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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy 176, Saluda, 7 a.m. to noon. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, We Care informal social group for women coping with loss. Open to newcomers, Tuesdays, 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon. Shannon Slater, 828894-7000. The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m., Bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. American Legion Auxiliary, Tuesday, July 13, 10 a.m. at American Legion Post, 43 Depot St., Tryon. Representative from Rutherford Life Care for Veterans will speak. Visitors welcome. Saluda Senior Center, Bridge, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., chair exercise, 2:15 p.m. 828749-9245. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open (Continued on page 2)
Coon Dog Day draws thousands to Saluda by John Clayton
The tones and twangs of bluegrass music wafted about as the 47th annual Coon Dog Day Festival played host to hounds, warm temperatures and thousands of celebrants Saturday in Saluda. The festival began in the early morning with the return of the Coon Dog 5k run after a two-year hiatus and the annual parade. It was a long but satisfying day for Melody Gibson, who, along with husband Rodney, was grand marshal of the parade. “We enjoyed it very much,” said Mrs. Gibson. “It was a great honor to be chosen as marshals.” The parade, considered the highlight of the event by many Saluda residents and attendees, lasted for around 90 minutes and included more than 50 participants. Parade (Continued on page 5)
Spectators young and old watched as Pumpkin got some practice prior to Saturday’s treeing competition, part of the 47th annual Coon Dog Day in Saluda. (staff photo by John
Lake Adger to auction lakefront lots by Jeff Byrd
Lake Adger Developers will auction off six lakefront lots and other acreage to the highest bidder Saturday, July 24. “Every lot will sell, regardless of price,” said developer Jim Smith, of Jim Smith & Associates. “We want to reenergize the market at Lake Adger and find out where the current market price is.” Smith said the developers will offer 75 percent owner financing
so buyers do not have to try to work through bank financing at this time. “These are not left over, scag lots,” Smith said. “They are deep water front lots, with docks or marina slips.” Four of the lots are in the Mountain Park gated community, and two are in the Jackson Cove West gated community. In addition, at auction will be an 11.7 acre wooded tract and five mountain building sites.
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Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m., 7 p.m., in gym. Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tuesdays, conference room, Congregational Church. Green Creek Farmer’s Market Tuesdays 5 to 7:30 p.m., Green Creek Community Center. Al-Anon Family Group meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Saluda Senior Center, 64 Greenville Street, Saluda, one half block off Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 176 S.), 828-749-2251 (Saluda) or 1-800286-1326. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “How to Talk to Your Doctor,” 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 13, Polk County Library in Columbus. Refreshments. Open to the public
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. to noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian Club Meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m. bingo or bridge,
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12:30 p.m.; Medication Assistance Program, 9 a.m. to noon. 828-894-0001. Saluda Senior Center, Wednesday activities, power yoga class 6:15 a.m., Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m., gentle Yin yoga 12:30 p.m. Movie Matinee, 2 p.m. 828-749-9245. Landrum Farmer’s Market every Wednesday, 10 a.m. to noon, Trade Avenue across from Hare and Hound. Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Skills Building/Problem Solving Skills for boys ages 1217, Wed., 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340. Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Program, Wednesdays, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. to noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. 828894-0001. Saluda Senior Center, Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin yoga 12:30 p.m., gentle Yin Yoga 5:30 p.m., Saluda Center. 828-7499245. NCDMV Driver’s License van, three Thursdays a month, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in front of Columbus Post Office. Check www.ncdot.gov/dmv/office_locations for schedule. Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies & Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; storytime, 10:30 a.m. Polk County Public Library Summer Reading Program, Make a Splash in the Past, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 15, at the library in Columbus. 828-894-8721.
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Rotary Club of Tryon, meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Road. Saluda Community Library Summer Reading Program, 2 p.m. Thursday, July 15, Make a Splash in the Past. Tryon Farmer’s Market, Thursdays, 4 to 6:30 p.m., Depot Street, downtown Tryon. BNESCO Young Entrepreneurs, for ages 18 - 25, Thursdays, 6 p.m., Lilac Wine, Tryon. Tryon Wine Society, Thursdays, 6 p.m., Pine Crest Inn. 8599135 or tryonwine@alltel.net. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “How to Talk to Your Doctor,” informational meeting open to the public. 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 15, Landrum Library. Refreshments. Landrum Lions Club, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 15, at the Depot in Landrum. Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, Bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-625-9477. Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus. Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., CooperRiis,
Mill Spring. 828-859-7099. AA’s Sobriety and Beyond, Thursdays, 8-9 p.m., Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, 1024 W. Main St., Forest City. 828-863-1313.
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Tryon Little Theater/Tryon Youth Center box office for “Charlotte’s Webb.” open Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the TLT workshop, 516 S. Trade St. Performances at TFAC, July 29-30, 8 p.m., July 31-August 1, 3 p.m. 828-859-2466. The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include Movie Matinee, line dancing, 10 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Saluda Senior Center Friday events: chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Game Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Commerce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy 108), Tryon. 828-8940293. Saluda Farmer’s Market, Fridays, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., downtown Saluda. 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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Atkins said. A warrant is also awaiting Bell for felony harboring a fugitive, according to Atkins. Following Love fleeing the vehicle in Polk County, Polk County Det. Sgt. Chuck Hitch and Det. Sgt. Jared McFalls set up surveillance along with the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and other local departments. Atkins said there were four other persons in the vehicle with Love, who ended up staying at the Days Inn in Columbus. Atkins reports that around 2:30 a.m. last Friday, Love came to the hotel and officers McFalls and Hitch entered and made the arrest. After determining the identity of the suspect and further investigation, it was discovered that Love was wanted in Tennessee on assault charges. Love was being held in the Polk County Jail as of last week under a $21,000 bond. Bell was released on a $500 bond with the felony warrant for harboring a fugitive still pending. recalled, and in 2002, some people’s worst fears came to life when public access to the lake was restricted. The developers, who built and were operating the marina at the time, put up a chain to limit hours of access to the boat ramps at the marina after dark. At the time, Smith said he needed to limit access at night to stop incidents of vandalism. A small fee was also being charged for launching boats. The county commissioners, however, took up for area fishermen, many of whom had had access to Lake Adger all their lives and who worked during the day and fished well into the evenings. Fishermen also questioned the horsepower restrictions on the lake, restrictions which were put in place by Duke Power when it sold the recreational easement. (Continued on page 5)
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An agreement was finally reached in October, 2004 between the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Lake Adger Developers Inc. and the Lake Adger Property Owners Association. Since that time, the public access has been free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The marina is now jointly operated by the Wildlife Resources Commission and the property owners association. Horsepower and the other original Duke restrictions remain in place. “That controversy has been settled long ago,” Smith said. “The public now has access to the lake.
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organizers welcomed floats and other units into the parade up until the time it started on Saturday morning. “It was much longer than I’ve seen it in the past,” Mrs. Gibson said. “I was surprised to see how
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It is a happy place, and has been a successful deal aesthetically and economically.” Polk County purchased Lake Adger in 2009 for a long term water source, and Smith said he often gets calls from people who are confused about the county’s ownership and whether the rules on the lake have changed again. “Nothing has changed. Polk County acquired certain rights to the lake,” Smith said. “The county bought the land under the water, the buffer strip to the high water mark and the hydro-electric plant. But nothing else has changed. The county bought those rights subject to the existing documents on record in the Duke Energy, Lake Adger recreational easement.”
As for the future, preliminary plats are still on file with the Polk County Zoning Administrator, with the deadline for final plat approval extended to 2012 under a law passed by North Carolina extending zoning approval expiration dates by two years to give relief to developers during the recession. Smith said one of those preliminary plats, the 332-acre Woodland Streams subdivision, was a joint venture that is now ended. There is also a preliminary plat filed for 162 acres in Jackson Cove Phase II. If final plats are not filed by 2012, the development would have to refile as if new, and the plans would fall under any new zoning and subdivision ordi-
nances in Polk County. But Smith said he was not worried about Polk County’s zoning laws changing, and was in no hurry. “Everything we have ever done has been far in excess of required Polk County standards,” he said. “Going forward, we will be doing larger tracts, not smaller, and more upscale, not less.” Smith said he expects to build a house in the Jackson Cove section, perhaps starting this year, and that he, his children and grandchildren will continue to be involved in Lake Adger for decades to come. “I don’t know of a more scenic lake in America,” he said. “The remaining lots held by me or family trusts, no one is in a hurry about.”
long it was.” Saluda Mayor Fred Baisden said he has received mostly positive feedback from attendees. “I’ve had a lot of people tell me that this is the best (Coon Dog Day) we’ve had in a long time – and the best parade we’ve had in a while,” Baisden said. “Everybody’s been stopping by and
thanking folks here at city hall for keeping it clean and for doing a great job with the clean up. “Other than a few people unhappy with some parking violations they’ve gotten, it’s been really positive. Everybody was really civil – we didn’t have any fights. We didn’t have any accidents or anything.”
Even as the crowds wilted under the hot afternoon sun, Mrs. Gibson spent most of the afternoon as one of the event’s many vendors, selling T-shirts and other merchandise to benefit the local library. “I think some people took (Continued on page 6)
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Allie Clayton, left, a rising junior at Polk County High School, has been nominated as a Hugh O’Brian Leadership Ambassador. Andy Conner, also a rising junior, will serve as the alternate. Both students will attend the North Carolina Leadership Seminar in June in Raleigh. The N.C. Leadership Seminar was established by the Hugh O’Brian Youth Foundation in 1976 to provide a structured setting for rising high school juniors to interact with recognized local, state and national leaders of business, education, the arts, government and the professions to gain a better understanding of the challenges and rewards in today’s world. Students are nominated based on their leadership potential, ability to work well with others, desire for new pursuits and willingness to learn and share their experiences with other young people. (photo submitted)
Local students named to Isothermal Community College Dean’s List The Isothermal Community College deans of business sciences, arts and sciences and applied sciences and technology have announced the names of 454 area students who were named to the Deans’ List for spring semester 2010. To achieve this academic distinction, a student must be enrolled in 12 or more hours of study and maintain a 3.25 (B plus) grade point average out of a possible 4.0 (A). This does not include grades earned in academic development classes. Making the list for honor roll were: • Antron A. Bristol of Boiling Springs; • Christopher I. Abril, Frank M. Bradey, Monique S. Carson, Dale J. Harris, Katarina M. Hernandez, Brenda A. Laughter, Jacob T. McCool, Jordan Z.
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Glassy Mountain Fire Dept. announces National Pet Fire Safety Day July 15 Offers tips to prevent fire and keep pets safe An estimated 500,000 pets are affected annually by home fires, and new data from the National Fire Protection Association shows that nearly 1,000 house fires each year are accidentally started by the homeowners’ pets. Glassy Mountain Fire Department is joining the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), ADT Security Services and the American Kennel Club® (AKC) for the 3rd Annual National Pet Fire Safety Day on July 15 to spread awareness about how to prevent your pet from starting a home fire and keep your pet safe in the event of an emergency. “People should equip their homes with the latest in fire safety-technology and be vigilant about practicing escape procedures for all family members, including our furry, four-legged friends,” said Bryan G Riebe, chief of Glassy Mountain Fire Department. “We also encourage pet owners to use a window cling, posted near the front of the home, to help our firefighters quickly identify the accurate number of pets inside so they can be rescued once the humans are safe.” “Not many pet owners realize that their pet can actually be the cause of a devastating fire,” said AKC spokesperson Lisa Peterson. “Simple preventative measures, such as flameless candles and removing stove knobs when leaving the house, can mean the
difference between life and death for your four-legged friends.” “Planning for unexpected emergencies like home fires and taking precautions are an integral part of responsible pet ownership,” Riebe said. “The following tips will help you prevent your pet from starting a fire and keep your pet safe.” • Extinguish open flames Pets are generally curious and will investigate cooking appliances, candles, or even a fire in your fireplace. Ensure your pet is not left unattended around an open flame and make sure to thoroughly extinguish any open flame before leaving your home. • Remove stove knobs - Be sure to remove stove knobs or protect them with covers before leaving the house – a stove or cook top is the number one piece of equipment involved in your pet starting a fire. • Invest in flameless candles – These candles contain a light bulb rather than an open flame, and take the danger out of your pet knocking over a candle. Cats are notorious for starting fires when their tails turn over lit candles. • Beware of water bowls on wooden decks – Do not leave a glass water bowl for your pet outside on a wooden deck. The sun’s rays when filtered through the glass and water can actually heat up and ignite the wooden deck beneath it. Choose stainless steel or ceramic bowls instead. • Pet proof the home - Take a walk around your home and look for areas where pets might
start fires inadvertently, such as loose wires and other potential hazards. Keep Your Pets Safe • Keep pets near entrances when away from home – When leaving pets home alone, keep them in areas or rooms near entrances where firefighters can easily find them. • Secure young pets - Especially with young puppies, keep them confined away from potential fire-starting hazards when you are away from home, such as in crates or behind baby gates in secure areas. • Practice escape routes with pets – Keep collars and leashes at the ready in case you have to evacuate quickly with your pet or firefighters need to rescue your pet. • Consider monitored smoke detection services – As an added layer of protection beyond battery-operated smoke alarms, smoke detectors connected to a monitoring center help save pets who can’t escape when left home alone. • Affix a pet alert window cling – Write down the number of pets inside your house and attach the static cling to a front window. This critical information saves rescuers time when locating your pets. Make sure to keep the number of pets listed on them updated. Free window clings will be available from Glassy Mountain Fire Department Headquarters on Highway 11 and ADT at www. adt.com/pets. – article submitted
Polk Red Cross requests donations for rummage sale Just in time for the spring cleaning season, the Polk County Red Cross is accepting donations for their annual tag, rummage and silent auction. All donations are tax deductible and a receipt will be giving upon request.
The Red Cross is asking for those treasures that you can’t (almost) be without. Any item that you think has value and you are willing to part with, let them find it a new home. No clothes. Bring your donations to the chapter located at 231 Ward St.
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Frank Williams speaks at Morgan Chapel To the Editor: For this non-member, the 100th Homecoming service at Morgan Chapel Church was a blessing. A simple little church on a road that I have passed by many times was indeed a blessing to me and those who attended the service. The small congregation and group of visitors were warm and friendly. The pastor, Rev Tom Frady was an elegant older gentleman who made us all feel at home in his sanctuary. Rev. Frady opened with prayer, remarks and promptly introduced the Pilgrims on a Journey. Their voices of praise and thanksgiving got toes tapping and hands clapping. Following their performance, Lay preacher Frank Williams took his place before the congregation and told his life’s story through words and song. To hear this 103-year-old disciple of the Lord witness to his faith and love of Jesus was heart warming. How many 100-yearold men do you know? We loved our time at Morgan Chapel and look forward to the 101st Homecoming. To all the new comers to the area, I would suggest that you stop in and worship with the Morgan Chapel congregation. You will get a feel for those whose families have been in Tryon much longer that we have. Rev. Frady asked that we invite our neighbors, friends and enemies to his church! So come. – Bill and Lydia Kellette (Lake Lanier) ; Nancy Tartt (Washington, DC) WHITE OAK MANOR, TRYON, RN Nursing Supervisor, M-F, 2nd shift, full-time. Experience in long-term care and supervision preferred. Must be organized and work well with people. Excellent benefits with a well-established company. Apply in person at 70 Oak Street, Tryon, NC or fax resume to 828-859-2073, Attn: Michelle Mullis, D.O.N. EOE.
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John H. Kuekes Jr. Beloved husband and father John H. Kuekes Jr., 88, of Tryon Estates, Columbus, died Thursday, July 8, 2010. Born in Berea, Ohio on December 4, 1921, he was the son of Henry and Maude Mohler Kuekes. He grew up in Berea, Bay Village, and Lakewood, Ohio, where he met Phyllis Benson, to whom he was married for 66 years. He was an officer in the U.S. Army in World War II, serving in the Pacific theater. After graduating from the University of Alabama, he entered the advertising business, serving with Fuller, Smith & Ross in Cleveland, and Young & Rubicam in Chicago and New York. Later, he headed his own advertising agency, John Kuekes & Associates, in Trumbull, Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, Phyllis Benson Kuekes, and his three sons, Philip John Kuekes of Menlo Park, California, Lawrence Carl Kuekes of Bolton, Connecticut, and Thomas Allan Kuekes of Bakersfield, California. He was preceded in death by his sister, Carol Lawrence. After retiring and moving to the Tryon area, his volunteer activity earned him membership in the Second Wind Hall of Fame. He volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, the American Red Cross, Steps to Hope, the Outreach Ministry, Isothermal Community College, Laurel Lake Music Society, and Mountain Views & News. An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon. CONLON TREE CARE Quality tree work at reasonable prices. Pruning, removals, chipping, log splitting. Free estimates, references. INSURED, EXPERIENCED AND RELIABLE. Call Tom at 828-863-4011. FOR ALL YOUR LAWN maintenance needs: Mowing, weeding, edging, blowing, pruning, mulching, pine needles and more, call BAS Landscaping. Guaranteed lowest prices! 15 years experience. 864303-4051. FOR RENT: 4715 Landrum Rd, 2BR/1BA up, 2BR/1BA down. Brick, 4 acres. 864266-8922.
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Puppet show at Landrum Library July 15 Landrum Library will present a puppet show for young children on Thursday, July 15, at 10 a.m. The children’s books, “Rainbow Fish” and “The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark” will be featured. This will replace lap babies and storytime for this
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Buy, Sell, Trade, Work … With Your Neighbors! EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST, INTERMEDIATE. St. Luke’s hospital is seeking an exemplary candidate for the Information Services Department. The successful candidate will interact with various St. Luke’s work units determining appropriate computer-related solutions. Participate in the delivery of hardware/ software for all stages of IS projects. Establish and maintain service level agreements for internal/external customers. Formal training in a variety of information systems technologies and desktop applications desirable. Prefer a 4-year degree in computer science, business administration or related field, but will consider 2-year candidates with equivalent work experience, FT, M-F, occasional evenings/weekends. Please send resume to dpearson@saintlukeshospital.com. CATERING SERVERS & BARTENDERS WANTED: Immediate openings at resort facility in Lake Lure. F&B/Hospitality experience required, PT, hours vary based on Banquet/Hotel business. Nights, W/E & Holidays are required. $10/hr. Apply in person 2771 Memorial Hwy. COOPERRIIS HEALING COMMUNITY, a recovery based residential therapeutic community for adults with mental illness located in Mill Spring and Asheville, NC, is seeking a 32-hour/week LPN preferably w/psychiatric experience, must have phlebotomy skills, able to work in a fastpaced residential-care therapeutic community environment. Excellent interpersonal skills essential; currently licensed with NC Board of Nursing required; at least 2-3 years experience in mental health field preferable; 32 hours/week which includes approximately 4 weekend days/month; experience working with computer charting and excel preferred; meals available on site; must pass background and driver’s license search and have excellent computer skills; First Aid, CPR/AED, NCE training a plus. Excellent opportunity for any LPN interested in working with mental health, specifically in psychiatric nursing and psychiatry; a willingness to work in a recovery oriented therapeutic community with a positive attitude, exceptional personal skills and sound work ethic a must; $16-$18/hour. The individual needs to be flexible, able to function independently with diplomacy and attention to detail, while working in a fast-paced environment. Ability to prioritize tasks and triage are musts. Exceptional organization skills required. Forward electronic resume/cover letter to: hr@cooperriis.org. No phone calls or in-person visits please.
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Worth repeating To the Editor: A particularly memorable speech I heard many years ago keeps coming back to mind. The speech was given by Dr. Lawrence McKinley Gould, worldrenowned geologist, explorer (the Arctic and Antarctica) and educator. The occasion was his retirement as President of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. It was 1957, a time when The Cold War and Sputnik filled the land with a profound sense of fear and anxiety. “. . . the crises that face all mankind (today) are incomparably more dangerous than anything that has gone before,” he said. “But somehow I do not believe the greatest threat to our future is from bombs or guided missiles. I don’t think our civilization will die that way. I think it will die when people no longer care – when the spiritual forces that make us wish to be right and noble die in the hearts of men. Arnold Toynbee has pointed out that 19 of 21 notable civilizations have died from within and not by conquest from without. There were no bands playing and no flags waving when these civilizations decayed; it happened slowly, in the quiet and the dark when no one was aware. “I think only one thing can save us, and that is a reorientation of our sense of values, a re-
dedication to the spiritual values on which American institutions have really rested since the days of our founding fathers.” That commentary is as appropriate today – maybe more so – as it was in 1957. My submitting it again was triggered by two events: The first, a recent newspaper article that announced another “czar” to monitor “Wall Street” to, in effect, somehow “legislate” fundamental morality/integrity. The misdeeds of certain elements of the financial community, certain public officials and many in the general public that are at the core of our current economic and social dilemmas are really rooted in conduct/behavior that was considered unthinkable/unconscionable/patently wrong only a few decades ago. Remember the Seven Deadly Sins: Anger, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Pride and Sloth? Hasn’t ignoring them contributed to virtually everything in the disturbed state in which we find ourselves today? The second event was Charles Cecil’s Memorial Service on Monday at the Tryon Presbyterian Church. Charles personified all that was “right and noble” and was conspicuously “dedicated to spiritual values.” His Memorial Service appropriately “celebrated” his life. But we all have to lament that this model “citizen” can no longer be the voice he was for what is “right and noble”. – Bill Wuehrmann
Teen events at Landrum Library Local teens are invited to play Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero and Sing Star Karaoke at the Landrum Library on Thursday, July 15 from 3 to 4 p.m. Teens are encouraged to bring used CDs for a music swap. This is a teen event, seventh through 12th graders only. If there are any questions call 864457-2218.
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On Thursday, July 29 there will be a trivia game held at the Landrum Library from 3 to 4 p.m. Compete in a trivia game where you can win prizes. Pizza will be served. This program is for teens who have participated in the 2010 Summer Reading Program at Landrum Public Library. If there are any questions call 864457-2218.
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St. Luke’s Hospital recognized for excellent patient satisfaction Congratulations to our staff and medical staff at St. Luke’s Hospital for being recognized for their outstanding job of providing quality care to patients, once again rising to the top in patient satisfaction. St. Luke’s was named as a 2010 4-Star Award Hospital by Professional Research Consultants (PRC) for achieving excellence in patient satisfaction. Hospital leaders from across the United States gathered in San Diego in June to participate in the 2010 PRC Excellence in Healthcare Conference hosted by Professional Research Consultants, Inc. PRC is a nationally known healthcare marketing research company headquartered in Omaha, NB. In compliance with the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS), St. Luke’s Hospital joined hospitals across the country to participate in CMS’ standardized patient satisfaction survey known as Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, or HCAHPS. Pronounced “Hcaps,” the survey is the first national, standardized, publicly reported survey of patients’ perspectives of hospital care. According to CMS, many hospitals have collected information on patient satisfaction for our own internal use, but until HCAHPS there was no national standard for collecting and publicly reporting information about patient experience of care that allowed valid comparisons to be made across hospitals locally, regionally and nationally. St. Luke’s Hospital’s inpatient service research is conducted by PRC. Following discharge from St. Luke’s,
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How hot is it? Call 859-2231. ExEcutrix's noticE Having qualified on the 25th day of June, 2010, as Executrix of the Estate of charlEs c. WylliE, deceased, late of Polk County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Executrix on or before the 6th day of October, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This the 6th day of July, 2010. Margaret J. Wyllie, Executrix Estate of Charles C. Wyllie 811 Carolina Drive Tryon, NC 28782 R. Anderson Haynes Attorney at Law P.O. Box 100 Tryon, NC 28782 adv. 7/6,13,20,27
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