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

The Columbus town council meeting scheduled for Thurs-day, July 19 was canceled because of a power outage in downtown Columbus. Officials said the meeting will not be rescheduled.

The next meeting will be Thursday, Aug. 16. A work session will be held at 6 p.m., followed by the regular meet-ing at 7 p.m.

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Polk County sheriff’s mounted patrol visits Harmon Field day camp

Polk County Sheriff Donald Hill and three sheriff’s mounted patrol officers with their horses, Desi and Talley, participate in the children’s day camp at Harmon Field. Don Lyons (director of the Polk mounted patrol), Deputy Lori Morris and trainer Sue Truitt demonstrated the use and training of horses to help the sheriff’s office serve Polk County. (photo submitted by Sue Truitt)

Landrum receives grant to complete North Randolph sidewalk construction by Samantha Hurst

Landrum received word from the South Carolina Department of Transportation earlier this month that it would be granted an addi-tional $420,000 to complete the installation of sidewalks along N.

Randolph Street. “I didn’t think that was going

to happen. [DOT] had less grant money this year and we had already gotten some from them. But it was a good project and I think we all agreed on that,”

said Landrum City Administrator Steve Wolochowicz.

The grant was awarded through the department’s en-hancement program and is in

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T u e s d a y : P a r t l y cloudy, with 30 per-cent chance of isolated thunderstorms. High 90, low 71.

Thursday’s weather was: High 89, low 70, 0.22 inches of rain.

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VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Polk Memorial 9116, meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Womack building in Columbus.

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Corrections/ClarificationsThe front page article in the

Friday, July 20 Bulletin about the Green Creek Volunteer Fire Department’s antique fire engine should have said the restoration project was begun by former Green Creek fire chief Tarrance Randolph. Also, the department has not pursued any grants for the truck res-toration, only for firefighting equipment.

Womack portrait now displayed in Womack buildingThe Br yant Womack portrait by Rich Nelson was recently displayed in the Womack building in Columbus. With the por trait is a framed document prov id ing i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t Womack’s sacrifice in the Korean War. The flag used to cover his casket is also displayed. The portrait was unveiled in a ceremony during the Fourth of July celebration in Columbus. (photo by Leah Justice)

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addition to $300,000 spent for phase one of the project. The total to complete both phases of the project was $720,000.

This project will install side-walks from the intersection of N. Randolph and Hwy. 14 West to Barnett Street. Wolochowicz said this project has been in the works for several years and would carry sidewalks almost to the city limit.

When the project is com-pleted, which he said the city expects to occur sometime near the end of the year, sidewalks will cover almost 100 percent of the city north to south. The city already has sidewalks east to west, he said.

Work is almost complete on phase one of the project, with drainage work almost finished as of Friday, July 20.

Wolochowicz had hoped the two phases of the project would be able to continue seamlessly. Unfortunately, Wolochowicz said DOT notified him that the second section of the project would have to be bid out sepa-rately, which would cause it not to start immediately after phase one is completed.

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was relocation of utilities, which Wolochowicz said has caused the project to be more expensive. He said the city was lucky that no rights-of-way had to be purchased, which would have driven the price up further.

The city, however, has had to pay only a small portion of the total project out-of-pocket. He said in the first phase, Landrum spent $50,000 in a match, along with $50,000 from Spartanburg County.

The City of Landrum has received a total of $820,000 in grant money since March 2005, most of which has come from the state department of trans-portation, Wolochowicz said.

Green Creek man sentenced to 44-62 months for attempted rapeby Leah Justice

A Green Creek man pled guilty during Polk County Su-perior Court the week of July 2 to attempted second-degree rape and was sentenced to 44-62 months in prison.

Matthew Bryant Martin, 21, of 758 Sandy Springs Road, pled guilty to attempted second-degree rape.

Judge Mark E. Powell sen-tenced Martin to the prison term to be served at the N.C. Depart-ment of Corrections. Martin was given 84 days of credit for

pretrial time served. The judge recommended the work release program and for Martin to have no contact with the victim.

Martin was arrested on Dec. 8, 2011 and charged with second-degree rape for a sexual incident involving an adult female.

The police report from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said that Martin confessed to the act during an interview in jail regard-ing a sexual incident.

Martin had been held at the jail under a $50,000 secured bond.

“I didn’t think [the approval of the money for the sidewalk project] was going to happen. [DOT] had less grant money this year and we had already gotten some from them. But it was a good project and I think we all agreed on that.”

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Foothills duplicate bridge results of games played July 12

The results of Foothills dupli-cate bridge played Thursday, July 12 were as follows:Morning restricted pairs: Section ANorth-South1. Charles Trevathan - Helen Trevathan2. George Cashau - Jack Williams3. Michael Lane - Robbie Ter Kuile4. Esther Taylor - Barbara CleggEast-West1. Lynn Ulrey - Bill Ulrey2. Stephanie Williamson - Donald Williamson3. Roger Yike - Marilyn Yike4. Elizabeth Easley - Norma EvolaMorning restricted pairs: Section BNorth-South1. Sherril Wingo - Carolyn Ashburn2. Katherine Moore - Janice

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Mama Loca’s Mexican/American restaurant opens in Saludaby Channing Marshall

Kym Bridgeman Roman of Tryon opened Mama Loca’s in Saluda in the beginning of May after about six months of plan-ning and preparing the restau-rant. She said she knew opening in the old truck stop at 1345 Ozone Drive in Saluda would be a wonderful opportunity because of the great location.

With more than 15 years in the Mexican food business, Roman has been able to bring back some of her favorite, most popular dishes with a new twist.

Specializing in both Mexi-can and American food, Mama Loca’s serves steaming fajitas, authentic tortillas homemade by request, a salsa bar and home-made sangrias (some of the fruity flavors being white peach and sweet berry). The restaurant also offers a signature selection of homemade burgers, featur-ing the “Mother Trucker,” a mouthwatering burger with two homemade patties and the works, another being the “Exit 59,” the Carolina burger topped with chili, mustard, onions, and slaw.

Roman said she has worked hard to keep the Mexican tradi-tion alive within the restaurant, featuring a wide variety of flavor-ful, authentic foods. On Satur-days, Mama Loca’s offers a “taste of Mexico,” presenting festive foods such as roasted corn; home-made sope (a traditional Mexican dish with a thicker tortilla) and the homemade tortilla made from a recipe Roman described as true,

authentic and delicious. Another characteristic that

sets Mama Loca’s apart is the restaurant’s live entertainment. Roman brings in a deejay on Fri-day nights and live, local music on Saturday nights.

“We’re hoping that the live entertainment will be a fun way to draw more people in,” Roman said.

Mama Loca’s is open Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m. (open later if there is entertainment), and on Sunday from noon-3 p.m.

Mama Loca’s Mexican/American restaurant opened recently at 1345 Ozone Drive in Saluda. (photos by Leah Justice)

Pinecastle releases Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show albumPinecastle Records in Co-

lumbus has released “Take Me Back,” from The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show, the band’s first album since 2003. The band has been touring nationwide for decades, and Pinecastle officials said fans have been eagerly anticipating new material from the band.

“’Take Me Back’ is primar-ily a collection of tunes I heard and learned while growing up in Texas in the mid-sixties-about 45 years ago,” said Karl Shiflett.

The material covers songs from legends in bluegrass and country such as Don Gibson, B i l l Monroe , Flatt & Scruggs, Bob Wills, Faron Yo u n g , Wi l -lie Nelson and Floyd Tillman. The release also offers several original tunes, including “Song on the Jukebox,” written by Mon-roe Fields, and a gospel song called “Open Up Your Heart (and Let Jesus In),”

written by Karl Shiflett.The current line-up for The

Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show includes: Karl Shiflett (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Kris Shiflett (acoustic upright bass), Chris Hill (banjo/harmo-ny vocals), C.J. Lewandowski (mandolin/harmony vocals) and Billy Hurt (fiddle).

Radio deejays across the country are already playing the album, which spans the gap between classic country and bluegrass.

– article submitted by Pinecastle Records

Above: “Take Me Back,” Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show’s new album. Right: Karl Shiflett. (source: www.pinecastlemusic.com)

Ellington named Polk Wellness Center clinical coordinatorLaura El-

lington, a li-censed clinical social worker at Polk Well-ness Center (PWC) in Co-lumbus, has been named clinical coor-dinator, PWC Director Jim Nagi announced recently.

“Laura has already been in-volved in parts of her new role, so this is a natural transition for

her and PWC,” said Nagi. “Her role in the posi-tion will be to interface with the community and help coor-dinate internal clinical flow. This will help us continue to

enhance our mission and our positive impact on those we serve.”

Polk Wellness Center is a three-year-old nonprofit organi-

zation providing essential men-tal health services, substance abuse prevention and treatment as well as primary medical care to area residents with or without insurance coverage.

“I feel fortunate to be affiliat-ed with the wellness center with its staff of highly-experienced therapists,” said Ellington. “In my new role, I am committed to increasing awareness of our services and access to care for area residents of all ages.”

– article submitted by Maureen Smith

“Laura has already been involved in parts of her new role, so this is a natural transition for her and [Polk Wellness Center].”

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Clifford GrayClifford Scott “Cliff” Gray,

61, passed away peacefully at the V.A. Hospice in Asheville, N.C., surrounded by his fam-ily after a period of declining health.

He was b o r n i n Evanston, I l l . Jan . 16, 1951 and grew up at “The Yellow Farm” in Marshall, Mich., where his love of the outdoors and hunting and fishing became his passion.

He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and honorably discharged in 1970. After his duty ended he moved to Hilton

Obituaries Head, S.C. and for many years was in the construction and

painting business. He relocated to Tryon, where

he worked with his brother in the remodeling business for the past 20 years.

Cliff enjoyed playing golf at Meadowbrook Golf Club with his brother and nephews and fishing for trout in the Pacolet River.

He will be missed dearly. He is survived by his mother,

Gwen Gray Bailey of Tryon; brothers, John Gray (Peggy) of Hendersonville, N.C. and Glen Gray (Barbara) of Ramrod Key, Fla., along with many nieces and nephews and their families.

A private family service will be held at a later date.

If you wish, memorials may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758516, To-peka, Kan. 866675-8516.

Demolition of TFAC outbuildings under way

Above: The hole left after the demolition of one of the houses owned by Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC). The demolition is the next step in the development of the center’s master site plan, which includes parking and an outdoor amphitheater.

Below: Demolition of this final TFAC outbuilding is scheduled to take place Monday, July 23.

(photos by Barbara Tilly)

Landrum Library teen summer reading pizza party finale July 26

The Landrum Library will hold a pizza party as the finale for the teen summer reading program on Thursday, July 26 from 4:30-5:30 p.m.

All teens who have com-pleted at least one teen summer

reading game card are invited to enjoy a time of fun and food with friends as the final teen summer reading event of the season.

– article submitted by Heath Ward

Foothills Music Club to celebrate 25 yearsThe 25th anniversary committee of the Foothills Music Club (FMC) recently met to plan for 16 months of celebrating to mark the 25-year milestone for the club. Beginning in September 2012 with a public concert to honor the music club’s founder, Lesley Oakes, the celebration will include musicales in private homes, public concer ts in various spaces, auditions for the scholarships for young musicians and many other activit ies. The events will continue until December 2013, honoring the status this organization has achieved in Polk County and the surrounding area. Below from left to right are members of the FMC 25th anniversary committee: Jeanette Shackelford, Jeri Board, Elaine Jenkins, Mimi Child Traxler, Ellen Harvey Zipf and Lesley Oakes. (article submitted by Jeanette Shackelford; photo by Wanda May, submitted by Ellen Harvey Zipf)

Saluda bridge results from games played Monday, July 9Winners at the Saluda Moun-

tain DBC on July 9 were as follows: North-SouthFirst: Paula Todd and Bill RearickSecond: Carolyn Ashburn and

Barbara TrumbleThird: Margaret Rembert and Pinckney Clement East-WestFirst: Nancy Symmes and Kris Diggs

Second: Lesesne Smith and Ann SmithThird: Don Iaffaldano and Dick Belthoff

Games are played each Mon-day at 1:30 p.m. at the Saluda

Center, with a discussion session beginning at 12:45 p.m. You do not have to be a member of ACBL to play in this game. A partner is guaranteed.– article submitted by Tollie Ross



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FT is team oriented andprovides a positive workenvironment, f lexiblehours, health benefits,clinical supervision, andan innovative culture.Due to continuous growthand expansion we are hir-ing a licensed professionalin Polk County. Qualifiedcandidates will includeLPC’s, LCSW’s, LMFT’s,LCAS ’s , PLCSW’s ,LPCA’s, and PLCAS’s.This applicant should havethe skills to lead a start upIntensive In-home team.They will also take onmanagement and leader-ship duties of this team,and possibly other Teams,in neighboring counties,as well.

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Campbell spotlights floral diversity in Polk County

After the presentation, guests were invited to join David Campbell on an interpretive walk on the preserve. Here, Campbell points out a flower blooming along the trail. (photo by Pam Torlina)

PAC, Campbell ask community to help find local species

More than 30 people attended a recent program offered by the Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC)/Walnut Creek Preserve (WCP) on the “Flora and Landscapes of the Southern Mountain Region.” The program was presented by David Campbell, who is affiliated with the UNCC Herbarium, housed at the Dr. James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studies.

Through stories and images, David Campbell took the group on a journey through the landscapes of the region, highlighting some of the common and rare plants found in the area. As a botanist, with first-hand knowledge of the state herbaria collections, Campbell expressed his concern over the fact that the flora of Polk County, a unique region in the state with a rich diversity of plants (and ani-mals), is poorly represented in the state herbarium.

An herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens. Ideally, the whole plant is collected and includes flowers, stems, leaves, seed and fruit. To preserve their form and color, plants collected in the field are spread flat on sheets of newspaper, pressed and dried. The specimens are then mounted and labeled with essential data, such as the date and place the plant was found, and then placed in a protective case for storage and as a precaution against insect attack.

Herbaria are essential for nu-merous scientific studies, including geographic distributions of plants and tracking changes in climate and human impact. Herbaria can also be a repository of viable seeds for rare species.

Herbaria specimens are also essential for the preservation of the historical record of plants found in a specific area; preserving a record of plants found in a region should they ever become extinct in one area, or extinct altogether. In such cases, specimens preserved in a herbarium can represent the

only record of a plant’s original distribution.

The last significant plant col-lection in Polk County was done in the 1950s and 1960s by Dr. Oliver Freeman. Freeman was the curator of living plants at the National Ar-boretum in Washington, D.C. and later became a resident of Tryon. Freeman’s love of plants had him spending his free time studying the unique flora that Polk County had to offer. During his time in the county, he collected nearly 5,000 specimens.

The specimens were given to the Tryon Garden Club and placed in the Pearson’s Falls Herbarium (created to house the collection) for many years. In order to preserve Dr. Free-man’s work and the historical record of plants found in Polk County, the Tryon Garden Club decided that the specimens would be best housed at a university where they could be better accessed for scientific study. His collection was transferred to its current home at UNC Asheville’s biology department.

Campbell said he is interested in carrying on the work of Dr. Free-man, revisiting some of the sites where rare and unique specimens were collected to see if they are still there. He said he is also in-terested in expanding the floristic representation of Polk County in the state herbaria. Being affiliated with UNCC/Chapel Hill and the Natural Heritage Program allows Campbell the proper permitting to collect and voucher specimens for deposit in recognized herbaria.

PAC officials said they are interested in working with David Campbell and helping him in his quest to complete a comprehen-sive bio-inventory of Polk County that includes not only plants but animals as well. In order to do so, PAC and Campbell will ask for help from the community.

To get started, PAC will spot-light species of interest in the county in a “Polk County’s Most Wanted – Plants” article. Each ar-ticle will spotlight one species, giv-ing a description of the species, and asking for the community’s help in locating it (in an environmentally responsible way).

PAC and Campbell said they hope that this will not only enable the documentation of the species in the county but also get the communi-ty interested in the unique organisms found in the region, and encourage the preservation of the biodiversity that makes this county special.

Polk County is unique, PAC officials said. Part of the county is located within the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment, an area where the Blue Ridge Mountains rise nearly 4,000 feet above sea level from the rolling piedmont, and it contains some of the high-est natural diversity of rare plants and animals found anywhere in the world. Parts of the county are also located in a thermal belt, an area in the mountains or foothills that experiences a milder slope climate and longer growing season. There are also numerous areas with unique geology that results in a rich diversity of plants.

Because of these qualities,

the county is anomalous in the state and several species have been found here and nowhere else in North Carolina (as far as experts know), such as Allegheny-spurge (Pachysandra procumbens), whorled horsebalm (Collinsonia verticillata) and false hellebore (Veratrum woodii). These three species are disjunct from their typical distribution in the Ozarks.

Polk County also was the site of a notable record: largeleaf leather-root (Orbexilum macrophyllum) was found on White Oak Mountain, near Tryon Peak, in the latter part of the 19th century – and never seen again.

Look for the upcoming articles that will spotlight “Polk County’s Most Wanted – Plants” in the near future. Contact PAC at 828-859-5060 or e-mail [email protected] with questions or comments.

– article submitted by Pam Torlina



Residents buy posters to help save Morris

Susan McNabb (left) and John Gargiulo display posters they bought at Sterling Women’s Golf Shoppe in Tryon to help pay Morris’ ransom. Save Morris Ransom Project members said Morris thanks all area residents for their generous support. At this rate, they said, Morris will be home in no time. Tax-deductible donations can be made payable to the Town of Tryon, indicating Morris Ransom Project. They can be dropped by Tryon Town Hall or mailed to 301 N. Trade Street, Tryon, N.C. 28782. Donations can also be made through PayPal on the project’s website: www.savemorris.webs.com. (photo submitted by the Save Morris Ransom Project)

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would encourage you to stop and think about the reasons you con-tinue to give to the nonprofits you do. You will likely uncover that the nonprofits you give to are for a wonderful cause, but the reason you continue to give is because of the board member, staff member or volunteer who keeps you involved in the organization.

In recruiting and engaging vol-unteers, social media helps nonprof-its with the following tools:

• Providing services where knowledge is the volunteers’ con-tribution

• Education and training for staff, volunteers and clients

• Friends asking friends to get involved by volunteering

• Self-service scheduling and participation

For many nonprofit leaders, re-cruiting and engaging volunteers is a full-time job. The number one rea-son a volunteer leaves a nonprofit is they feel that they did not have a specific enough job duty and they did not feel that they contributed or were involved in the nonprofit.

Nonprofits that have many pro-grams and services can sometimes find it difficult to keep everyone up to date on the nonprofit’s successes and daily rewards. Social media now makes it easy and free to keep everyone up to date, including volunteers.

In addition, social media allows volunteers to share this information easily, and seasoned volunteers are

As the Nonprofit Leadership column continues discussing mar-keting for nonprofits, the next sev-eral articles will focus on the social media marketing strategy/plan.

In the last article, we discussed the pros and cons of using social media for a nonprofits marketing strategy or plan. We also identified selected tools to use for a variety of applications within the social media marketing plan. In this article, we will discuss the steps to getting started using social media for the nonprofit marketing plan.

The first step comes from the most popular question that I am asked all the time: Why should our nonprofit be interested in social media?

The response is simply if your nonprofit is interested in raising donations, creating awareness and recruiting and engaging volunteers, you should implement a social media plan within your marketing strategy.

Raising money is one of the most sought-after aspects of social media, especially given today’s economy. In raising money, social media helps the organization by giving its donors and constituents an easy way to donate and also allows them to ask their friends for money to help support their cause. Social media also lets people know how many other people have donated and why.

In the fundraising world, we all know that although people choose to give to a charity for the cause they represent, the real reason people continue to give of their time and money is the common rule – people give to people.

For those of you reading this, I

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sometimes the ones updating the social media tools.

If you have read my previous articles you know my feeling on volunteers – that they are an essen-tial piece of the nonprofit’s puzzle. Without volunteers, many nonprof-its would not be able to survive and offer the much-needed programs and services vital to today’s society.

As nonprofit leaders, we must use all tools available to use to ensure 100-percent ownership of the organization and to retain our valued volunteers. When board, staff and volunteers feel they have ownership and their comments, questions and suggestions are taken seriously, the organization excels at a rapid rate.

By helping build awareness and spread messages, social media helps nonprofits enhance their cam-paigning and advocacy. We know that advocacy is now a mainstream word in today’s society and non-profits are now leading the way at the state and federal level.

As with any endeavor nonprofits undertake, they need help from the general public, and what better way to sell it than telling the nonprofit’s story. We know storytelling is the best way to pull at potential sup-porters’ and donors’ heartstrings. Social media use allows the non-profit to tell the story to a wider, broader audience without the ex-pense of mailings.

In addition, social media can help nonprofits in educating and engaging the general public on is-sues that affect them.

In the next article we will con-tinue discussing the steps for get-ting started using social media for your nonprofit.

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Thursday Men’s Prayer Breakfast will meet Thursday, July 26, 8 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe, 456 S. Trade St., Tryon. Order break-fast from the menu.

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.

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

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.

Please submit Curb Reporter items in writing at least two days prior to publication. Items must include a name and telephone number of a contact person. Items will be printed in order by date of event, as space allows.



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Red Hat Society celebrates at Lake Lure

Red Hat Ladies celebrate July in style by the lake at Larkin’s Bayfront Grill, Lake Lure. Red Hat ladies wear red hats and purple dresses as described in “Warning,” by Jenny Joseph. Members said they believe life is a blessing to be enjoyed and celebrated at any age. Above: Barbraann Barraund, Jeanne Littlefield, Mary Martlock and Esther Boblit. Right: Aine McGarity, Audrey Ortis, Dee Huneycutt and Frances Parker. (photos submitted by Aine McGarity)

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