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

If you are a new business owner, or if you’re thinking about starting a business, you’ll have a chance to get valuable information tomorrow at the Landrum Library.

Elizabeth Smith of the Spar-tanburg Area Small Business Development Center will pres-ent a seminar on business plan-ning Tuesday, April 10 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Open to adults at no charge.

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Work at Alexander’s Ford to begin soonPark expected to open this summerby Leah Justice

The Polk County Board of Commissioners on Monday, April 2 approved a contract bid to construct park improvements at Alexander’s Ford at Bradley Nature Preserve. Commissioners chose the low bidder of Thomp-son Construction for $111,980.

Commissioners also approved the project budget ordinance.

The county-owned park was obtained and will be improved completely through grant funding totaling $1,439,799.

Project manager Ambrose Mills said he hopes the park will be open to the public by July, as

A ribbon-cutting ceremony in October 2011, when Alexander’s Ford was certified as part of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Shown here are Paul Carson (left), supt. of the Overmountain Historic Trail; Polk commissioner chair Ray Gasperson; Martha Love, chair of the Bradley Fund at the Polk County Community Foundation; Polk manager Ryan Whitson and Ambrose Mills, Alexander’s Ford project manager. (photo by Samantha Hurst)(Continued on page 4)

Landrum seeks help to identify suspectSketch of one assailant releasedby Leah Justice

The Landrum Police Depart-ment has released a composite sketch of one suspect accused of assaulting a Landrum business owner last week.

The assault occurred around 1 a.m. March 31 outside the back entrance of Cakes and Confec-tions 4U located downtown along East Rutherford Street.

The owner of the business said after returning to the business to retrieve her umbrella, two men sexually assaulted her, with one punching her in the face three times causing severe bruising.

The two men attempted to force the owner back into the store, but she refused and after fighting off the attackers for eight to 10 minutes, she pulled a 32-pistol out of her back pocket and fired one shot at them. The

Police sketch of one of the suspects in a recent assault in Landrum. (Continued on page 4)

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class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.

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

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food,fellowship and dis-cussion of relevant issues; inter-denominational. 828-859-5051.

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

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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.

TuesdayPolk County Mobile Re-

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

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

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, April 10 at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Tryon.

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

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Tues-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

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

Polk County Library will have preschool story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers. Tuesday, April 10 will be a Book-mobile storytime in celebration of National Bookmobile Day, with a tour of the Polk library’s Bookmobile, refreshments and a special Bookmobile cake.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tues-days, conference room, Congre-

gational Church. Seminar on business plan-

ning, Tuesday, April 10, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Landrum Library. Elizabeth Smith of the Spar-tanburg Area Small Business Development Center will be the presenter. Open to adults at no charge.

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

Thermal Belt Friendship Council meeting, second Tues-day of every month at 7 p.m. at the Roseland Community Center.

WednesdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assis-tance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001.

Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.

Saluda Center Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes

game, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-749-9245.

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

Female Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednes-days 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Male Domestic Abuse Inter-vention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.

N.C. DMV mobile driver’s license unit will be in Columbus in front of the post office on Ward Street on Thursday, April 12 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A sign on the light pole in front of the post office will inform people when the unit has had to cancel its visit because of mechanical difficulty or weather-related issues.

Saluda Center Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.; 828-749-9245.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

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Tina Muse and Kristin Harmon from Tryon Elementary PTA (left) and students Deaken, Malakhi and Logan Nodine dress up for Tryon Elementary’s recent 50s night. (photos submitted by Sue Heston)

50s night at Tryon Elementary

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the construction deadline is in June because of grant require-ments.

County and construction of-ficials will hold a pre-construction meeting today, Monday, April 9, with construction expected to begin within two weeks.

Improvements to the 163-acre nature preserve include the creation of two trails, one that will be ap-proximately ½ mile long and will meet Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. The other trail, approximately one mile long and known as the main trail, will be located along a current logging trail and will be left natu-ral. Another trail will be available that will need no improvements and will also be natural.

The ADA-compliant trail will be 6 feet wide and is estimated to cost $35,240.

“The ADA trail is the most ex-pensive and hardest to construct but we want the handicapped trail

to give the same experience as the other trails,” said Mills.

Other improvements that will be made include creating an access road and parking, demol-ishing an existing barn, creating signage and a kiosk, constructing an open-air picnic area, creating

a picnic area with two tables and trash receptacles, and other work such as mulching and sedimenta-tion controls.

Commissioners thanked Mills for his work on the project, espe-cially in getting enough funding that no county money will be needed.

In addition to the donated land (valued at $377,500), grants were received from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund ($274,000), the N.C. Heritage Trust ($200,000), the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund ($500,000), the Polk Coun-ty Community Foundation ($18,000), the Bradley Fund ($80,000) and U.S. National Park

storeowner said she told the men she had money in her back pocket and reached around and pulled the gun on them.

The two took off on foot after she fired the shot and the storeowner ran to the Landrum Police Department.

Landrum police searched for the suspects and called the assis-tance of the Spartanburg County Dog Tracking Team, who tracked the suspects’ scents for about ¼ mile up North Shamrock Avenue before losing the scents.

The suspects are described as

between the ages of 18 and 22 with one black and one bi-racial or Hispanic male. The black male was wearing a dark hoodie and the bi-racial or Hispanic man was wearing a black ball cap with a bull sign on it.

Landrum Police Chief Tim Edgens said the storeowner worked with a composite sketch artist from the South Caroli-na Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to help identify the bi-racial or Hispanic suspect.

Anyone with information regarding the suspects is urged to call the Landrum Police De-partment at 864-457-7281 or Crimestoppers at 58-CRIME.

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Service Grant ($20,299).Polk County’s vision for the

property is to create a nature preserve that will be low mainte-nance and low cost to the county.

The land is situated along almost a one-mile stretch of the Green River and includes part of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, which follows the route of assembly of the American Patriot Army. That army decisively defeated an American Loyalist army at the battle of Kings Mountain, S.C., in the fall of 1780.

The trail was certified in October 2011 as part of the Overmountain Victory Historic Natural Trail.

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Reenactors at Alexander’s Ford last October, when the park was certified as part of the Overmountain Victory Historic National Trail. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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St. Luke’s, Hospice hold end-of-life issues program to mark National Healthcare Decisions Day April 17

On April 17, at 3 p.m., St. Luke’s Hospital and Hospice of the Carolina Foothills will welcome the public with “Coffee and Conversation: A Discussion about End of Life Issues.” The program will be held at Isother-mal Community College, Colum-bus campus, and will offer free information about advance care planning and advance directive forms.

Join admissions nurse Stuart Goldstein, RN, attorney Ed Har-relson and chaplain Dr. Bob Lair, along with social worker Meg Hoke, for a discussion on ad-vance care planning and why you should make your future health-care decisions known to family, friends and healthcare providers. There will also be staff there to assist in completing the forms.

St. Luke’s and Hospice, along with other national, state and

c o m m u n i t y organizations, have been high-l i g h t i n g t h e importance of advance health-care decision-making – an effort that has culminated in the formal des-ignation Nation-al Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD).

As partici-pating organiza-tions, St. Luke’s and Hospice are providing infor-mation and tools for the public to talk about their wishes with family, friends and healthcare providers, and to execute written advance directives (healthcare power of attorney and living will)

in accordance w i t h N o r t h Carolina state laws. These resources are avai lab le a t w w w. s a i n t -lukeshospital.com or www.nationalhealth-caredecisions-day.org.

“Coffee and Conversation: A Discussion about End of Life Issues” will be held

again at 6 p.m. at Inman Public Library in Inman, S.C. Attorney John Rollins will join the panel for that program.

“As a result of National Healthcare Decisions Day, many more people in our commu-

nity can be expected to have thoughtful conversations about their healthcare decisions and complete reliable advance di-rectives to make their wishes known,” said Dr. Bob Lair, St. Luke’s Hospital chaplain and panel discussion member. “Fewer families and healthcare providers will have to struggle with making difficult healthcare decisions in the absence of guidance from the patient, and healthcare provid-ers and facilities will be better equipped to address advance healthcare planning issues before a crisis and be better able to honor patient wishes when the time comes to do so.”

To make a reservation or for more information about National Healthcare Decisions Day, call 864-457-9122 or 828-894-2408.

– article submitted by Jennifer Wilson

“As a result of National Healthcare Decisions Day, many more people in our community can be expected to have thoughtful conversations about their healthcare decisions and complete reliable advance directives to make their wishes known.”

-- Dr. Bob Lair

Foothills Humane Society presents Rotary program Selena Coffey of the Foothills Humane Society (FHS) was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Tryon. Coffey, who recently was named as the society’s executive director, came to Polk County from neighboring Henderson County, where she served 16 years in local government administration. A native of western North Carolina, she completed her undergraduate degree and her graduate degree in public administration from Western Carolina University. Coffey told the Rotarians about the work of the Foothills Humane Society, which she said has an open admission policy and an extremely successful record in placing pets. Coffey attributes the organization’s success to the many volunteers who give their time and resources. Pictured are Jim Scott, who arranged the program, along with Coffey. (photo submitted by Bill Hillhouse)



Upcoming public events at LaurelHurst Independent LivingLaurelHurst Independent

Living, located at 1064 W. Mills Street in Columbus, will hold several special events in April that are open to both residents and the general public.April 16: National Librarian Day

LaurelHurst Independent Living will hold a program at 2 p.m. Monday, April 16 in recognition of National Librar-ian Day. The guest speaker will be Polk County Public Library

Director Cindy Nanney. Laurel-Hurst will donate a children’s book to the library in honor of this special day. Guests are also welcome to bring a book to donate if they wish. Call 828-894-3900 for more information.April 23, 26: Beading club

After the first beading club class held recently at Laurel-Hurst Independent Living, or-ganizers said calls began com-ing in from people wanting to sign up for the next class. With

all the interest, the next class will be offered two times. The first class will be Monday, April 23 at 6 p.m., and the second class will be Thursday, April 26 at 6 p.m. Students will learn to make a bracelet called “The Floating Orb.”

Space is limited. The cost of the class includes instruction and materials.

For information on cost, questions, and to sign up, call LaurelHurst Activities Director Heatherly McGarity at 864-

978-0098.April 24: VA representative

LaurelHurst Independent Living will host speaker Darrel Moore, a Veterans Administra-tion representative, on Tuesday, April 24 at 1:30 p.m. Residents at LaurelHurst and guests from the community are invited to learn about veteran’s benefits as they apply to seniors. Call 828-894-3900 for more information.

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Landrum author writes ‘Grannie Birdie Earns Her Wings’Landrum children’s book

writer Debra Halborn said she was inspired by last year’s Tryon Daily Bulletin story of Bonnie Zelinskie’s wind tunnel and tandem skydive adventures. Last November, Halborn not only flew the wind tunnel for her own 60th-birthday experience, she also met and interviewed Zelinskie to share stories.

Based on Zelinksie’s adven-tures, Halborn wrote “Grannie Birdie Earns Her Wings!,” a self-published children’s picture book. As reference for the cover illustration, Halborn asked Ze-linskie and two friends to pose for the cover concept. This photo will be used to create the final cover, which will be a juxtaposi-tion of Grannie Birdie standing at attention between two paratroop-ers. Work is in progress on the interior illustrations and layout.

– article submitted by Debra Halborn

Bonnie Zelinskie flanked LTC John Allen Albree, U.S. Army Ret. (right), and CPT Tryon Lindabury, U.S. Air Force. (photo submitted by Debra Halborn)

Baker Family Chiropractic to advocate for industryDr. James R. Baker of Tryon

was recently appointed co-chairman of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association, Pub-lic Awareness Committee. He and Dr. Ed Reily of Asheville will head a committee to create programs that communicate all the benefits of chiropractic health care.

For more than 100 years the chiropractic profession has provided not only treatment for spinal and joint pain, but also a wellness lifestyle, Baker said.

“Wellness has been the buzz word in the general public for the last few years,” said Dr. James Baker. “That’s what Chiropractic is really all about. Our goal in North Carolina is to somehow convey this to the public, so they end up seeking care from the doctors who have been advocating wellness and who have years of experience practicing wellness.”

Drs. James R. and Clay Baker also recently attend the North Carolina Chiropractic

Association Spring Conference held at the Grove Park Inn. Fea-tured topics included: the effects of nervous system interference on body chemistry, knee injuries and treatments; science behind the benefits of chiropractic spi-nal corrections and chiropractic contributions to wellness.

“Chiropractors have always been about wellness and good lifestyle habits,” said Baker. “We have always been in the forefront since the early 1900s regarding proper diet, vitamins,

exercise, rest and having a sound 100 percent functioning nervous system. We are far from the misconceptions people have of back doctors. It’s been frus-trating being a chiropractor at times. The medical profession comes out with an announce-ment that Vitamin D is good for bones and the public acts like it’s the newest idea on the planet! Our profession has been saying it for the last 100 years.”

– article submitted by Dr. James Baker

Hannon’s Hauling of Tryon receives letter from President Obama in honor of company’s 100th birthday

Hannon’s Hauling of Tryon, which recently marked its 100th year in business, re-ceived a letter from President Barack Obama in recognition

of the company’s milestone. The letter, dated March 19

and signed by the president, said, “I am pleased to send my congratulations to you on your

anniversary. As you celebrate this important milestone, I hope you will look back on what you have accomplished with joy and pride. I wish

you all the best for continued success and happiness in the future.”

– article submitted by Jamal Hannon



PAC hiking group heads to Green River Game Lands Hikers are invited to join the

Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC) Friday, April 13 for the final Fri-day hike of PAC’s spring hiking series (there’s still one Saturday hike left in the series). Hikers will enjoy an approximately 6-mile, moderate to strenuous loop trail in the Green River Game Lands.

The trail starts at the Green River and ascends approximately 1,000 feet, eventually paralleling Stair Step Creek. Then the trail levels out, following the ridge-line, and gradually descends as it loops around to Stair Step Falls, and back to the starting point.

The trails the hike will follow wind through the mountainous terrain, often along some of the numerous creeks flowing to the Green River. With spring afoot in the Green River Gorge, hikers will have the opportunity to see many spring wildflowers and hear newly arriving songbirds.

If you are interested in at-

tending the PAC hike to the Green River Game Lands, please contact the PAC office to sign

up by phone at 828-859-5060 or e-mail [email protected]. Hikers will meet at the Columbus BiLo Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. to carpool and start the journey to the game lands. Hikers should expect to return to the Columbus area no later than 3 p.m.; however, return time varies depending on the number of hikers and the varying pace of the hikers.

Hikers should wear appropri-ate clothing and footwear; bring a bag lunch and/or snack and plenty of water. Be sure to bring

any personal medication you may require. In case of inclement weather, please contact the PAC office by 8:15 a.m. on the day of the hike to see if the hike will take place.

If you cannot make this hike but would like to attend other hikes, visit www.pacolet.org or go to PACs Facebook page for updates.

The final hike is scheduled for Saturday, April 21 at the PAC-owned Norman Wilder Forest.

– article submitted by Pam Torlina

PAC hikers (from left to right) Ford Smith, Lois Torlina, Mara Smith, Barbara Hall, Rolfe Wardner (with Lucy the dog), Carolyn Parker, Patsy Panther, Lynne Parsons, Marie King, Steve King and Kathy Gross at the Green River Game Lands on April 8, 2011. (photo by Pam Torlina)

Letter to the editor

AccountabilityThe oath taken by Polk Coun-

ty Commissioners states that they will uphold the constitu-tion and the statutes of North Carolina.

Currently marriage of one man and woman is North Caro-lina law.

Did three of the sitting com-missioners break their oath of office at their April 2, 2012 meeting?

– David Moore, Rutherfordton (Polk County line)

George Eddins Jr.Dr. George Edgar Eddins Jr.,

beloved father, physician and vol-unteer, passed away at age 90 on April 4, 2012. Born Oct. 23, 1921 in Elmhurst, N.Y., Dr. Eddins was the son of the late Daisy Outlaw Eddins and George Edgar Eddins Sr. He grew up in Jackson Heights, N.Y. and graduated from Wake Forest University in 1942, where he was president of the Euzelian Literary Society, a member of the varsity track team and the Kappa Alpha fraternity.

He received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and pursued postgraduate work in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts.

A veteran, he served for more than five years as a lieutenant j.g. with the U.S. Navy. While attending Cornell, he

developed an interest in skiing and after a two-year “courtship

Obituaries on skis,” married Elizabeth Matt Eddins, with whom he shared a 50-year marriage.

Dr. Eddins began his medical practice in Albemarle in 1951 and established one of the earliest cor-onary care units at Stanly County Hospital. He was instrumental in originating the Stanly County Unit of the American Heart As-sociation and served as medical advisor to the local American Cancer Society for more than 40 years. He received the Good Citizenship Recognition Award for outstanding civic service from the Albemarle Civitans and gave countless hours of service to other community organizations, including Meals on Wheels, the Association for Retarded Citizens and Metrolina Association for the Blind. He provided horseback riding and day camp activities at his farm for many children with disabilities over the years. In the 1960s, he and his wife donated a 45-acre farm to the Girl Scouts to create Camp Tarheelia.

A member of the First Baptist Church and of the Saints Sunday

school class, he taught Sunday school for a number of years and was in charge of an outreach pro-gram for sick and bereaved mem-bers of the church and community. He gave seminars and workshops for Stanly Community College for several decades and in 1992, was designated the first ambas-sador of the college. He initiated the establishment of an endowed scholarship program at the college to generate a continuous source of funds for students. In 2009, in rec-ognition of his many contributions to the state and community, he was awarded one of North Carolina’s highest civilian honors, the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.

Dr. Eddins is survived by his three children; Elizabeth Eddins Laughridge (W.J. Laughridge) of Campobello, George Edgar Eddins III of Charlotte, N.C. and Barbara Eddins Little of Con-cord, N.C. Also surviving him are eight grandchildren, Christopher Michael Laughridge, Meredith Laughridge Cross, Matthew Davis Laughridge, Elizabeth Little Gaul, Paige Catherine Johnson, Buell

Lothery Little, III, Devi Anna Eddins, Ravi Edward Eddins, and one great grandchild, Caroline Elizabeth Gaul.

He was predeceased by his wife, a sister, Ella Eddins Glasson, and a grandson, George Edgar Eddins IV.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, April 8 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albe-marle. The funeral service will be on Monday, April 9 at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Albemarle, N.C. Rev. Harold McDonald will officiate and the burial will be in Palmerville Cemetery, Badin. Mil-itary honors will be conducted by Stanly County, DAV, Chapter 12.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Stanly Community College Foundation, 141 College Drive, Albemarle, N.C. 28001 or Wake Forest University, Eddins Family Scholarship, P.O. Box 7227, Reynolda Station, Winston-Salem, NC 27109.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albe-marle is serving the family.

Online condolences may be made at www.hartsellfh.com.


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The Bird Box

by Simon Thompson

Here in the southern Appala-chians we have 5 species of owls that regularly occur and nest in our region. Most of these are famil-iar to many of us, such as Great Horned, Eastern Screech, Barred and Barn. The fifth member of this group is small, hard to see and quite uncommon. This is the Northern Saw-whet Owl.

This tiny owl breeds primarily in the spruce-fir forests along the crest of the Ap-palachian ridge. It was not known to occur this far south during the summer months until June 1941 when two university students heard the bell-like call notes of this small owl at Clingman’s Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Prior to this date, the Saw-whet Owl was thought to nest only as far south as Cranberry Glades in West Virginia.

The Saw-whet Owl is wide-spread in most of northern North America, and is found from Cali-fornia east to Maine, and north to central Canada. During the winter

many of them migrate to appear much further south, even being found along the coast of the south-ern Atlantic states. But to really get to know this bird, it is necessary to make the trip to the higher reaches of the Appalachians during spring and early summer. Wait until the

weather is still and listen for the rapidly repeated clear notes com-ing from spruce-fir woodland or in the adjacent northern hard-

wood forest. As in most nocturnal species, you probably will not see it, but no other owl in the southern Appalachians has this distinctive song.

Like several owls, Saw-whets nest in cavities in trees, but it was not until the summer of 1995 when the first nest in a natural cavity was found in the state. Researchers working with the owls found a nest in a yellow birch high on Grand-father Mountain. All of the other nests had been in manmade nesting boxes constructed for northern fly-ing squirrels. Upon closer exami-

Phantom of southern Appalachian mountain forests, saw-whet owls

nation of this cavity, six eggs were found and it is believed that all of the birds successfully fledged and left the nest.

To hear this enigmatic owl, it is best to take a spring or summer evening drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway and stop at various over-looks to listen. If you are lucky you might hear the clear bell-like notes of the Northern Saw-whet Owl in the cool mountain air.

Simon Thompson has lived in WNC for the past 18 years. He owns and operates his own birding tour company, Ventures Birding Tours. www.birdventures.com

He and Chris Jaquette also own and operate the Asheville Wild Birds Unlimited Store. For more information on any of the birding activities in the area, drop by the store or check his website at www.asheville.wbu.com.

norThern saW-WheT oWl

The results of Foothills du-plicate bridge played Thursday, March 15; Friday, March 16 and Thursday, March 22 were as follows:

March 15Morning restricted pairs:

Section ANorth-South1. Jack Williams - Archie Har-

dy; 2. Jackie Caldwell - Virginia Ambrose; 3. Barbara Schuvart - Evalynn Hyra

East-West1. Marcie Mack - Edward

Krainer; 2. Ronald Wingo - Ken Yeager; 3. Marilyn Clarkson - Lou Murch

Morning restricted pairs: Section B

North-South1. Mickey Brandstadter - Di-

anne Brandstadter; 2. Richard Belthoff - Rolland Rasmussen;

Foothills duplicate bridge results that were played March 15, 16 and 223. Barbara Trumble - Carolyn Ashburn; 4. Margaret Kennard - Jane Janke

East-West1. Elizabeth Easley - Norma

Evola; 2/3. Janice Rasmussen - Janet Cannon; 2/3. Don Iaf-faldano - Rosemary Iaffaldano; 4. Stephanie White - Martha Frederick

Afternoon Open Pairs1. Jack Williams - Mariana

Tarpley; 2. Richard Long - Linda Sherer; 3. Charles Cannon - Cur-tis Ross

East-West1. Jackie Caldwell - Chris

Ter Kuile; 2. Jim Jackson - John Memory; 3. Sally Jo Carter - James Cobb

March 16Morning restricted pairs: North-South1. Eilene Morgan - Evalynn

Hyra; 2. Paul Madar - unknownEast-West1. Deborah Bundy - Janice

Dunn; 2. Nan Halbach-Merz - Jean H. Case

Afternoon open pairsNorth-South1. Charles Cannon - Charlotte

Lindsey; 2. Richard Long – H. Ingram Willis Jr; 3. Marily Wil-liams - Louise Rezac

East-West1. Linda Sherer - Jim Jackson;

2. Curtis Ross - Jack Williams; 3. Margaret Landfield - Edwina Burger.

March 22Morning restricted pairs:

Section ANorth-South1. Sandra Parker - Teenie El-

liott; 2. Mel Rogers - Charlotte Lindsey; 3. Donna Lohr - Judith Depriester; 4. Archie Hardy -

Jack WilliamsEast-West1. H. Ingram Willis Jr. - An-

drea Kahn; 2. Jackie Caldwell - Kathy Bartlett; 3. Lois Merrill - Nan Halbach-Merz; 4. Ivalee Rymer - Ann Morgan

Morning restricted pairs: Section B

North-South1. Rodney Lohman - Barbara

Lohman; 2. Mickey Brandstadter - Dianne Brandstadter; 3. Hoppy Long - Patricia Komorous; 4/5. Richard Belthoff - Rolland Ras-mussen; 4/5. Barbara Trumble - Carolyn Ashburn

East-West1. Jean Stratford - Charlie

Stratford; 2. Nancy Symmes - Nan Shively; 3. Daniel Dworkin - Yoshikazu Kinoshita; 4. Eliza-

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• Bridge results(ConTinueD from page 12)

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Well, the preliminaries are pretty much over for the presi-dential race and the serious stuff is just starting to crank up. There will be plenty of “stuff” flowing at us from every media source, your e-mail networks, social networks and your friends, neighbors and enemies until that first Tuesday in November. God Bless you all, because it is going to take patience, toler-ance, love, de-termination and divine guidance to get through this one with dignity.

To tell you the truth, I don’t have any advice other than, no matter which side of the argument you’re on, “bite your tongue” and listen. Being a strongly opinionated person, this is the most difficult thing that I do (ask my poor wife who gets the worst side of me). When I was a city councilman and a

mayor, I was not always suc-cessful “biting my tongue,” but when I did, I learned so much. That doesn’t mean that I agreed with what I heard; what it means is that I began to understand why people believed or opined the way that they do. There were always viewpoints that provided knowledge and wisdom I didn’t

have before I listened. This skill has helped me successfully run internation-al businesses even when the “owners and

stock holders” were “top down” pounding their viewpoints while the “union” was pounding their viewpoints. Wisdom only comes when you listen and do the right thing for business, America and the people.

So, in this election year we are going to have to sort through

How I’ll decide this election

Rhyme or Reason

by Rodney Gibson


Author James Stehlik signs a copy of his book, “Distilling the Mysteries of Hogback Mountain,” for Margie Pankey. Stehlik gave a presentation at a recent Brown Bag Lunch at the Lanier Library. (photo submitted by Ron Pankey)

Stehlik speaks at Brown Bag Lunch

the most intense level of political propaganda that has ever oc-curred in the history of civiliza-tion. Why? Well, we now have to deal with “political action committees (PACs)” that were declared by our supreme court to have unfettered freedom to conduct “political propaganda” to their hearts content. And they have no limit on what they can spend or say. The funny thing to me is that they have the opinion that “corporations” have the same rights as any individual to free speech. That thought in itself seems totally contrary to the constitution and declaration of independence (another dis-cussion). What does this mean? Can Goldman Sachs show up at the polls and vote? Apparently, they can. But they are doing it through PACs.

The point is that is going to take some seriously critical thinking to identify real facts,

• Rhyme or Reason(ConTinueD from page 14)

knowledge and wisdom in the “new reality” of political “propa-ganda-ism” that we are all going to be “blasted” with this year. (I saw a bumper sticker that hit home on this and it said “Critical Thinking, the Other American deficit”).

How is a rational person go-ing to sort this barrage of rheto-ric and outright lies this year? Frankly, I don’t know.

Unfortunately for some po-litical viewpoints, governance is the ultimate outcome of an elec-tion. Once elected, the rhetoric has to be connected to reality of governance and if it can’t be connected with reality, un-scrupulous people try to distort reality before they “deal” with reality. The downside is that America loses every time that statesmanship fails.

The stakes are huge given the amount of money and greed that exists in our economy (at least until we have total economic collapse when the super-rich will just move to their other

home in New Zealand). Unfor-tunately, many politicians have “de-volved” and are more about distorting than dealing.

What we need are leaders like the ones that are choosing to drop out during this cycle. I’m not going to list them, but they are the ones that are pragmatic, not driven by their ideology. They know that principles and ideology are important but also instinctively know that pragma-tism is the only real ideology. Belief, right or wrong, is the only thing that keeps ideol-ogy alive. And reality is the inconvenient truth with regard to beliefs-religious or political. I’m an engineer, a scientist, and a businessman. Reality and prag-matism are the only ideologies to me. Whatever is necessary to move civilization and humanity forward is what is important. Everything else is just delusion.

So, as this election year marches toward November, I’m going to be listening for bits of facts and truth. I won’t just listen

to PAC advertisements or official statements from candidates. I will be listening for and check-ing facts. The new “information age” and technology gives me an advantage that I didn’t have in 1980. It allows me to check of-ficial and government databases, published historical statements from candidates and world views of statements on any issue from the comfort of my home com-puter. I can determine who is lying without the help of right or left-wing propagandist. I have to be diligent and not just accept what is said, I need to critically think about what I’m reading or hearing. I don’t need opinions from widely-read publications (that are clearly compromised by political money — e.g. Ru-pert Murdoch). I can essentially “write-off” all these “pundits”, do some research and get a “reality check” before I make a decision. It sounds like a lot of work, but it is my responsibility as a citizen of the greatest society that ever existed.



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North Carolina Representa-tive Trudi Walend visited the House of Flags Museum in Co-lumbus March 29. Walend had previously visitied the museum at its temporary location in Green Creek several years ago.

Walend said she could easily see the metamorphosis between the two locations.

“Today was a very special and fine day for me,” Walend said in an email to board mem-

bers. “The House of Flags was the most impressive museum that I have seen in the mountain region.”

Admission to the museum is free. It is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Arrangements for group tours at other times can be made by calling 828-894-2514.

– article submittedby Paul Sutherland

House of Flags entertains VIP guest

House of Flags Museum: Chairman Robert Williamson, board member Scott Camp, County Commissioner Ted Owens, board member Robert Lair, Rep. Trudi Walend and board members Paul Sutherland and Joyce Preston. (photo submitted)

Fourth marking period

Polk County Middle School has announced its A and A/B honor rolls for the fourth mark-ing period. The following stu-dents were named to the honor rolls:

Sixth grade A honor roll: Abby Amato, Willow Arkell, Drew Bailey, Jaylon Bontrager, John Dougherty, Carson For-ward, Haley Fowler, Roanna Green, Kendall Hall, Katie Hay, Delaney Hill, Lauren Ketwitz, John Lucas Kornmayer, Haley Lawter, Sara McCown, Grace Mollette, Henry Monts, Zoe

Parsons, Brianna Richardson, Isaac Smith, Rachel Stech-schulte, Reagan Waddell, Au-tumn Wilson, Karli Wood and Sophie Young

Sixth grade A/B honor roll: Katherine Baumberger, Bella Bowser, Betsi Boyce, Amber Bradley, Trinity Branham, Leah Bulleit, Hannah Burnett, Zach Byars, Jonathon Cantrell, Luke Collins, Christian Davis, Deven Dufford, Haven Dufford, Julia Dunn, Elijah Edwards, Allison Edwards, Adam Elder, Hannah Emory, Leigh-Anna Evette, Madison Fagan, Weston Fisher,

Polk Middle A and A/B honor rolls




Book By: BURT SHEVELOVE and LARRY GELBARTMusic and Lyrics by: STEPHEN SONDHEIMOriginally Produced on Broadway by Harold S. Prince

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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684. Fax: 212-397-4684. www.MTIShows.com

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at the University of South Carolina Upstate

Noah Frazier, Meredith Gil-lespie, Maranda Gosnell, Alex Greene, Amber Hall, Tyler Har-ris, Morgan Hudson, Dietrich Jackson, Jeremiah Johnson, Ca-lyssa Jones, Ben Kellar, Paige Klie, Andre Kuettel, Matthew Loman, Baylee Love, Summer Mann, Bella Marino, Carson Marshall, Evan McCarthy, Gabe McIlwain, Melanie Metcalf, Kiara Miller, Dillon Overholt, Autumn Owen, Holden Owens, Cody Pace, Devin Panchyshyn, Mariela Ramirez, Jonathon Ramirez, Savanna Roberts, Haley Robinson, Tori Rouse, Hannah Ruff, Paige Schlabach, Carisa Sellers, Payton Stott, Arnie Twitty, Autumn Watkins, Triston Watkins, Jake Weis, Austin Wilson and Jared Wolfe

Seventh grade A honor roll: Aaron Adams, Rhian Alley, Paige Boone, Virginia Bowyer, Laura Campuzano-Gomez, Gabby Chavez, Jasmine Ed-

wards, Georgia Garrett, In-dia Godlock, Jennifer Griffin, Jordan Heston, Zane Johnson, Gabe Lail, Addie Lynch, Han-nah Netschytailo, Brett Phipps, Erica Ramirez, Sheila Rodri-guez, Litzy Sanchez Roman, Al-ana Seay, Erica Sullivan, Alivia Swayze, Emily Walker, Kiana Waters and Ashley Wilson

Seventh grade A/B honor roll: Katelyn Allison, Arieana Alt, Paige Bagwell, Gustavo Bautista, Caroline Besnard, Bailey Blackwell, Maria Jesus Bolanos, Alex Bosket, India Branham, Carl Campbell, Lillie Dixon, Annie Eargle, Chase Em-ory, Michaela Franklin, Autumn Garland, Sarah Gibbs, Elianna Gil, Leah Hardin, Ethan Hodge, Savannah Jackson, Courtney Jones, Hunter Kilgore, Samuel Kornmayer, Jamie Levi, Troy Lieberman, Amber Miller, Ma-lik Miller, Monica Mills, Lacy Montgomery, Rustin Muse, Faith Neal, Gabe O’Brien, Sid-dhi Patel, Sarah Perrin, Brasya Petty, Sam Rhinehart, Dakota

Ruff, Ashley Scruggs, Ma-cie Siegfried, Harrison Sloan, Quincy Snyder, Victoria Swink, Riley Thompson, Jennifer Trejo, Alicia Twitty, Rosa Uribe, Sami Waisman, Megan Ward, Storm Wheeler, Courtney Wilson and Sarah Woods

Eighth grade A honor roll: Maddy Arrowood, Jessica Bai-ley, Logan Bates, Jessica Bent-ley, Colleen Burke, Nora Con-treras, Sophie Curtis, Makenna Devere, Mary Shannon Eargle, Alana Fongemie, Samantha Haase, Callie Keeter, Grace Marshall, Conner McCarthy, Keileigh McMurray, Jordan Mingorance, Samuel Murray, Sophie Oder, Tyler Oxtoby, Daniel Painter, William Sachse, Victor Santos, Madi Siegfried, Emma Wagoner, Skye Yarbor-ough and Rayven Yoder

Eighth grade A/B hon-or roll: Jeremy Allsbrook , Nic Barwell, Brad Blackwell, Caitlin Britton, Alyse Bul-leit, Carigan Carson, Megan Clements, Abby Cochran, Sa-

• Honor roll(ConTinueD from page 16)

mantha Contreras, Alex Dale, Hunter Davis, Leslie Doolittle, Sean Doyle, Caitlin Edwards, Harrison Fisher, Vincent Gage, Grayson Greene, Anamarie Gundersen, Savannah Hawkins, Eamon Hennigar, Noah Howell, Aleysha Hunt, Kinsley Jackson, Ericka Jolley, Noah Kellar, Car-oline Lee, Ashley Love, Rudy Macias, Hunter Metcalf, Tif-fani Moore, Scarlett Mosseller, Wesley Mullis, Wilkey Nelon, Hannah Newman, Mikayla Newton, Melanie Novel, Taylor Osborne, Megan Ridings, Wil Rimer, Fabyana Rivera, Savan-nah Robbins, Savannah Ross, Fred Salerno, Brieann Seaman, Nate Smart, Patrick Stimac, Leah Stockdale, Lauren Strat-man, Adriana Talley, Nicole Tomko, Michaela Villecco, Yvonne Waters, Nathaniel Wat-kins, Brennon Webb, Garrett Weicker, Charlie Williams, Gabrielle Williams, Jacob Wolfe and Logan Wright

– article submittedby Hank Utz

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Persephoneat ag center

The Persephone play put on at the Ag Center auditorium re-cently was absolutely amazing.

The audience was dazzled, astonished and thoroughly en-tertained.

I kept hearing sounds like “ahhh,” “wow,” “ooooooo” and realized it was me. People were on the edge of their seats with big eyes, and mouths open in astonishment. The Art Farm players were beyond great. I could not believe all of the effort put into the enormous 12-foot-tall articulated puppets and wonderful stage sets.

All just for one night. This was real, mythical dra-

ma well executed. Please do it again.

- Garland Rice, Tryon

Letter to the EditorHolleman speaks at Kiwanis

Dr. Jim Holleman, general surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital, was guest speaker for Tryon Kiwanis on March 14. March is National Colon Cancer Awareness month, and Holleman updated everyone on the importance of a colonoscopy and being aware of symptoms. Colon cancer is the second top killer of men behind lung cancer, Holleman said, but only 40 percent of our population gets screened. Everyone should begin colon cancer screening at age 50, or earlier if exhibiting symptoms of the disease, Holleman said. Shown above are Kathy Woodham, president of Kiwanis, and Dr. Jim Holleman. (photo submitted by Sue Watson)

The Saluda Community Land Trust will celebrate another year at its fifth annual meeting on Wednesday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Saluda. SCLT officials said 2011 was a successful year for the organization and the community because of the dedicated members

and volunteers. Hors d’oeuvres prepared locally with an assort-ment of beverages will be served. Everyone is welcome.

John Vining will speak about native woody shrubs. Vining is a native of Polk County and has been associated with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service for nearly 30 years. In one

of his many accomplishments, he created the “Showstopper Plants” publication, which features unique woody ornamentals. Organizers said Vining has dedicated his efforts throughout his career to beautifying Polk County and mak-ing it a better place to live for all.

– article submittedby Laura Smith Williams

Saluda Community Land Trust holds annual meeting April 25

• Calendar(ConTinueD from page 2)

House of Flags Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Colum-bus.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20-25-minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nurs-ery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Thurs-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker

St., Columbus, lower level. Free.Saluda Community Library

will have preschool story time every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Polk County Public Library, free yoga class (bring your own mat) every Thursday from noon - 1 p.m.

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd.

Explore the Arts: ‘Improve Your Improv’, Thursday, April

12, Mahler Room at Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC). Darlene Cah will take participants on a creative journey through impro-visation. Refreshments begin at 6:30 p.m., with the program start-ing at 7 p.m. Modest admission collected at the door; no reserva-tions necessary. 828-859-8322. Cah will also lead an improv workshop for adults and youth Saturday, April 14 from 1-3 p.m. at TFAC.

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On Wednesday, March 28, volunteers from the Tryon Garden Club and the Pacolet Area Conser-vancy (PAC) gathered for a native plant rescue at Pearson’s Falls.

The N.C. Department of Trans-portation (DOT) will soon replace the bridge over Colt Creek on Pearson Falls Road, just past the entrance to Pearson’s Falls. DOT has asked to purchase a right-of-way on the Pearson’s Falls property to allow for a staging area for the project. The Tryon Garden Club, owner of Pearson’s Falls, has agreed to the right-of-way.

Because the right-of-way will

be over an area that is currently forested, the garden club wanted to rescue as many native plants from the site as possible, before the construction begins. Sixteen volunteers from the Tryon Garden Club and the PAC gathered to help rescue native plants and reestablish them in other locations at Pearson’s Falls. The volunteers included Carole Bartol, Denise Boals, Linda Eiserloh, Judith Gosser, Mary Claire Jenks, Susan Kelley, Beth Laughridge, Carol Meeske, Gretchen Morris, Eva Pratt, Mary Savard, Donna Southworth, Bob Tobey, Pam Torlina, Ken Weitzen

and Kathy Wright. The group was able to rescue many native plants and save them from the bulldozer, and the entrance to Pearson’s Falls was spruced up, too.

To see more photos from the native plant rescue, visit PAC’s Facebook page and website, www.pacolet.org. You can also visit Pearson’s Falls Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. and Sun-day from noon - 5:15 p.m. There is a fee to enter Pearson’s Falls. Visit www.pearsonsfalls.org for more information.

- article submittedby Pam Torlina

Some of the native plant rescuers at Pearson’s Falls. Pictured are, from left to right: Susan Kelley, Linda Eiserloh, Kathy Wright, Gretchen Morris, Ken Weitzen, Mary Savard and Carole Bartol. (photo by Pam Torlina)

Tryon Garden Club, PAC team up to rescue native plants

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