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Kenne th C . A l e x a n d e r o f P o l k C o u n t y Middle School and Tanya R . Ledford of Polk C o u n t y H i g h

School recently attended seminars at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teach-ing, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for North Carolina’s teachers.

Col ton Thompsonand Ava McFaddencutoutpicturesforaproject in JacquelineCa r pen te r ’s f i r s tgradeclassatSaludaSchoo l . S tudentsstartedbacktoschoolin Polk County onAug. 25. See pages25, 27 and 28 formore school photos.(photo by SamanthaHurst)

School days are here again

Polk sheriff, SBI bust largest meth lab ever in Polk CountyTwo toddlers found in Sunny View homebyLeahJustice

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the N.C. State Bureau of Inves-tigation (SBI) uncovered the largest methamphetamine laboratory in Polk

County’s history on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

The meth lab was discovered in the Sunny View community. Jessica Nicole Hardin, 22, of 3201 Hwy. 9 North, Co-lumbus, was arrested and charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and

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TodaySaluda Center, Friday events:

chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.

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

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

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

PolkFresh Farmers Market, Fridays, Saluda, West Main park-ing lot, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., VISA/EBT accepted. Visit polkcoun-tyfarms.org for vendor list or sign-up.

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

Upstairs Artspace Literary Night, Friday, Aug. 26. Doors

Local Weather

Today: Mostly sunny, with 20 percent chance of rain. High 89, low 68.

S a t u r d a y : P a r t l y cloudy, with 10 percent chance of rain. High 89, low 65.

Sunday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 87, low 63.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with no chance of rain. High 87, low 68.

Wednesday’s weather was: High 86, low 66, no rain.

Forecast: Today Tomorrow

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OBITUARIESJudyG.Collins,p. 23NathanPhilpott,p. 12

open at 6:30 p.m. Readings begin at 7. All welcome to read their original work for ten minutes.

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

SaTurdayLandrum Farmer’s Market,

meets Saturday mornings at 7 a.m. at the Depot. For more in-formation, call Joe Cunningham at 864-457-6585.

Columbus Farmer’s Mar-ket, Saturdays, 8 - 11:30 a.m., Womack building parking lot. Visit www. polkcountyfarms.org to register or for more infor-mation.

Democrat Men’s Club Meet-ing, Held at Democratic Party HQ, 64 Ward Street in Columbus at 8 a.m.

Grassroots Art Project, holds art classes to benefit Len-nie’s Fund and the Humane Soci-ety, Saturdays from 9:30 – noon. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes will be held at the Con-gregational Church Annex, 210 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.

Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry (TBOM) Homecom-ing, At Columbus United Meth-odist Church 60 N. Peak St., Columbus. Saturday, Aug. 27, fellowship from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.; program with Eloise Thwing and Tony Sayer at 4 p.m. Attendees please bring food to donate to the TBOM food pantry.

SundayVegetarian community pot-

luck, hosted by Carole Antun every Sunday at 5:30 p.m at 162 Lyncourt Drive, Tryon. This event is open to the community and music will also be included. Info: 828-859-9994.

MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Mondays, Harmon

Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior

Center, Monday activities in-clude line dancing, 10 a.m., se-nior fitness, 11a.m., bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Democratic Women’s Club, will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Aug.29 at 11 a.m. at the Democratic Headquarters in Columbus. Everyone welcome.

828-894-3219 Christian Fellowship Lun-

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

Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, Laurel-

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possession with intent to distrib-ute methamphetamine precursor, both felonies, according to Polk County Sheriff Donald Hill.

Jason Carroll Barnes, 33, also of 3201 Hwy. 9 North, Colum-bus, was initially on the run, but the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office arrested him yesterday, Aug. 25 in Spartanburg, S.C., Hill said. Barnes will also be charged with manufacturing methamphetamine and posses-sion with intent to distribute methamphetamine precursor.

Charges are also pending relating to having children in the home while manufacturing methamphetamine, according to the sheriff’s office. A 1-year-old and a 2½ -year-old were living in the home, according to sheriff reports.

The sheriff’s office investi-ThePolkCountySheriff’sOfficeandtheN.C.SBIbustedamethlabatthistrailerat3201Hwy.9NorthonWednesday,Aug.24.(photosubmittedbythePolkCountySheriff’sOffice)

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gated the home on Aug. 24.Sheriff officials called the SBI,

who classified the lab as “large,” with an ongoing operation yield-ing “significant” amounts.

Items found in the home in-cluded pseudoephedrine, sulfuric acid, acetone and sodium hydrox-ide, as well as various containers commonly used in manufacturing methamphetamine, according to sheriff officers.

A contracted hazardous ma-terial team was called in from Lenoir, N.C., to clean up the chemicals found in the home.

“Because of the two kids in the house, we had to move on this quickly,” Hill said. “There was a one-year-old and a 2½-year-old living there.”

The children were placed into

Someof theparaphernaliaseizedduringameth labbust inSunnyViewonWednesday,Aug.24. (photo submittedby thePolkCountySheriff’sOffice)

the custody of the department of social services (DSS), Hill said.

It has been about four years since a meth lab was discovered in Polk County. The sheriff’s of-fice’s first meth lab bust occurred in 2002, with another discovered in 2003 and two meth labs in 2004. The last meth lab in Polk County was discovered on Edg-erton Road in November 2007.

PolkCountySheriff’sOfficeandN.C.SBIofficialsworkamethlabbustinSunnyViewonWednesday,Aug.24.(photosubmittedbythePolkCountySheriff’sOffice)

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New faces in school hallwaysbySamanthaHurst

New special education teacher at Tryon Elemen-tary: Lauren Stone

Elementary school: Saints Peter and Paul Elementary in Sandusky, Ohio

Favorite subject in school: Science

Who was your favorite teach-er: “Mr. Anderson, who taught drama, and Mr. Jones, who taught German. They both were ener-getic and really cared about the students.”

Favorite part of a new school year: “Getting the classroom ready and the excitement of the school year starting.”

Extracurricular activities you participated in: Ski club, mu-sicals and leadership activities.

New PCHS Assistant Prin-cipal: Brandon Schweitzer

High school: West Henderson

High School in HendersonvilleFavorite subject in school:

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you participated in: Wrestling, baseball, football, student body president senior year and was involved in FFA and a radio control club

Favorite teacher in high school: “Coach Cliff Searcy. Coach Searcy taught English and I loved him to death. Outside the classroom he just had a way of talking to people and made you feel unique and spe-cial. He’s somebody I hope in my teaching career that I’ve modeled in some respect.”

Favorite part of a new school year: “As a teacher it was getting to see all the new faces and know-ing you’re going to have all new classes with new personalities and new challenges.” This year instead of 75 new faces, he’ll have 750 faces to encounter every day in a new light.

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A look at student health in Polk County schoolsbySamanthaHurst

Polk County BOE members this summer reviewed the nurs-ing report for last school year and said they were pleased with the increased percentage of students remaining in school after visiting the nurse’s office.

Administrators said keeping students in school, when they are not contagious or seriously ill, reduces lost instructional time and prevents students from falling behind their peers in the classroom.

“Health and education are interdependent,” Kathy Hard-ing, RN, said in her report. “The identification of health-related barriers to learning is crucial to the academic success of every student. Our school nurses work diligently all year to serve the health needs of the students and staff.”

Polk County High School saw 87 percent of students return to the classroom after visiting the nurse’s office for minor illnesses. Other school percentages were:

Polk County Middle School, 85.5 percent

Polk Central Elementary, 85.4 percent

Saluda Elementary, 99.3 per-cent

Sunny View Elementary, 92.5 percent

Tryon Elementary, 84.7 per-cent

The report also identified the number of students in Polk schools with chronic illnesses. Seventeen percent of Polk stu-dents work with school system

nurses every day to manage their illnesses, compared to 19 percent statewide.

The most common of those chronic illnesses are related to asthma – 178 in the system in all. The second and third most com-mon conditions are ADD/ADHD and severe allergies, with 63 and 60 students affected respectively.

Students also suffer from autism, diabetes, migraines and various cardiac conditions.

Last year, nurses administered 180 emergency medications such as epinephrine injections, diabe-tes medications, asthma inhalers and Diastat. Thirty-seven of those incidents were specifically epi-nephrine injections for students with allergies.

There are also 62 students needing long-term medication distribution, handled by school nurses, and 32 needing short-term.

Polk schools also screened pre-K, first, third and fifth-grad-ers for vision and hearing last year. A total of 859 students received vision checks, while 1,107 received hearing screen-ings. Fifty-six students received vision care based on the screen-ings and two had hearing issues that were addressed because of the screening.

The nurses at Polk schools also took the time to present a va-riety of subjects related to health concerns to parents, students and staff. Those presentations included subjects such as dealing with allergies, diabetes manage-ment, physical activity, personal hygiene and more.

Percentage of students who remained in school after seeing nurse

Polk County High School 87%Polk County Middle School 85.5%Polk Central Elementary 85.4%Saluda School 99.3%Sunny View Elementary 92.5%Tryon Elementary 84.7%

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BBQ festival moves 2012 event one week later

BBQ Festival Chairman Chuck Britton has announced that the Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival will happen one week later beginning with the 2012 event. This should result in less conflict with the end of school and graduation schedules for area students. Next year’s festival will be held June 15 - 16.

“There are benefits to the festival and also to the students,” Britton said. “We’ve seen a real decrease in attendance on festival Fridays when graduation occurs on the same date. So we hope to rectify that problem and reap other benefits at the same time. When the festival occurs while school is still in session, many students and their teachers miss out on the opportunity to volun-teer. And, even more important to some of the youngsters, we hire up to 20 teens each year to work with our vendors… but they have to be there both days.”

The chairman explained that a date change for a sanctioned bar-becue event isn’t a simple matter:

“The Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) assigns the dates for each sanctioned event and, as other BBQ contests come into being, KCBS takes into consid-eration the effect one event might have on another. They certainly

AceremonyatapreviousBlueRidgeBarbecueandMusicFestival.The2012eventwillbeheldonJune15-16.(photosubmitted)

don’t want two on the same week-end in the same geographic area. So when we made our request for a change, they had to look closely at what else is going on.

“Past Blue Ridge BBQ Festi-vals have been held on the week-end starting on the second Friday of June. But in the future, we will hold the festival on the weekend beginning on the third Friday of June. The KCBS and we are convinced that this change will be good for our guests as well as for our competition cook teams who come from all over the country.”

The festival is conducted an-nually under the auspices of the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce. Proceeds from the festival help support chamber operations, and additional pro-ceeds go to the Carolina Foothills Chamber Foundation to be re-turned to the community through distributions to a variety of chari-table and civic programs and projects throughout the county. Funds are generated by a modest admission fee, contestant entry fees and sponsorships.

For further information, call the festival office at 828-859-RIBS (7427) or visit BlueRidgeB-BQFestival.com.

– article submitted by Brenda Bradshaw

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Firemen’s barrel roll feature of heritage festival Sept. 10The 13th Annual Green

Creek Heritage Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Green Creek Community Center in Green Creek

The finale to the parade is the “Firemen’s Barrel Roll Competi-tion,” now in its sixth year. Local

fire departments that would like to participate, contact Michael Herman at 828-817-4049.

New this year will be a Junior Combat Challenge for youth ages 14 - 17, which will begin at approximately 1 p.m. This is an obstacle course involving all the equipment used by firemen when

called upon for duty. A smoke house for educa-

tional purposes will also be on site for children of all ages to walk through.

The Green Creek Fire de-partment will also demonstrate an extrication of a vehicle plus have their new truck on display

throughout the festival. There will be something for

all ages to enjoy. For more information or to

volunteer to help with the festi-val, contact Krista Haynes, festi-val chairperson at 828-817-0194.

– article submitted by Lorrie Rickman

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Hurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336.

Saluda Center, Monday activities include line dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more infor-mation visit Saluda.com.

Male Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Mon-days, 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 Mon-days of each month, 7:30 p.m., Tryon Federal Bank, Colum-bus. Visitors welcome.

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

TueSdayPolk County Mobile

Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176,

Saluda. Polk County Transpor-

tation 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 information, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000, 800-

617-7132 or [email protected]. Saluda Center, Tuesdays,

chair exercise at 9 a.m. and bridge at 10 a.m. For more ac-tivities, email [email protected], visit www.saluda.com or call 828-749-9245.

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Nate PhilpottNathan Greenwood Philpott,

63, passed away at home in Tryon on Aug. 24, 2011.

Nate was born Oct. 4 in Wichita, Kan. He grew up in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, where he met his wife of 43 years, Judith. Nate graduated from Miami University in Ohio.

Shortly after they were mar-ried, Nate and Jude moved to Michigan, eventually settling in Milford, Mich., where they raised two sons, Todd and Tyler.

In Michigan, Nate was a suc-cessful business owner. When he wasn’t working (which everyone knows was rare!), Nate played an integral figure in youth sports, coaching his sons’ baseball teams and sup-porting youth sports programs in Michigan over the years.

After the family moved to North Carolina, Nate started the Polk County Youth Football Association. Through Nate’s dedication and the support of the community, what began as a small town-versus-town pro-gram nearly 15 years ago has grown into a competitive foot-ball league, well-recognized in the state of North Carolina.

Throughout his life, Nate gladly gave of himself. He touched so many lives through his work, his involvement in youth sports, his membership

Obituaries at the Mill Spring First Baptist Church, and his unyielding willingness to help wherever and whenever it was needed in the community.

He was a devoted husband; a loving and supportive father and grandfather; a dependable and caring brother and uncle and a loyal friend.

Nate’s compassion, guid-ance and unique positivity will be sorely missed.

In addition to his wife, Jude, and sons, Todd (Kelly) and Tyler (Elizabeth), Nate is sur-vived by two grandsons, Tyler and Alec. He is also survived by his sister, Rozanne; niece, Rebecca; and nephew, Steve Blatt. Nate has a very large and loving family; more than we can list here. Nate was prede-ceased by his brother, Edward, his mother, Mary Jane Smith, his step-father, Meade Smith, and his father, Alex Philpott.

A public memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Sun-day, Aug. 28 at the Foothills Community Church, 2720 Lan-drum Road, Columbus. This will be a casual gathering where friends and family can celebrate Nate and the many ways he has affected so many lives.

The family is asking that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Nate’s name to the Hospice of the Carolina Foot-hills (www.hocf.org).

An online guest register is available at www.mcfarland-funeralchapel.com.

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Letter to the Editor

Remembering Nate Philpott

To the Editor: Nathan Wolfe and his good

friend, Nate Philpott are pictured above at Nate’s family busi-ness, Wolverine Pizza (near Polk County High School).

Nate died from cancer on Wednesday morning, Aug. 24, and will be greatly missed by his buddy, Nathan, all the Wolfepack and the community. Nate will be especially remembered by all the boys who have been involved over the years in Polk County’s football program, which he was very active in building.

Thank you, Nate, and God bless you.

–– Nina Wolfe

Nathan Wolfe (left) with Nate Philpott, who died Wednesday, Aug. 24 of cancer. (photo submitted)

TAPAS paint-out Sept. 3 The Tryon Plein Air Society

(TAPAS) will hold its September Paint-Out Saturday, Sept. 3 at 9 a.m. This month’s event will be at the home and gardens of Sylvia Green, 2110 Lake Adger Parkway in Mill Spring.

TAPAS paint-outs are gener-ally scheduled for the first Satur-day of each month.

“En plein air” is a French expression which means “in the open air” and is used to describe outdoor painting, which has been in vogue since the time of the Impressionists.

If you are a painter (beginner, advanced or professional), who would like to paint outdoors, the Tryon Area Plein Air Society

(TAPAS) is continuing the tradi-tion and welcomes new members.

TAPAS is also for connecting members with each other as paint-ing companions and providing opportunities to paint local land-scapes outdoors. The group also promotes community awareness of plein-air painting through exhibits and the organization of paint-outs.

There are no membership costs or dues for TAPAS group participation, but please bring your own supplies.

For more information, email [email protected] or contact Sylvia Green at 828 894-6525, or Carl Cartee at 864 457-5122.

– article submitted by Gloria R. Owenby



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3 Family Yard Sale. Fri Aug 26and Sat Aug 27 8am - 5pm.1300 Landrum Rd. in GreenCreek. Furniture, men's,women's, and children's cloth-ing, household items. Resched-ule following weekend if rain.

Columbus, NC - 3300 Hwy 108East. Fri and Sat, Aug. 279am-5pm. 1934 Model A Ford,totally restored, big block Chevyheaders, Leer camper top, an-tique guns, tires, tools, jewelry,household, and miscellaneous.

Fri Aug. 26 and Sat Aug. 27,8am until. 888 Green Creek Droff of Hwy 9 in Green Creek.Lots of household, toys, garden-ing equipment, and miscellane-ous. Cancel if rain.

Moving Sale, Aug. 27 8:30am.Peniel Rd, Golden Rd - followsigns.

Moving Sale: Sat. Aug. 27 8am -12pm. Everything must go. An-tiques, vintage bedroom suit,couch, vintage china, china cabi-net, miscellaneous, junk. 522D. Turner Rd., Tryon.

Multi Family Yard Sale, Sat.Aug. 27 9am - 2pm. (No early -birds, please.) 158 Silver CreekRd, Mill Spring.

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THE SIGN SHOP.Custom Signs for Home, Farm &

Business.Signs, Banners, Vehicle Letter-ing, Magnetics, Logo Design,

Home Decor.828-335-3177/835-C N Trade

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Tommy's Home ImprovementRoofs, renovations, siding, car-pentry, decks, windows, screen-ing. All Home Repairs. FREEestimates. Home: (828) 859 -5608. Cell: (828) 817 - 0436.

Professional Services

EXCAVATING: SKIDSTEER, grading, driveways,trenches, basement excava-tion and existing basements,footings, raised gardenbeds. Also brush clean-upand FIREWOOD FORSALE. Digging out floodedexisting basements and re-pairs, storm damage, demol-ishing old buildings. PORT-A B L E S A W M I L L :www.woodworkingNmore.com. Ask me about termitedamage! Rod Slater,8 2 8 - 8 1 7 - 6 2 3 8 o r828-863-4551

House Cleaning

House Cleaning: weekly, biweekly, monthly, or one timecleaning. Experienced with refer-ences. 817 - 3507.

Lawn Care

LANDSCAPINGLawn maintenance, land-scape design & lighting,mulching, retaining walls,paver walkways, drainagework. [email protected] 828-223-5198

Help Wanted

Drivers: OTR & Regional.Great Pay & Excellent Benefits.401K + Bonuses.Miles & Guaranteed Hometime!CDL-A 6mos.OTR exp. Req.(866) 265-3715

Established local businessneeds customer service repre-sentatives. Good communica-tion is a must. Computer andphone skills req. Must have reli-able transportation. [email protected]

Established local businessneeds experienced phone salespeople. Good communication isa must. Computer and phoneskills required. Some travel maybe required. Must have reliabletransportation. [email protected].

Experienced and/or will traindedicated part-time wait staff.Apply in person only. Laurel-Woods Assisted Living, 1062West Mills Street Columbus,NC.

Help Wanted

Experienced dedicated Chef/Cook/ Dining Room Coordinator,part-time or full-time desired forretirement community in PolkCounty. Apply in person only.LaurelWoods Assisted Living,1062 West Mills Street, Colum-bus, NC.

Full-time position for aNurse Practitioner. Must becertified as family, geriatric,or adult nurse practitioner.Two years experience asnurse practitioner in pallia-tive, geriatrics, or end of lifecare preferred. The nursepractitioner will provide pal-liative care services for indi-vidualized symptom man-agement and quality of lifeissues in a variety of settingsincluding our 12-bed inpa-tient hospice facility. Formore information or to applyplease visit: www.hocf.org

Part - time housekeeping,kitchen, wait staff, landscaping,and course maintenance posi-tions. Only EXPERIENCED appli-cants apply in person 8/29from 2 - 4pm, Bright's Creek275 Club House Lane, MillSpring NC 28756.

HELP WANTEDMEDICAL/DENTAL

CNA II needed for Polk Co. Tubefeeding exp. a plus. CNA II pref.but will train CNA I. Must haveNC CNA license & 1 yr. exp.Please call Arcadia Home Careat 828 - 277 - 5950.

Homes For Rent

3BR 2BA on horse farm inGreen Creek. Fenced in yard,pets welcome. Horses possible.Available pasture for horses.$700/mo 817 - 4970.

FOR LEASE LANDRUM: 3BRs,2BAs, corner lot in quiet neigh-borhood near schools, parks &downtown. Central heat & air,carport, deck, all appliances.$850/month plus deposit.828-894-8492.

FOR RENT TRYON: Furnished,spacious cottage. Living/diningroom, wood-burning fireplace.Fully equipped kitchen, laundryroom, carport. Nestled in beauti-ful Gillette Woods near library,churches and PO. $800 mo.Call 828-859-5175.

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HOME FOR RENT2 bedroom/ 2 bath with fullbasement, carport, private.Hunting Country $1,000 permonth, references.First Real Estate 828-859-7653

HOUSE FOR RENT - 1600 sq. ft.3BR/2BA, Private acre in Co-lumbus. Quality home with justcompleted total redo in & out.Immaculate, Landscaping, wa-ter, trash, recycling and more in-cluded. Offered at $975/mo.Qualified applicants inquiry at828-808-3089.

Apartments

Appliances, wd floors, parking,central H&A: 1 BR, 1BA, God-shaw Hill - $550- $570.; En-trance Cliffs of Glassy Utilitiespaid, $795: 864-895-9177 or864-313-7848

Beautiful 2BR 2BA apartment.Living room, dining, library, hard-wood floors, updated kitchen,restored. $750/ mo, includesheat & hot water. (864) 415 -3548.

For rent: Beautiful fully fur-nished studio apartment on pri-vate residence at Lake Adger.$575 includes all utilities plussatellite tv. 828-817-4939,Joe for more information.

For Rent in Tryon2 1 - Bedroomhomes. $300 per month and$400.Call 864-590-0336

FURNISHED 1 BEDROOM LOFTAPARTMENT. Includes utilitiesplus cable/internet, monthly orlong term, $675, references, nopets. 828-817-4509.

LANDRUM/CAMPOBELLOAPARTMENT FOR RENT2BR/2BA, appliances, mountainand country views, convenientto interstate, two levels, cathe-dral ceiling, deck. $695/moplus security deposit. Call864-590-7444.

Tryon - 1 bedroom, 1 bath, HWfloors, Chestnut paneling, Book-shelves, heat & hotwater in-cluded.$475 call 864-415-3548Tryon - 2 lg. bedroom, 2bath,Charming, dinning room, Livingroom, Library, HW Floors, heat& hotwater included $750. call864-415-3548.

Apartments

TRYON -CHESTNUT St.EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE &CHARMING,2BR/2BA,WOODFLOORS,DINNING ROOM,FAMILYROOM.$700/mo.828-894-2029

Farms/Acreage for Rent

2/2 10 acres. Large barn, 5stalls/ run out. On trail system.Private. $1,000/month. 894 -0485 or 802-522-8899.

VACATION RENTALS/COTTAGES

LAKE LANIER, TRYON: Va-cation lake front furnishedrentals. Time available fordaily/weekly/monthly. CallPaul Pullen, Town and Coun-try Realtors. 828-817-4642.

Houses for Sale

$79,500 Val Halla, Tryon NC2BR 1BA Home. 1+ acre. Per-fect home for a couple startingout, vacation home, or rentalopportunity. Approx 1100 sq. ft.Call or text: 828-817-5705.Priced to sell fast. Apt. only!

2BR 1BA HOUSE ON .81 ACRELOT. Nice, quiet, walk to Colum-bus. $80,000. Why pay rent? ByAppointment Only. Cal l828-817-0706.

BEAUTIFUL COLUMBUS HOMEfor sale...like living in the coun-try but 2 minutes from I-26. Fourbedrooms (two master suites),three full baths, over 2,200 sqft and 2+ acres. Cathedral Ceil-ings, Fireplace, Sunroom anddeck. Visit http://www.forsale-byowner.com/ # 22741587.Drastically reduced! $209,900.Call Janice at 864-680-6211and make us an offer!

COLUMBUS 1995 Manf homew/ open floorplan, all appli-ances, deck, dbl garage/workshop on 1+ level acres.MLS 481118. Preferred Re-alty. $90,000. Call Katherine828-817-0755

Near Asheville NC. Owner sayssell 3+acres w/1300+sf logcabin. Lg deck and porch, 3/4loft, lots of glass, pvt woodedsetting w/stream & view. EZ tofinish. Now $89,900. Call828-286-1636

Houses for Sale

TWO STONE CABINS FOR SALE.Skyuka Mountain, Columbus,N.C. Larger cabin 1600 sq ft. ontwo floors with 3 or 4 BR and 2bath. Smaller Cabin 600 sq ft.plus 240 sq. ft. screened porchwith 2BR and 1 bath. Both cab-ins furnished. Spring fed swim-ming and fishing lake. Largercabin $198,000, and smallercabin $150,000, or will sell to-gether with discount. See,www.skyukamountaincabins.com for more information, or call864 - 430 - 6331 or 864 - 233 -1815.

Houses for Sale or Rent

3 BR, 2 BA in Sunny View. Allappliances, gas/ log fireplace, 2car garage. $600/mo. Includesgarbage pick - up. No pets.(828) 817 - 1226

Farms, Acreage & Timber

LAKE ADGER - ACREAGE20.54 Ac. tract with deededmarina slip in lake, 6 acs.cleared for pasture, greatmountain view, privacy$12,250 per acre. 14.77 Ac. tract with greatmountain view, greatneighborhood and part ofLake Adger community,great building site, interiortrail system in place.$9,500 per acre.Jim Smith & Associates Inc.,REALTORS (864)583 - 8150Chuck Lowe at (864) 415 -5119.SOME OF THE LAST UNDEVEL-OPED LAND IN COLUMBUS: 9+ACRES, 2 houses, outbuildings,mtn. views, springs. $300,000or trade for house of equalvalue. By Appointment Only -Call 828-817-0706.

WE BUY STANDING TIMBERNothing too big or too small

Call 828.287.3745 or704.473.6501

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WATERFRONT LAKE ADGERSpectacular mountain and lakeviews, easy access to marinaslip in water, wooded withcleared building site. $149,900Jim Smith & Associates, Inc.,REALTORS (864) 585-8150 orChuck Lowe at (864)415-5119

Mobile Home Rentals

2 bdr/2bth mobile home onAbrams-Moore Rd. $450. Nice.865-661-6199.

2BR, 1BA newer mobile home inColumbus area, 8x10 storagebuilding, washer and dryer, wa-ter and garbage included. First,last, and deposit. $450/mo. Nopets. Call Gail (828)749-9819.

MiscellaneousAll new Fall & Winter fashionsare now available at "LandrumLady." We are also acceptingappointments to consign newclothing for the season. 409 N.Howard Ave., Landrum, locatedin Vera. 864-457-3694.

Over 65 books, mostly hard-back. Travel, Royalty, Atlas, Bi-ble, Reference Set. $50 cashand carry. (864)457 - 3901.

Phones For Sale: Six AT&T part-ner system phones, MLS-6, ba-sic black, good condition. $75or best offer. (864)457 - 3901

Want to buy - walker w/ wheels,brakes, and seat. Folds for stor-age. Good condition. Call (828)863-2175.

WE BUY FIRE ARMS! We buy hand guns and rifles,new and old, short and long.Call 828-395-1396 or828-393-0067.

Equipment/Tools

Horses & EquipmentRent - barn tack room, two pad-docks, 7 acres lush pasture,near Landrum. Access to SETAtrails. $200 per horse if selfcare; max of 2 horses. Addi-tional care negotiable. (828)817 - 0883.

Warehouse sale Sat from 9am until 2pm. Campobello 13536 Hwy. 11 1 mi E. of Spinx. Tanaka gas hammer drill, Sand-born air compressor half horse power, Milwaukee heavy duty hand grinder, 2 bd skill saws, Holt floor buffer and pads, new Amano time clock still under warranty, Century batter y charger, 2 like -new kerosene heaters, 2 oak desks -one re finished, diamond plate tool box for large sized truck, Werner 6 & 8 ft ladders, many tools, heavy duty rolling carts (both single and double). And much more. For more info, call (864)978 6186.



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JUNK VEHICLES WANTED - NOTITLE REQUIRED! Must have ID.Paying highest prices around pe-riod! Pick up 24-7. Paying mini-mum $300 cash & up depend-ing on size of vehicle. Will pickup vehicles anytime day ornight. All vehicles bought comew/2 free large pizzas included.SCRAP WARS, 828-202-1715 or828-447-4276.

WANT TO BUY: Scrap and junkmetal, junk cars and trucks. Call828-223-0277.

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1987 ASC MCLAREN 2 SeatRoadster CONVERTIBLE. 5.0H.O. automatic, ready for theroad. $6,000 OBO. Call828-817-0706.

POLK COUNTYNOTICE OF CURRENT AND UPCOMING

VOLUNTEER BOARD VACANCIES

Columbus Fire District Tax Commission - 1 Regular VacancyCouncil on Aging - 1 Regular VacancyEconomic & Tourism Development Commission - 2 Regular VacanciesHome and Community Care Block Grant - 2 Regular VacanciesJuvenile Crime Prevention Council - 2 Regular VacanciesLibrary Board of Trustees - 3 Regular VacanciesMental Health Advisory - 3 Regular VacanciesNursing Home Community Advisory Committee - 4 Regular VacanciesZoning Board of Adjustment - 3 Alternate Vacancies

Requirements: Applicants must be current residents of Polk County, with no taxes in arrears.Pick up applications at the County Manager’s Office, Womack Building, Columbus, NC, or go towww.polknc.org and click Resource Finder to print. For further details: 828-894-3301 ext. 7.

Motorcycles/ATVs

1999 Honda Shadow VLX De-luxe. 15,000 Miles. New fronttire, new brakes, new battery.Sissy bar. Saddle bags. $2,400obo. Contact Josh for more infoor pictures. (828) 216 - 6211

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‘No Rulers Required,’ a perspective workshop

Oil painting by Christopher Sherry. (photo submitted)

Ever wonder how to make the building stand upright, or the chair sit properly on the floor?

Join this one/two day workshop to learn some ba-sics regarding concepts of perspective. This is a big picture presentation, how to guess the perspective.

A popular college instruc-tor and designer in Atlanta, Christopher Sherry is return-ing for another workshop at the new TPS studios on Maple Street in Tryon. Sherry is a previous architect turned fine artist.

Very few materials are

needed to take this class and those who have never taken an art class will benefit from the exercises learned in this class.

This workshop runs Fri-day, Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day. Students may enroll in the one-day session (Friday) or advanced session (Saturday) or both days.

For more information and to register, contact Christine Mariotti, workshop coordina-tor at [email protected] or 828-859-8392.

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Shareholders approve Duke, Progress merger

Shareholders of Duke Energy and Progress Energy approved a merger of the two companies that is expected to result in the largest utility in the nation.

Duke Energy will absorb Progress through the merger, which still requires approval from some state and federal agencies. If approved, the new, larger Duke Energy will have 7.1 million customers and a total generation capacity of 572 gigawatts.

J im Rog-ers, president and CEO of Duke Energy, said he be-lieves the two North Carolina-based utilities are at the forefront of a consoli-dation trend that will reduce by half the 58 utilities nationwide within the next decade. Rogers said consolidation is needed to retain cost competitiveness.

According to Rogers, the merger will save Duke Energy and Progress Energy $700 mil-lion in fuel and joint dispatch costs. He adds that cost re-ductions in IT, administration, inventory management and electricity generation also will minimize future rate increases for customers.

***A federal judge ruled last

week that North Carolina can-not withhold state funds from Planned Parenthood organi-zations as planned in the state’s budget.

The Republican-controlled N.C. General Assembly cut funding for Planned Parenthood in the state’s current fiscal year budget, but Planned Parenthood challenged the spending plan. The federal judge granted an injunction to keep funds flowing

to Planned Parenthood’s health care clinics until the lawsuit is settled.

Another lawsuit related to the state’s budget is still pend-ing. A Wake County Superior Court judge previously ruled the state cannot withhold funds for pre-kindergarten programs. The state filed a motion to appeal the ruling on the pre-K funding.

***North Carolina is encourag-

ing banks to loan more mon-ey to small b u s i n e s s e s through a new statewide pro-gram that state

officials hope will boost the economy.

Over the next two years, the North Carolina Capital Access Program will work to facilitate up to $800 million in loans to businesses with fewer than 500 employees. The program, funded through $46.1 million from the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, creates a pool of money to cover loan defaults by matching fees paid by lenders and borrowers.

Nearly 60 banks have agreed to participate in the program, and many more are expected to join by the end of the year. Already 38 loans have been made to small businesses, such as restaurants, logging opera-tions, convenience stores and other businesses, at an average of more than $77,000 per loan.

Harry Davis, an economist with the North Carolina Bankers Association, said the program was launched because bank lending has decreased so much that “we’re actually constrain-ing growth.” He attributes the limited lending to new policies


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created following the 2008 col-lapse of financial markets.

“Banks are almost forced – at least some of them – to either stop growing or actually de-crease their loans and actually decrease their size,” said Davis.

***North Carolina has scheduled

three regional forums to promote economic development in small towns across the state. The Gov-ernor’s Forums on Small Town Competitiveness are designed to bring state and local offi-cials together with leaders of businesses and non-profit organizations dedicated to community eco-nomic development.

The forums will include a panel discussion with local government leaders on best practices within their respective regions and a discussion of the challenges faced by small towns.

The forums also will include a Small Town Competitiveness Resource Fair to connect leaders in small towns with funding and service providers to assist with economic development.

The East forum will be held Sept. 16 in Williamston, fol-lowed by the Piedmont forum on Sept.28 in Thomasville and the West forum Oct. 6 at Haywood Community College in Clyde, N.C.

For more information, visit www.nccommerce.com/gfstc.

***N.C. Governor Bev Perdue

urged U.S. Commerce Secre-tary Rebecca Blank this week to continue supporting federal programs that Perdue said are helping make North Carolina a national leader in manufacturing and innovation.

Perdue said the Manufac-turing Extension Partner-ship program, which helps

manufacturers improve qual-ity, productivity and safety, has helped create or save 4,500 jobs in North Carolina. She said the program, coordinated through N.C. State University’s Indus-trial Extension Service, also has helped businesses retain or add $600 million in sales.

Perdue also requested the federal government create a regional Patent and Trademark Office in North Carolina.

“The high number of scien-tists, engineers and patent at-torneys already here, plus four law schools in the RTP region, would mean ideas make it to the

marketplace much faster,” said Perdue.

***Five more

North Carolina towns have joined the state’s list of Small Town Main Street communi-ties. Bessemer City, Warrenton, Lillington, Pittsboro and Trout-man are the newest communities in the program that focuses on creating new jobs and attracting investment to revitalize down-town areas.

North Carolina now has 36 communities in the program, including Tryon. The program offers on-site and on-call techni-cal services from the N.C. Main Street Center in the N.C. Depart-ment of Commerce.

The Small Town Main Street program follows the Four-Point Approach methodology created by the National Historic Trust for Historic Preservation’s Na-tional Main Street Center. The approach incorporates organiza-tion, design, promotion and eco-nomic restructuring initiatives.

***Enrollment at Asheville-

Buncombe Technical Com-munity College hit a new record with 7,767 students in the fall semester. A-B Tech’s enrollment is up two percent, while full-time

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equivalency enrollment is up four percent.

Hank Dunn, president of A-B Tech, said the addition of “mini-mesters,” eight- or four-week classes offering the same credit as 16-week classes, is expected to further bolster enrollment throughout the year.

The college also added some programs for the 2011-2012 year, including a mobile devel-opment diploma, an associate degree in healthcare business informatics, a biogas option in industrial systems technology and a geospatial technology op-tion in surveying.

***Enrollment also is expected

to climb this fall at Western Carolina University. WCU proj-ects an enrollment for the fall se-mester of about 9,600 students, up from 9,407 last year.

Phil Cauley, director of stu-dent recruitment and transitions, said there are still many people interested in attending the col-lege, although reduced state funding makes it harder to meet the demand. WCU’s budget was reduced by 13.4 percent, which has forced the university to eliminate some courses and scale back some programs of study, said Cauley.

Enrollment is not climbing this fall at UNC Asheville. The university has approximately 3,700 students enrolled for class-es this fall, down from 3,765 last year. UNCA attributes the decline, in part, to students strug-gling to pay for their education.

UNC Asheville Provost Jane Fernandes said more students are asking for leaves of absence because they are unable to pay for college because of the current economic conditions. Fernandes adds that UNCA would not be prepared for higher enrollment as a result of the state funding cuts, which are expected to result

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budget, which was cut by about 12 percent.

“We will offer (fewer) classes than in the past and there will be more students in the classes that we do offer,” said Fernandes.

***Spartanburg-based Milliken

announced plans to lay off ap-proximately 650 workers from its global workforce.

The textiles and chemicals company said it plans to lay off only about 20 workers from its Greenville County work force, and only about 12 from its Spartanburg C o u n t y f a -cilities, which currently em-ploy about 1,300.

***The Governor’s School

of North Carolina has raised more than $130,000 in an effort to keep alive its annual summer program for gifted students. The N.C. General Assembly cut funding this year for the pro-gram, forcing the school to turn to donations for support.

Bill Harrison, chairman of the N.C. Board of Education, said the school needed to raise at least $100,000 by Aug. 1 to have sufficient start-up funds for the program next summer. Although the school hit that target, it has a long way to go before reaching its goal of $1.3 million to send 800 students to the summer pro-gram for free.

The Governor ’s School, started in 1963, offers students six-week programs in specific curriculum areas at one of two college campuses.

Roice Fulton, vice president of the Governor’s School Foun-dation, said the summer program is “an investment in the future economic engine” of the state.

“We definitely want to see the state restore funding to it,”


he said. ***

A Western Carolina Univer-sity professor helped write a new law requiring concussion awareness education for public school student-athletes, their parents and coaches.

James Scifers, the director of the school of health sciences at Western Carolina University, helped draft the bill that became the Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act.

The law is named after two high school football players who died from head injuries in 2008. Matthew Gfeller was a student at

R. J. Reynolds High. Jaquan Waller attend-ed Rose High.

S c i f e r s , a l ong t ime

trainer, said he worked with oth-ers initially to get a bill passed that would put a certified athletic trainer in every public school. After it became clear that would not happen, efforts turned to-ward the concussion awareness education bill.

The new law requires school employees, first responders, vol-unteers, students and parents to sign education literature for the coach before they are allowed to play.

The law also states students must be removed from a sports event if they are exhibiting “any signs or symptoms consistent with concussion.” Athletes are not permitted to return to action until they have been evaluated by a cer-tified medical professional, such as a physician, neuropsychologist or licensed athletic trainer.

Although only about 40 per-cent of public schools in North Carolina have a certified athletic trainer, most schools in Western North Carolina do have one. Scifers said only Andrews and Murphy do not have a certified athletic trainer.

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destinations for you this fall!

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And Yes! It is not too soon to be

thinking of the holidays! THANKSGIVING in Memphis, TN

Nov. 22-26 at the Peabody Hotel

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The NC Outer Banks October 10-16

Come with us and explore our state’s

spectacular coastline at the most pleasant time

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seat on our luxury coach today!

Oct. 23-26 Chicago! Windy City Tour

Nov. 8-11 The Greenbrier

Nov. 29-Dec. 2 New York City Tour

Dec. 11 Cavalia! in Atlanta

Dec. 14-16 Holiday Lights in Georgia

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Polk district court resultsIn Polk County District

Court held Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 with Judge Athena F. Brooks presiding, 149 cases were heard. Some cases were continued, dismissed or sent to superior court.

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

Kenneth Lee Arrowsmith was convicted of aiding and abetting driving while license revoked. Arrowsmith was sentenced to one year unsu-pervised pro-bation, a $30 fine and court costs.

Joseph Derek Brown was convicted of misdemeanor child abuse. Brown was sen-tenced to 18 months unsuper-vised probation and court costs.

Christopher Scott Cates was convicted of driving a vehicle with impaired equip-ment. Cates was fined $40 and court costs.

William James Coupe was convicted of speeding 49 m.p.h. in a 40 m.p.h. zone. Coupe was fined $30 and court costs.

Rahkim Tashie Franklin was convicted of speeding 92 m.p.h. in a 65 m.p.h. zone. Franklin was fined $92 and court costs.

Enoch Nathaniel Fraser was convicted of possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce and driving a vehicle with im-paired equipment. Fraser was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $75 fine and court costs.

Larry Angelo Hannon was convicted of speeding 92 m.p.h. in a 65 m.p.h. zone. Hannon was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $92 fine and court costs.

Cynthia A. Hardy was con-victed of driving a vehicle with impaired equipment. Hardy was fined $40 and court costs.

Andrew Russell Page was convicted of misdemeanor possession of a schedule VI

controlled substance, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia and providing fictitious informa-tion to an officer. Page was sentenced to 18 months unsu-pervised probation, a $125 fine and court costs.

Evelyn L. Pezzolla was con-victed of driving a vehicle with impaired equipment. Pezzolla was to pay court costs.

Bobbi Jean Stutts was con-victed of failure to appear on misdemeanor. Stutts was sentenced to one year unsu-pervised probation, a $100

fine and court costs.

E s t a b a n Diego Tafoya

was convicted of possession of marijuana up to ½ ounce. Tafoya was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $75 fine and court costs.

Lester Wall was convicted of possession of a schedule II controlled substance, two counts of simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance, simple possession of a schedule II controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Wall was sentenced to two years of un-supervised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Wesley Joseph Wilkerson was convicted of level 5 driv-ing while impaired. Wilkerson was sentenced to one year un-supervised probation, 24 hours of community service, a $100 fine and court costs.

Kimberly Sprouse Wolfe was convicted of simple pos-session of a schedule II con-trolled substance, misdemeanor larceny, common law forgery and misdemeanor breaking and/or entering. Wolfe was sen-tenced to one year supervised probation and court costs.

Richard Dean Wood was convicted of level 4 driving while impaired. Wood was sentenced to one year unsu-pervised probation, 48 hours of community service, a $150 fine and court costs.

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swell of Mill Spring announce the engagement of their daughter, Ta-lia Lynn Carswell of Mill Spring, to Jordan Ray Davis, son of Mrs. Kay Hensley Davis and Mr. Alan Ray Davis of Union Mills, N.C.

A Sept. 24 wedding is planned at Carolina Event Conference Center in Forest City, N.C.

The bride-elect is the grand-daughter of the late James Jack-son, wife Julia “Judy,” of Mill Spring, and the late Elijah Car-swell, wife Jean, of Greenhill,

N.C. She is a graduate of Polk County High School, class of 2004, and is employed by Chim-ney Rock Management, LLC.

The future bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hensley of Union Mills and the late JB Davis, wife Rosa, of Union Mills. He is a graduate of RS Central High School, class of 2004, and is employed by NAPA Distribu-tion Center-Charlotte.

– article submitted by Talia Carswell

Meadowbrook seniors golf results from Aug. 15, 22

The following are the results of the Meadowbrook Seniors golf games played Monday, Aug. 15 and Monday, Aug. 22 at the Meadowbrook Golf Course.Aug. 15

Ages 75-861st Jerry McCarter, 61;2nd Jim Donlan, 66;

Ages 68-741st Bill Renniger, 59;2nd Stan Kingsmore, 65;

Ages 60-671st Roger Bailey, 63;2nd Tal Holloman, 65;

Aug. 22First place: Bob Harley (+14)

and Tal Holloman (+5)Second place: Ron Greene (+7)

and Ray McEntire (+7)Third place: Jim Hughes (+3)

and Stan Kingsmore (+9)– article submitted

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William Ray Horne

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

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

the U.S. Army as Medic during WWII.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Regina Pate, both of Green Creek. and Laura Saenger of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bak-ersville, N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grand-children, Kim Odel, Kelly Brad-ley, Lee Bradley, Brandon Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebecca Horne, Joseph Pate, Jacob Pate, Miles Saenger and Will Saenger; and five great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellow-ship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made in memory of Brandon Horne to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 4530 Park Rd, #240, Charlotte, N.C. 28209.

Condolences may be left at www.pettyfuneralhome.com.

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John Hanley GibbsJohn Hanley Gibbs, 87, of

Columbus died Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Forest City, N.C.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Callaway Bur-gin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WWII, hav-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Dorothy Waymon Simmons

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

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

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

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

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Judy G. CollinsJudy G. Collins, lifelong

resident of Green Creek, went home to be with Jesus at home on Aug. 25, 2011 at 10 a.m. after a courageous 12 1/2 year battle with brain can-cer. A na-tive of Polk C o u n t y , s h e w a s the daugh-ter of Edith Greenway Rogers and the late John Thomas Green-way.

She is survived by her be-loved fiancé, Troy Brannon; two sons, Keith White (Marsha) and Thomas White (Kay); a granddaughter, Sherri Wilson; two great-grandchildren, David Keith Wilson and Amelia Wil-son; two sisters, Hazel Walker (Gerald) and Dianne Glover

Obituaries (Scott); a brother, Horace Gre-enway (Ann) and her loveable little dog, Walker.

She had a lifelong love for helping people and followed through with that by following in public service, becoming a police officer with the Old Fort and Marion, N.C., and later becoming an EMT paramedic for Polk County.

She was a faithful member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends from noon-2 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 27 at Petty Funeral Home with services following. Burial will follow at Sandy Plains ARP Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hickory Grove Baptist Church Children’s Sun-day School, Sandy Plains ARP Church Children’s Sunday School Class or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.


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Polk Red Cross to hold blood drives

The Polk County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives through the fall:

Sept. 12, 12:30 – 5 p.m.; Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Melrose Avenue in Tryon

Sept. 23, 1:30 – 5:30 p.m.; Polk County Middle School

Oct. 6, 2 – 6:30 p.m.; Red Cross office in Columbus

Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Polk County High School

Nov. 14, 12:30 – 5:30 p.m.; Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Melrose Avenue in Tryon

Nov. 20, 1:30 – 6 p.m.; Coopers Gap

Nov. 23, 1:30 – 6 p.m.; Au-tumn Care, Saluda

Dec. 1, 2 – 6:30; Red Cross office in Columbus.

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Library cards are free. All one needs to obtain one is a photo ID or proof of address. Join the growing number of Polk County residents who are actively using their local library and are discovering all that our libraries have to offer.

September’s Library Card Sign-up Month is a time when the American Library Associa-tion (ALA) and libraries across the country remind parents that a library card is the most impor-tant school supply of all. When you consider all the resources you can access with a library

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Stop by the Columbus or Saluda locations of the Polk County Public Library and sign-up for a library card.

– article submitted by Tracey Daniels

was safe and my worries were unfounded.

Jokes on Facebook and in email about how we survived the East Coast Quake are abundant.

One joke depicts a picture of a plastic picnic table with four plastic chairs surround-ing it, one of the chairs is

toppled over and the cap-t ion reads – “ E as t Coas t Earth Quake WE WILL RE-BUILD!”

Considering what could have been a catastrophe I’m glad we can laugh and make jokes.

This weekend our eyes will be on the weather, watching for hurricane Irene and the di-rection she will decide to take.

Preparations are under way all up and down the East Coast as this could be a big one.

Come Monday I’m hoping that we are laughing at the hurricane that wasn’t, and the house that didn’t blow away.

On Tuesday the ground shook in Virginia and was felt from Canada to Georgia.

While we didn’t feel it here at the paper, we did receive calls from concerned readers and our reporter, Leah Justice.

My 5-year-o ld g rand-daughter, Malia, who lives in Virginia about 60 miles south o f t h e e p i -c e n t e r , w a s q u i t e f a s c i -nated that the ground could move.

She enthusiastically de-scribed it to me: “The whole kitchen floor moved, Nana, the WHOLE kitchen floor and on Saturday the WHOLE house is going to blow away.”

Her sweet l i t t le voice filled with so much emotion it made me chuckle at first, but then I realized she was really quite frightened.

It’s often human nature to laugh and joke at that which frightens us; it eases the ten-sion and the worry. I laughed with relief that my family

Laughing away our fear, worry

Publisher’s Notebookby Betty Ramsey

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Pre-K teacher Lynn Lewis asks if her students are excited about being at their first day of pre-K. The students jump up and down with an enthusiastic reply. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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Democratic women contribute funds for classroom supplies

Democratic Women’s Club Treasurer Frances Parker (center) and Renee McDermott, Polk County commissioner and women’s club member, present a check for classroom supplies to Polk County Schools Superintendent Bill Miller. All the proceeds from the club’s Aug. 6 fundraising breakfast were contributed. (photo submitted)

The new school year has ar-rived, and along with it the need for our youngest students to have the school supplies they need for their lessons.

That has always been the responsibility of the parents, but in the real world and particularly now with our difficult economy, there are too many parents who just cannot afford it. The supplies for those kids must come from somewhere else.

Each of the four local elemen-tary schools has set aside a closet stocked with supplies for just that purpose, which teachers can quietly visit and take what they need to get their neediest kids through the day. Those closets are kept stocked any way the teachers and administra-tors can manage, but often it is the teachers themselves who buy the supplies out of their own money.

They shouldn’t have to do that, local Democratic women said. To help the situation, they have joined respected community organizations like Thermal Belt Outreach, which have long been active in funneling supplies to

the schools.The Polk County Democratic

Women’s Club held a fundraiser breakfast on Aug. 6 in order to raise funds to help the teachers, and organizers said it was the most successful such event they have ever done. People came from all over the county and the upstate, and the event generated almost $1,500 in donations.

The Women’s Club absorbed all the costs of the breakfast and added funds to make the total con-tribution exactly $1,500. A check for that amount was presented to school superintendant Bill Miller by club treasurer Frances Parker and club member and commis-sioner Renee McDermott on Aug. 22.

It won’t solve the problem, but it will help, organizers said, and that is what the community needs to do. The Democratic women said they appreciate all those who contributed and volunteered, and especially the teachers for doing what they do. Time for school.

– article submitted by Margaret Johnson

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Obits - page 66

William Ray Horne

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

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

the U.S. Army as Medic during WWII.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Regina Pate, both of Green Creek. and Laura Saenger of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bak-ersville, N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grand-children, Kim Odel, Kelly Brad-ley, Lee Bradley, Brandon Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebecca Horne, Joseph Pate, Jacob Pate, Miles Saenger and Will Saenger; and five great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellow-ship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made in memory of Brandon Horne to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 4530 Park Rd, #240, Charlotte, N.C. 28209.


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John Hanley GibbsJohn Hanley Gibbs, 87, of

Columbus died Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Forest City, N.C.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Callaway Bur-gin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WWII, hav-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Must 7/18/11

Dorothy Waymon Simmons

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

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

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

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

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I am instantly drawn to an animal or even a child that has what we call a handicap.

They always turn out to be the most loving souls God has created. Each animal I have dealt with stay forever fixed in my heart and on my mind.

I had been visiting Popper, a three-legged Pit mix for nearly two years at Pet Tender Angels and always marveled at her agility and outright love for everything and everyone. I wept for joy when she found a forever home, as did Lori Jewell, who runs PTA. but we both admitted that we missed her.

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“Daisy is adapting wonder-fully. She had a few accidents, but I think she is already getting the hang of her new walking routine. My walker is in love with her and took pictures I posted on Facebook yesterday … says she caught Beau and Daisy kissing. LOL. Beau is totally smitten with Daisy. All he wants to do is play with her. He was bugging her so much yesterday, that she finally had to give him a little growl to tell him to give it a rest! He skulked off and sulked in the corner for a bit - it was so funny. I am glad

You all have sent me over the moon

she’s showing him who’s boss. All Daisy wants to do is be

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She has an o r t h o p e d i c memory foam mattress, which she loves, and Beau is shar-ing all his toys with her like a gentleman.

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a great day. Rhiannon”In closing I’d like to thank

Popper and Daisy, also Ned, Donnie and Marie, and sweet Georgia, to name a few, you all have also sent me over the moon.

Thanks for listening.


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By Daniel Hecht

Last Friday, the Wolverine football program collected their first paycheck for a summer’s worth of hard work, crushing 3A powerhouse Tuscola by the score of 38-22 and emphatically serving notice to the rest of the Western Highlands Conference

Polk football takes show on the road to Brevard tonight

The Landrum High School’s football team travels Friday, Aug. 26 to face off against Travelers Rest in the Cardinal’s first game of the regular season. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. (photos by John Clayton)

Cardinals face Travelers Rest in season opener

(conTinueD on page 31)

that the road to the champion-ship will, once again, run directly through Polk County.

Tonight, head coach Bruce Ollis’ squad heads out to Transyl-vania County to take on Brevard High School, who lost their sea-son opener on the road last week at Owen by the score of 27-7.

However, because Owen was forced to forfeit the win after dis-covering that two of their players were academically ineligible, the Blue Devils will line up against the Wolverines tonight with an identical unbeaten record.

The surprise victory, uncon-

Want to go? What: Polk vs. Brevard

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ventional though it may be, might be just the spark Brevard needs to fire up its football program and put the team back on the win-ning track. Look for second year head coach Jeff Bailey to have his team primed and pumped to square off against the Wolver-

Booker Schlabach and Littlejohn will test the Blue Devils defensive backfield tonight at Brevard. (photo by Daniel Hecht)

Joel Booker, is one Wolverine that the Brevard defense will need to stop tonight. (photo by Daniel Hecht)

• Polk at Brevard(conTinueD From page 30)

ines, who come into tonight’s contest ranked as the fifth best 2A football program in the state. Without question, many of the re-turning Blue Devils’ players will be looking for payback for the 56-0 whipping handed to them by Polk County during last season’s meeting at the Little Big House.

This year’s Brevard squad is far from the pushover the Wol-verines faced last year. “This is

Tryon Country Club (TCC) on Aug. 20 hosted the Tryon High School golf team reunion. 16 players participated including former coaches Franklin McKaig and Geoff Tennant. Former TCC pro Lou Hoskyns, who was instrumental in helping produce so many fine players through the high school program during his tenure at TCC and Red Fox Golf Course, also attended. The money raised at the event will be used for a capital project at TCC. Above all former players with McKaig, Tennant and Hokyns. (photo submitted)

Tryon High School golf team reunion Landrum wrestling fundraiser

The Landrum Cardinal wres-tling team is having a spaghetti dinner fundraiser to help the team purchase a new competition mat.

The fundraiser will take place Friday, Sept. 9 at 5:30 p.m., right before the football game against Polk County.

For tickets or information, contact Coach Fowler at 864-457-2606 ext. 4710 or email at [email protected]

- article submittedby John Cann

a very much improved football team,” commented Ollis. “They have a number of starters back and seem to be playing with much more determination and speed.” The Blue Devils return several players at skill posi-tions, including running backs Nick Mooney and Jariya Rob-inson, and quarterbacks Chris Minugh and Tre Pope, as well as a particularly strong group of linebackers that Bailey will sub-stitute freely to keep fresh legs on defense at all times.

The Blue Devil defense will need all the help it can get as it takes on a powerhouse Polk offense that surprised even the most optimistic boosters last week. While fretting about how to slow down Joel Booker, Tyler Ridings and Cary Littlejohn, ar-guably the fastest trio in the West, Brevard will also need figure out a way to stop Polk QB Alec Philpott, who was named Area Prep Player of the Week on the strength of his five touchdown, 294 yard performance against the Mountaineers.

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Launching Tryon Little The-ater’s 63rd season, “Clue: the Musical” is coming to the TLT (Tryon Little Theatre) workshop stage, Sept. 22.

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Craig-Archer has been direct-ing for over 25 years and sing-ing, acting and dancing since she was four. Craig-Archer has directed in North Carolina at the Spring Lake Little Theatre, Mannie’s Dinner Theatre and Robeson Little Theatre before relocating to Spartanburg, S.C. where she has been involved with the Little Theatre there, as well as Greer Children’s Theatre and Trinity United Methodist Church collectively for 14 years.

Craig-Archer is the Office Manager and Paralegal for Se-curity Finance in Spartanburg.

Ben Chumley has been in-volved in theater his whole life, but he also has an impres-sive musical background. He’s bringing that expertise to TLT’s

TLT directors of ‘Clue the Musical’

production of “Clue: the Musi-cal,” and it’s a show that prom-ises to surprise and stupefy, in a fun way, of course.

Apart from acting, directing and doing tech work, Chumley has also been pianist, composer and musical director for various organizations including New York Art Theatre, New York Opera Forum, Toronto’s Curtain Call Players, Endemol Produc-tions in Paris, and locally with Spartanburg’s Repertory Com-pany, Little Theatre and Youth Theatre, Greenville Little the-atre, Limestone College Theatre and others.

Chumley holds BFAs in piano and musical theatre from New York University, and is currently pursuing his MA in ethnomusicology. He works as director of music for an area church, overseeing two choirs and four hand bell ensembles.

The musical is based on the internationally loved board game, “CLUE” and is full of comic antics, witty lyrics and music. It will run for two week-ends, Sept. 22 - 25 and Sept. 29 – Oct. 2.Visit www.tltinfo.org for more information.

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“As the tendrils crawl over the fields, The night the kudzu has, Your pasture, you sleep like the dead,” James Dickey.

We all know about Kudzu, but what can you do with that pesky vine, besides cuss at it? Find out on Sept. 14 at the ex-tension office. The Polk County Extension Center will be offer-ing a class on “The Good Uses of Kudzu.”

Edith Edwards of Ruther-fordton has found many uses for kudzu over the past 30 years. Edwards will demonstrate how she makes deep-fried kudzu leaves, kudzu quiche and many other kudzu dishes. She found

Polk County Extension Center hosts kudzu usesrecipes in “The Book of Kudzu: A Culinary and Healing Guide” by William Shurtleff and Akiko Aoyagi, and thought this was a good use for a plentiful resource.

Edwards and her husband Henry have used kudzu as live-stock feed on their farm since the 60’s. She has demonstrated kudzu cooking for clubs, schools and visitors to the Knoxville World’s Fair.

The kudzu class is Wednes-day, Sept. 14 at 2 pm. Call the Polk County Cooperative Exten-sion Center at 828-894-8218 to register for the class.

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The McMahon’s have been making music together for over 46 years. They are called “Straight from the Heart” and their music is known as acoustic music to feed your soul. Everyone enjoyed the musical messages of love and one-ness. Marian Corn, Polk County’s representative from the North Carolina Division for the Blind, also entertained with trivia ques-

tions. The guests received prizes and take-home gifts.

Helping people with vision and hearing impairments is a primary mission of the Columbus Lions. In addition, Lions Clubs Interna-tional is engaged in a campaign to eliminate all avoidable blindness worldwide.

For more information about being a Lion and what Lions do in the community, call Fran Goodwin at 828-894-2505. The Columbus Lions meet on the first and third Thursdays at Calvert’s Kitchen in Columbus. Visitors are welcome.

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Wheat Creek Baptist Church celebrates its annual homecoming and revival services Sunday, Aug. 28 at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Reverend Raymond Gibbs of Historic Jubilee Baptist Church.

Wheat Creek’s annual revival services begin on Monday, Aug.

29 through Wenesday, Aug. 31. The guest revivialist of the week will be Reverend Edward Brantley of Lowndes Hill Baptist Church in Greenville, S.C. Services will begin each night at 7 p.m.

- article submittedby Lesley Miller

Wheat Creek homecoming and revival

The event for Tuesday, Aug. 23 at the Tryon Country Club for the Tryon Women’s Golf As-sociation (TWGA) was low gross and low net.

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Joyce Arledge - 86; Low net, Jane Templeton - 77

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TWGA golf results for Tuesday Aug. 23net, Margaret Wheat - 40

9-Hole - B flight: Low gross, Callie Smith – 62; Low net, Parky Flanagan - 40

Sign up at the Pro Shop for next week’s Captain’s Choice. Shotgun start at 9 a.m. followed by the monthly luncheon/meet-ing.

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Dr. Deano Trakas, Hoy Profes-sor of American Literature and chair of the english department at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., spoke at the Aug. 16 brown bag lunch program at Lanier Li-brary to a large audience.

Dr. Trakas’ topic was the “The Story of Greeks in Upstate South Carolina.” His family’s presence in this area began when his grand-father, Nicholas Trakas, came to America from Arahova, Greece in 1895 and eventually settled in Spartanburg. In his book, “Because Memory Isn’t Eternal,” Dr. Trakas tells the story of the lives and ac-

complishments of his ancestors, including pictures, poems, maps and family recipes. With lots of audience participation and Dr. Trakas’ reading from his book, the program was entertaining and informative.

The next brown bag lunch pro-gram will be Celtic fiddler, Jamie Laval from Asheville. He will be performing at noon and 7 p.m. at Lanier Library on Sept. 20. The public is invited and the program is free, thanks to a grant from the Kirby Fund.

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Weight training can offer positive affect on daily life

Over the years, I have served as head strength and performance coach for several teams and agen-cies.

I have also worked with indi-vidual athletes in sports includ-ing football, basketball, tennis, horseback riding, baseball, mar-tial arts, track and gymnastics. I’ve seen first h a n d h o w strength train-ing enhances athletic performance.

I really enjoy working with athletes, but have found the same progress can be made by people doing everyday activities.

With proper strategy, people can get remarkably stronger at any age. It doesn’t matter if you’re 12 or 92, you can still make progress. Let me give you an example.

A few years ago, I had a lady come to me who was in her mid 80s. She had never worked out before, but I assured her I would teach her everything she needed to know. She stuck with it and worked hard.

One day she came in with a big smile on her face. I asked her what she was so happy about. To my surprise she told me that she could finally put her dishes up on the top shelf of her kitchen cabinets, and had not had the strength to do that in years.

I’d never thought about things like that before.

That was the first time I truly realized just how many aspects of our lives are affected by our strength, or lack of it.

When weight training, it’s im-portant to stick with it. Remember, in the weight room, consistency is

even more important than effort. Weight training is beneficial for people of all ages. It’s been shown to not just turn the clock back for our muscles, but for our whole bodies.

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If you are going to begin a weight training program, I com-mend you get instruction from an experienced trainer. This will not only help keep you safe, but accelerate your progress.

Whether you’re a man or wom-an, weight training can change your life for the better. Learning to do weight training is a step-by-step process.

Anyone at any age can learn, but remember, be consistent and learn proper technique. You’ll be healthier and stronger for it.

Diet or exercise question? Con-tact me at [email protected], or visit fitness4yourlife.org.

David Crocker of Landrum has been a nutritionist for 24 years. He served as strength director of the Spartanburg Y.M.C.A., head strength coach for the S.C. State champion girls gymnastic team, USC-Spartanburg baseball team, and the Converse college eques-trian team. He served as lead trainer to L.H. Fields modeling agency, taught four semesters at USC-Union, and was a regular guest of the Pam Stone radio show.

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The Firecracker Jazz Band take the Summer Tracks’ stage for the sixth concert of the sea-son at Rogers Park in Tryon on Sept. 2nd at 7 p.m.

The Firecracker Jazz Band (www.firecrackerjazz.com) revitalizes the energy of the roots of Jazz. With sounds of Dixieland and New Orleans, they pay homage to greats such as Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong and Bix Beiderbeck. People of all ages respond to the upbeat styles of Firecracker, featuring stride piano, trumpet, tuba, trombone, guitar, banjo and drums.

The six band members are Je Widenhouse (trumpet and cor-net), Earl Sachais (trombone), Andrew Fletcher (piano), Hank Bones (guitar, banjo), Russ Wil-son (drums) and Rick Neiman (tuba). Widenhouse did time in the 90’s with the Squirrel Nut Zippers. Sachais has per-formed with the Tommy Dorsey Band and has backed Barbara Streisand and Sammy Davis Jr. Bones has played for The Plat-ters and Bill Haley’s Comets. Wilson drives the band’s energy in the style of Gene Krupa. Nei-man has performed with The Guy Lombardo Band and The

The Firecracker Jazz Band performs at Summer Tracks in Rogers Park

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As an added note, due to rain on Aug. 12, the Gigi Dover &

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Sept. 2: The Firecracker Jazz Band (music from 1890-1940)

Sept. 16: Gigi Dover & The Big Love (Americana), Bob Sinclair trio (new standards)

Summer Tracks is produced by the Town of Tryon in affili-ation with Peter Eisenbrown of Blockparty Productions. Rog-ers Park is in downtown Tryon on Howard St. with plenty of nearby parking. Folding chairs and coolers are allowed, but no pets please. The popular and well-attended series attract people from all over the region.

For more information about Summer Tracks and the per-formers, contact Polk County Travel and Tourism at 800-440-7848 or 828-894-2324 and visit www.firstpeaknc.com or the Tryon events website www.tryonevents.org.

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friend is telling you about is known as peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and you prob-ably need to be screened for it. Here’s what you should know.

PAD alertAn under the radar condition

that affects up to 10 million Americans, PAD happens when the arteries that carry blood to the legs and feet become nar-rowed or clogged over the years with fatty deposits or plaque, causing poor circulation.

But you also need to be aware that because PAD is a systemic disease, people that have it are also much more likely to have clogged arteries in other areas of the body like the heart, neck and brain, which greatly increase the risks of heart attack or stroke.

Few symptomsUnfortunately, PAD goes

undiagnosed and untreated way too often because most people

that have it experience few, if any symptoms.

The most common symptom however, is what you’re experi-encing now: leg pain, especially when walking or exercising but usually disappears after rest-ing for a few minutes. Another reason PAD is underdiagnosed is because many people assume that aches and pains go along with aging and simply live with it instead of reporting it to their doctor.

Other possible symptoms to be aware of include numbness, tingling, coldness or skin color changes in the lower legs and feet, or ulcers or sores on the legs or feet that don’t heal.

Are you at risk?Like most other health con-

ditions, the risk of developing PAD increases with age. Those most vulnerable are people over the age of 50 who smoke or used to smoke, have elevated cholesterol, high blood pres-sure, diabetes, are over weight, or have a family hisory of PAD, heart attack or stroke.

Get testedIf you’re experiencing any of

the previously listed symptoms or if you’re at increased risk of PAD, you need to be tested by your doctor or a vascular spe-cialist. He or she will perform a quick and painless ankle-brachial index test, which is done by measuring your blood

A hidden warning sign for heart attack and stroke

Savvy Seniorpressure in your ankle as well as your arm and compare the two numbers.

With early detection, most cases of PAD can be treated with lifestyle changes, medi-cation or both. For those with severe PAD, treatment options could be angioplasty (inflating a tiny balloon in the artery), clot-busting drugs or bypass surgery.

Savvy tips: For more infor-mation, visit the PAD Coali-tion website at padcoalition.org. Also, check out Legs For Life (legsforlife.org, 800-488-7284), a national program that offers free PAD screenings in September in around 70 loca-tions nationwide, and the Soci-ety for Vascular Surgery (vas-cularweb.org) which provides a listing on their website of almost 50 health care facilities that provide free or low-cost screenings.

Life Line Screening is an-other convenient screening resource to check into. This is a private company that travels all over the country offering PAD screenings for around $60 per test. To find an upcoming screening in your area visit lifelinescreening.com or call 800-449-2350.

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

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Kiwanis President-elect Kathy Woodham (left) thanked Libbie Johnson (right) for her talk. The club will donate a children’s book in her honor to a local school. (photo submitted)

Local horse activist speaks at Kiwanis Club meeting“Why Horses Matter to the

Area Economy” was the title of the presentation Libbie Johnson gave to the Tryon Kiwanis Club on April 27. Johnson is a local ac-tivist for the area’s horse industry.

Johnson reported that the Tryon area has been named one of the top 5 best horse communi-ties in the U.S., with 250 miles of equestrian trails.

Johnson also spoke on how the horse community brings dollars to the local economy by direct spending, such as buying feed for horses; indirect spend-ing, when the store buys supplies; and employee spending through their paychecks.

In 2008, there were 306,000 horses in North Carolina with an industry valued at $1.9 billion. North Carolina is the only non-racing state in the top 10 of horse industry states. Equine tourism is important also. With two com-petition venues, two pony clubs, fox hunts and 18 horse organiza-tions, many owners with horses temporarily visit the Tryon area, each spending about $200.

Johnson spoke about the ex-tent of the equine infrastructure in this area, including an equine ambulance, surgical hospital, tack shops, farriers and a great climate for riding.

The horse community is

known for charitable giving through hunter pace events and support of many non-profit or-ganizations that benefit Polk County.

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