

Rounding out Tuesday’s meet, Polk was hurt by forfeit losses at 106 and 120 lbs. At 126 lbs., Peyton Gevedon lost by decision, followed by the losses of Dustin Galvert (decision at 132), Cameron Reed (pinned at 138), Metcalf (pinned at 152), Zack Price (pinned at 160), Dan-iel Cox (who lost a decision at 170), Joel Hernandez (who lost a close decision at 195) and by 220-pounder Robert Waldrop (by pin).

Polk wrestling focused on individual accomplishments

Juan Vera pins his opponent at a recent match. Vera hopes to get another shot at the state championship this year. (photo by Mark Schmerling)

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by Fulton Hampton

In the Western Highlands Con-ference each team plays twice on a “home and home” basis. In the first meeting versus Madison, Polk was outscored early and never threat-ened, which eventually caused their defeat with a score of 57 – 45.

This time Polk was down just two points at half-time 21-19. They came back to outscore the Patriots of Madison 17-7 in the third and 13-11 in the fourth for a 51-39 victory.

The Polk County girls’ varsity started out the conference season 0-4. Understandably they may have had their heads down for a long season, but they have made a significant turn around and are “coming together” at just the right time evidenced by four straight wins.

Coach Craig Culbreth said they had a strong performance on both ends of the court.

“We played really good defense holding them to 39 points and shot 52 percent in the second half,” Culbreth said.

He went on say they also over-

came some adversity. “Savannah Deaver was hurt in

the second quarter, so we had a lot of other girls step up,” he added.

Defense was once again a key to the victory, but with a different approach this time. At Henderson-ville, full court pressure caused turnovers and steals, but the Madi-son guards handled the press well. Seeing this Coach Culbreth went to a seldom used zone that proved very effective. They held Madison to only 26 percent shooting from the 2-point range and 20 percent from 3-point range (3-15), which will win most basketball games.

“It was probably our best de-fensive game of the year. We have not played much zone this year, but we went to a 1-2-2 zone and played pretty much the whole game in it, which worked out well. We shut their scoring down,” Coach Culbreth said.

Game StatsPolk County 51, Madison 49Polk: 9;10;19;13 – 51Madison: 11;10;7;11 – 39Polk: Kropp, 21; Overholt,

9; Flood, 7; Deaver, 4; Ruff, 4;

Polk girls win fourth conference game defeating Madison 51-39

Freshman Hayley Kropp No. 10 once again led Polk with 21 points and six steals. Kara Overholt scored 9 points and Lyric Flood had 7 points and led in rebounds with eight. (photo by Fulton Hampton)

Phipps, 4 and Brown, 3. Records: Polk, 10-8, 4-4 WHC.

Madison, 12-5, 5-3. Next game:

Mountain Heritage at home last night due to weather. See results in next Tuesday’s edition.

Madison too much for Wolverines in second halfby Fulton Hampton

In an important conference contest, Polk played well in the first half against Madison going down by only 2 points at the half, but lost the effort in the third quarter.

Madison outscored the Wolver-ines 26-9 in the third quarter and 44 -22 in the second half, resulting in a 72 -48 win for the Patriots.

Coach Josh McEntire said he is still trying to figure out his team’s pattern of falling into a third-quarter slump.

“The third quarter is just our worst quarter; I’ve tried several different things (to break that pat-tern). I tried coming in real quick saying what our adjustments are

quickly and coming (back) out quick,” McEntire said. “I’ve tried keeping them in longer, not talking to them for a few minutes. I’ve tried coming in and giving the long speech. I’ve tried several different things at halftime to get us going in the third quarter.”

Coach McEntire said turnovers and foul trouble were the main reason Polk fell behind this time.

Earlier in the season Polk had played Madison close, losing by only 4 points, 41-37. The team hoped a win against Madison this time would get them back on the winning track in conference. Polk improved their scoring by

Jamal Tanner No.10 was once again leading scorer for the boys with 18 points. Jordan Smith had 11 points and six rebounds. (photo by Fulton Hampton)

(ConTinueD on page 32)


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11 points from the previous game but their defense allowed 31 more points. Polk was led in scoring by Jamal Tanner who had 18 points, six assists and five steals. Jordan Smith, meanwhile, had 11 points and six rebounds.

by Doug Dickerson

The varsity boy’s basketball team at Landrum High School played the Powdersville Patriots at home last Friday entertaining fans with an easy victory.

The Cardinals won 75–28 in a league match up. With this victory, the Car-dinals increased their record to 16 – 2 with six games left in the regular season.

The Cardinals are good at be-ing ready to play from the start of the game and this game was the same. The Cardinals held the Patriots to only 5 points in the first eight minutes and 9 points in the next eight minutes. At halftime the teams went into the locker room with Landrum on top 36 – 14.

The Patriots came out in the third quarter and just couldn’t get the offense going. The Cardinal defense held them to only 4 points. As a team the Cardinals shot 50 percent from the field, had 40 rebounds and 17 steals.

Daniel Bridges had a great night, leading the Cardinals with 23 points,

four steals and 12 rebounds. Lan-drum’s Trevor Walker scored 14 points. Truston Whiteside played a great game with 10 points, five assists’ three steals and 11 rebounds.

The Cardinals’ home game against Carolina High School was moved from Friday, Jan. 25 to Thursday, Jan. 24. Results were not available as of press time.

Landrum beats Powdersville

• Polk boysbasketball(ConTinueD From page 31)

Game statsMadison 72, Polk County 48Polk County: 10;16;9;13 – 48Madison: 19; 9;26;18 – 72Polk – Tanner 18, Smith 10,

Stockdale 9, Miller 5, Philpott 2, Yoder 2, Hines 1 and Chody 1

Records: Polk, 7-11, 3-5 WHC. Polk played Mountain Heritage at home last night. Look for results in Tuesday’s edition.

Brevard College fullback Jor-dan Ollis has been selected to the 2012 Don Hansen NCAA Divi-sion II All-America Third Team.

Ollis carried the ball 129 times for 558 yards and seven touch-downs for the Tornados in 2012. The sophomore also caught four passes for 30 yards.

The Don Hansen Football Committee selected All-Super Region teams in December and early January, with the first-team and second-team All-Super

Region players advancing to the national ballot.

A total of 175 players earned some form of Don Hansen All-America honors. Players from 83 of the 157 football-playing schools in Division II earned Don Hansen All-America accolades. National Champion Valdosta State and national semifinalist West Texas A&M led the way by placing eight players apiece on the All-America squad.

– source: bctornados.com

Ollis named to 2012 All-America Team

Sports

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The fourth annual ICC-Polk Scholars Golf Tournament was recently held on a beautiful day at Bright’s Creek Golf Club in Mill Spring.

Eighteen teams of four golfers participated in a Captain’s Choice format.

The Isothermal Community College-Polk County Campus Foundation sponsors the event. Tournament proceeds benefit Polk County residents in the New Century Scholars program and recipients of the Howard Olson Assistance Fund.

The New Century Scholars program selects three seventh graders in Polk County each year and mentors them through high school graduation. Those who maintain good grades, participate in community service, and remain drug and alcohol-free receive two years of tuition-free education at Isothermal Community College.

The Olson Fund provides fi-nancial assistance to Polk County residents for courses at ICC Polk Center.

Major sponsors of the tourna-ment were: Champions – Jeanne and Joe Mize, Masters – Rotary Club of Tryon and Eagle – G.M. Tennant.

Golfers started the day with a buffet hot breakfast before the shotgun start. Isothermal vol-unteers delivered box lunches, beverages and snacks.

After the tournament, win-ners were announced on the Grill Room patio with more than

Polk Scholars Golf Tournament a success

$2,000 in cash prizes awarded. Those closest to the Par 3 holes were Robert Carter, Wayne Rol-lins, Ken Shull and Ron Wingo. The lowest scoring teams were:

Flight A:1. Mize Nursery Too (William

Deck, Aaron Jolly, Tommy Porter and Bill Luckadoo)

2. Bonnie Brae Veterinary Hospital (Steward Bonner, Iain Fitch, Randy Mitchell and Jay Stacey)

3. Hamrick Insurance (Bill Daves, Buddy Hamrick, Charlie Hamrick and Fred Hamrick)

Flight B:1. Mimosa Carpet (Jack Camp-

bell, Mark Campbell and Coy Cantrell)

2. Mize Nursery (Jim Barnett, Joe Mize, Robert Sproule and Robert Wellborn)

3. Rollins Cafeteria (Ken Linder, Wayne Rollins, Donnie Wood and Steve Wood)

- article submitted

Mimosa Carpet: Jack Campbell, Mark Campbell and Coy Cantrell. (photo submitted)

Mize Nursery Too: William Deck, Aaron Jolly, Tommy Porter and Bill Luckadoo. (photo submitted)


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Chelsey Mills of Mill Spring was names to the chancellors list at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for the fall semester of 2012.

To receive this honor, a stu-dent must maintain a 3.8 grade point average or higher.

Mills will graduate from UNCC this coming May. She is the daughter of Sam and Rhonda Mills.

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Chelsey mills

Results for games played on Thursday, Jan. 17

Morning Restricted PairsSection ANorth-South1 Archie Hardy - Jack

Williams2 Ruthann Cox - Charlotte

Lindsey3 Mary Meyers - Patricia

KomorousEast-West1 Michael Verbonic - David

Hart2 H Ingram Willis Jr - Don

Tucker3 Linda Hill - Lee EllisSection BNorth-South1 Ken Yeager - Jean Stratford2 William Kelly - Peggy

Henson3 Lou Murch - Elizabeth

Murray4/5 Richard Bel thoff -

Rolland Rasmussen

4/5 Eilene Morgan - Pam Mattern

East-West1 Ronald Wingo - Charlie

Stratford2 Elaine Jenkins - Bruce

Fritz3 Lois Merrill - Rosemary

Witty4 Douglas Percy - Victoria

PercyAfternoon Open PairsNorth-South1 Linda Sherer - Richard

Long

2 Jack Williams - Daniel Dworkin

3 C h a r l o t t e L i n d s e y - Yoshikazu Kinoshita

4 Charles Cannon - Curtis Ross

East-West1 Richard Caser - Karl

Kachadoorian2 Sally Jo Carter - Carole

Stuenkel3 Mel Rogers - Ruthann Cox4 Andrea Kahn - Louise

LittleResults for games played on

Friday, Jan. 18.Morning Restricted PairsNorth-South1 Pam Mattern - Mary Hill2 Frances Parker - Sabra G.

KleinauEast-West1 Jean H. Case - unknown2 Yoshikazu Kinoshita -

Millie SteinAfternoon Open PairsNorth-South1 Ken Yeager - Michael

Verbonic2 Linda Sherer - Sally Jo

Carter3 Charles Cannon - H Ingram

Willis JrEast-West1 Jim Jackson - Daniel

Dworkin2 Carole Stuenkel - John

Memory3 Don Tucker - Mickey

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The Tryon Gallery Trot’s Annual Fundraising Ornament auction in early December raised $780. The ornaments were donated my many local artists. Trot had one donation all the way from Michigan.

More than 65 ornaments adorned the rotating Christmas tree on dis-play at Skyuka Fine Art in Tryon. A heated opening bidding war began on the evening of the TDDA sponsored Tryon Christmas Stroll. The auction ended one week later with a reception put on by TDDA board members. Three prizes have been awarded to the artists: “Most Creative” awarded to Michael Mc-Namara of Detroit, Mich., for his graffiti-painted water tower; “Hot-test Bidding Activity,” awarded to Douglas Chamberlain for her doggie driving car, and “Top Grossing Art-ist” was awarded to Kim Atwoll for the second year in a row for her 35 multiple ornament donations.

Trot expresses gratitude to La Bouteille, Vines & Stuff and Tryon House for their prize donations, and

to all of the artists who participated and donated. The monies raised will help fund the advertising budget for the Tryon Gallery Trots this year, which will move to “Second Satur-days” starting in April.

Keep up to date with Trots and the participants by visiting Facebook or by contacting Kim Nelson at [email protected].

- article submittedby Kim Nelson

Tryon Gallery Trot holiday ornament auction a success

On Monday, Jan. 21 the men of the men’s monday afternoon bridge club met in the home of Jack Saunders for its weekly contest of duplicate bridge games. The afternoon’s play ended with first place being claimed by the partnership of Bob Palmer and Mike Verbonic. The partner-

ship of Jack Saunders and Dick Belthoff finished in second place and Charlie Stratford and Mickey Brandstedter were the third place partnership. The club next meets in the home of Bob Palmer on Monday Jan. 28.

- article submittedby Jack Saunders

Men’s monday afternoon bridge club


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Tryon Elementary School (TES) fifth grade is studying body systems including the heart and circulatory system. Dr. Rich Metcalf DVM from Tryon Equine Hospital visited TES and brought with him a heart from a 17-year-old llama. Dr. Metcalf not only talked about the heart and circulation and good health but also veterinary medicine as a career. (photo submitted by Denise Corcoran)

TES receives a visit from the vet


Physical TherapyHealth & Fitness

Pacolet Area Convservancy kicks off its spring hiking series Feb. 22Join the Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC)

for six Friday hikes offered this spring, start-ing Feb. 22. PAC’s first hike will head to the SCDNR managed site, Ashmore Heritage Preserve, a 4-mile, moderate out and back on part of the new Mountain Bridge Passage Trail with a loop around Lake Wattacoo. On March 1, hikers will head to Florence Nature Preserve for a 5-mile, moderate lollipop hike on the CMLC protected property. On March 15, hikers venture to Pisgah National Forest for a 5-mile, moderate loop hike along Cove Creek and Caney Bottom Creek. The hike on March 29 is a 6-mile, moderate/strenuous loop hike to High Windy at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly. On April 12, the group will head to Table Rock State Park for a 6-mile out and back hike to Bald Rock Overlook. The final hike will take place on April 26 at DuPont State Forest, a 6-mile, easy/moder-ate loop hike to Bridal Veil Falls.

PAC is a non-profit 501(c)(3) qualified conservation organization (land trust) that works with landowners to ensure the long-term protection of their land through volun-tary conservation easements. Conservation

(ConTinueD on page 38) Local trail in spring time. (photo submitted by Pam Torlina)


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EMS volunteers strive to provide best care possibleTo the editor:

I have been involved in emer-gency service in Polk County for 24 years. I have been an EMT for the last 20.

There has recently been a lot of discussion over the county com-missioners handling of the medical director issue. This issue indeed goes back eight to 10 years and I know that previous commission-ers have been made aware of the

issues. It has been until now that we have been able to have them address them.

There was an article I believe last week that discussed the liability taken on by a medical director and the counties compensation for that liability. All that is true the medi-cal director is liable for the actions good or bad of responders that operate under their license. I sup-pose it is only right that they receive compensation for the liability. But what about the chief’s of the six fire departments and the captain of the county rescue squad. These individuals along with their board of directors also face the same liability. They are responsible for

Letter to the Editor the actions of the responders from their respective departments. They receive no compensation at all. It’s part of the job.

A lady wrote concerned about having non-trained people respond-ing to calls for help. The North Carolina Office of the Fire Marshal requires 36 hours of training for fire fighters every year. In addi-tion the North Carolina Office of EMS requires 24 hours of training in medical related subjects for all medically certified personnel every year. Highly trained people are re-sponding to your calls for help. She also asked why the commissioners were not being more flexible with the training schedule to assist the

volunteers in getting the training. It’s not the commissioners that are not being flexible.

There are many other variables with this issue that there is neither time nor space here to address. But I urge you all to ask responders from your community what their issues have been and how they feel about the change. I would like to thank the commissioners and the county manager for stepping in and ad-dressing our concerns. Hopefully very soon we can put this all behind us and get back to what’s important and that’s providing the best care we can to our citizens and visitors.

- Marty L. McGuinn,Mill Spring

easements enable landowners to maintain ownership and manage-ment of their property, preserving precious natural resources (open lands, forests, wildlife habitat,

scenic vistas, farmland, stream banks, etc.), and potentially obtain significant federal, state, and local tax benefits. PAC’s mission is to protect and conserve our area’s natural resources with a vision of a community living and growing in harmony with our natural heritage

and a goal to provide a legacy that will endure and be valued by gen-erations to come.

If you are interested in attend-ing the PAC Hikes this spring and would like more information, please call the PAC office at 828-859-5060 or e-mail landprotec-

[email protected]. You can also find information on PAC’s website, www.pacolet.org, and on PAC’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/pacoletarea.conservancy.

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• PAC hikes(ConTinueD From page 37)


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ing your Social Security benefits could be one of the most important retirement-income decisions you’ll make. The difference between a good decision and a poor one could cost you tens of thousands of dol-lars over your retirement, so doing your homework and weighing your options now is a very smart move.

What to considerAs you may already know, you

can claim Social Security any time from age 62 to 70, but the longer you wait, the larger your monthly check. However, there are many other factors you need to take into account to help you make a good decision, like your current financial needs, your health and family lon-gevity, whether you plan to work in retirement, whether you have other retirement income sources, and if you’re married, your spouse’s situation.

You also need to understand the dizzying array of rules that can affect your Social Security benefits, and factor in the various strategies that can increase your benefits if you’re married, divorced or widowed.

To help you compare all your options, there are a number of online tools and services that have sprung up in recent years that

can help you make an informed decision.

Online toolsTo get started, your first step is

to go to the Social Security State-ment website (socialsecurity.gov/mystatement) and get your per-sonalized statement that estimates what your retirement benefits will be at age 62, full retirement age (currently 66) or when you turn 70. These estimates are based on your yearly earnings that are also listed on your report.

Once you get your estimates for both you and your wife, there are several online tools you can turn to that can crunch hundreds of calculations to compare your ben-efits under various scenarios and different ages to help you figure out your optimum claiming strategy.

Two free sites are Analyze Now (analyzenow.com), which offers a robust decision-making tool called the “Strategic Social Security Planner,” but requires Microsoft Excel to use it. And AARP’s Social Security Benefits Calculator (aarp.org/socialsecuritybenefits), which is a less sophisticated tool but very easy to use.

Or, if you don’t mind spending a little money, there are higher-level services like Social Security Choices (socialsecuritychoices.com) which provides a compre-hensive customized report for only $30 to help single, married or widowed pre-retirees identify their best claiming strategy. Or Maxi-mize My Social Security (maxi-mizemysocialsecurity.com), which charges $40 for their report, and

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Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, Okla. 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities in-clude Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; medication assistance; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Wacky Wednesday, senior fitness and Italian club, 10 a.m.; bingo and bridge, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Green Creek Community Center quilters’ group, Wednes-days, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Saluda Center, Wednesday activities, Trash Train, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

Tryon Kiwanis Club, meets

Wednesdays, noon, Congrega-tional Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

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.


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Open to all mediaRich Nelson will teach a

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Artists will work from life to grasp the fundamentals of portraiture and the figure. This workshop is open to all media, but oil will be emphasized. Class size is limited to 12. The cost of the workshop includes model fees.

The artists will concentrate on painting the portrait from live models. There will be lectures and demos by Nelson, and group ‘critiques’ (mostly just putting the paintings along the wall and having each artist say ‘how it’s going’). You can email [email protected] or call 828-859-0318 for more information.

Nelson is an accomplished portrait and gallery artist who lives in Tryon.

He earned his BFA from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich. in 1988. Rich taught anatomy, figure drawing and painting at CCS part-time after graduating. He has been working ever since as a portrait artist, gallery artist and instruc-tor. You can view his work at richardchristiannelson.com or read about his recent awards and notable commissions at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich-ard_Christian_Nelson.

Most recently, his portrait of ‘Kurt’ was the winner of an honorable mention in the Por-trait Society Of America’s 2013 Member’s Only Competition.

For more information on this and other upcoming workshops at richardchristiannelson.com/workshops.

– article submittedby Kim Nelson

Nelson leads portrait workshop Feb. 15 -17

The Keglers are growing. New bowlers are joining almost every week, but they still have room for more. No experience necessary. This is a very low-key fun league for adults over 50 who want a little recreation. They bowl on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. at Autumn Lanes in Forest City.

Here are the results of the bowling on Wednesday, Jan. 23.

High games over average:Chuck Ott +28 = 143Tom Ruegg +41 = 163

Paul Ritoch +31 = 134Dave Ritchie +40 = 182High series over average:Warner Zipf +39 = 436Chuck Ott +39 = 366Bret Diedrich +50 = 439Jack Knirk +53 = 518Anyone wishing to join the

Carolina Keglers should contact Mike Davidson at 894-5823 or email [email protected]. Members are asked to please call Mike when they cannot bowl.

– article submittedby Mike Davidson

Carolina Keglers recruiting new bowlers

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