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TodaySaluda Center, Friday

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

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

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Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:

According to the ABC web-site, the Extreme Home Make-over show featuring Crossnore School and Dr. Phyllis Horne Crain, originally scheduled for Dec. 10 was moved to next Monday night, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m.

Christmas spirit floats through Tryon

Tryon United Methodist Church members wave to and play music for the crowd of parade watchers lining N. Trade Street in Tryon for the annual Christmas parade Wednesday, Dec. 12. (photo by Betty Ramsey)

Maximum exchange would strain Saluda systemby Leah Justice

The City of Saluda cannot send water to the towns of Columbus and Tryon without straining its water system, officials said Dec.

11.Saluda City Council met

Monday and recessed the meeting until Tuesday, Dec. 11 to hear a water model report from its engineer.

The report showed that the joint project between Columbus, Saluda and Tryon that ran a water line in order for the towns to share water sources is faulty. Although

Columbus and Tryon could send water to Saluda, Saluda will not be able to send the maximum amount of water down the mountain without major changes.

Engineer Jonathan Hollifield presented a water model report to Saluda commissioners that showed what would happen if the

Problems discovered with joint water interconnect


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Local Weather

Today: Sunny with no chance of rain. High 61, low 39.

S at u r d a y : M o s t l y cloudy, with 10 per-cent chance of rain. High 61, low 49.

Sunday: 60 percent chance of showers. High 64, low 53.

Monday: A few showers expected, with 30 percent chance of rain. High 65, low 44.

Wednesday’s weather was: High 46, low 39, no rain.

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Polk Baptist Association (PBA) “Care Kitchen,” serves lunch from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. every Friday. The Care Kitchen location at 208 Blanton Street, Columbus, in the lower level of PBA.

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.

Saluda Hometown Christ-mas, Friday 6-8 p.m. in down-town Saluda. Luminaries lead the way through historic Main Street Saluda up Greenville Street to the Saluda Inn where artists and crafts people will sell gift items from 6:30-9:30 p.m., and on up to the Oaks Bed and Breakfast. At 8:30 p.m., the evening wraps up with an Ecumenical Service at Saluda Presbyterian Church.

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

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

SaTurdayGreen Creek Community

Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m.

Grassroots Art Project, holds

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

Saluda Children’s Christ-mas Workshop at Saluda Fire Department on Greenville Street; from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Dec. 15.

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.

The Book Shelf will host a free event Saturday, Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. The event is a children’s hol-iday storytime where Penny will read “The Christmas Donkey,” “Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect,” and more holiday books. The children will make ornaments and enjoy holiday cookies.

TPS Holiday Show, runs through Dec. 22. Stop by 26 Maple Street in Tryon, Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Saluda Dog Society second annual dog show will be Dec. 15 at the tennis courts at Saluda Elementary School. Registration starts at 1 p.m.; show at 2 p.m.

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

Saluda Christmas Parade, the second-annual Christmas Pa-rade with everything from dogs, Santa, and fire trucks is Dec. 15, 3 p.m.

Saluda Holiday Tailgate Market, there will be a special holiday Saluda tailgate market, Dec. 15 from 1-3 p.m. at the West Main Street parking lot.

Jim Carson reception, the Saluda Center at 64 Greenville Street will have a reception for Jim Carson and his France-in-spired paintings, Dec. 15, 5-7 p.m.

Wreath-making workshop, The Mill Spring Ag Center is hosting a wreath-making work-shop every Friday until Dec. 21

from 5-7 p.m. and every Saturday until Dec. 22 from 1-3 p.m.

Open Road Culinary Class, Saturday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Open Road Coffee presents Nutritional Chef Joseph Custer of the Caro-lina Hills Organic Food Co-op for a free culinary class. Please register in advance. 687 N. Trade St, Tryon 828-859-7034

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

Live nativity, Tryon United Methodist Church will offer a live nativity again this year on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 5-7 p.m.

SundayThe Night Before Christmas

Carol, Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3 p.m., Family event. History, humor and the holiday come to life in this acclaimed performance. Actor David zum Brunnen portrays Charles Dickens and 17 familiar characters at Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

Saluda Center, Mondays, Chair Exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Line Dance, 12:30 p.m.; Saluda Dupli-cate 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.

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discus-sion of relevant issues; interde-nominational. 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.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 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), Mondays 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the gym.

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

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

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

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

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A brighter Christmas for hundreds of Polk County familiesIt will not be a totally bleak

Christmas for hundreds of less fortunate families in Polk County this year, thanks to the Angel Tree project conducted by Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry.

On Friday, Dec. 7, Outreach distributed gift and food packages to a record number of clients who had prequalified for the annual holiday program.

“Because of the generous support from the community, we are able to help more families and individuals than ever to avoid a dismal holiday season,” said Carol Newton, executive director of Outreach.

The gifts, personalized for each family, were handed out Friday afternoon at the Polk County 4-H Youth Center where volunteers and Outreach staff had worked all week sorting the gifts into family groups.

“Logistically, it was a big

(Continued on page 8)Outreach volunteers hand out throws donated by Pure Country. Families also received bags of gifts for kids, boxes of food from the Salvation Army and gift cards to Bi-Lo. (photo by Joe Epley)

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maximum of 400,000 gallons per day of water were sent to Tryon or Columbus.

“As you can see, when you’re drawing all this water down to Tryon and Columbus, you’re stressing your system,” Hollifield said.

The problem would especially be prevalent for residents on the north side of Saluda where little to no water pressure would be present while sending water down the mountain.

Hollifield said in order to remedy the problem Saluda needs to replace its water tank and have a higher water level in it, upgrade the city’s pumps at the water tank and to isolate the two systems. Hollifield said by isolating the systems the interconnect tank could fill independently. When Saluda’s tank gets low, they can shut off the interconnect flow until the town tank is filled, Hollifield said.

The contract between the towns said they could exchange up to 400,000 gallons per day. The tank constructed for the interconnect, located along Howard Gap Road, can hold 85,000 gallons. Hollifield said that tank would have to be filled five times in order to meet the 400,000-gallon maximum.

“If this tank were 400,000 gallons, you could fill it overnight and they would have their full amount the next morning,” said Hollifield. “You have a minimum tank size for the amount of water

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agreed to be sent.”Saluda Mayor Fred Baisden

asked how the engineers on the interconnect project could have missed that.

“This [issue] was created because somebody didn’t do their job,” Baisden said.

Saluda City Administrator Erny Williams said he’s addressed it with the engineer and was told they only had to prove they could get 380 gallons per minute from the system. Under certain conditions, the system can do that, Williams said. But, if there are multiple uses, or if more homes were added, the system isn’t going to be able to handle that, Williams said.

The joint water project was accomplished through grants and the towns sharing a loan. All the towns approved the final agreement in March of this year.

Under the agreement, all three towns share ownership of the approximate 7-mile-long water line, the 85,000-gallon storage tank, five booster pumps and a valve and master meter. Both Tryon and Saluda picked up new customers along the water line.

The towns decided a few years ago to connect their water sources in order to provide backup


““This [issue] was created because somebody didn’t do their job.”

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for one another after a severe drought forced the towns to enact mandatory water restrictions for customers.

The line means that ultimately wa te r can be sha red f rom Asheville and Hendersonville to Polk County, since Saluda obtains its water from Hendersonville. Polk County also just completed connecting its Mill Spring well system to Columbus, so the towns and county would all be able to share water if necessary.

T h e H o w a r d G a p l i n e between Tryon and Saluda was made possible through a $1.73 million grant that the towns shared from the N.C. Rural Center and a $300,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Each town is also sharing the financing of $1.43 million obtained from the North Carolina

Drinking Water Fund, which is a no-interest loan.

The project included the construction of the water line from Tryon to Saluda, the construction of the water storage tank and the installation of a valve and booster pump to connect Columbus to the Tryon and Saluda systems.

S a l u d a C o m m i s s i o n e r s decided on Tuesday the first thing it needs to do is find out from Hendersonville how much water it can draw from their system.

Hollifield is looking into grants for the upgrade project, namely from the N.C. Rural Center, since it helped fund the original interconnect project.

Williams said Columbus and Tryon officials are aware of the problem. The issue has not yet been discussed publicly in Tryon or Columbus. It has also not yet been discussed who will pay for any necessary matches if grants can be obtained.

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During the week from Dec. 5 through Dec. 12, 2012, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office answered 187 calls for service.

Arrests included one for assault with a deadly weapon, two for trespassing, one for possession of methamphetamine, one for manufacturing methamphetamine, two orders for arrest, three for breaking and entering, two for failure to pay child support and

three for failure to appear in court.Citations included 14 for

speeding, two for driving while license revoked and two for expired registration.

Officers also served 19 civil papers, completed 276 church checks, 416 business checks, 93 residential checks and patrolled 5,086 miles.

– information submitted by Captain Mike Wheeler

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In addition to the Angel Tree gifts, The Salvation Army from Hendersonville contributed boxes of food, which were distributed to 380 families by the Outreach team working under the supervision of Jim McClintock, who manages the Outreach Pantry.

A l s o d i s p e r s e d w e r e g i f t c a r d s f o r B i L o a n d throws from Pure Country. Volunteers for Friday’s distribution included individuals from law enforcement, churches and the Polk County schools’ Virtual Early College.

O u t r e a c h e x p r e s s e d appreciation to the organizations and individuals who made the annual project a success.

“It is a wonderful demonstration of the Christmas spirit when people come together in an unselfish way to help others,” said Michelle Reedy, who manages the Angel Tree program. “We have coordinated closely with Steps of Hope, the Department of Social Services and the Polk County Sheriff’s office to avoid duplications of our programs and to reach as many families as possible.”

Fr iday’s event was bes t described by a young mother who had lost her husband and job during the past year.

“Thank God for what you folks are doing,” she said as she received gifts for her three children. “I’ve never had to ask for help like this before. I now have a better appreciation for people who give. I want to be on the giving side next year.”

– article submitted by Joe Epley

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Bags of gifts await families lined up outside the Polk County 4H Youth Center in Columbus on Friday, Dec. 7. (photo by Joe Epley)

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St. Luke’s Hospital recently received $30,000 in grant fund-ing from the Polk County Com-munity Foundation (PCCF) to support the hospital’s Building on Excellence – 2012 Capital Campaign.

St. Luke’s received two “naming opportunity” grants for $15,000 each, one from The Samuel and Stephanie White Fund and one from PCCF’s un-restricted grant fund.

For more than 84 years, St. Luke’s Hospital has provided our rural community with medi-cal care that rivals much larger facilities.

Originally built in 1972, the current hospital building will undergo its first major facility upgrade since 1991. St. Luke’s Hospital is constructing a $5.6 million, 15,000 square foot ad-dition.

Groundbreaking was Nov. 29 with completion anticipated by the end of 2013. The new post-surgical unit will provide an integrated approach to pa-tient care, focusing on a healing environment that accommodates patients as well as their families. The addition will also incorporate a rehabilitative therapy unit.

The new patient rooms will be almost three times as large as the current rooms and have ample space for family members

to comfortably spend the night. Amenities include private bath-rooms, pristine views, and an emphasis on the healing powers of natural aesthetics. The addition will have a large family waiting area with a stone fireplace to help extend a warm, personal touch to all aspects of healthcare.

Founded in 1975, the Polk County Community Foundation (PCCF) is a public charity funded solely by gifts and bequests. PCCF receives charitable dona-tions from the community and distributes grants and scholar-ships in accordance with the donors’ wishes.

They currently manage more than 100 permanent endowed funds and more than 50 nonper-manent funds. Their mission is to “Support charitable and benefi-cial activities in the community; provide and administer a variety of planned giving programs; serve as responsible stewards of all funds entrusted to it; and provide initiatives in recognizing areas of community needs and supporting solutions.”

PCCF’s unrestricted grant fund will provide $15,000 for a naming opportunity for the Rehabilitation Services Waiting Room of the state-of-the-art unit. The Samuel and Stephanie

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In Polk County District Court held on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 with Judge Pete Knight presiding, 64 cases were heard. Some cases were continued, dismissed or sent to superior court.

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

Juan Garcia Aguilar was convicted of speeding 95 mph in a 65 mph zone. Aguilar was fined $95 and court costs.

Carl Andrew was convicted of failure to appear on misdemeanor. Andrew was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $100 and court costs.

Jordan Wesley Cole was convicted of speeding 116 mph in a 65 mph zone. Cole was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $116 fine and court costs.

Laura M. Hamlin was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia. Hamlin was sentenced to two years

unsupervised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Rashad Ramell Kyte was convicted of speeding 92 mph in a 65 mph zone. Kyte was fined $95 and court costs.

Tavaris Catre Milhouse was convicted of speeding 70 mph in a 55 mph zone. Milhouse was fined $75 and court costs.

Tommy Allen Robbins was convicted of speeding 70 mph in a 55 mph zone. Robbins was fined $30 and court costs.

Jonathan Korey Smith was convicted of misdemeanor break or enter and misdemeanor larceny. Smith was sentenced to one year supervised probation and $300 in restitution.

Cynthia Ann Turner was convicted of two counts of driving while license revoked and two counts of failure to appear on misdemeanor. Turner was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $200 fine and court costs.

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White Fund will also provide $15,000 toward the building’s construction cost and receive a naming opportunity for a Physi-cal Therapy Treatment Room.

“We are very appreciative of these grants,” said Meshelle Ziegler Colvin, executive direc-tor of St. Luke’s Hospital Foun-dation and Tryon native. “The Community Foundation has al-ways been very supportive of St. Luke’s. We have a long history of working together to serve our area’s residents.”

The generous support of the Polk County Community Foun-dation unrestricted fund and The Samuel and Stephanie White Fund will help St. Luke’s con-tinue a long-standing tradition of providing exceptional care, close to home.

For additional information, contact Joe Crowder at 828-894-2693.

– article submitted

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Come have their picture taken with Santa, write a letter to Santa and enjoy some cookies, too! This event is FREE, so join us and have a jolly good time! For any questions, call 894-2408.

On July 14, 2009, Staff Ser-geant Adam Palmer, just three years out of high school, was gravely wounded by a roadside explosive device while serving his third combat tour in Iraq.

He was evacuated to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he began the long road to recovery.

During those early days at Walter Reed, it would have been hard for Palmer and his family even to imagine the Veterans Day observance that would take place three years later at Tryon United Method-ist Church.

Now medically retired from the Army after enduring more than 20 surgeries in Army hos-pitals, Palmer stood in front of his congregation with his young wife and child to accept a symbolic check representing a donation from the church to the Wounded Warrior Project.

LTC John Albree presented the award as part of the church’s “Honor and Remember” pro-gram during last month’s Veter-an’s Day service. He reminded the congregation that a book of military biographies of church members and their families is on permanent display in the church library.

Accepting the award on be-half of all his fellow veterans, Palmer spoke of his apprecia-tion for what the Wounded War-rior project had done for him.

“When I came to Walter Reed I had been evacuated from the field with nothing,” Palmer said. The Wounded Warrior Project provided him with clothes, phone cards, backpacks and other things he needed to begin getting on with his life.

“I’m probably one of the most fortunate and blessed individuals on earth, because I’m pretty much a best-case

scenario for the things that have happened to me. But there are a lot of guys who are not as fortu-nate. Due to the nature of com-bat in Iraq and Afghanistan and the technological advances we have made, there are soldiers who are surviving catastrophic injuries that in any other con-flict would have killed them,” Palmer said.

He told the congregation about an event that had a great impact on him during the first few weeks at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after he was injured.

“I had just gotten to where I could be moved into a wheel-chair and I was sitting there with my head down, feeling a little bit sorry for myself because I couldn’t walk and thought I might not be able to do a lot of things. And then I heard a guy say ‘Hey, keep your head up. It gets better,’”

he said. Palmer said he looked up

and saw a young man sitting there.

“He was about my age or a little younger at the time and he had lost all four limbs and an eye. His body armor had saved his life but the enemy had literally taken pretty much everything else. He was a single soldier; he didn’t have people to support him and at that time he was alone.

“The Wounded Warrior Proj-ect helps these guys…manage their disabilities and start get-ting on with their own lives. I would just like to ask you from the bottom of my heart to begin to contribute to this program. It’s a wonderful program.”

For more information or learn how to contribute to the Wounded Warrior Project, go to www.woundedwarriorpro-ject.org.

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Music will abound at Saluda’s Hometown Christmas Friday, Dec. 14.

Walter Hoover takes on the challenge of organizing music each year. Those performing around town this year include:

Saluda Community Library - Suzanne Haskell and Friends; flute ensemble

Purple Onion - Fred Whiskin; piano

Heartwood - Ben Smith and Friend; cello and violin

Ward’s Grill - Paul Cataldo; guitar

Thompson’s Store (Up-stairs) - Sonya Monts; Dancers Extension

Evening Shade Pottery - Kyle and Cassidy Sorenson; guitar and vocal

Saluda Grade Café - Alan Dillman and Friends; traditional music

Wynn & Associates - Bet-sey Smith and Angela Thomas; violins

Musical performances scheduled for Saluda Hometown Christmas

Kathleen’s Gallery - Joah and Daphne Bickley; violins

Honking Tonker’s Gallery - Jeremy Duncan; keyboard

Macon Bank - Jan Daugherty, students and friends; strings

The Oaks B&B - Tony Thompson; piano

M.A. Pace Store - Jim Hall; dulcimer

Somewhere in Time - Green River Boys

On Dec. 10, the men of the Men’s Monday Afternoon Du-plicate Bridge Club met in the home of Mickey Brandstedter for its weekly contest of duplicate bridge games.

At the end of the afternoon’s play the partnership of Bob Palmer and Jack Saunders was declared the winner.

Placing second was the team of Mike Verbonic and Ken Yea-ger.

Finishing third was Mickey Brandstedter and Don Eifert.

The next meeting of the club will be in the home of Gordy Cwik on Dec. 17.

– article submitted byJack Saunders

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Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry P.O. Box 834, Columbus, NC 28722

(828) 894-2988 www.tboutreach.org

Outreach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under the regulation of the IRS.

The Tryon Downtown Devel-opment Association’s Silent Or-nament Auction is in full swing and its final bidding will be held this Saturday evening, Dec. 14 at Skyuka Fine Art.

TDDA invites community members to join local artists and downtown merchants for a recep-tion from 6-8 p.m.

Wine, refreshments, snacks and joviality will be served while last minute bids are placed for more than 70 handmade original ornaments.

Bidding officially ends at 7 p.m. Prizes will be given out to artists in three categories;

Most creative ornament, hottest bidding activity on a single ornament, and most mon-ey brought in by one artist. Prizes have been donated by local

TDDA merchants. Winning bid-ders not present at the reception will be notified and ornaments may be picked up at the gallery early next week.

All monies raised go toward the Tryon Gallery Trot’s adver-tising budget for 2013, the Trots will move to “Second Saturdays” and begin again in April. Contact Kim Nelson at Skyuka Fine Art for more information.

– article submitted by Kim Nelson

TDDA holiday ornament auction ends Friday, Dec. 14

Want to go? What: TDDA ornament auction

When: Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m.

Where: Skyuka Fine Art

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Preschool Storytime at the Polk County Public Library recently welcomed Midyette Magic to share holiday stories, songs and magic. (photo submitted)

Storytime filled with magic and holiday spirit



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Members of Green Blades Garden Club enjoyed a delightful day of decorating for the holidays at Hospice of the Carolinas. On Tuesday, Nov. 26, they started at the Columbus Hospice Administration office in the morning, then on to Hospice House in Landrum in the afternoon. Pictured at Columbus Hospice from left to right: Ann Crandall, Judy Warden, Dibbit Lamb, and Lynette Conrad. (photo by Ann Crandall)

Green Blades Garden Club members spread holiday cheer

Thermal Belt Outreach Min-istry (Outreach) is pleased to announce a grant award from the Polk County Community Foundation for seasonal clothing assistance for school children.

This grant will be used to help school children who do not have appropriate apparel for the colder winter months ahead.

“Many of us take it for granted that we’ll have a winter coat or a slicker and boots for a cold rainy day,” says Carol Newton, Out-reach’s Executive Director, “how-ever, what we’ve found working in partnership with Polk County schools is that there are many children in our community who do not have such basic items.”

“With last year’s warmer temperatures, we used PCCF’s

seasonal grant funds to purchase a lot of footwear for students who were wearing sandals, flip flops and adult sized shoes to school,” said Michelle Reedy, Outreach’s Client Service Coordinator. “This year, with a colder winter fore-cast, we expect that children will need more coats, jackets and sweaters.”

Outreach is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1991. The organization’s mission is to provide compassionate as-sistance to Polk County residents who are unable to provide for their basic life needs. For more information on Outreach, please visit www.tboutreach.org or call 828-894-2988.

– article submitted by Wendy Thomas

Outreach receives $3,000 PCCF grant for seasonal clothing

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NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORYPOLICY AS TO STUDENTS

The Jobskills Academy located in Columbus NC,admits students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic

origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activitiesgenerally accorded or made available to students at the school.

It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin,and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies,

admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athleticand other school-administered programs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Southside Grillof Tryon Now Openfor Lunch & Dinner.

Call us for yourChristmas party

needs. 828-859-0345

GARAGE SALES

Estate saleSaturday. Dec. 15

8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Furniture,tools, misc. building

supplies, fabric, books andmore. 51 Glengarnock Rd,

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APPLIANCES

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CLEANING SERVICES

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

COMPLETEPAINTING SERVICES

Yoder Painting is fullyinsured, including worker's

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HOME IMPROVEMENT

Tommy'sHome Improvement

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SPECIALIZED SERVICES

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DRIVERS/DELIVERY/OTR

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

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Hiring ServersQualified, experience a

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HOUSES FOR SALE

FOR SALE BY OWNERWarrior Dr, Tryon.

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HOUSES FOR RENT

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cludes lawn service. Nosmoking. $750 + utilities.Security deposit. Phone:

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MOBILE HOME RENTALS

2 Bedroom 2 bath nearPolk County Middle &High School on FoxMountain Rd. $475 permonth + security deposit.828-859-5286.

Nice 2 bedroom mobilehome , In Sunnyview. Allappliances, garbage pickup, water & yard work. NOPETS! Call 828-625-4820

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APARTMENTS

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Great for power outage!Heats 1,000 sq ft. Has pa-per information & cd. $200

firm. Call 864-457-7256

TRACTOR/FARM EQUIPMENT

FOR SALE: Antique JohnDeere Model A seriestractor 1938-41. Rebuiltengine, new radiator andtires. Carburetor andsteering need adjustment.$2850. Also have JohnDeere Model H series1940’s restored. $2200.Make a terrific Christmasgift for Dads or Grandpa.Special deal for both. CallRon at 828-817-2884.

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CARS

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1996 BUICKROADMASTER Station Wagon, 110k

miles, Extra Nice!$3995/ negotiable

Jerry's Auto Sales864-579-0048

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

TRANSPORTATION

Drivers/OwnerOperators

Now hiring IndependentContractors with 3 yearsexperience hauling tank-ers. Must own your owntruck. HazMat NOT req.Local work around the

Greenville/Upstate area.Home every night. CallBrandon 864-230-3919

WANTED TO BUY

Looking to buy Tryon Mor-ris Christmas Ornamentsfor years 1991, 1994,1995, 1997 and 1998.Anyone wishing to sellthem, p lease ca l l904-556-2216.

WANTED

WANTED - Indoorheated pool to swimlaps few times per week,responsible female, willpay monthly fee. Call457-3472

MISCELLANEOUS

1950 8N Ford Tractor.Runs and works good.$2500 OBO. Implementsavailable. Also 48” JVCWide Screen T.V. $100OBO. Works good, stillhooked up in house. Callbetween 8am & 9pm828-817-3762

Firewood & Wood stovefor sale. 828-894-6543

LEGALS

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OFPUBLIC HEARING

The public shall herebytake notice that on Thurs-day, December 20th, at7:00pm, the ColumbusTown Council will con-duct a public hearing atthe Columbus Town Hall,located at 95 WalkerStreet, Columbus, NC.The Town Council willconsider Zoning TextAmendment ZTA-01-12.

LEGALS

The proposed textamendment is in regardsto Section 154.065 of theTown of Columbus Zon-ing Ordinance, and if ap-proved, would specificallyadd to the permitted usetable a section called“Family Care Homes” andamend the section titled“Convalescent Homesand Group Care Facili-ties” to “Nursing homes,assisted living facilities,and group care facilities”.The proposed amend-ment would change

LEGALS

where these uses arepermitted and bring theTown Zoning Ordinanceto compliance in regardsto federal and state fairhousing laws. A secondamendment would re-state the definit ion“Group Care Facilities”from Section 154.005(definitions) and add adefinition for “Family CareHomes” to the ColumbusZoning Ordinance. Athird amendment wouldadd Section 154.115 tothe Zoning Ordinance, ti-

LEGALS

tled “Family Care Homes”and specify that no familycare home may be lo-cated within one-half(1/2) mile of any otherfamily care home.

All interested parties areinvited to attend the De-cember 20th meeting andwill be given the opportu-nity to be heard. For fur-ther information regardingthis public hearing or forcopies of the draftamendment, please con-tact Town Manager Jona-

LEGALS

than Kanipe at (828)894-8236. Notice ishereby given in accor-dance wi th NCGS160A-364.

Tryon Daily Bulletin

December 7 and 14,2012

PUBLIC HEARING




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LMS’ students of the monthTop left: Ayden Laing is the sixth grade student of the mont for Landrum Middle School. Ayden always exhibits himself as an enthusiastic student. He is willing to stretch his mind as a learner, and has a strong work ethic.

Top right: Lilli Skeie is the seventh grade student of the month. Lilli has a great attitude towards learning. She is a hard worker and has many talents including singing.

Right: Annie Lee Bouwkamp is the eighth grade student of the month. She works very hard at all assignments, and goes above and beyond what is expected of her. Annie Lee has a positive personality that is infectious. She always smiles and is a bright spot in a teacher’s day.

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Frank Ezell of the Hub City Railroad Museum recently gave a talk at the Landrum Library on the history of the local railroad system. Ezell spoke about a recently donated 1947 Southern Railway caboose that has been repainted to its original colors and, with the help of donations, will be made into a museum with a gift shop, library and model train layout.

The caboose can be seen at 298 Magnolia Street in downtown Spartanburg Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Hub City Railroad Museum aims to tell the story of the rich textile heritage, tremendous agricultural industry and the sole freight passenger car repair shop, Hayne Shops, of Southern Railway located in Spartanburg.

To find out more about the Hub City Railroad Museum, go to www.visitspartanburg.com.

– article submitted by Anne Regan

Frank Ezell spoke to railroad enthusiasts about the history of the railroad system locally during an event at the Landrum Library. (photo by Anne Regan)

Hub City Railroad Museum speaker talks about rail history



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On Sunday, Dec. 2, the members and friends of the Congregational Chu r ch s ta r t ed t he Christmas season off with a caroling hayride through Tryon to White Oak Assisted living center. More than 60 people f rom 3 years to 94 years participated in this wonderful event. A tractor and a truck pulled the carolers through Tryon to White Oak and back again singing all the way. Following the caroling fun, the group shared a pizza dinner and made holiday crafts to take home as a memento of the event. (photo submitted by Lance Smith)

Congregational Church goes caroling

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The Carolina Foothills Cham-ber of Commerce welcomes new member Swedish Solutions Day Spa into membership.

Owner Pernilla Malare recent-ly celebrated the grand opening of her new day spa located at 110 Thrift Circle in Landrum.

Malare is a licensed profes-sional, and offers anti-aging facial treatments, therapeutic massage, face and body waxing, and more. Pictured are Kathy Toomey, of New View Realty and chamber board member; Pernilla Malare with scissor; and chamber director Janet Sciacca.

Call the chamber at 828-859-6236 for more information or visit her website at www.swed-ishsolutions.net.

– article submitted by Janet Sciacca

Swedish Solutions Day Spa celebrates grand opening

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Pastyme will perform a Christmas Concert at Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m.

Pastyme is a vocal group from Asheville that performs a cap-pella music of all kinds.

The ensemble has its roots in the sacred and secular music of the High Renaissance and performs a cappella music from a wide variety of literature, from classical to jazz, for con-certs, church services and special events.

The group has no director; instead, all contribute to the selection, artistic interpretation and development of each piece.

Pastyme was formed in 1999 by a group of friends who en-joyed making music with each other.

While there have been some changes in membership, four of the original members remain. The members of Pastyme are all

Pastyme to Sing at Holy Cross Episcopal Church Dec. 22

active in the music community of Asheville, singing with church choirs, the opera and musical theatre.

The group has also performed at numerous venues and church-es in the Southeast, including the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C, May 2001,

the Cathedral of St. Philip, At-lanta, Ga. October 2005 and April 2007, and the Echo Early Music Festival, 2009.

At their Christmas concert at Holy Cross, Pastyme will present a wide variety of music written for the Christmas and winter seasons, both sacred and secular.

The concert is free of charge and open to the public. For more information, please call the church office at 859-9741.

Holy Cross Episcopal Church is located at 150 Melrose Avenue, Tryon.

– article submittedby Susie Mehnke

pastyme voCal group

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So many folks these days are trying to lose excess fat and get in better shape with little or no real results.

To complicate things even further, there are myriad of diet pills, shakes, exercise ma-chines, books and diet plans. Small wonder many people wanting to lose weight get con-fused. Here’s the thing; there are rules for losing fat. Know, and follow those rules, and you stand a good chance of reaching your fitness goals. Don’t, and you’ll just spin your wheels.

Rule No. 1: There’s only one way to

lose body fat; you can’t sweat it out, you can’t massage it out. You can’t turn fat to muscle or muscle to fat. Muscle and fat are two different compounds. For you to lose body fat, it has to dissolve in your blood stream

and travel to your liver. Fat is then metabolized or “burned” for energy.

Rule No. 2: Starving yourself to lose

fat won’t work. One thing to remember for a lifetime is that your body can’t tell the differ-ence between what you choose to do, or you have to do. For this reason, if you starve yourself, your body doesn’t know that you are choosing not to eat, it just thinks food is unavailable. That causes your body to go into survival mode, where it will hold on to as much fat as it can.

Rule No. 3: Your body has two fuel

tanks in your body. You have a fat fuel tank and a sugar fuel tank. Here’s the thing … your body won’t burn both tanks at the same time. In other words, if there is sugar (carbohydrate)

in your blood stream, your body won’t go into Ketosis. Ketosis is just a fancy word for the liver converting fat into fatty acids, or in essence, “burning” fat.

There are three types of sugar.

Monosaccharides: foods like fruit and honey.

Disaccharides: foods like table sugar or milk.

Polysaccharides: foods like bread, rice and pasta.

Please don’t misunderstand me. We can’t live without sug-ars (carbohydrates) because they fuel our muscles and brain, but most people have either too much sugar (carbohydrate) a day, or they have it too many times a day.

Rule No. 4: You need to gain muscle to

lose the fat. Gaining muscle actually raises your metabo-

lism. In other words, for every ounce of muscle you gain, your body burns extra calories 24 hours a day to keep that muscle healthy. Also, if you don’t gain the muscle, three things happen. Fat won’t come off well. If any does, it won’t stay off. Your size might change, but your shape won’t.

Be careful though. Make sure you know what you’re do-ing in the weight room. Weights and exercise equipment are very unforgiving. You can seriously hurt yourself without proper instruction. Make sure your trainer or instructor is well educated and experienced. This will not only keep you safe, but help you learn proper training technique, so you can make the most progress with your

Rules of losing weight for good

(conTinueD on page 30)

Diet & Exercise by David Crocker


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program. Fitness or nutrition ques-

tion? Email me at dwcrock-er77@gmai l . com or v i s i t fitness4yourlife.org David Crocker of Landrum has been a nutritionist and master per-sonal trainer for 26 years. He served as strength of the Spar-tanburg Y.M.C.A., head strength

coach for the USC-Spartanburg baseball team, S.C. state cham-pion girls gymnastic team, and the Converse college equestrian team.

He was a water safety con-sultant to the United States Marine Corps, lead trainer to L.H. Fields modeling agency, and taught four semesters at USC-Union. David was also, a regular guest of the Pam Stone radio show.

• Diet & Exercise(conTinueD From page )

Half marathon shows community’s heartTo the editor:

I write this letter with a heart full of appreciation to this community for coming together to hold the Tryon Running Club’s inaugural half-mar-athon for the benefit of Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry (Outreach).

People come to Outreach for as-sistance with a myriad of needs. Some need financial help with a power bill in order to keep the lights and heat on during the cold winter months. Others have no way to pay for a much-needed medical test. Many more have empty

cupboards and a family to feed. In all of these cases, we are ex-

tremely grateful for the community support that allows us to help those who seek our assistance.

The half marathon was truly a community-wide effort. The newly formed Tryon Running Club made a decision to dedicate themselves to ‘giving back, one step at a time; and the sponsors, runners, volunteers and many, many others played a part in making the effort a great success.

For all of those who were involved, in ways great and small, we at Out-reach thank you.

- Carol Newton,Executive Director,

Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry

Letter to the Editor

Results for the Saluda Mountain Duplicate Bridge Club for Dec. 10 are:

North/South first place - Lee Ellis and Linda Hall; second - Mar-cia Burns and Talley Wannamaker.

East/West first place - Joyce Lamb and Joan Vitalich; second -

Carolyn Ashburn and Betsy Carr.Games are played at 1:30 p.m.

each Monday at the Saluda Center with a discussion before the game beginning at 12:45 p.m.

A partner is guaranteed.– article submitted

by Tollie Ross

Saluda duplicate bridge results, Dec. 10

The women of St. Luke CME Church will sponsor a Christmas Blast on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 5:30 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. Put on your After 5 attire and join the church as they celebrate the reason for the season with friends, good food, great fun, gifts, a skit and a sing-along at the church’s Christmasland.

Tickets are available from any St. Luke woman or can be paid at the door. St. Luke CME Church is located at 462 Markham Road, Tryon, N.C. More information and ticket price can be obtained by calling 828-859-5376. Proceeds benefit St. Luke’s Women’s Day.

– article submittedby Kimberly Porter

Christmas blast at St. Luke CME Church

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Since joining the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce a couple of years ago I have been attending their Business After Hours events.

These events are meant to provide chamber members with an opportunity to network with other members, meet new busi-ness contacts and share ideas.

The Carolina Foothills Chamber does many things for our business commu-nity, from ribbon cuttings for new businesses, business seminars and training on a variety of per-tinent issues, promoting our area to visitors with events such as the Blue Ridge BBQ and Music fes-tival, which brings thousands of visitors to our area. The list goes on and on and all to help promote our area and enhance the quality

of life in our community. In their efforts to help businesses connect with one another the Carolina Foothills Chamber after hours is a smashing success.

Their events have the best at-tendance I have seen anywhere.

I t ’ s a l m o s t like a “build it and they will come” scenario. It’s amazing to see how well-attended these

events are every time. And truth be told I think a lot of the credit goes to Janet Sciacca, the cham-ber’s executive director.

Janet’s enthusiasm and posi-tive can-do attitude is conta-gious. Prior, during and after these events Janet is constantly working to bring business people together. If attendance at the after hours is the measure of success, Janet gets an A-plus.

Publisher’s Notebookby Betty Ramsey

After Hours events a success

The Saluda Center will host a show of Jim Carson’s Paris and the French countryside oil paintings, which were painted on his three-week plein air painting trip to France last summer.

The show, titled “Paintings from Paris and the French Countryside,” will have an opening reception at the Saluda Center on Saturday, Dec. 15, from 5-7 p.m. The show will hang through Jan. 15.

Carson painted on site in Paris, including Luxemberg Gardens, as well as in Alfred Sisley’s home town of Moret Sur Loing, and many other vil-lages and pastoral scenes.

Carson has been juried into a number of Plein Air Festivals, including ones in Easton, Mary-land, Door County, Wisc., Rich-mond, Va., and Cashiers, N.C.

Carson has kept the paint-ings from France in one body, even those that have already

sold. After this exhibition, the paintings will be separated to a number of different galleries that carry Carson’s work. A por-tion of any sales will go to the Saluda Center.

Carson’s next workshop, Jan. 24-26, 2013, titled “Painting in the Studio” is full, but there is a waiting list.

For more information, go to www.jimcarson.net, email [email protected],or call 828-749-3702.

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Carson plein air exhibit, Dec. 15

Want to go? What: Paintings from Paris and the French Countryside

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We all share the same causeBeing the only shelter in all of

Polk County, Foothills Humane Society (FHS) plays the number one roll in my cause.

This relatively small facil-ity carries a large burden on its shoulders and I have personally witnessed vast improvements over the years. FHS is success-ful because of the many indi-viduals and res-cue organiza-tions selflessly working toward the same cause. I have often spoken of some of them over the years and the admiration I have for them.

Last week I went to visit Brother Wolf in Asheville and, though it’s out of our district, I wanted to meet the proprietors of this fabulous facility. After a thorough tour, meeting all the wonderful animals and all the volunteers, I visited Denise Bitz as planned. Bitz is execu-tive director and one of the co-founders of Brother Wolf. I told her how deeply moved I was by the care and love I witnessed in her facility; I was literally moved to tears of joy. After that we simply hugged, for it seems with like-minded people words are not necessary.

The next day I visited Lori Jewell at Pet Tender Angels. I can’t say enough about this won-derful lady and the magnificent

work she’s done over the years either. While there, two old friends, Jim and Betty, came to walk dogs. I’d learned that they adopted sweet Bubbles as they excitedly told me how well she’s doing. Lori and I then walked the compound as she introduced me

to some of her newer dogs and told their sto-ries. I got to see old Max who’s been with her

from the beginning and Relay, the 10-year-old Golden depicted in the photo. Relay is not up for adoption. He was born there and Lori has kept him and his mom as household pets, along with many others. Relay has recently lost his mom and is a bit de-spondent but I’m confident that the care and love he’ll receive from Lori’s oversized heart will pull him through. Upon leaving we hugged, for with Lori also, words are not necessary.

During the week I received a call from Chris Hume and Patti Peake, two old friends and rescu-ers of the highest order.

They had rescued Pumpkin and while in foster care she tore her hind left ACL. Tommy Maiolo couldn’t repair her leg and she had to go to the Upstate veterinary clinic. “Lennie,” Patti asked, “could you call Dr.

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Allen at Upstate and see if you could get us some discounts?” “I’ll do better than that Patti, I’ll make the trip with you next Tuesday.”

Patti was delighted and I was more than willing to help a fellow rescuer in need. On Tues-day I met Pumpkin for the first time and the darling girl was a love machine, if she was in any pain she certainly wasn’t about to show it. On the way down I explained to Patti that this opera-tion usually runs around $3,000 with a minimum of eight weeks of rehab.

“Dr. Allen usually keeps things on the low end for me,” I went on. “Whatever we save,” Patti answered, “will go toward helping other animals.”

I smiled to myself. All these folks think just like me.

I like being in the waiting room at Upstate, I meet such wonderful folks and their dogs. This time besides the great old Boxer I met there, was Roxy, one of our shelter Shepherds who recognized me. The owner has renamed her Miracle, because she changed his life. How great

is that?Through it all Pumpkin was

trying her best to try and meet and greet everything that moved. If she wasn’t doing that she had her paws on my lap attempt-ing to give my face a thorough washing.

Dr. Allen was in Asheville, so we got to meet Dr. Ritter, who was just as sweet, thoughtful and thorough as my dear friend. The fee for Pumpkin would be $2,000 to $3,200. I explained to Dr. Ritter what Dr. Allen had done for me with Snowy, Laza-rus and Buck.

“I’ll call Dr. Allen and we’ll see what we can do,” he an-swered.

Pumpkin’s operation was successful and she is now in rehab at her foster home. Pump-kin’s final bill came to $2,060 (God bless those people) along with the $500 I donated from Lennie’s Fund, Patti and Chris can now put those savings to-ward other animals. My reward was a great big tearful hug from Patti, once again words were not necessary.

Christmas time is nearing, please put a little aside for my kids, I’ve no doubt that such a gesture would please our Lord.

Thanks for listening.

pumpkin

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Polk holds annual football banquet

Polk football award winners pictured are: kneeling - Matt Darden, Tanner Garrett, Anthony Carson and Tyrone McIntyre. Standing: Alec Philpott, Floyd Graber, Jordan Smith, Chase McMurray, Lucas Williams, Reece Schlabach and Zane Capozzi. (photo by Fulton Hampton)

This year’s award winners were: Varsity FootballMost valuable offensive lineman: Zane CapozziMost valuable defensive lineman: Chase McMurrayMost valuable defense and back: Reece SchlabachMost valuable receiver: Anthony CarsonMost valuable offensive back: Jordan SmithMost valuable linebacker: Lucas WilliamsMost improved player: Matt Darden

Most valuable player: Alec PhilpottMr. Wolverine: (Coaches Award) Floyd GraberJunior Varsity Awards Most valuable offensive player: Tanner GarrettMost valuable defensive player: Tyrone McIntyreCoaches Award: Hunter McCallAthletic Director Jeff Wilson awarded Coach Bruce Ollis with a special plaque commemorating Ollis’ 100th win at Polk County.


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“We came out and really played basketball the way I know we can,” McEntire said.

Polk held a 34-20 halftime lead but did not maintain the intensity and focus shown in the first half.

“In the second half we did not get back on defense, didn’t play team defense and forced some shots and let them get back in the game. But, we also showed some toughness in the end coming back and got some big shots, getting stops on defense. With 5 seconds left we had a one-point lead and got a stop; (we) kept them from

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shooting the ball and pulled off a win.”

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The Polk County Lady Wol-verines found Asheville’s North Buncombe Black Hawks to be a tough challenge.

The Black Hawks were quick and aggressive with their offense. During the first quarter, Polk im-mediately saw the Black Hawks’ tactics in action. With the Hawk’s 3-point shot raising the stakes, Kara Overholt, a Polk sophomore, sunk a 2-point shot in return. The Lady Wolverines scored 9 points to North Bun-combe’s 16. With a technical called at the buzzer against North Bun-combe, junior Lyric Flood added two more points to the scoreboard.

Immediately with the opening of the second quarter, the Hawks raced down the court. Aware of how tough the Black Hawks would be to beat, the Lady Wolverines stepped up their attitude and sev-eral tug-a-wars ensued between the teams for the ball.

Senior Savanna Deaver tried to get the Wolverines back in the game by pulling down a hard-fought-for rebound. Polk was

unable, however, to land any shots until freshman Hayley Kropp sunk one in, then stole the ball back, allowing senior Shayln Brown to sink another one. With another great shot by Flood, Polk finished the quarter with 17 more points.

During the third quarter, Polk felt the gap on the scoreboard grow. Their hard work kept them in the game, but for every shot Polk made, North Buncombe

would more than match. Unfortu-nately for Polk,

the Black Hawks were well trained in rebounding the ball and getting it down the court before the Wol-verines were even able to get there to defend them.

The fourth quarter was like a ping-pong match, with mirrored at-tempts at the net. Even with several mistakes by North Buncombe, the Wolverines soon felt the noose of the time clock running out. With two minutes left on the clock and the score 44-58, it became evident the Hawks were going to do their best to maintain control and keep the score right where it was to defeat Polk.

Polk County takes hit from North Buncombe

1-3-1 zone that Landrum did against Polk, which tends to lead the Wolverines down a frustrat-ing road.

“They did a good job, we just have to learn to be patient against the zone. A 1-3-1 (zone) can be a tough defense but if you will share the ball and be patient it’s easy to break down,” McEntire said.

Philpott once again led the Wolverines with 13 points, fol-lowed by Jamal Tanner and Todd Yoder, both with 8 points.

Tonight versus MadisonThis will be Polk’s first con-

ference game and they will face

a big athletic team in Madison. From game film Coach McEntire expects Madison to try to slow the game down.

“On defense they will play a little man to man, and some 2-3 zone and on offense they will look to make it a half-court game,” McEntire said.

Polk will need to rely on its athletic guards and pressure de-fense to control the pace that better suits Polk’s strengths.

“Our job will be to speed them up, keep them out of their zone and off their comfort level. If we can keep them out of that (and play our game) we will have a good chance to win,” coach added.

• Polk boys basketball(conTinueD From page 35)

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“You darkness, that I come from,I love you more than all the firesthat fence in the world,for the fire makesa circle of light for everyone,and then no one outside learns

of you.But the darkness pulls in every-

thing;shapes and fires, animals and

myself,how easily it gathers them!—powers and people—and it is possible a great energyis moving near me.I have faith in nights.”

~ Rainer Maria RilkeThe holiday season in Saluda

remains one of my favorite times: the warmth and glow of home and hearth, windows and houses softly lit, downtown shops twinkling with lights on a dark December evening. It’s a time to slow down, to reflect on life and blessings both great and small.

While it seems hard to slow down with so many events, shopping and parties, I find myself needing to take that ‘slow’ route, to make room for places in the heart that need to be remembered: of Christmases and loved ones past, of memories and all I remain grateful for. When I was a kid, it seemed to be the more you got the better. Now I find myself yearn-ing to give more, wanting very little: just simple things like watching the tree lights at night, watching firelight dance, a good book to read in bed, a warm dog close by, something simmering on the stove all day, hugs

from friends. Places in the heart, circles of light indeed.

Our annual Hometown Christmas is tonight: Dec. 14, 6-8 p.m. Historic Main Street with charming character, colors and old-fashioned friendliness brings to mind a simpler place and times past. Stores on Main Street and over the bridge downtown glow with warm light as music sweet-ens the night — luminaries lead the way up Greenville Street to the Saluda Inn where artists and craftspeople will sell gift items from 6:30-9:30 p.m., and on up to the Oaks Bed and Breakfast. At 8:30 p.m., the evening wraps up with an Ecumeni-cal Service at Saluda Presbyterian Church.

Don’t forget to support the Saluda Library fundraiser: renowned artist Bill Jameson donated a lovely oil painting to be raffled off to benefit our library. The drawing will be held during the Hometown Christmas evening at the library.

Bring the kids for the Children’s Christmas Workshop at Saluda Fire Department on Greenville Street; it’s from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Dec. 15.

The second-annual Christmas Parade with everything from dogs, Santa, and firetrucks is Dec. 15, 3 p.m.

There’ll be a special holiday Saluda tailgate market, Dec. 15 from 1-3 p.m. at the West Main Street parking lot.

Saluda Center at 64 Greenville Street will have a reception for Jim Carson and his France-inspired paint-ings, Dec. 15, 5-7 p.m.

Saluda Dog Society 2nd annual dog show will be Dec. 15 at the tennis courts at Saluda Elementary School. Registration starts at 1 p.m.; show at

2 p.m. G e n e r o u s

spirits have start-ed the Saluda Welcome Table every Tuesday: dinner is served f o r a n y o n e

who’d like to come enjoy compan-ionship and connection from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Saluda United Methodist Church fellowship hall. The meal is free; donations appreciated; all welcome.

Jeanette Shackelford will play piano for an Advent recital at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Tryon, Dec. 19 at noon. Wanda May will

sing. Saluda School’s PTSO needs

donations of small gift items for their Christmas Bazaar: students can purchase gifts for family and friends. Drop donations at the school office before Dec. 19.

Please remember Autumn Care residents ... many would appreciate a visit, a card or a kind gesture during the holidays. Autumn Care of Saluda is located at 501 Esseola Drive; for more information call 828-749-2261.

Happy December birthday to Judy Ward, Holly Wilkes, The-resa Wilkes, Perry Ellwood, Donnie Hunter, Jeff Bradley, Preston Mintz, Carolyn Morgan, Susan Casey and Cas Haskell.

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 bonniebar-dos.com for more writing and art, or find me on facebook.

Favorite thing: Saluda at the holidays

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Complete Idiots.Sound familiar? Yeah, I’ve

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The problem with politics is that we hold our ideological ph i l o s oph i e s so closely, so personally, that we simply can-not conceive h o w a n y o n e else manages to believe dif-ferently. And if they do, well, they’re simply misinformed, uneducated or backwards. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from training horses that applies to the rest of life, it’s this: vio-lence arrives when ability dis-appears. If a rider (or a parent, teacher, politician or pundit) has to resort to force, whether it comes in the form of a whip or venomous name-calling, in an attempt to get their point across, they have lost their intellectual ability, if they’ve ever had it.

The e lec t ronic age has brought us the potential of so much good and, also, seething negativity. That is, however, not an excuse to abandon our personal choice of working to the height of our collective intellectual capabilities.

In 2008, because I was the only left-leaning radio host in all the Carolinas, I was asked

to appear several times on CNN’s ‘This American Morn-ing’ because the state of North Carolina appeared to be turn-ing blue and producers were interested in what my listeners thought about this development.

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comedic interpretation of ‘Swap and Shop,’ I gave a detailed an-swer that affordable health care seemed to be on their minds and, as they were struggling with lay-offs and an economy that was collapsing around their ears, they didn’t see how Mc-Cain’s proposed tax cuts would help them afford anything when the annual average price of health insurance for a family of four was $12,000.

When I arrived back home from the television studio, my email box was completely jammed with comments from all over America and, a few, from overseas. CNN attracts a liberal audience so, naturally, there were quite a few, “Atta girls” and “Thank you for explaining this issue so thoroughly” but also some amazingly vicious replies: “You stupid lib!” and “You and your idiot candidate is going down!”

“I’m Just Saying…”

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Why the need for all this hatefulness?Now, let me just say right

here that I am absolutely posi-tive that had I held the opposite view, that universal health care would be the financial ruin of our country, I would have re-ceived equally scathing replies from the left.

And that is my point.Not one, not a single one of

the negative emails I received were remotely close to being civilized in tone and content. No, “Dear Ms. Stone, I respect-fully disagree with the points you made on your appearance this morning,” etc. I had been relaxed and thoughtful in my television appearance. I had not raised my voice or taunted one candidate over the other with a roll of the eyes. I had maintained a respectful posture throughout. I did not deserve to be the recipient of such language and hate. Therefore, I did not bother to read any further and deleted the rest of the emails. And by doing that, I perhaps missed a good point made by an opposing view.

Scroll through any ‘com-ment’ section of your favorite political (or even entertainment or sport) site. Read the exchang-es back and forth. Note how small the percentage is of those who refrain from name-calling and continue their argument in calm, measured, tones.

What has become of us? In reading an entertainment

piece about the divorce of the actor Danny Devito and his wife, Rhea Perlman, I glanced at a photograph of Ms. Pearl-man and her daughter strolling through Beverly Hills. Beneath it, in the comment section, the first one I read stated, “OMG, they are soooo ugly!!”

A good suggestion might be, “Well, don’t read the comment section, then.” It’s right up there with, “Then change the channel.” But what that doesn’t address is why is there this compulsive need to articulate such hostility in the first place? Why are so many people around the world filled with the over-whelming desire to be hurtful? By not even considering to take a good, hard, look at ourselves and our beliefs and instead dismiss anyone who doesn’t agree with us as “idiots,” than we remain willfully ignorant to any potential revelations.

Perhaps we really have lost our intellectual ability.

And that is a far, far, greater problem than whomever wins an election.

Note how small the percentage is of those who refrain from name-calling and continue their argument in calm, measured, tones.


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Dear Savvy Senior,How does one go about track-

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~ Searching StevenDear Steven,Losing track of a small pension

from years ago is actually quite common, especially if you’ve had a lot of jobs throughout your work-ing life. To help you locate a lost pension, here are the steps to take along with some free resources that can help you search if your previous employer has gone out of business, changed names or merged with another firm.

Pension proofIf you think you have a pension

from a previous employer, and the company is still in business, your first step is to call their human re-sources department and ask them to give you the contact information of the pension plan administrator. Then you’ll need to contact them to find out how much your pension is worth and how to claim it.

Depending on how complete the plan administrator’s records are, you may need to show proof that you once worked for the com-pany and that you are eligible for a pension.

Your old income tax returns and W-2 forms from the years you worked at the company will help you here. If you haven’t saved your

How to find a lost pensionold tax returns from these years, you can get a copy of your earnings record from the Social Security Administration, which will show how much you were paid each calendar year by each employer.

Call 800-772-1213 and ask them to mail you the “Request for Social Security Earnings Infor-mation” form SSA-7050, or you can download it at www.ssa.gov/online/ssa-7050.pdf. You’ll pay a small fee for the report, depending on the number of years of data you request.

Some other old forms that can help you prove eligibility are your Summary Plan Descriptions (SPD) that you should have received from your employer when you worked there, or any individual benefit statements.

Check the PBGCIf you can’t find your former

employer because it went out of business, or, if the company ended its pension plan, you need to check the Pension Benefit Guaranty Cor-poration’s (PBGC) online pension search directory at search.pbgc.gov/mp/mp.aspx. Or, you can call 800-400-7242 and get help over the phone.

The PBGC is a federal agency that guarantees pensions of bank-rupt companies. The agency also maintains information on any pension plan that has been termi-nated, even if the company is still in business.

The PBGC, however, does not cover or have information on lost pensions that are still active,

nor will they help you locate lost 401(k) plans.

Get helpThe best resource to help you

track down a lost active pension from a company that has moved or merged with another firm is the U.S. Administration on Aging Pension Counseling and Informa-tion Program. This free program encompasses seven pension as-sistance programs around the country that serve workers in 30 states. To get the contact informa-tion of these counseling programs and the states they serve, visit the Pension Rights Center website at pensionrights.org.

If your pension happens to be outside the area served by the pension counseling centers, or if you’re trying to locate a federal or military pension, use Pension Help America at pensionhelp.org. This resource can connect you with government agencies and private organizations that provide free information and assistance to help your search.

For more information, the PBGC has a free publication called “Finding a Lost Pension” that pro-vides in-depth information that can aid in your search. See pbgc.gov to see it online, or call 800-400-7242 and ask them to mail you a copy.

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

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At 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, the Tryon Fine Arts Center presents actress/singer/writer Faye Lane in “Beauty Shop Stories,” an original show consisting of “glittered-up memories” of a girl growing up in her mother’s beauty shop in Texas.

This 90-minute performance is filled with heart-warming tales, bedazzling songs and hilarious imper-sonations of the many ladies whom Lane encountered at the beauty shop.

When Lane was just a little girl, she would wear a glittered-up Burger King crown, practicing her beauty queen acceptance speech and dreaming of being the star of the stage. Since her childhood, Faye Lane has become a writer and performer whose unique blending of story and song moved New York Magazine to gush, “She had them gobbling from the palm of her hand. They were howling, crying, falling in love with her.”

Lane has performed “Beauty Shop Stories” from coast to coast, being the only storyteller to win both the East and West coast Moth Story Slam in Los Angeles and in New York, where she currently lives. This one-woman show is filled with exuberant one-of-a-kind stories and star-making songs. Bust Magazine says, “Rich with characters and detail, she draws the audience into her world. We laugh and cry with her.”

In the words of Lane herself, “I hope it takes you some place meaningful … or at least makes you laugh. Somewhere out there in the space-time continuum is a fat little girl in a glittered-up Burger King crown who would love that. And she’s thrilled beyond belief to get to do this!”

“Beauty Shop Stories,” sponsored by White Oak Village-Tryon, is the second show of Tryon Fine Arts Center’s Main Stage season. Millard & Co. is the sea-son sponsor. Purchase tickets by calling 828-859-8322 or visiting the box office Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1p.m. For more information, go to www.tryonarts.org.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, located on Melrose Avenue in the Town of Tryon, has been a center for participa-tion in the visual and performing arts for over 43 years attracting a diverse range of audiences.

– article writtenby Alli Halbkat, summer 2012 intern

Actor/singer/storyteller Faye Lane will perform “Beauty Shop Stories” at TFAC on Jan. 11 at 8 p.m. In addition to the Tryon Fine Arts Center performance, Lane will present a 90-minute writing workshop at Isothermal Community College at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11. The workshop is offered free of charge. For more information, call 828-859-8322.

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