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Vol. 83 / No. 229
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Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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celebration Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - 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, 12:30 p.m.; Medication Assistance Program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-8940001. Saluda Center, Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m., gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-7499245. Thermal Belt Amateur Radio Club, last Wednesday of each month, noon, Columbus United Methodist Church. 894-5542. Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Program, Wednesdays, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 8942340. (Continued on page 2)
Area residents Lydia Dowdy and Ashlyn Kunda celebrate their first white Christmas by building a snowman. (photo submitted)
Tryon petitions state to de-annex property by Leah Justice
The Town of Tryon approved Tuesday, Dec. 21 a resolution to petition the state to de-annex the property on U.S. 176 occupied by the Frog & Swan antique store, owned by Randall Grobe. Grobe owns two parcels and asked the town in March of this year to de-annex them, saying he had not received services he was promised.
Grobe said he never wanted to be voluntarily annexed. He said he feels as though former town manager Jim Fatland promised him services, such as sidewalks and other improvements, that he never received. Grobe was one of a handful of property owners who agreed to be voluntarily annexed into the town based on services the town expected to be able to provide us-
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ing funds from sources that never materialized. In 2006, the town proposed a tax increment financing (TIF) district along U.S. 176, which would have made some tax funds available to be used for improvements in the area. In 2004, North Carolina voters approved Amendment No. One, (Continued on page 4)
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• Calendar (continued from page 1)
Thursday
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus. Saluda Center, Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 5:30 p.m., Saluda Center. 828-7499245. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. 828894-0001. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; storytime, 10:30 a.m. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies and Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise classes Thursdays, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym. Rotary Club of Tryon, meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Road. Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus. Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, Bingo, Thursdays, 7-9
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p.m. (year round). 828-8945098. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose Ave., Tryon.
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Town of Tryon will be testing the Emergency Warning System siren on Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 at noon. This is the regularly scheduled quarterly testing of the system. The cycle will last for four minutes.
Monday
Town of Tryon will be closed Monday, Jan. 3, for the New Year’s holiday. Saluda City Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 3, for the New Year’s holiday. Columbus Town Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 3, for the New Year’s holiday. Al Anon: Green Creek
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City of Landrum will be closed Friday, Dec. 31, for the New Year’s holiday. Polk County government offices will be closed Friday, Dec. 31, for the New Year’s holiday. Town of Tryon will be closed Friday, Dec. 31, for the New Year’s holiday. The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include Movie Matinee, 10 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-8940001. Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Game Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828290-6600. American Legion Post 250 weekly Bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.
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meets at the Green Creek Community Center Mondays, 6 p.m., 828-817-6675. Green Greek Community Center Christian Wisdom Circle for friends and families of alcoholics/addicts, Monday 7:15 p.m. 828-817-6675.
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda, 7 a.m. - 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. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Saluda Center, Bridge, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., chair exercise, 2:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. For more activities, e-mail saludaseniorcenter@tds.net or visit www. saluda.com. Polk County Library, Pre-
school Storytime, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and caregivers welcome. Caregiver must remain with child. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills holds its Daytime Grief Support Group Tuesday, Jan. 4 from 12-1 p.m. at the Hospice Center behind St Luke’s. There is no registration or charge to attend. Newcomers are welcome. Drinks and dessert are provided. For more info, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000 or 800617-7132 or sslater@hocf.org. Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tuesdays, conference room, Congregational Church. Polk County Historical Association will hold a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the museum in Columbus. Pat McCool will talk about school sports from the 1920s to 1950. He will be joined by Harold Taylor and Aileen Henderson who played school sports in the early 1940s. All are welcome. 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. 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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General surgeon F. Augustus “Gus” Dozier, MD, of Atlanta, Ga., and Highlands, N.C., has joined Dr. Jim Holleman of Holleman Surgical to provide expanded services to Polk County and the surrounding area. Dr. Dozier brings 36 years of experience to Holleman Surgical and St. Luke’s Hospital where he will provide emergency and acute surgical care. He will be available to see new patients on Jan. 17, 2011. Dr. Dozier joined the St. Luke’s Physician Network and Dr. Gus Dozier the medical staff of St. Luke’s Hospital after serving patients at Highlands Cashiers Hospi- teaching surgical residents at tal (HCH), where he met and Georgia Baptist, he was named worked with Ken Shull, former Surgical Attending of the Year. Dr. Dozier is certified by the CEO of HCH. Shull is now president/chief executive officer American Board of Surgery with additional certification in of St. Luke’s. “I am fortunate to work in advanced trauma and is a fellow such a caring atmosphere where of the American College of Surpatients are first and quality care geons. In addition he served as a commander in is foremost,” the U.S. Naval Dr. Dozier said. “Gus will truly be an Reserve for 10 “Jim Holleman years. has provided asset to our community, Shull said e x c e p t i o n a l not only for his skills he is pleased surgical servicand experience, but also Dr. Dozier is es to this comj o i n i n g D r. munity, and I for his rapport with Holleman. am pleased to patients and staff. He “For years, join him and Jim has been d e v o t e m y will truly add value to our communiabilities to help St. Luke’s Hospital..” patients seek -- St. Luke's Hosp. CEO Ken Shull ty’s only local, full-time gencare closer to eral surgeon, and he deserves home, friends and family.” At St. Luke’s, Dr. Dozier some assistance with after hours will practice a full range of gen- and emergency calls,” Shull eral and laparoscopic surgery said. “Gus will truly be an asset with a focus on breast care for to our community, not only for his skills and experience, but women. Dr. Dozier remains on the also for his rapport with patients staff of Emory Midtown Hos- and staff. He will truly add value pital (formerly Crawford Long) to St. Luke’s Hospital.” Dr. Dozier and Shull worked in Atlanta. He completed his general surgery residency at together for three years to adGeorgia Baptist Medical Center vance accessibility and quality (now Atlanta Medical Center) at HCH, and Dr. Dozier said he and is assistant clinical profes- looks forward to working with sor of surgery at the Medical You can find us at While 195 New Market Road, (C near the ontinued on page 7) College of Georgia.
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agreed with council’s decision to petition the state to de-annex the (continued from page 1) property. Crowell said the town which is a method of financing will eventually grow that way that gives local governments a (toward the valley) and hopefully tool to bring new jobs and revital- one day there will be sidewalks all the way to Harmon Field. ization to their communities. Crowell said there are people Constitutional Amendment One permits local governments to in town who were promised issue bonds without a referendum sewer years ago and still don’t for a variety of public improve- have it, and he pointed out that police protection ments such as streets, sidewalks, Grobe Letgetsus heLp! utilities, street lighting and parking whether he’s in the city or not. The tryon Daily is Tryon nowneeds offering He also said all the Easy that businesses often require in or-Bulletin revenue it can get. der to locate in a community. Cities subscription ($60 yearly) knew the risk are then required to pay thePay bonds$5 per“(Grobe) month • Must paywhen with a cr he annexed,” Crowell said. with the increased tax revenues (Automatic renewal The resolution approved Tues-month generated by those improvements, seeks afor localdetails act of the 828-859-9 North according to the North Carolina dayCall Carolina General Assembly to Department of State Treasurer. The program never panned approve the deannexation of the out for Tryon, so funding for the Grobe property. The town will improvements did not become give the resolution to Rep. David Guice and Sen. Tom Apodaca and available. Resident Bill Crowell dis- ask them to sponsor a local bill.
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Begin the New Year right. Jan. 2, 2011 Sermon: "Releasing Our Regrets"
Polk County High School boys of 693 wins. This year, he ruptured his pateland girls basketball teams will play Lakeview Academy of Gaines- la tendon just as the current season ville, Ga., on Saturday, Jan. 8 at was getting ready to begin. The Polk High. The girls’ game will injury put him in a wheelchair, but that hasn’t stopped begin at 4 p.m., and Sports him from coaching. the boys will play at He may not have his 5:30 p.m. Lakeview Academy’s coach normal mobility, but with the help Seth Vining, who grew up in Polk of a group of assistant coaches he County and graduated from Tryon has coached his team to a winning High School, is the son of Bos Vin- start. For more information about the ing and the late Seth Vining Jr. Vining is in his 36th year of game, contact Polk County High coaching and has earned a life total School at 828-894-2525.
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Yacht Club, the Chappaquiddick Beach Club, both in Edgartown, MA, and the Mayflower Society. She volunteered at the Landrum Public Library and Therapeutic Riding of Tryon (TROT). She is survived by her four children, David S. Slater of Tryon, Diana Slater Roy of Needham, MA, Allen D. Slater Jr. and Polly Slater Glover, both of Landrum; her sisters, Ruth Welch and Edith “Edo” Potter of Edgartown, MA, and her grandchildren, Sarah Slater, Samuel Slater, Christina Slater, Elizabeth Roy, Abigail Roy, Ian Griggs and Hope Griggs. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pacolet Area Conservancy, 850 North Trade Street, Tryon, NC 28782 or Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation/ Chappy Fund, 57 David Avenue, Vineyard Haven, MA 02568, or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, NC 28722. The family will receive friends from 4-6 at Petty Funeral Home in Landrum on Dec. 29, 2010. The funeral service will be held at Jackson’s Grove Church, Landrum, on Dec. 30, 2010 at 10 a.m., conducted by Reverend Mike Bowers, followed by burial in the church cemetery. Condolences may be left at www.pettyfuneralhome.com.
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Shull again in another small community. “I have high admiration for Ken as a person and particularly as a hospital administrator,” Dr. Dozier said. “He is largely why I considered resettling in Polk County. And after meeting Dr. Holleman, I am very confident that we share the same philosophy in caring for our patients.” Determined from a young age to become a doctor, Dr. Dozier received his undergraduate degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1967 and graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1974. While in medical school, he held seven jobs to support his young family and fulfill his dreams of practicing medicine. Dr. Dozier completed his residency in 1979 and practiced and taught in Atlanta until moving to practice in North Carolina. After 30 years in the bustling city of Atlanta, Dr. Dozier still prefers the open countryside and looks forward to moving to a small plot of land in Polk County with his two dogs, Jerry and BJ, both mutts he rescued from shelters. When he’s not in the OR or seeing patients in the office,
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Full Plate Diet program comes to Tryon The Full Plate Diet, a free weight loss program, will be offered at The Morgan Center on the Seventh-day Adventist Church campus, located at 2820 Lynn Road in Lynn. The program will be offered Sunday through Tuesday, Jan. 2-4, at 6:30 p.m. each night. This program will also address the role of fiber in lowering your risk of heart attack and stroke, cancer, diabetes, lung problems, sleep apnea, digestive complaints, heartburn, colon problems, joint pain, fatigue and more. For more information and/or to RSVP, call 828-894-5074. – article submitted
Meadowbrook Seniors results The following are the results of the Meadowbrook Seniors golf games played Monday, Dec. 20. Age 74-81 T-1 Ray McEntire, Jack Donovan - +4. 70-73 1st Bill Renniger - +2; 2cd Cody Forrester - E. 67-69 1st Bob Bolen - +3; 2cd Paul Cox - +2. 57-66 1st Tim Cummings - +5; 2cd Stanley Melton - +3. – article submitted
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Is it Deer Editor or Dear Editor? To the Editor: Your reporters are at it again! Today’s paper, front page article by Samantha Hurst: Chimney Sweep FLEW up the chimney FLUE while strumming a CHORD on his electrical CORD. Perhaps it’s time to run an elementary level spelling and comprehension test on your staff. Their misuse of homophones is embarrassing. Grammatically Yours, — Debra Halborn
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 10 SP 128 COUNTY OF POLK AMENDED NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Saluda Partners, LLC to Stephen C. Wilkie, Substitute Trustee, dated July 6, 2006 and recorded in Book 369 at Page 548 in the Polk County, North Carolina Registry, the undersigned Substitute Trustee declares as follows: There is a default by the Owner or other person(s) owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said Deed of Trust, or by their successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of default of such provision; and the undersigned as Substitute Trustee, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust by an instrument duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Polk County, North Carolina, and the Owner and Holder of the Note evidencing said indebtedness having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the Courthouse door or other usual and customary location as designated by the Clerk’s Office on January 3, 2011, at 12:30 p.m., and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described real real property property situated situated in in Polk Polk County, County, North North Carolina, Carolina, to to wit: wit: Tract Tract 1: 1: BEG1NN1NG BEG1NN1NG at at aa point point standstanding ing South South 57 57 degrees degrees 26 26 minutes minutes 1 1 seconds seconds East East 350.7.9 350.7.9 feet feet from from the the southeastern southeastern corner corner of of that that 0.951 0.951 acre acre lot lot heretofore heretofore released released and and conconveyed veyed to to Jim Jim Parks, Parks, et et ux, ux, and and being being designated designated as as Lot Lot #1 #1 on on that that plat plat as as made made by by Jon Jon H. H. Laughter, Laughter, designated designated as as Job Job No. No. 75-233, 75-233, and and running running from from said said beginning beginning point, point, North North 8 8 degrees degrees 24 24 minutes minutes 25 25 seconds seconds East East 220.98 220.98 feet feet to to an an iron iron pin; pin; thence thence North North 67 67 degrees degrees 23 23 minutes minutes 27 27 seconds seconds East East 192.80 192.80 feet feet to to an an iron iron pin; pin; thence thence South South 25 25 degrees degrees 26 26 minutes minutes 13 13 seconds seconds East East 148.95 148.95 feet feet to to aa point; point; thence South 60 1 Norm's Repair thence South Home 60 degrees degrees 1 minute minute 16 West & Maintenance 16 seconds seconds West 316.63 316.63 feet feet to to the the point point and and place place of of BEGINNlNG, BEGINNlNG, and and Qualified, Dependable, containing containing 0.95 0.95 acres, acres, more more or or less, less, Reasonable and being designated and being designated as as Lot Lot #5 #5 on on that plat and thatCall plat made made and prepared prepared by by Jon Jon 828-749-1113 H. H. Laughter, Laughter, and and designated designated as as Job Job No. No. 75-233. 75-233. The property The above above described described property is is W, F identical that identical to to1/10-2/5 that conveyed conveyed to to Huff, Huff, Murrie, Murrie, Templeton, Templeton, LLC, LLC, by by that that cercertain tain deed deed from from John John E. E. Bero Bero and and wife, wife, Joan Joan Bero, Bero, dated dated May May 5, 5, 2005, 2005, and and recorded recorded on on May May 10, 10, 2005, 2005, in in Deed Deed Book Book 327 327 at at Page Page 506, 506, Polk Polk County County
Registry. Reference is also hereby made to that deed from Huff, Murrie, Templeton, LLC to Saluda Partner, LLC, dated April 21, 2006, and recorded on May 25, 2006, in Deed Book 341 at Page 1711, Polk County Registry. Tract 2: BEING 20.72 acres, more or less, as shown and delineated upon a plat entitled “Huff. Murrie & Templeton, LLC, Polk Co., No. Car.”, dated November 6, 2003, and prepared by Butler Associates, Reg. Land Surveyor, Tryon, N.C., which plat as duly recorded in Card File E at Page 679, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, North Carolina; reference being made to said recorded plat for a full and complete metes and bounds description of said tract, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Section 47-30(g). The above described property is identical to that conveyed to Huff, Murrie, and Templeton, LLC, by that certain deed from Milton B. Myers and wife, Marilyn A. Myers, and Gilbert H. Berken and wife, Magdalen Berken, dated and recorded on December 3, 2003, in Book 308 at Page 767, Polk County Registry. Reference is also hereby made to that deed from Huff, Murrie, Templeton, LLC, to Saluda Partners, LLC, dated May 16, 2006, and recorded on May 25, 2006, in Deed Book 341 at Page 1708, Polk County Registry. To To the the best best of of the the knowledge knowledge and and belief belief of of the the undersigned, undersigned, the the current current owners owners of of the the property property are are Saluda Saluda Partners, Partners, LLC. LLC. Third purchasers must Third party party purchasers must pay pay Top Quality Horse the the excise excise tax, tax, and and the the court court costs costs of of Hay cents (45¢) forty-five forty-five cents (45¢) per per one one hundred hundred • Orchard dollars ($100.00), up aa maximum dollarsAlfalfa ($100.00), up to to Grass maximum • Fescue of $500.00. (cashier’s ofOrchard/Timothy $500.00. AA cash cash deposit deposit (cashier’s Blends check or check or certified certified funds, funds, no no personal personal available checks) of (5%) checks)Delivery of five five percent percent (5%) of of the the purchase price, or purchaseLance price, Flournoy or seven seven hundred hundred fifty ($750.00), 828-894-5961 fifty dollars dollars ($750.00), whichever whichever is is greater, greater, will will be be required required at at the the time time of 1x1 the of the the sale. sale. Following Following the expiration expiration of of the the statutory statutory upset upset bid bid period, period, all all of of the the remaining remaining amounts amounts are are immediately immediately due due and and owing. owing. Should Should the the foreclosure foreclosure action action be be dismissed dismissed ccurAte utomotive or portion have to orAany any portionA have to be be redone redone for for & Repair any reason, the will anyHightech reason, Diagnostic the bid bid deposit deposit will be be Old Fashion Service &bidder Prices returned returned to to the the third third party party bidder and and $35 per hr.be able to be no no other other remedies remedies will will be able to be Auto •The Gasthird • Diesel •bidder Truck asserted. asserted. The third party party bidder acts acts 864-472-4662 • 864-621-0699 upon their own risk if they upon theirCampobello, own risk if SC they expend expend any any funds funds in in favor favor of of the the foreclosed foreclosed property property prior prior to to the the receipt receipt of of aa deed deed from the Substitute Trustee. 1x1Trustee. from the Substitute Said will Said sale sale will be be made, made, but without without 7/20,27; 8/3,10but covenant covenant or or warranty, warranty, expressed expressed or or implied, implied, regarding regarding title, title, possession, possession, or or encumbrances, encumbrances, to to pay pay the the remaining remaining principal principal sum sum of of the the note(s) note(s) secured secured by by said said Deed Deed of of Trust, Trust, with with interest interest thereon, thereon, as as provided provided in in said said note(s), note(s),
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advances, if any, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, special assessments, and encumbrances of record. Additional notice where the real property is residential with less than 15 rental units: An order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the County in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 day written notice to the landlord. Upon termination of the rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement pro-rated to the effective date of the termination period. Date: 12/13/2010 Stephen C. Wilkie, Substitute Trustee 285 East Allen Street Hendersonville, Hendersonville, NC NC 28792 28792 adv. adv. 12/22,29 12/22,29
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ExEcutor's noticE Having qualified on the 6th day of December, 2010, as Executor of the Estate of FrancEs Putnam arnold, deceased, late of Polk County, North Carolina, this is what to notify all persons, We remove "Soots" Ya! firms and corporations having claims A cleAn Sweep by against the estate of said decedent to exhibitSTriCklAnD'S them to the undersigned CHimney CleAning Executrix on or before the 8th day Spartanburg, SC of March, or this notice will Elton2011, Strickland, Owner be pleaded in bar •of864-591-2226 their recovery. Free estimates All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. W, Fdaytfnof December, This the 8th 2010. Estate of Frances Putnam Arnold Phillip S. Arnold P.O. Box 40 Montreat, NC 28757 adv. 12/8,15,22,29
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Veterans of Foreign War Post 10349 of Mill Spring’s bingo games have donated approximately 200 pounds or more of canned goods, juice and non-perishable food to Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry’s Feed-A-Kid Backpack Program. The Backpack Program provides children who would ordinarily go without food with food for the weekend. The VFW Post sponsors bingo every Thursday night, with one game called Speed Bingo. If you bring two cans of food or any non-perishable food item for the backpacks, you get a free bingo card. Pictured above in the Kids Corner are bingo chairman John Coggins and quartermaster Johnny Taylor with the food donated from the Thursday night bingo games. (photo submitted)
Norfolk Southern charts new course for steam program Sixteen years after Norfolk Southern (NS) dropped its corporate mainline steam excursion program, the big Eastern carrier said it’s time to run steam again. This time, it’ll run in partnership with Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, and involve a limited number of appearances and excursions. The first mainline steam excursions could return to NS rails in TVRM’s Chattanooga hometown this fall, employing coal-burning locomotives that were part of the Southern Railway, and later NS, steam program that ran from 1966 to 1994. The new program, called 21st Century Steam, marks a modest, more compact return to steampowered public relations for NS, which sees the need for all the friends it can get as talk of reregulation continues to swirl in Washington, public money
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Sarah Weihert (above) is this year’s winner of Voice of Democracy at the post level for VFW Post 10349 Mill Spring. Weihert is a sophomore at Polk County High School. She is an honor student election rice ocation and was inducted into the National Honor Society. She is a varsity cheerleader, volunteers her time tutoring at Polk County Middle School and helps backstage with the Christmas play. She volunteers at the VWF Post 10349 snack bar, cooking and serving food, and helps during bingo night. is shown above getting I-26 &clean Hwyup . 14 • Landrum • 1stWeihert ExIt In sC • 864-457-5260 ready to serve post commander Kurtis Pike a hamburger plate that she cooked in the snack 2x3 bar. (photo submitted)
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many years. You won’t see an extensive, every-weekend lineup of trips like before. A contractor, TVRM, will provide the shop and the product with NS financial support. Headlining the show will be three veteran locomotives. • Southern Railway 2-8-2 No. 4501, the 1911 Baldwin that began the Southern excursions in 1966, last ran in 1998, and requires a complete overhaul at TVRM, which owns the Mikado. TVRM President Tim Andrews said the engine could be made ready to run in a year if enough laborers are assigned to the rebuild. • Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630, a 1904 Alco product that also ran on Southern excursions from 1968 to 1978. An extensive six-year rehabilitation to Federal Railroad Administration standards is set for completion
at TVRM’s Soule Shops with a target date of September. • Tennessee Valley Railroad 2-8-0 No, 610, a 1952 BaldwinLima-Hamilton product for the U.S. Army. This engine has been the mainstay of TVRM steam operations since 1990. It also appeared on several Norfolk Southern steam excursions from 1990-1993 and is due for its boiler inspections this year. The launch of 21st Century Steam will coincide with key dates. The year 2011 will be the 4501’s 100th birthday and TVRM’s 50th, while 2012 will mark Norfolk Southern’s 30th anniversary. Exhibit dates, ticketing, and other details will be announced later. NS and TVRM will launch a website to support the program. For now, the company will respond to emails addressed to 21stcenturysteam@ nscorp.com. – article submitted
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Buy, Sell, Trade, Work … With Your Neighbors! VEHICLES
FOR SALE: 2000 Lexus RX 300 SUV|V6 automatic. 2WD traction control, tow package. New tires brakes, water pump timing belt, serpentine belt. 4-wheel alignment, turned rotors, mass air flow sensor. Needs nothing, drive anywhere. 170k miles. $7500 OBO. Call 828-8170706 any time.
EMPLOYMENT HEALTH SERVICES AND OPERATIONS MANAGER (MBA or equiv. with 5 years experience). Columbus, NC. Experience in: healthcare and management consulting industry; managing product life cycle of medical devices; managing software applications in a healthcare setting; managing budget; drafting and negotiating joint ventures and contract proposals for healthcare customers; international markets doing business development, strategic and operational assessments of business operations; providing strategy consulting to senior management, assessing and improving operations; and managing sales revenue from healthcare customers. Relocation of candidate and approximately 50% travel is possible. Employer will accept suitable combination of education, training or experience. Send resumes to HR, Wound Care Systems, 2881 NC Hwy 108E, Columbus, NC 28722.
LOST/FOUND FOUND: Keys on Pacolet Street. Identify at the Bulletin office. MISSING CAT-REWARD. Female cat in Warrior Dr/Vineyard Rd. area. White with grey nose, paws and tip of tail. Blue eyes and answers to “Blue”. Call Cindy 828-817-3910.
MISCELLANEOUS GOT GUNS??? WANT $$$ ? We buy hand guns and rifles, new and old, short and long. Call 828-395-1396 or 828-393-0067.
REAL ESTATE RENTALS APARTMENTS IN GODSHAW HILLS: 2BR/2.5BA, fireplace, deck, screened porch, appliances, $670/mo. 2BR/2BA, deck, appliances, $595. 864-8959177. FOR RENT: 2 bedroom, 1 bath duplex near Harmon Field in Tryon. Wood floors. $500/month. Call 828-859-5858 OR 786-303-7108.
Need — a house? A job? a rental? a service? Check out the TDB Classifieds! Placing an ad? Call 828-859-9151
FOR RENT: Spacious executive-style home, 2 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths. Large studio. 3 bedroom guest house attached. Located in Green Creek on horse farm, paddocks and boarding available. $700/month. 828-8634472 or 828-817-5176. FOR RENT: Tryon, 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath near Harmon Field. Quiet neighborhood, hardwood floors. $600/month includes water. $600 deposit. Call 864612-0165. Possible rent to own. GORGEOUS HUNTING COUNTRY HOME FOR RENT. Freshly painted 3 lg BRs, 2.5BAs, lg windows provide light and views on 3 acres. Includes all appliances, W/D, attached 2 car garage, lg eat-in kitchen, formal dining, 2 decks. Low utilities, low yard maintenance - no grass to mow. Great landlord looking for great tennant. $1000-$1200. 828817-4663. HOUSE FOR RENT, 35 Rector St, Tryon. 2 BR, 1 BA. Appliances included. $500/month, central heat and air. 828-273-7440. HWY. 11, CLIFFS ENTRANCE. One bedroom, jacuzzi, wood floors, two balconies, appliances, utilities paid. $795 month. Call 864-895-9177. IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY ASHLEY MEADOWS IN COLUMBUS is now taking applications for immediate occupancy on 2 and 3BRs. Rent based on income. Background check required. Income restrictions apply. Come by our office Monday through Friday to apply. Application fee $19. Please call Ann at 828-894-2671. Equal Housing Opportunity; Handicap accessible on some units. LANDRUM/CAMPOBELLO APARTMENT FOR RENT 2BR/2BA, appliances, mountain and country views, convenient to interstate, two levels, $750/mo plus security deposit. Call 864-590-7444. NEW EXECUTIVE HOME ON GOLF COURSE For Rent: Golf Course Road, Columbus. High end finishes throughout. High ceilings, gleaming hardwoods and all the “bells & whistles.” 3BR/2BA, $1500 monthly. Pics/info www.carolinaadvantageproperties.com. 828-817-2046. OFFICE WITH RESTROOM FOR RENT at entrance to Cliffs of Glassy. Utilities paid. $475. 864-895-9177 or 864313-7848. TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH nice remodeled mobile home on half acre lot, Green Creek. Water, garbage pickup, yard work furnished. $500 month. No pets. 828-899-4905.
REAL ESTATE SALES 3.27 ACRES FOR SALE BY OWNER. Very nice wooded lot located on Acorn Alley in desirable Oakridge Estates, Columbus. Nice bldg site w/ mountain views. Paved roads & underground utilities. HOA. ASKING $74,900. 828-894-3575. 9.47 ACRES, 2 Houses, large 3 stall pole barn, large run-in shed 3 fresh water springs, 1/2 in city, 1/2 in county, short walk to Columbus. horse Farm? May divide, may trade. By Appointment Only. 828-817-0706. BEAUTIFUL COLUMBUS HOME for sale... like living in the country but 2 minutes from I-26. Four bedrooms (two master suites), three full baths, over 2,200 sq ft and 2+ acres. Cathedral Ceilings, Fireplace, Sunroom and deck. Visit http:// www.forsalebyowner.com/ #22741587. $259,000. Call Janice at 864-680-6211 and make us an offer! FOR SALE BY OWNER: 2BR/2BA Hunting Country Condo. 1400sf main level w/unfinished lower level for storage. Adjacent to FETA trails. Perfect for horse/nature lovers/hikers. Large great room w/gas FP. $150,000. Call 423-625-4020. NICE OLDER RANCH-STYLE home, movein condition, 2BR/1BA, large mature lot quiet setting, close to town. $85,000. By appointment, 828-863-2415.
SERVICES Basic and Specialty Construction Services Farnsworth Enterprises - the last company you will ever need for your specialty construction and home improvement needs. See our website at www.farnsworthent.com. 864-574-1182. 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. CRAFTSMAN SERVICES 864-978-2283. Custom Builders, Repairs, Kitchens & Baths, Decks, Roofing, Plumbing. DAN STEINER PAINTING Excellent painting/pressure washing. Clean gutters/windows. Deck, roof, other repairs. High quality, low cost. Building a strong reputation, not resting on one. 828-894-6183 or 828-817-0539. ISABELL CONSTRUCTION CO, Design/ build specialists, new homes, over 30 years experience. Room additions, home repairs and remodeling, basement waterproofing. LICENSED NC CONTRACTOR. Call 828-817-9424.
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DB Let T d Ads sifie ou! s a l C for y k r o w S&L ROOFING & CONSTRUCTION For all your roofing needs: Metal, 3-tab shingles, architectural shingles. Free Estimates. Harvey Lindsey, 864-5801413 or 828-458-0819. hojo120@ windstream.net. SMALL JOBS ARE MY SPECIALTY! Renovations, additions, decks, home repairs (all types). Kenny Gilbert Home Improvements. 10+ years experience. References available. 864-431-5269. SOUTHERN FRIED COMPUTER PC REPAIR & SALES Home or Office. Very Reasonable, Dependable, Fast and Affordable. 864-457-2267. T & C TREE SERVICE Best price tree care guaranteed! Trimming,topping, pruning, dangerous removal, view and lot clearing. Free estimates and professionalism with every job. 10 years experience, references. Licensed and insured. 828-817-5359.
WANTED WANT TO BUY: Scrap and junk metal, junk cars and trucks. Call 828-2230277. NOTICE All real estate advertised in the Tryon Daily Bulletin is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin; or to advertise with the intention to make such preference, limitation or discrimination. The Tryon Daily Bulletin will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of this law.
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Polk County Veterans Service Officer Darrel Moore (center) spoke to the Tryon Kiwanis Club recently about eligibility for VA healthcare, widow’s benefits, compensation claims for illness or injury sustained on active duty, and educational benefits. Many of the club’s members are veterans so his topics were of great interest to the group. Dick Belthoff (left) invited Moore to speak. David Little (right), club president, thanked him for his presentation and explained that a children’s book would be given to a local school in his honor. (photo submitted)
Polk Blood drives in January Celebrate National Blood Donor Month Throughout the month of January, the American Red Cross celebrates the contributions of thousands of volunteer blood donors in our area who give the gift of life with every blood donation. January has been designated National Blood Donor Month to raise awareness of blood donation during the time of year when blood supplies often fall to their lowest levels. Donations traditionally decline during the post-holiday season, due to busy schedules and inclement weather which can prevent people from keeping donation appointments. At the same time, the need for blood remains constant in the early months of the year. Giving blood is a way to support the community by helping to ensure that a stable inventory is available
for premature babies, cancer patients, or the many people who suffer accidents and other illnesses which may require transfusions. National Blood Donor Month not only honors those who give blood each year, but is also a time to educate and encourage new donors about the importance of giving blood. Blood has a shelf life of only 42 days, and, therefore, must continually be replenished. Donors can give blood every 56 days, or up to six times a year. This year, you can make a difference. All it takes is your willingness to help someone in need and a pint of your blood. Most healthy people age 17 and older, or 16 with parental consent, who weigh at least 110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood and platelets. Donors who are 18 and younger must also meet specific height and weight requirements. The following blood drives will
be held in Polk County: On Tuesday, Jan. 4, the First Baptist Church of Saluda will hold its blood drive at 213 Henderson Street in Saluda from 2 – 6:30 p.m. Call 828-894-2700 for further information or to schedule your appointment. All presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win one of two pairs of roundtrip Delta Airline tickets. On Monday, Jan. 10, the Polk Community Blood Drive will be held at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, located on Melrose Avenue in Tryon, from 12:30 – 5 p.m. Call 828-8942700 for further information or to schedule your appointment. All presenting donors will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win one of two pairs of roundtrip Delta Airline tickets. All eligible donors are asked to schedule an appointment to donate blood by calling 1-800-RED CROSS or visiting redcrossblood.org. – article submitted
Council on Aging - 4 Regular Vacancies Library Board of Trustees - 2 Regular Vacancies Nursing Home Community Advisory Committtee - 2 Regular Vacancies Recreation Advisory Board - 2 Regular Vacancies * Region C Workforce Development Board - 1 Regular Vacancy Senior Tar Heel Delegate - 2 Regular Vacancies Zoning Board of Adjustments - 2 Alternate Vacancies *Must be from the private-for-profit business sector. If interested, please pick up an application at the County Manager's Office, Womack Building, Columbus, NC or call 894-3301, ext. 7 for on-line access instructions. adv. 12/13,14,21,22,29,30
1x4 notice to creditors adv.Having 12/13,14,21,22,29,30 qualified on the 14th day PCOM-040451 of December, 2010, as Limited Personal Representative of the Estate of Josephine M. Lashua, deceased, late of Polk County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned Limited Personal Representative on or before the 22nd day of March, 2011, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment. This the 22nd day of December, 2010. Estate of Josephine M. Lashua Elmer L. Lashua Limited Personal Representative 70 Oak Street, apt. 204 Tryon, NC 28782 A. Bailey Nager Attorney at Law P. O. Box 851 Tryon, NC 28782 adv. 12/22,29;1/5,12
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Hornet is now 6 months old. He has been in the shelter for 2 full months. He’s a wonderful puppy and would make a great family pet. why he is still here, we don’t understand but since he is, he’s been getting obedience training so he’ll be ahead in his schooling when he is adopted. Hornet is neutered, vaccinated and micro chipped. His adoption fee is a small donation to fHS. Visit our website: www.foothillshumanesociety.org or visit the Shelter at: 989 Little Mountain Rd., Columbus • 863-4444 Mon-Thurs - 11am - 6pm • Fri & Sat- 11am - 4pm • Sun 1-4pm
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2x2.5 As 2010 comes to a close, gifts of cash and 12/29 appreciated securities are gratefully welcomed by INkS THERMAL BELT OUTREACH MINISTRY to help Polk County residents in need of food, housing, power, heat, medications, & dental assistance.
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Saluda was the future intent? We are dealing with several miles and a 5 percent gradient section, all of which needs surface and drainage reconstruction and maintenance. Between Tryon and Melrose is a long, high steel girder trestle To the Editor: which would require conversion to “December 13, 2010 traffic on foot,clothing, bicycle or horseback, Will accept Mr. Terwilleger – furniture, appliances, including appropriate walkway AND COMPUTERS in usable condition. construction and guardrails. In the Ahousewares, rail line cannot be converted to trails unless and until the line remote area between Tryon and the StoRE 9am-5pm girderFri. trestle is a washout of major is abandoned. WhileHoURS: that linethurs., segment (A&S Line) is currently proportions. What is left is a gigantic inactive, it has not been aban- chasm that would require many tons doned, and Norfolk Southern has of gravel fill and a huge culvert to no plans to do so, because it has reconstruct, or another steel girder the potential to carry traffic again bridge to span the gaping gorge earlier flooding created. This section at some point in the future……. is cut off from any practical access Robin C. Chapman Manager Public Relations; by truck. Ironically, the only viable way to Norfolk Southern Corporation” repair or replace this gap would be While on paper the rails-to-trails by rail using many hopper carloads concept has had some appeal in the of fill, or flatcar loads of girders short run, the long view needs to be and a railroad crane to unload and taken concerning the future of the assemble the parts for another girder rail connection between Asheville bridge. Only a railroad with the asand Spartanburg. sets of NS could make this happen. Many towns and cities have In time the I-26 connection hesitated or neglected to give full between the Asheville/Spartanburg consideration to the consequences city pair will become more crowded of lifting vital rails. They have lived with car and truck congestion. Histo regret this choice and paid a steep tory teaches us that adding more price for it. The city of Charlotte interstate lanes in short order only had the foresight to cooperate results in predictable traffic surges with Norfolk Southern in acquir- to fill these lanes. ing rails slated for abandonment Rising fuel prices will continue to or removal, and just in time. Now edge both Asheville and Spartanburg these rails have become a vibrant cities out of a practical commute by segment of Charlotte’s transporta- road. Our three towns will one day tion program, taking a large part of need rapid access to these growing commuter traffic off their roads and urban centers where the substantive onto affordable, practical light rail jobs will be. transportation. We need the cooperation of the While Tryon is not Charlotte, states of North Carolina, South nor are Saluda or Landrum, they lie Carolina and NS to preserve and between the larger urban centers of protect an irreplaceable rail link lifeAsheville and Spartanburg, whose line for our future. Plans are already importance cannot be overlooked being put in place for high speed rail when planning the future of our service along the Southeast corridor three towns. between Washington, D.C., and Which brings us back to our Atlanta, which will also encompass tracks. Salisbury, N.C., and Spartanburg. These are at present railbanked Asheville contemplates revitalby Norfolk Southern Corp. (NS) – izing its rail connection to Amtrak a pivotal point at which a serious at Salisbury. A logical rail conplan about their future use needs nection between Asheville and to be weighed while they still ex- Spartanburg would only benefit our ist and before they are forever lost three towns in time. While there are to the ages, costing many millions those that might say these issues are if not billions more to someday too far away to contemplate, the replace. Railbanked means in effect time will be here before we know kept in storage for future use. But it. Will we be prepared? supposing a trail from Landrum to — Pete Terwilleger
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Over 50 pets are in their new homes in December. Look for next weeks ad for the exact number. If you adopted, fostered, volunteered or donated to FHS you joined a Winning Team and We Thank You. Don’t forget about the animals left in the shelter and don’t forget to bring yours inside while it’s cold outside. Visit our Website: www.foothillshumanesociety.org Visit the Shelter: Monday – Wednesday 11-5 Thursday 11-6 Fri & Sat 11-4 • Sunday 1 -4 Closed New Year’s Day Start the New Year right..
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Polk puts up a fight, but Mitchell wins Dec. 21 game by Joey Millwood
looked as though the momenThe Polk County men’s tum had shifted. Jay Sutton led the way with basketball team found highs and lows in front of the home an assist, a bucket and a free crowd on Tuesday night against throw to give the Wolverines a Mitchell, but eventually lost the 46-45 lead. Mitchell responded with another 11-2 run. The Wolconference matchup 66-61. “We just couldn’t get over verines had two opportunities in the waning seconds to that hump,” head tie the game, but the coach Josh McEntire Sports two possessions both said. The Wolverines jumped ended in turnovers. “We gotta learn to play all out to a 5-2 early lead with a Stephen Staley bucket and four quarters,” McEntire said. a Shawn Berry three,but the “We gotta learn to play with Mountaineers went on an 11-2 intensity.” The second half showed the run, which set the tone for the potential for his team, but the game for much of the night. At times the Mountaineers “hump” couldn’t be crossed. “We played our guts out in were cold and the Wolverines surged, but Mitchell then went the second half,” he said. One weapon that might help on another streak. For most of the first half, the Wolverines get over that the Wolverines couldn’t get “hump” took a step forward in past that 10-point mark on the his progress on Tuesday night. Senior point guard Andre OverMountaineer heels. The second half brought holt was dressed and warmed up hope, however. The Wolverines with the team on the floor before were down 33-24 at the half, but the game. The guard is expected by the end of the third quarter back after the break when the had closed the game to 45-41. schedule resumes. – article submitted The start of the fourth quarter
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Polk County’s Brittany Phipps drives to the hoop against Mitchell on Tuesday night, Dec. 21. Phipps’ 21 points led Polk to the 54-45 conference win on Tuesday night. (photo by Joey Millwood)
Lady Wolverines, Phipps outlast Mitchell by Joey Millwood
Plagued by early turnovers, Polk Brittany Phipps has started this was down 17-16 after the first season slowly. That all changed quarter and 25-21, but took off in the second quarter to lead 26-21 on Tuesday night, Dec. 21. Phipps and the Lady Wol- at the break. A big difference for the Lady verines exchanged runs all night with Mitchell before closing the Wolverines was the aggresdoor in the final two minutes for siveness of the post players in the paint. Melinda a 54-45 victory. Phipps Morgan scored nine had been averaging just Sports points and grabbed 10.8 points per game, but scored a game-high 21 to nine rebounds. Jamie Hrobak lead the Lady Wolverines to their grabbed 13 rebounds. Kailey Russell had eight points and sixth victory of the year. “We need her to play hard,” 10 rebounds. Phipps added six head coach Craig Culbreth said. defensive rebounds, one block “We talked to her before the game and four steals. The Lady Mountaineers about not thinking so much.” She definitely didn’t think on fought back and took the lead Tuesday or maybe it was more 43-40 with a little over five that she played out of her mind. minutes remaining in the fourth The senior dominated the Lady quarter. The Lady Wolverines, Mountaineers on offense, hitting however, rattled off eight unanrunners, jump shots and driving swered points, forcing Mitchell to call a timeout. to the basket. The timeout didn’t help as “It was nice,” she said after the game. “We needed a win and Polk scored six more unanI can’t give credit to anyone, but swered points in the last two minutes to ice the game. my team.” “(The team’s resiliency) was Her additional scoring was big for the Lady Wolverines, real big,” Culbreth said. “We who had to fight off the Mitch- didn’t fold.” – article submitted ell press for most of the night.
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Phipps wins Wendy’s award by Joey Millwood
Brittany Phipps, a senior athlete at Polk County High School, is a winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman for 2010. The award honors those students who excel in leadership, academics, and athletics. Those are three things that Phipps knows a little about. Phipps is a star athlete at Polk County. She was an integral part to the Polk Brittany Phipps County women’s soccer team’s run to a state championship in athlete. “I think it’s her all-around 2009. She also excels in volleyball and basketball. Phipps was versatility,” Wilson said. “She’s the real deal. She carnamed the Western ries herself well and Highlands Conference Sports she’s a very caring Player of the Year in teammate.” volleyball this year. Phipps is in the middle of her “It’s a huge honor,” the senior said. “There was defi- second sport this year. Before nitely some competition from Tuesday night, Dec. 21, she was averaging 10.8 points per my grade.” Polk Director of Athletics game. Tuesday was her first Jeff Wilson feels that Phipps big game of the season. She was a no-brainer. She is the scored 21 points, grabbed six president of the student body, rebounds, had four steals and was elected homecoming queen one block. – article submitted and is a tremendous student-
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Last weekend the Bradley Education Fund, of the Polk County Community Foundation, sent me, plus three other local people to New York City to the 30th-annual lectures of the Schumacher Society, most recently merged with the New Economics Institute. It is difficult for me to describe what we heard in a few lines, but suffice it to say current progressive thought is that economics as we know it will change drastically in the next 50 years. It would behoove the brightest among usPUBLIC to startNOTICE thinking out of OFfor TOWN the LEASE box. As the PROPERTY environment Pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § and conservation, the past 100 160A-272, notice is hereby given by years’ profit has been largely the Board of Commissioners of the possible through exploitation of Town of Tryon, North Carolina, that our resources. the natural Town intends to lease certain realThese property located partly in the resources are “exterTownship ofinSaluda, Countyare of Polk, nalities” that they not State of North Carolina, and partly in counted as costs on the financial the Greensheets. River Township, County of balance Henderson, State of North Carolina, An honest assessment of the being the 39.99 acres, more or less, long-term economic described in Deed Book 110,choices Page 66, ahead means weRegistry, can either of the Polk County and conmore tinue to believe that we particularly described on can the have map recorded in Card File E,inPage 2297, unlimited growth a finite of the Polk County Registry. environment, or we can change. The Town intends lease That’s simpler to saytothan do.the property to the Saluda On Sunday, the dayCommunity after the Land Trust, Inc., for the period from lectures, to the Frick Art Decemberwe 21,went 2010, to December Museum. 31, 2019. Saluda Community Land Henry Frickand wasmaintain a ruthTrust, Inc., Clay will install less industrialist western a nature trail on thefrom property and, as rent, will pay the Townmade the sum of Pennsylvania who his $10.00 atwith the commencement of the fortune the conversion of leaseto term. coal coke for making steel. It All persons interested in this lease would be safe to say he exploited are invited to attend the meeting of both people the environment the Board of and Commissioners to be for gain. heldfinancial in the Tryon Fire Station meeting Frick one of founders room, 301was N. Trade St.,the Tryon, NC, at 7:00 on December of USP.M., Steel, and was 21, also2010. the At thathated time,man the Board intendsfor to most in America the leasetoofhis theruthless property aauthorize while thanks described above. Adv: 12/09
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tactics against unions. But he was also an avid art collector who left his entire art collection and home to the citizens of NYC. I saw my first Rembrandt painting there, and it was absolutely beautiful. While in NYC, I got word that my mother, living in PA, was not doing well. The news permeated my thoughts throughout our stay, probably because I was very close to my mother. This is the mother I’ve talked about in this column often. She was raised just after Mr. Frick, in western PA also. Her father started a natural gas drilling company on horseback, a company later purchased by Standard Oil of New Jersey, now Exxon. Mother was of the generation that thought there would always be more natural resources to support our lifestyle and allow us to travel wherever we wanted to go. I remember her telling me when I was very young that there would always be enough because America was ‘so big.’ We were fortunate to have such abundant material and natural wealth. But she was also one who loved being outside, and she sent me to camp. This weekend my family has come to my mother’s birthplace (and mine) in western Pennsylvania to bury her. All week I’ve been thinking about that centuries old question, “What is the meaning of life?
Why are we here, and what is our purpose?” The answer must have to do not only with how we live our lives, but also with what we leave behind. In this life we learn from the accumulated mistakes of our forefathers and from our own mistakes. Sometimes we try to make our amends after death, as did Henry Clay Frick. For many of us, however, life’s meaning is explained though our children and the knowledge we leave with them after we are gone. Our purpose may be to raise NOTICE the level PUBLIC of consciousness of The Town of Tryon Board ofby Planning humankind, generation gen& Adjustment will hold a special meeteration. My mother’s generation ing Thursday, December 9, 2010 at pushed the exploitation 3:00 p.m. in limits the Fireof Station Meeting of our natural and they Room, 56 Westresources, Howard Street. The also started the national purpose of the meeting is for theparks Board to hold aafter work they session to review the and system witnessed discuss input received from the deforestation of most ofpublic our and Board of Commissioners to date nation. concerning possible changes the Our generation is faced towith Town’s Zoning Ordinance. All interan economic crisis where we can ested individuals are invited to attend. choose to enhance and refine our Please call Susan Bell, Town Clerk, at exploitation or tryif Tryon Town Halltechniques, at 828-859-6655 something different based upon you need special accommodations for the meeting. improving quality of life rather than financial gain. Adv: increasing 12/08 My mother owned only one kind of stock, Exxon. It was what her father left her. She in turn has left that stock to my brothers and me. I think my mother will send some little girls to summer nature camp with that Exxon stock even after she is no longer here. 1x3She would approve, even adv. 12/8 though she did not think of it. ttry-040390 Our hope is in our children. If they love nature, then they will take care of it. They will choose life over money. Without them, our world is lost.
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behind the Geneva. Registration begins at 11 a.m. All Extreme Plunge participants will receive an Extreme Polar Plunge patch and a 10-percent discount card for rooms and food at the Geneva. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Special Olympics. Complete information for both events, including registration forms, can be found on the website blueridgefrontporch. com/polarplunge. – article submitted
Connie Bailey graduates from Gardner-Webb Gardner-Webb University recently held its 2010 fall commencement exercises where nearly 300 students graduated. Connie Bailey of Mill Spring graduated with a B.S.
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