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The Polk County High School (PCHS) athletic department will offer spring physicals Monday, Feb. 6 from 5-7 p.m. in the high school gym. The physicals are required for all

students planning to participate in spring sports.For more information, call PCHS Athletic Director

Jeff Wilson at 828-817-2093.

Tryon Fine Arts Center unveils new master site planPhase I set to be complete March 2013

After years of study, the Tryon Fine Arts Center board of directors Thursday, Feb. 2 unveiled a master site and building plan that board members said will preserve and accentu-ate the natural beauty of the Melrose Ave. site and is community-focused and cost-effective.

The master plan includes a park on the site of three existing outbuildings that have become too costly to maintain. It also ex-pands parking and improves access to the building while forming an outdoor amphi-theater for concerts and plays. Phase II is a multi-purpose addition to the rear of the building that takes advantage of the moun-tain views. The new structure will provide a forum for smaller gatherings, art shows, music

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Right: The master site plan for Tryon Fine Arts Center, designed by landscape architect Mark Byington. Phase I addresses accessibility, parking and maintenance issues in addition to creating a community park.

Columbus wastewater treatment rehab costs could increase $282kby Leah Justice

Columbus’ plan to rehabilitate its wastewater treatment plant could in-clude an additional $282,250 of costs for a new operator building and a sec-ond chlorine chamber.

Columbus Town Council met Thurs-day, Jan. 19 and spoke with engineer

Brian Tripp with W.K. Dickson regard-ing the possible additions.

Columbus is working on plans to rehabilitate its outdated wastewater treatment plant, with original esti-mates at $2,750,000. If the additions


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Authority board of directors will meet Friday, Feb. 3 at 8:30 a.m. at Western Highlands Network, located at 356 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, N.C. For more infor-mation, call 828-225-2785.

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

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

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

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

Polk County Democratic Men’s Club will hold a bean sup-per Friday, Feb. 3 from 5-7 p.m. at the Polk Democratic head-quarters in Columbus. Donation

requested. Everyone welcome. American Legion Post 250,

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

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

SaTurdayGrassroots Art Project holds

art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes are held at the Congre-gational Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

Lanier Library Book Lovers will meet Saturday, Feb. 4 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss books members have enjoyed. Open to all book lovers. 828-859-9535.

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

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.

MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m., bridge, 10 a.m., 828-749-9245. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family Mem-ber Support Group meets in Columbus on the first Monday of the month, 10 a.m. - noon. For info and/or location, contact Lisa at 828-894-0104 or Annie at 864-457-7278.

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

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1

p.m.; food, fellowship and dis-cussion of relevant issues; inter-denominational.859-5051.

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

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

Polk Soil & Water Conser-vation District board will meet on Monday, Feb. 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Mill Spring Agricultural Center. The public is invited. Call 828-894-8550 for more information.

Harmon Field Board of Su-pervisors meets the first Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at Harmon Field Cabin. The next meeting will be Monday, Feb. 6. Public welcome. Information: 828-859-6655.

Male Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

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

Thermal Belt Stamp Club meets first and third Monday at

7:30 p.m. at the Tryon Federal Bank in Columbus.

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

TueSdayPolk County Mobile Re-

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

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

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

American Legion Auxiliary meets on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Tryon.

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Mark Byington of Innocenti & Webel Landscape Architects, who designed the master plan, said it takes maximum advantage of the hillside site as well as the rear garden and its mountain views.

“The plan creates a cohesive property and will support a wider range of community events,” By-ington said.

Richard Webel, former manag-ing partner of Innocenti & Webel and a volunteer consultant on the project said, “We believe this plan provides a setting that is both world-class and cost-effective.”

The 43-year-old organiza-tion has wrestled with numerous solutions regarding basic acces-sibility to the facility. There is a lack of handicapped parking and a very tight drop-off for patrons at the Melrose Avenue entrance. Patrons wishing to attend events in the 335-seat auditorium must

• TFAC plan(Continued From page 1)


Presenting the new site and building plans for the Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) to the community were Richard Webel, landscape architect (left); Beth Child, TFAC executive director; Rebecca Barnes, TFAC board president, and Mark Byington, landscape architect. (photo submitted by Marianne Carruth)

often park behind the building in the neighboring lots and then climb the many steps to the front entrance of the facility.

Another issue the board of directors had to confront was the future of the center’s outbuildings. Although these houses were used

creatively by affiliates in past years, they now serve only as storage facilities for two local arts organi-zations. Board members said major and costly improvements would be needed to keep them rentable.

“After many years and many plans for updating the Tryon Fine

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Phase I of the plan focuses on the exterior of the property and addresses accessibility, parking and maintenance issues in addition to creating a community park for families and groups to gather to celebrate the arts and other events.

Beginning at the front of the building on Melrose Avenue, the small semi-circular drop-off will be widened and straightened to al-low easier vehicular access to the main entrance. The drop-off will lead down a new one-way drive to a small parking lot for seven cars, including four handicapped spaces, near the front of the building. The drive will continue to an existing lot, which will add three handicap spaces for a total of 22 parking spaces. The new drive will exit onto Pacolet Street. The new traffic plan is designed to simplify main entrance drop-offs while relieving traffic congestion and pedestrian safety issues on Melrose Avenue.

The drive will be bordered

by community green spaces. The existing Sassoon Park along Mel-rose Avenue will be structurally unchanged, per the original request from benefactor Stella Sassoon in the 1970s. Tryon Peak will be visible from most points on the campus. A 100-person permanent amphitheater will be built in the natural bowl just above the north edge of the property. This natural amphitheater is already used during Super Saturday as the community stage, providing a spot for families and friends to congregate and to be entertained.

Circling the amphitheater and connecting it to the Melrose Avenue entrance will be a gentle winding sidewalk. With rail-ings and lights, it will provide a walking route from the church parking lot up to the front door of the theater without involving steps. It will adhere to the grade mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act and provide level places for resting every 20 feet. The sidewalk’s 8-foot width will allow a golf cart to be used to carry patrons from the parking lot to the theater entrance.



TFAC master site plan design teamHeading up the design for Phase I are Rick Webel and Mark

Byington, both of whom have had vast training and experience in recreational, institutional, corporate, medical, residential and urban landscape design.

Mark Byington is director of the Carolinas office of Innocenti & Webel, one of the nation’s oldest landscape architecture and land management firms. Byington has an extensive background in landscape architecture. A few of his regional projects have included:

• Furman University• Mary Black Hospital• Wofford College• Milliken Corporate Headquarters • Greenville-Spartanburg Airport: Steven’s Aviation• RiverPlace • Augusta National Golf CourseRick Webel has been president of Pacolet Milliken since its

founding in 2007. Before 2007 he was the managing partner of Innocenti & Webel. Some of his regional and national design clients include:

• Fluor Daniel• Gibbes Cancer Center• Rockefeller Center• BMW North America• U.S. Department of State: Blair House

Phase IIPhase II will further incorpo-

rate the beauty of the foothills by expanding the rear of the main building into a multi-use facil-ity that will afford an open view of the mountains. Brady-Trakas Architects has designed a two-and-a-half-story glass addition extending into the current Far-well Garden, providing a space for exhibitions, performances, receptions, lectures, meetings and various art programs. The two existing studios at the rear of

the main building will flow into the new space, which will incorporate a balcony from the second floor stu-dio, allowing for flexibility in event planning. Remodeling plans include improved restrooms and dressing rooms, as well as a catering kitchen and box office. Further accessibility issues will be addressed by having the garden entrance on the same level as the larger parking lots.

The TFAC board of directors said it has resolved to place fiscal responsibility at the forefront.

“We will not spend any money we don’t have,” said Barnes.

The two-phase plan is designed to take advantage of the strong points of the arts center to get “more


bang for the buck,” Barnes said. Hard numbers for building costs have been projected with contin-gencies included. Phase I, focusing on the campus and main building façade, will cost approximately $366,000. Phase II, focusing on improvements inside the existing building and including the addition, will cost $885,000 - $1,135,000. The board has resolved to spend no more than $1.5 million on both phases.

Plans are to complete phase I before March 2013. There is no timeline for phase II, although it has been recommended to complete it within two to three years to keep construction costs lower. Cash and

pledges to complete phase I are almost in hand.

Clyde Kaericher, former board member and member of the finance committee, said, “This plan accepts the building and site as it is. That’s what makes this plan unique.”

TFAC donor and operations committee member David Warden said, “I have lived through every iteration of this plan in the last ten years. This organization owes the planning team a big thank you. Issues addressed in previous plans have been solved with this one. I think it will work and will be an enduring asset for the community.”

– article submitted by Marianne arruth

Mill Spring theft victim Arledge ups reward to $10kby Leah Justice

A victim of recent break-ins along Silver Creek Road in Mill Spring is now offering a $10,000 reward for information, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

William Arledge was one of three homeowners who suffered

break-ins the night of Monday, Jan. 23. Arledge was the hardest hit, with $527,000 in cash taken from a safe in a building whose security sys-tem he forgot to turn on that night. Arledge also had guns, ammunition and his work truck stolen. His truck was found the next day along the

Polk/Rutherford County line, ac-cording to sheriff’s office reports.

Arledge originally offered a $5,000 reward and increased it to $10,000 this week.

The reward is being offered to anyone who supplies information in the case that leads to an arrest

and conviction of the suspect(s).The sheriff’s office has fol-

lowed up on several leads in the case but still have no suspects.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 828-894-3001.



to the project are made, engineer estimates put the total costs at $3,032,250.

The town has been approved to receive a no interest loan from the Construction Grants and Loans Section of the N.C. Division of Water Quality. Columbus recently received word that its engineering report has been approved by the state.

Tripp told council that the cur-rent wastewater treatment plant site has problems with the roof, the HVAC system and the flooring. He also said a second chlorine cham-ber could be added to the project to avoid having to shut down the flow in order to clean the one chamber.

“There’s an opportunity here to get those work items done at a reasonable price due to current construction costs,” said Tripp. “If costs come back too high, you could take those two items out.”

Council seemed in favor of adding the building because of its

current condition. Board members had differing opinions on whether a second chlorine chamber is a necessity. If the two additions are designed it will cost approximately $25,000 more in design fees.

“I’m sorry but I’m not seeing the necessity of all of it,” said coun-cilwoman Ernie Kan. “I understand why you see that we need it…. We could put that $25,000 towards the well. Don’t spread ourselves so thin that we put a burden on the people that live here.”

Columbus Mayor Eric McIntyre said he tends to agree with Kan.

“It seems like we could do something a lot less expensive (to improve the current chlorine chamber),” said McIntyre.

He suggested installing a valve in the current chlorine chamber to better control the flow coming back into the chamber.

One of the issues with having only one chlorine chamber is when it is cleaned twice annually and the flow stopped, all the backup sewage comes flushing back into the newly cleaned tank at once,

officials said. Tripp said it puts the town at risk for violating its state permit during those times of cleaning.

Of the $25,000 in proposed new design fees, $7,500 is for the second chlorine tank design and approximately $18,000 is for the new building design. The second chlorine tank is estimated to cost approximately $57,500, including its design.

“Actually we’re just talking right now about $7,000,” said councilman Richard Hall. “Down the road we’ll be deciding whether to build it or not.”

McIntyre said the building at the wastewater treatment plant now is “pitiful.”

“My personal opinion is the lab has to be built,” McIntyre said. “My opinion is to leave the building and take out the chlorine chamber.”

Councilwoman Margaret Met-calf said her concern is that the additions may be needed in the future, and she worries it will end up costing the town more in

the long run if the town pulls out needed projects.

“The only thing I’m thinking is, is it going to cost us more in the long run?” Metcalf said. “I’m just afraid if we start pulling this and pulling that then we’re not going to have the capacity to do the things we want to do when Columbus keeps growing. “

Tripp said his firm will take a look at putting in a valve for the current chamber, which should cost only around $2,000, and he won’t charge design fees.

Council tabled the issue and plans to discuss the additions fur-ther during its February meeting.

The project’s plans and speci-fications are due to the state by June 1. The town plans to advertise and receive bids in De-cember and begin construction as early as January 2013.

The town plans to pay for the financing of the project through its enterprise fund rates, with a 10 percent increase in sewer rates implemented this fiscal year.

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Eva Stuckey FowlerEva Stuckey Fowler, 101, of

Laurel Lake Dr., Tryon Estates, Columbus, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 in Tryon Estates Medical Facility, Columbus.

Born in Bloomingburg, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Simon and Sara Catherine Brown Stuckey. She was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Women’s Army Corps. Mrs.

Fowler was a retired high school teacher with a B.S. and mas-ter’s degree in educa-

tion from Temple University in Philadelphia. She was a member of Silver Creek Baptist Church, Mill Spring, and was the widow of Jesse L. Fowler Sr., who died in 2001.

Surviving are two stepsons, Richard W. Fowler of New Pros-pect, S.C. and Jesse L. Fowler Jr. of Chester, Va.; one step-daughter, Helen Tolerico of Mill

Obituaries Spring, and one sister, Mary Louise Stuckey Marsh of Grove City, Ohio. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 in Silver Creek Baptist Church, Mill Spring with Dr. Chris Os-born officiating.

Burial will be in Silver Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. Saturday prior to the service in Silver Creek Bap-tist Church.

Memorials may be made to Silver Creek Baptist Church, “Good Neighbor Fund,” 1955 Silver Creek Rd., Mill Spring, N.C. 28756.

The family will be at the home of her stepdaughter, Helen Tolerico, 373 Chimney Rock Rd., Mill Spring, N.C. 28756.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Sherry Blevins Carney

Sherry Blevins Carney of Mill Spring passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1.

B o r n A u g . 2 9 , 1 9 5 4 i n S m y t h County, Va., she was the daughter of Harry Green Blevins and Glenna Stur-gill Blevins.

She graduated from Hillsville, Va. High School in 1971.

On Dec. 30, 1982, she married Robert D. Carney. She was a mem-ber of North and South Carolina Realtors for more than 20 years.

She was a member and deacon-ess at Tryon Seventh-Day Adven-tist Church.

She is survived by her husband,

Obituaries Robert Carney; two sons, Jason Robert Carney (Jerusha) of Can-dler, N.C. and Christopher Michael Carney (Brooke) of Mill Spring; mother, Glenna Sturgill Blevins of Hillsville, Va; one brother, Scott Blevins of Mill Spring; one sister, Sara Lee McCawley (Michael) of Fort Knox, Ken. and three grandsons, Noah Jason Carney and Micah David Carney, both of Candler, N.C., and Easton Michael Carney of Mill Spring.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. at the Tryon Seventh-Day Adventist Church at 2820 Lynn Road, Tryon. Pastor Mark Heisey will officiate.

The family will receive friends Friday, Feb. 3 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Morgan Center at the Tryon Seventh-Day Adventist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Seventh-Day Adventist Church School Scolarship Fund, 2820 Lynn Road, Tryon, N.C. 28782; or to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, 374 Hudlow Road, Forest City, N.C. 28043.


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Polk district court resultsIn Polk County District Court

held Wednesday, Jan. 25, with Judge Mack Brittain presiding, 163 cases were heard. Some cases were continued, dismissed or sent to superior court.

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

Norman Elliot Bonnette was convicted of driving a vehicle with impaired equipment. Bon-nett was fined $40 and court costs.

Zachary Blake Born was convicted of o b t a i n i n g a controlled sub-stance by legal script misrepresentation. Born was sentenced to seven days in jail with credit for time served.

Danielle Renee Crooks was convicted of speeding 74 mph in a 65 mph zone. Crooks was fined $30 and court costs.

Pamela Beason Dill was con-victed of level 2 driving while impaired. Dill was sentenced to 18 months unsupervised proba-tion, seven days in jail, a $400 fine and court costs.

Snyder McNeil Dubose was convicted of reckless driving – wanton disregard. Dubose was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Carolyn Kay Elgin was con-victed of speeding 44 mph in a 35 mph zone. Elgin was fined $50 and court costs.

Daniel Franklin Grigg was convicted of speeding 45 mph in a 40 mph zone. Grigg was fined $20 and court costs.

Andrew Benjamin Hamilton was convicted of felony posses-sion of a schedule VI controlled substance, trespassing on posted property and simple possession of a schedule VI controlled substance.

Hamilton was sentenced to 10 days in jail with credit for pretrial time served, one year unsupervised probation, a $250 fine and court costs.

Cody Lee Horton was con-victed of speeding 92 mph in a 65 mph zone and speed competition. Horton was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $400 fine and court costs.

Leon Gilberto Ibarra was con-victed of driving a vehicle with no operator’s license. Ibarra was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $50 fine and court costs.

Kristen Lee King was convict-ed of possessing an open contain-er after consumption of alcohol first. King was sentenced to one

year unsuper-vised probation, a $20 fine and court costs.

Kim Anton Koivu was con-victed of speeding 79 mph in a 65 mph zone and driving after consuming under age 21. Koivu was sentenced to one year unsu-pervised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Terre Lynn Kroeger was con-victed of speeding 79 mph in a 65 mph zone. Kroeger was fined $40 and court costs.

Authur Chad Lee was con-victed of possession/consump-tion of beer/wine on unauthorized premise. Lee was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $50 fine and court costs.

James Arthur S. Miller was convicted of driving while license revoked. Miller was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Daniel Wayne Owenby was convicted of failure to report/tag big game. Owenby was sentenced to one year unsupervised proba-tion, a $35 fine and court costs.

George Jeffrey Rivers was convicted of possession of deer taken during closed season. Riv-ers was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Marlon Shane Ruff was con-victed of expired registration card/tag and expired/no inspec-tion. Ruff was sentenced to five

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Under and by virtue of aPower of Sale containedin that certain Deed ofTrust executed by ROB-ERT J SHEETS akaROBERT SHEETS, Un-married to CHRIS S.ROBERTS, Trustee(s),which was dated Novem-ber 13, 2007 and re-corded on November 19,2007 in Book 360 atPage 511, Polk CountyRegistry, North Carolina.

Default having beenmade of the note therebysecured by the said Deedof Trust and the under-signed, Brock & Scott,PLLC, having been sub-stituted as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust, and theholder of the note evi-dencing said default hav-ing directed that the Deedof Trust be foreclosed,the undersigned Substi-tute Trustee will offer forsale at the courthousedoor of the county court-house where the propertyis located, or the usualand customary location atthe county courthouse forconducting the sale onFebruary 17, 2012 at1:00PM, and will sell tothe highest bidder forcash the following de-scribed property situatedin Polk County, NorthCarolina, to wit:

BEING all of Lot No. 11,Camp Skyuka, containing0.73 of an acre, and be-ing shown and delineatedon that certain plat enti-tled, "Camp Skyuka,Phase I, Polk County,North Carolina", datedMarch 4, 1987, revisedMay 18, 1987 and pre-

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pared by Wolf & Huskey,Inc., Engineering andSurveying, said plat beingduly recorded in MapSlide A-382, Page 788, inthe Office of the Registerof Deed for Polk County,North Carolina; referencebeing made to said re-corded plat for a full andcomplete metes andbounds description ofsaid property pursuant toNorth Carolina GeneralStatues 47-30(g).The above described

property is conveyed sub-ject to the Reservationsand Restrictive Cove-nants of Camp Skyukadated March 15, 1987,recorded in Book 194,Page 1259, Polk CountyRegistry, and the Amend-ments thereto as re-corded in the Office of theRegister of Deeds forPolk County, North Caro-lina.The above described

property is the identicalproperty conveyed toRobert J. Sheets by deedfrom Robert A. Walden, IIand wife, Kay W. Walden,dated October 10th, 2000and duly recorded inBook 266, Page 1093, inthe Office of the Registerof Deeds for Polk County,North Carolina.

Save and except any re-leases, deeds of releaseor prior conveyances ofrecord.Said property is com-

monly known as 53 BearRun Drive, Columbus,NC 28722.

Third party purchasersmust pay the excise tax,and the court costs of

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Forty-Five Cents (45¢)per One Hundred Dollars($100.00) pursuant toNCGS 7A-308(a)(1). Acash deposit (no personalchecks) of five percent(5%) of the purchaseprice, or Seven HundredFifty Dollars ($750.00),whichever is greater, willbe required at the time ofthe sale. Following theexpiration of the statutoryupset bid period, all theremaining amounts areimmediately due and ow-ing.

Said property to be of-fered pursuant to this No-tice of Sale is being of-fered for sale, transferand conveyance “AS ISWHERE IS.” There areno representations ofwarranty relating to the ti-tle or any physical, envi-ronmental, health orsafety conditions existingin, on, at, or relating tothe property being offeredfor sale. This sale ismade subject to all priorliens, unpaid taxes, anyunpaid land transfertaxes, special assess-ments, easements, rightsof way, deeds of release,and any other encum-brances or exceptions ofrecord. To the best of theknowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the prop-erty is/are Robert J.Sheets.

An Order for possessionof the property may be is-sued pursuant to G.S.45-21.29 in favor of thepurchaser and againstthe party or parties inpossession by the clerk

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of superior court of thecounty in which the prop-erty is sold. Any personwho occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rentalagreement entered intoor renewed on or afterOctober 1, 2007, may, af-ter receiving the notice ofsale, terminate the rentalagreement upon 10 days’written notice to the land-lord. The notice shallalso state that upon ter-mination of a rentalagreement, the tenant isliable for rent due underthe rental agreement pro-rated to the effective dateof the termination.

If the trustee is unable toconvey title to this prop-erty for any reason, thesole remedy of the pur-chaser is the return of thedeposit. Reasons ofsuch inability to conveyinclude, but are not lim-ited to, the filing of abankruptcy petition priorto the confirmation of thesale and reinstatement ofthe loan without theknowledge of the trustee.If the validity of the sale ischallenged by any party,the trustee, in their solediscretion, if they believethe challenge to havemerit, may request thecourt to declare the saleto be void and return thedeposit. The purchaserwill have no further rem-edy.

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As per House Bill 1160,Clean Water Act 1999Clearwater Services,

Contact Operator for PolkCounty Schools Hascompleted the 2011An-nual Performance Reportfor Polk ElementarySchool's WastewaterTreatment Facility PermitNo. NC0033553. A copyof the Annual Perform-ance Reports can be ob-tained during Regularbusiness hours at theCounty Board of Educa-tion and Polk Central Ele-mentary School.

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As per House Bill 1160,Clean Water Act 1999.The Town of Tryon hascompleted the 2011 An-nual Performance Reportfor the Tryon WastewaterTreatment Plant PermitNo. NC0021601 Waste-water Collections SystemPermit No. NC0034932.A copy of the Annual Per-

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She graduated from Tryon High School before going on to Meredith College, receiving her teaching degree in 1934. She began her teaching career in the early 1940s in the regular classroom and as a music teacher as well. She also taught with the Hendersonville City Schools as

Obituaries a librarian until her retirement in the early 1960s. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Hendersonville where she was involved in countless activities.

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Polk County High School senior Cole Pellatt was recently named a finalist for two presti-gious full-ride scholarships, one at UNC-Chapel Hill and the other at N.C. State University.

Pellatt will join 104 other finalists in competition for 45 Park Scholarships at N.C. State on Feb. 17-18. He will participate in individual interviews, a group task and panels with Park Schol-ars and faculty, as well as a dinner hosted by the chancellor, with the keynote address delivered by former Governor Jim Hunt. Park Scholarships are drawn from a pool of nearly 1,500 applicants.

Pellatt will then travel to Chapel Hill Feb. 25-28 to join about 125 fellow finalists for the approximately 55 Morehead-Cain Scholarships. Pellatt and the other finalists will participate in two 20-minute interviews.

Both scholarships target ex-ceptional students, those with “outstanding accomplishments and potential in scholarship, lead-ership, service and character,” according to the Park Foundation.

Pellatt is the senior class president at Polk County High School and serves as a member of the Science Olympiad Team, the varsity soccer squad, Interact and the news team. He is also captain of the ski and snowboard team. He is a resident of Saluda and the son of Mark Pellatt and Carol Lynn Jackson.

The Park Scholarship includes educational trips to Washington, D.C. to study national issues alongside members of Congress and leadership retreats held at sites such as the Grand Canyon.

The Morehead-Cain is the first merit scholarship in the United States, and it also has a four-year summer enrichment program, with the first summer including courses from Outward Bound or National Outdoor Leadership School, each aiming to test and overcome limits, mentally, physi-cally and emotionally.

Coy Durham was the most

recent Polk County student to win the Morehead-Cain scholarship, 10 years ago.

Pellatt attended the North Carolina Governor’s School last summer in math but said he felt at home in science, too. If he at-tends N.C. State, he said he’ll go with an engineering degree, as in the aerospace field; if he goes to UNC-Chapel Hill, he said he’ll probably major in general math or physics.

Pellatt, who learned to read music and sing as part of the PCHS chorus and Vocal Impres-sions groups, said he taught himself the guitar when he de-cided he wanted to perform in the eighth-grade talent show. Then, as a junior at PCHS, he took up piano when he decided he wanted to perform on the piano for the talent show.

Laura White, sponsor to the PCHS News Team, said as a news anchor, Pellatt is “extremely tal-ented and very organized. He is able to see beyond the immediate problem and anticipate upcoming glitches.”

Pellatt should get the results of the scholarship decisions by Feb. 29 for the Park Scholarship to N.C. State and by March 2 for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship to UNC-Chapel Hill.

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I have a dear friend named Chuck who is always there for my cause and many others. He is a quiet, unassuming man of deeds and not words.

Every now and then, which is quite often, he will hand me $100 and say, “this is for your kids.” I am humbled by him but that’s okay, I know that humility is good for the soul. There are oth-ers like him but for the purpose of this tale, I choose to rec-ognize Chuck, who would never dream of bringing attention to himself.

There is an old and magnificent movie called, “It’s A Wonderful Life,” I’m sure most of my older readers are familiar with it. In it there is a scene where there’s a run on the bank and George Bailey is trying desperately to keep the doors open of his savings and loan.

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Before I decide to groan or not to groan I have to ask, will that be six more weeks of our recent spring like winter or is that six more weeks of real winter? If recent winter weather is to be, this warm weather fan will have to smile, as it’s been unusually warm and sunny as of late and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it! If it’s to be six more weeks of real winter weather, I’ll pull out my warm coats, sweaters, gloves, hats and boots and put on my best “fake it til you make it” smile, all the while wishing for warm winter days.

As I see it, or at least would like to see it, Punxsutawney Phil has been right only 39 percent of the time according to the experts. Since this winter has been un-usually warm and Phil’s odds of being right are less than half, I’m going with continued warm winter

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Six more weeks of winter?

welled up with tears, for though big things humble me, small things truly move me.

Once a lady sent me $2 and a beautiful letter and I wept for half an hour while reading it. What I did for Barbara, Stella and her two beautiful cats is unimportant. What she did for me was far more valuable.

“God bless you Lennie,” Bar-bara said, “I’ll have a mass said for you.”

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Polk County Middle School boys grabbed the Blue Ridge Conference Championship Wednesday, Feb. 1 over Canton, 40-25. “We went on a 17-0 run in the fourth quarter,” said Coach Billy Alm. “It was a bit intense there for a bit but then we got to relax.” Alm said the team’s defensive play won the game, only giving up eight points in the second half. Eighth-grader Jamal Tanner (left) had the most points on the evening with 21. Coach Alm said Tanner averaged between 15-20 points throughout the season. The middle school’s girls team lost their game by just one point, 33-32. Player Haley Kropp had the most points for the girls team with 20. (photo by Fulton Hampton)

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On Wednesday, Feb. 1, Lan-drum quarterback Brandon Can-non signed his letter of intent to play football at Greenville Titans Sports Academy.

After the signing, head coach Russell Mahaffey stood around talking about his quarterback. One story stuck out in Mahaffey’s mind.

At a scrimmage last season, Cannon took the snap rolled to one side of the field and when nothing was there, he reversed his course to the other side of the field. Once he got to the other side, he let loose a 35-yard strike for a touchdown. A coach from an opposing team after that play told Mahaffey that Cannon’s ability wasn’t fair.

“(Brandon) has God-given abil-ity,” Mahaffey said. “He just can do some things that others can’t do.”

Cannon led the Cardinals to one of the greatest seasons in the history of the program. He did that with his feet and his arm.

Cannon signs with Greenville Titans Sports Academy

Landrum quarterback Brandon Cannon signed to play football with Greenville Titans Sports Academy on Wednesday. From left: (front) grandmother Wanda Lindsey, Cannon and Tonya Lindsey; (back) Landrum Athletic Director John Cann and Landrum football coach Russell Mahaffey. (photo by Joey Millwood)(ConTinueD on page 21)

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Cannon threw for 2,241 yards and 12 touchdowns last season. He ran for 785 yards and 12 touch-downs. He broke two records at quarterback for the Cardinals. He had 8,656 all-purpose yards in his career at Landrum. He also had 94 total touchdowns in his career.

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Playing soccer at Landrum is a tough road.

Region II-1A is the toughest region in the state at the 1A level. Teams like Christ Church, South-side Christian and St. Joseph’s are strong programs.

Landrum’s Jon Perry has been the anchor in the Cardinal defense the last four years, especially the last two when he’s served as team captain.

“He’s a great player,” Landrum coach Josh Fowler said. “He saw some quality players in high school.”

He also played for the Carolina Football Club based out of Spar-tanburg. The club finished 17-0-1 last season and lost to the third ranked team in the nation in the

national semifinals.That will help Perry as he plays

at the next level. That next stop will be Presbyterian College. The Cardinal defender signed his letter of intent to play for the Bulldogs on Wednesday afternoon.

“It’s Division I,” Perry said. “It gives me the opportunity to play at that level.”

Perry is a physical player. He’s quick. He never gives up on a play. That’s what PC is getting.

“No matter what the score is, he keeps playing,” Fowler said.

The Bulldogs had a little help on the family side of his recruit-ment. His grandfather, Dr. Vernon Lake, played football at Presby-terian.

Perry liked the campus and the coaching staff as well.

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Landrum defensive player Jon Perry signed his letter of intent to play soccer at Presbyterian College on Wednesday. From left: (front) Beth Perry, Perry and Dan Perry; (back) Daniel Perry, Nestor Shakon, Landrum soccer coach Josh Fowler, Gabe Perry and Landrum Athletic Director John Cann. (photo by Joey Millwood)



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With the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries finished for the Republican Party, the 2012 presidential campaign is offi-cially off and running now. I’m going to miss debating the is-sues confronting America with our recently departed fellow traveler Chuck Ross in the com-ing months.

We didn’ t o f t e n a g r e e (though we did s o m e t i m e s ) , b u t w e d i d manage to keep our discussions civil and respectful. We talked on the phone a few times, and presented our views as honestly as we knew how.

Some of the current crop of republican candidates have been running for almost the entire time since the election of President Obama. I can’t recall a more contentious time of criticism of the nation’s commander-in-chief in my life-time. Naturally the republicans will say that it is deserved and democrats will counter that more progress has been made than in the previous eight years. So goes the clatter of partisan politics in modern America.

Unfortunately for America the clatter has displaced honest debate with lies and innuendo. Respect has been trumped by name calling and rudeness. Common sense has lost its footing to fear mongering and repetitive brainwashing about old solutions that have never worked being the answer to current problems (these are culmination of the old problems that weren’t solved by the old solutions). By this I mean, for example, that I wish that we could deregulate and that banks and businesses would play by the rules, so that life could move along smoothly. We did deregu-late under Bush and look what happened – a financial crisis nested in the banking industry,

and higher prices and unem-ployment fueled in the business community (OK mostly in the corporate world).

On the issue of taxes, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to agree that the rich and the poor should pay the same percentage of their income, so advocates of a “flat tax” completely miss the point

of a fair and equitable tax code.

It might be a little more likely if the poor had the same access

to loop holes and write-offs, but almost by definition that can’t happen without some knee jerk reactionary calling it “socialism.” A progressive tax code seems to be the most fair way to apportion the nation’s tax burden – i.e. the more you earn, the higher your tax rate. The privilege of earning a lot of money shouldn’t be free. High earners should pay to maintain the civilization that they exploit.

The wars that we jumped into in Afghanistan and Iraq still burn our treasure and crip-ple and kill our young, but we don’t seem to be able to find a way out of the mess. Current republicans seeking the highest office either pay no heed to the contributions the wars make to our overall problems; or those who do have other ideas that are so outlandish that they aren’t viable candidates otherwise. The recent re-emergence of Muqtada al Sadr in Baghdad emphasizes the lack of judg-ment exercised in invading Iraq at all, much less believing that we would be welcomed there as liberators. Instead we have deepened the suspicion and hatred that were focused on our interests in the area already. We are slow learners in this regard.

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this morning (1/12) that mem-bers of the “Occupy” movement are demonstrating in south Flor-ida against the continued use of Gitmo prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I continue to believe that the prison should be closed and inmates transferred to US facilities where their treatment and fates would be visible to the country. A case for keeping it open has been made by saying that we don’t need terrorists being housed in the homeland. I still disagree since “transpar-ency” has become such a sought after position. The candidates? I haven’t heard any of the re-publican wannabees even say the word Gitmo.

“Corporate personhood?” Oh my gosh! Can you really imag-ine a corporation (like General Electric that didn’t pay a single dime in taxes for 2010) being granted the same status as the police officers or teachers who

work their jobs and can’t af-ford to own their own home on their salaries? What fair-minded individual can support such a position?

There are numerous other issues that should soon be debated – voter fraud, global warming, immigration, abor-tion, healthcare, social security, unemployment, the selling of US elections by removing lim-its on individual (or corporate) contributions to PACs and more on a long list.

With Chuck we could always count on a spirited and mostly fair (though like my own views, highly partisan) take on these and other issues. I wonder what he would be saying about things now. A few others have tried to take up the banner since Chuck left us, but their efforts have, by comparison to him, ranged from weak to downright silly.

Yes, Chuck was the man and I miss him. I can’t imagine how the republicans can win this election without him.

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Editor’s note: The follow-ing article was written by Jim Shamp, senior editor at the N.C. Biotechnology Center, about a project undertaken by Polk County High School biology teacher Jennifer Allsbrook with funding from the biotechnology center.

They’re actually rather puny and unimpressive to look at.

These Sweetbay magno-lia trees scattered around the woods of Western North Caro-lina’s Polk County are not like the robust ornamentals with dark waxy leaves that drop big white flowers onto manicured lawns throughout the Southeast.

But these ho-hum Polk County magnolia misfits are changing the life of Polk Coun-ty High School biology teacher Jennifer Allsbrook – and help-ing her students discover the joys of detective work using the tools of biotechnology.

The problem is, this isolated stand of scrubby specimens doesn’t belong in the moun-

tains. So Allsbrook and her students have embarked on what has become known as the Magnolia Detectives project, to see what they can learn about these trees’ origins and what it all might mean scientifically.

The project has already brought Allsbrook two grants from the North Carolina Bio-technology Center, providing a total of $16,000 to help her make biotech locally relevant to her students.

She has also landed grants from ING and Toshiba founda-tions to help equip her lab and propel the research. And she has established important col-laborations with other scientists in the process.

Allsbrook, who holds a B.S. from Appalachian State Univer-sity and a master of life science degree from the University of Maryland, said her tree-tracking exploits started a couple of years ago when she was look-ing for a way to incorporate more biotechnology into her teaching.

“I wanted to find a project that would let me set up a

Magnolia misfits spawnbiodetective project

A Magnolia virginianas, also known as laurel, sweetbay, swamp bay or swamp magnolias. This plant is the subject of a study by Polk High biology teacher Jennifer Allsbrook. (photo by Tom Ranney)


biotech lab where we could do DNA extraction, gene sequenc-ing, things like that,” she said. “But I needed outside support to help fund it. And I knew writ-ing grants for general purposes wouldn’t work.”

The door to the “detective agency” was opened when Allsbrook discussed her biotech aspirations with Polk County Cooperative Extension Agent John Vining. He suggested Alls-brook study why these magno-lias were growing nearby, well outside their normal range.

Voila! The Magnolia Detec-tive concept was born when Allsbrook confirmed Vin-ing’s quandary with one of the world’s top magnolia experts, South Carolinian Richard Fi-glar, who had helped assemble a distribution map for these Mag-nolia virginianas, also known as laurel, sweetbay, swamp bay or swamp magnolias.

The map confirmed that the normal range of that species is coastal, stretching much of the way up the East Coast – but not as far inland as Polk County.

“In North Carolina there’s no place that has such a west-erly population of magnolias,” said Allsbrook. “It’s an isolated out-population, which is why it’s so weird – and so interest-ing.”

A l l s b r o o k then arranged for two grant-funded mentor-ing visits with Andrea Wolfe, Ph.D., a scientist at Ohio State University, who agreed to work with Allsbrook in applying the most appropriate genetic analy-ses to search the “family tree” of the Polk County magnolias and see if they have relatives in South Carolina and other places in the Southeast.

“She uses a technique called ISSR DNA fingerprinting,” said

Allsbrook. “I’d never heard of that before. But it’s amazing. It’s so exacting you can identify individuals within a population. Fortunately, that first biotech-nology center grant allowed me to learn from her.”

Allsbrook returned to the Columbus, Ohio, campus this

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a scientific exchange with Alls-brook’s students and others interested in the project.

Now that she’s back home, Allsbrook is already busy col-lecting leaves and numbering specific trees, so she and the students will be able to compare DNA fingerprints within the population. That exposes them to the relatively recent specialty dubbed phylogeography – the

study of the historical processes that may be responsible for the contemporary geographic dis-tributions of individuals.

“The project has been evolv-ing as I go,” she said. “Dr. Wolfe wants to expand it and do a phylogeographic study testing 15 to 25 populations through-out the North American range, stretching from Pennsylvania and Virginia to West Virginia through South Carolina and Georgia all way down to Florida and Louisiana, and even to a population recently discovered in Cuba.

She wants each population to have as many as 40 specimens that we can work on.”

Did Native Americans carry these trees’ ancestors into the mountains centuries ago for some medicinal use? Did birds or animals somehow drag them in? It’s too soon to tell.

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Dallas Seiler married the former Leona Kowalski on Feb. 23, 1952 in Coldwater, Mich.

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Karl Shiflett of The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show. The group recently signed with Pinecastle Records of Columbus. (source: www.pinecastlemusic.com)

Pinecastle Records in Colum-bus has signed The Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show (KSBC), whose album “Take Me Back” will be released in summer 2012.

“I am excited about our recent signing with one of the most leg-endary record labels in bluegrass music,” said Shiflett. “As I look forward to our first release I con-sider it a honor to be a part of the Pinecastle artist roster.”

“’Take Me Back’ is primarily a collection of tunes I heard and learned while growing up in Texas in the mid sixties (about 45 years ago),” Shiflett said. The material covers songs by Don Gibson, Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, Bob Wills, Faron Young, Willie Nelson and Floyd Tillman.

There are a couple of new tunes, too: “Song on the Jukebox,” written by Monroe Fields, and a gospel song called “Open Up Your Heart (and Let Jesus In),” written by Shiflett.

During its “retro” performances KSBC takes the audience on a journey back in time when live radio broadcasts were a mix of music and good humor. The band’s single mic technique, where band members weave in and out of the path of the microphone during vo-cal and instrumental leads, creates a distinctive musical chorography.

The band has been recognized with various awards and nomina-tions, including the 2001 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music As-sociation) “Emerging Artist of the Year” award and a nomination for “Entertainer of the Year” the same year. In 2006, KSBC received the IBMA “Album of the Year” award for participation in the “Celebra-tion of Life” album on the Skaggs Family Records label.

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Pair certain foods for quick nutritional boostOur society today seems

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1. Scrambled eggs plus red peppers. This combination is great for smoother skin, because eggs have high quality protein, plus ½ cup of chopped red pep-pers has more than 100 percent of your daily vitamin C needs.

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3. Salsa plus chick peas for l o w e r b o d y weight. Adding chick peas to salsa adds bulk without adding many calories. This helps you feel fuller, faster. Also, chick peas add needed protein.

4. Green tea plus lemon for lower cancer risk. We all know that green tea is rich in antioxi-dants, but according to one Pur-due University study, adding lemon juice to green tea leads to a four-fold increase in disease fighting catechins. Catechins are a type of antioxidant found in chocolate, berries and apples,

but found in the greatest abun-dance in the leaves of the green tea plant. Adding orange, lime and grapefruit juices to green tea, while still effective, were not as potent as lemon juice.

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This will prevent exposure to dioxin, which is a cancer caus-ing chemical found in the feed of farm raised fish varieties. Try using some of these combina-tions. You’ll help give your eating regimen the flavorful, nutritional boost it needs.

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A return from Florida“I stood beside a hillSmooth with new-laid snow,A single star looked outFrom the cold evening glow.There was not other creatureThat saw what I could see,I stood and watched the eve-

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It was quite a trip: on the way down, I had car trouble, and (as ever) imagined the worst from the sounds emitting under the hood. While I didn’t end up call-ing AAA for roadside assistance, I did meet some ‘interesting’ characters on my mission for help—one, wearing leather and tattoos, had a vicious-looking 8” knife strapped to his leg, plus an aura that would make a rattle-snake run for cover. Maybe after seeing the peace sign dangling from my VW’s rear view mirror, he showed more mercy than nor-mal. My only weapons in sight were paintbrushes, canvas and a large sculpture in the back seat!

Happy 131th Anniversary to Saluda; visit the new website for historicsaluda.org. Thanks to all who volunteered for the year-long celebration of Saluda’s 130th anniversary throughout last year. Every time I walk along Main Street, I am both humbled and proud of what a treasure we have: in the people that smile, hug and care, and the charm of historic buildings.

Thank you to Mr. Halford Bishop, who called to share some reminiscing about Phoebe Sulli-van and her magical ‘elixir,’ the

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shine—along with berries that tinted the mix purplish-red, like poke berries would (although those are poison to people, and birds get drunk off them). I just know I could use a dose of that magical stuff!

Happy Notes: We have a new nature park in Saluda named the Bradley Nature Preserve. Thanks to the Polk County Com-munity Foundation (PCCF) and the Saluda Community Land Trust (SCLT).

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William Ray Horne, 90, of Columbus died July 12, 2011. He was son of the late Jessie Monroe and Cora Collins Horne and hus-band of Mildred Holbert Horne.

He was a member of Mill Creek Church of the Brethren and Mill S p r i n g Ve t e r a n s Lodge. He served in

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In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Regina Pate, both of Green Creek. and Laura Saenger of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bak-ersville, N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grand-children, Kim Odel, Kelly Brad-ley, Lee Bradley, Brandon Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebecca 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. Friday, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellow-ship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

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ing served in the U.S. Army, a member of the VFW Post 10349 and the Woodmen of

the World. Mr. Gibbs was the husband of Omie Lee Laughter Gibbs, who died in 1986.

Survivors include one daugh-ter, Patsy Gibbs Toney (Dean) of Rutherfordton, N.C.; son, Harold Gibbs of Rutherfordton, N.C.; one sister, Alvah Gibbs of Columbus; and a brother , Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring. Also surviving are five grandchil-dren, Randy Toney (Kimberly), Marc Toney (LeeAnn), Lora Brock (Jeff), Jeffrey Gibbs (Col-leen) and Elizabeth Gibbs and six great-grandchildren, Mason Toney, Kevin Gibbs, Anthony Brock, Bryan Gibbs, Nick Gibbs and Zane Gibbs.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 16, in the McFar-land Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Burial was in Polk Memo-rial Gardens, Columbus, with military rites by the Polk County Memorial Burial Squad.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P. O. Box 336, Forest City, N.C. 28043 or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

The family will be at the home of his daughter, Patsy Gibbs Toney, 400 Radar Rd., Ruther-fordton, N.C.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.


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Dorothy Waymon Simmons

Rev. Dorothy Waymon Sim-mons, 82, formerly of Tryon, died June 13, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.

Memorial service noon, July 30 at Columbia Senior Residenc-es at MLK Village, 125 Logan St. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30312. Contact sister: 678-862-3800.

Survivors are three sons, Al-len (Rudy) Waymon of Syracuse, N.Y., Kenneth Simmons of Hous-ton, Texas, and Lovell Simmons (Andrea) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; one sister, Frances Fox of River-dale, Ga.; three brothers, John Ir-vin Waymon of Antelope, Calif., Carrol Waymon of San Diego, Calif., and Samuel Waymon of Nyack, N.Y.; a host of grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by both parents, Mary Kate and John D. Waymon; son, Van Waymon; sisters, Lucile Waddell and Nina Simone (Eunice) and brother, Harold Waymon Sr.

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Greene toserve as judgeAaron Greene will serve as one of the judges for Polk’s Got Talent. Recent Polk County High School students and graduates know about many of Aaron Greene’s talents. He can beat box (providing a verbal, rhythmic beat to rap-type music). He can do cartwheels, he does impressions and he claims he makes a “mean scalded lettuce.” And he can say the Pledge of Allegiance with tongue-twisting speed.

Greene holds degrees from Appalachian State University and UNC-Charlotte and was the principal at Polk County High School until he was promoted last summer to serve as the

‘Polk’s Got Talent’ sign-up deadline Feb. 10Event raises funds for PCHS choral group

Television has its popular “American Idol,” “America’s Got Talent” and “Dancing With the Stars” – all competitions to identify talent. This year, Polk County has launched “Polk’s Got Talent,” a local talent com-petition that will raise funds for the Polk County High School (PCHS) Vocal Impressions, a choral group and competition team.

The event is enrolling in-dividuals and groups now for the contest, with the sign-up deadline Feb. 10. Competitors can sign up online at www.patronsforperformingarts.com or by calling the registration coordinator at 828-894-2627. All competitors must be paid in full to participate. Organizers encourage competitors to get sponsors to help them cover entry fees.

Right now talented individu-als and groups are signing up for the competition in two cat-egories: Junior (up to 18 years of age) and Open (confident of your talent against any age group). Entry fees vary depend-ing on the category and the number of people in the group. Serious inquiries only will be considered; no inappropriate acts will be accepted.

Individuals, duos or groups will compete against one an-other for first, second and third place awards in their entry group, either Junior or Open. The first place award for the Juniors category is $200, sec-

ond place is $75 and third place is $25. In the open category, the first place award is $500, second place is $250 and third place is $75.

The first round of competi-tion will be Feb. 20-21 from 6-9 p.m. at the Tryon Movie Theatre. Talent advancing to the finals will compete on Feb. 27 from 7-10 p.m. at the Polk County High School Perform-ing Arts Auditorium. Audience member’s ticket prices will vary for age groups and rounds.

“We wanted to provide a plat-form for our students, friends, and neighbors to showcase their talents while raising money for the very worthy cause of music education,” says Patrons for the Performing Arts president Bibi Freer. “We also wanted to plan an event that would attract the

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best talent in Polk County and we think we have hit the mark with this ambitious, but highly entertaining idea.”

Last year, the Vocal Impres-sions group attended Festival Disney in Orlando and individu-als raised their own funds to travel. This year, the group and parents will work to support the costs of the Festival Dis-ney trip by performing several fundraisers in addition to Polk’s Got Talent, including product sales, individual and busi-ness sponsorships and “singing telegrams” performed by Vocal Impressions members for holi-day or personal messages. The Disney trip is scheduled over spring break in April.

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On Jan. 30 the members of the Men’s Monday Duplicate Bridge Club met in the home of Don Iaffaldano for their weekly duplicate bridge tournament. At the conclusion of the afternoon’s

play there was a tie for first place between the partnerships of Bob Palmer playing with Ken Yeager and Charlie Stratford playing with Don Eifert. Finishing in third place was the team of

Mickey Brandstetter and Chris Ter Kuile.

The club next meets Feb. 6 in the home of Bob Palmer.

– article submittedby Jack Saunders

Men’s Monday Duplicate Bridge Club results, Jan. 30

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IRS RequirementsIf your gross income is below

the IRS filing limits, you prob-ably won’t have to file a federal tax return this year. Gross income includes all the income you receive that is not exempt from tax, not including Social Security benefits, unless you are married and filing separately. You prob-ably don’t have to file this year if:

· You are single and your 2011 gross income was less than $9,500 ($10,950 if you’re 65 or older).

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from the intersection of Esseola and Substation near Autumn Care. John and Lynn Savage purchased one acre, and PCCF agreed to fund purchase of the remaining 8.2 acres, with a requirement that the 8.2 acres will be open to the public and be named the Bradley Nature Preserve in honor of Marjorie M. & Lawrence R. Bradley, the fund donors. Joining SCLT (www.saludaclt.org) is only $25 annually.

Art Notes: Saluda artists Dale McEntire, Jim Carson, Bonnie Bardos, Marguerite Hankins, Anne Jameson, William Jame-son, and Caroline Young. Saluda artists will also be shown in Tryon at Skyuka Fine Art. It’s a big month for Saluda artists! Also, Bill Jameson has donated an oil painting “Fall On The Green River” to our Saluda Li-brary as a fund-raiser. The final drawing will be in December, so you have all year to buy tickets (available at library) and admire this beautiful painting. Thank you, Bill, for your generosity!

February birthdays include:

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Wylie Rauschenbach, Wesley Pace, Biddie Dawson, Paul Gos-selin, Amy Beeson, Chris Giani-no and Ginny Jones. Please add your birthday to the list!

As ever, thank you, dear read-ers in Bulletin land for reading this column!The goal is to make you feel like you’re enjoying a hot cup of tea with me—your comments are always wanted and valued.

Keep in mind if you have something of note, feel free to e-mail me at [email protected]; or call me at 749-1153. You may also visit my website at bonniebardos.com



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Polk Middle students learn about Asian culturesPolk County Middle School’s eighth-grade students learned about the cultures of nine countries on Asian Culture Day. Students visited classrooms that featured different aspects of the cultures of Indonesia, India, Nepal, Thailand, Japan, China, Sri Lanka, Korea and Turkey. Below: Gabby Chavez and Leah Hardin make Samurai warriors during their “visit” to Japan. Right: Bailey Livesay and Brandon Logan learn how ancient cultures took silk from silkworm cocoons and unwound it so it could be used for weaving fine silk cloth. (photos by Stephanie Gilbert)

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