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New Outreach director busy from start moving in full force. This year, TBOM served 330-plus families. Carol Newton took on direction of a 20–year– old charitable organization when she began her “That really gave me a good opportunity new position as executive director of the Ther- to get a feel for how things work together; mal Belt Ministry Organization Dec. 1. seeing families pick up gifts introduced me
by Samantha Hurst
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Upon her arrival Newton needed to jump right in with the Angel Tree program already
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field, Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include senior fitness, 11 a.m., Bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. 859-5051. Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, LaurelHurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336. Saluda Center Monday activities include line dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit Saluda.com. Western Carolinas Classic Radio Club, Monday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m., Studio 118, ICC Polk campus. “Road to Hollywood.” Crosby, “Hope at Lamour.” Winter Jazz Series follows around 3:10 p.m. featuring the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Free. Tryon Tourism Development Authority’s next (Continued on page 2)
Carol Newton stands in the food pantry at Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry. Newton took over from founder Eloise Thwing as executive director of the nonprofit organization on Dec. 1. (photo by Samantha Hurst)
Tryon holds line on last year’s budget Audit reports fund balance up slightly by Leah Justice
Tryon’s fund balance increased slightly last fiscal year although the town saw an overall decrease in revenues.
Tryon also spent less overall during fiscal year 2009-2010 than in fiscal year 2008-2009. Tryon Town Council reviewed the audit for fiscal year 2009-10 Tuesday, Jan. 18. Roger Bowman of Bowman, Pegg & Starr, CPA, presented the audit report.
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Bowman said the town’s unreserved fund balance (available for spending) was $252,393, or 16.76 percent of general fund expenditures. The previous year’s fund balance was $247,833, or approximately (Continued on page 6)
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meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. at Tryon Town Hall, McCown Room. Public welcome. For information, call 828-859-6655. Al Anon: Green Creek, meets at the Green Creek Community Center Mondays, 6 p.m., 828-817-6675. Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340. Greek Community Center Christian Wisdom Circle, for friends and families of alcoholics/addicts, Monday 7:15 p.m. 828-817-6675. Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyterian Church.
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda. 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
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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 saludacenter@ hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com. Landrum Library, Book Discussion Group, fourth Tuesday every month, 10:30 a.m. at the library. 864-457-2218. Polk County Library, “Babies Are Just Little People” Preschool Storytime, Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and caregivers welcome. Caregiver must remain with child. Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tuesdays, conference room, Congregational Church. 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. VFW Columbus Post, Polk County Memorial 9116, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., Columbus Town Hall. VFW Ladies Auxiliary Polk County Memorial 9116, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m., Womack Building in Columbus.
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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. 828-894-0001. Saluda Center, Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m., gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. Tryon Kiwanis Club, meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Male Anger Management
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus. Thursday Men’s Prayer Breakfast, will meet Thursday, Jan. 27 at 8 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe, 456 S. Trade Street, Tryon. Saluda Center, Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 5:30 p.m., Saluda Center. 828-749-9245. 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 class, 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. Landrum Library home school program, Thursday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. First through sixth-grade children will enjoy
the program “Color Me Green” presented by FENCE which will focus on green, edible plants. For more info. call 864-457-2118. Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym. Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, Bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098. 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., CooperRiis, Mill Spring. 828-859-7099. Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose Ave., Tryon.
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Newton found herself struck by the giving attitudes of volunteers. She said one volunteer was disappointed because TBOM was only able to provide one blanket per family. In prior years the organization gave out one blanket per family member. Services to individuals increased by 17 percent last year, while services for families increased by 11 percent. TBOM worked with DSS, Steps to HOPE and the sheriff’s office to make sure all families in need were taken care of without duplicating services, Newton said. Newton said it’s important to prevent repetition so resources
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reach more in need. She said she’s seen in prior volunteer work how families can teeter on the brink of financial devastation. She served on an outreach committee at her church in Florida. There she directly came into contact with poverty. “I got to know people that were just on the edge and needed just that little bit of help,” Newton said. Once Newton and her husband moved to Polk County from Charlotte, she became involved with Holy Cross Episcopal Church; serving two years on a team focused on in-reach. The group coordinated the church’s efforts to provide meals and home repair to parishioners. It was through those efforts she (Continued on page 5)
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found herself introduced to the work of TBOM. “When I understood that this opportunity existed it felt somewhat natural,” Newton said. “This organization matches resources with needs and we can do so much more if we work together because the resources are there.” Through her professional life, Newton raised funds for colleges, worked within the performing arts and assisted with the transition of patients from mental hospitals back into society, plus managed a secure document destruction service and her husband’s consulting business. Her hope for the next year focuses on streamlining internal systems so that the TBOM staff is able to work together cooperatively and smartly. She also plans to increase fundraising efforts. “We are on our own,” Newton said. “But we are fortunate for what we have received. We just need to be more engaged with churches and community groups to tell our story and to ask them for funds and volunteers.” This spring Newton also anticipates needing a variety of volunteers to help with the planned 8 acres for a community vegetable garden, and for flowers and trees to later be used in the beautification of Columbus. Employees and volunteers have also expressed a desire to teach more self-sufficiency classes for families in need, Newton said. “I think people take an awful lot for granted. When you have to think about, ‘How am I going to put food on the table for my family?’ for the first time, it can be tough,” she said. “We want them to have their dignity and we work to help them keep that.” Newton said the organization plans to commemorate its two decades of service with a Valentine’s High Tea Feb. 13 from 4-6 p.m. The event aims to honor many of the organizations’ longtime volunteers, including former director Eloise Thwing, Newton said.
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Tryon received three findings last fiscal year. One finding was for spending money that had not been appropriated and failing to amend the budget. The second finding was for having a lack of expertise to prepare financial statements. The third finding was for having three departments that operated with deficit fund balances. The fire department ended with a negative $13,970 fund balance, Harmon Field ended with a negative $43,906 fund balance and the sanitation fund ended with a negative $62,025 fund balance, according to the audit report. Harmon Field spent less than it received in revenues by $15,495 and cut its negative fund balance slightly last fiscal year. Harmon Field’s beginning fund balance was negative $59,401; at year’s end, its fund balance was negative $43,906. The town’s enterprise fund, or water and sewer fund, saw a $27,340 decrease in revenues last year and a $94,736 decrease in expenditures. The water/ sewer fund operated with a net income of $289,743 compared to a net income the previous year of $345,275, according to the audit. The water and sewer fund had $1,629,780 in total revenues during fiscal year 2009-10 compared to $1,657,120 in 2008-09. Expenditures in the water/ sewer fund increased from year end 2009 to 2010. Total expenditures in 2010 were $1,172,022 compared to $1,077,286 in 2009. Tryon’s tax collections remained high, Bowman said. Tryon collected 94.46 percent of (Continued on page 7)
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Tryon police search for robbery suspect(s) by Leah Justice
Tryon has experienced a string of break-ins over the past few weeks and the Tryon Police Department is asking for the public’s help. Last Tuesday, Jan. 18, the Village Book Shop on Maple Street was broken into, according to the Tryon Police Department. Police chief Jeff Arrowood said sometime during the night, the suspect broke a window and entered through the door. “Cash was taken from the business, as well as the Humane Society jar and the Thermal Belt Outreach jar,” Arrowood said. Police said last week’s break-in could be connected to three other break-ins that occurred over the Christmas weekend at Nature’s Storehouse, Smith Optometric Eye Associates and Tryon Gold and Coin. During the Christmas weekend, the Nature’s Storehouse on South Trade Street was broken into, as well as Smith’s Eye, located downtown and Tryon Gold and Coin, located downtown. Arrowood reports that nothing was stolen from the Nature’s Storehouse, and undisclosed amounts of cash were stolen from Smith Optometric and Tryon Gold and Coin. Anyone with information regarding any of these break-ins is urged to call the Tryon Police Department at 828-859-9195 or Foothills Crime Stoppers at 1-800847-7119. Tips can be anonymous, and rewards are offered from Crime Stoppers for any information that leads to an arrest.
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all its taxes last fiscal year. The collection numbers break down to 95.02 percent collection for real and personal property taxes and $87.33 percent for motor vehicle taxes.
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The volunteer members who represent the community on the Polk County Appearance Commission met the first week of this new year to reflect on the accomplishments of 2010 and to plan for 2011. The group’s goal is to promote and initiate projects that will enhance the appearance of local communities, and in this first “Appearance Matters” column of 2011 the group will share some of them. 2010 is notable for several important developments: 1. The web site devoted to beautification in our area is now online: www. beautifulfoothills.com. On this site you can see photographs of local scenes and learn more about the projects being discussed by the appearance commission. 2. Columbus won grants from the PCCF and from the NCDOT for gateway trees along both sides of Hwy. 108 beginning in front of the gas stations and going to the stop sign at Walker Street. 3. Polk County won an award for litter control improvement because of the large increase in participants in the Adopt-a Highway program. 4. Saluda gained a commitment from the NCDOT for landscape trees to be planted this winter on the west side of the entrance and exit ramps at I-26. Saluda residents gave input to the NCDOT about the location and best type of trees for this location. The mission of the appearance commission is to preserve and enhance the appearance of Polk County by advising and implementing programs of general community beautification. Taking on this challenge is a volunteer board appointed by the Polk County commissioners. The current members are Carolyn Ashburn, Burt Baer, Beth Cannon, Joe
Cooper, Eric Gass, Harry Petersen and Rolfe Wardner. As liaison to our county leadership, commissioner Renee McDermott also meets with the group. Meetings are open to everyone and are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Polk County Tourist Office in Columbus. The group’s mission statement says: “Our vision is our Foothills clean and beautiful, with many public expressions of our creativity and partnership with nature. Throughout the county there are beautifully planted areas on the roadsides and artful signs welcoming visitors and informing them of the many interesting features in this rural yet culturally rich area. Buildings are appropriately designed and sized with night lighting that is safe and efficient but not obtrusive to others. Public areas are free of litter and clutter and often showcase our local artists.” According to the appearance commission, the only blights in the community are the ones we cause ourselves. There are random discards of litter and treeless bare areas on the sides of some of the area’s most important public roads. In much of the area there are no informational signs worthy of the abundance of cultural traditions which include nature activities, viniculture, fine crafts and arts, literature and equestrian sports. Abandoned buildings and dwellings, intrusive night lighting and clear cut properties are rare but they constantly challenge the public to care more thoroughly about the community’s appearance. The appearance commission encourages the community to get involved and invites you to contribute your ideas about how to make the Carolina Foothills clean (Continued on page 11)
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Appointments The Hoofbeats of the Carolina Foothills
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One man's trash is another's treasure Once upon a time, not
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happened upon a skinny little Appaloosa mare in a dirt lot. Her owner no longer wanted to trail ride her; she wasn’t needed any more. Luckily this couple knew a few things about horses and decided to take her home with them and find the little mare a new family. Some extra food, good grass and a few trail rides later this couple put an ad up in the local feed store. At this very same time, a sweet “horse crazy” young girl had convinced her parents to let her take some riding lessons. She caught the bug and now dreamed of having her own horse. After some poking and prodding her parents answered an ad they found at the local feed store: an Appaloosa mare – for sale! The little girl, whose name is Amanda, met the little mare, who’s name is Nia, and as most dreams happen (when they come true) it was destined they be together.
DR. ROBERT MCDANIEL Amanda Morfino on her new horse Nia, with Renée and Nick Morfino. (photo submitted)
Amanda started to take lessons from a local professional. After about six weeks of lessons Amanda and Nia
entered the Foothills Riding Club Horse Trial at FENCE where they won their dressage class and successfully
completed the cross-country course and stadium jumping. They ended up high point!
'No land – Showcasing RESULTS: 'An ode to Local No horses': age,' the latest Biltmore West Horsepeople: conservation 'Carousel Range Hunter Green Creek Horse' column experts Pace; WCHP speak at FRC by Catherine season standings Hounds Macaulay program as of Feb. 1 Hunt Week A monthly publication of The Tryon Daily Bulletin 1
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The St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary recently recognized volunteers reaching milestones of service. Those honored for 2,000 hours of service were Peg Benson and Rick Powell (pictured above). Those honored for 2,500 hours of service were Elfriede Engels (below, left), Chris Grady and Betty Leggitt (below). (photos submitted)
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and green. The group’s members asks you to tell them the things you consider to be appearance problems and want to see transformed or removed. Let the group know what you most enjoy seeing and want to see preserved. This column will be a regular feature in the Bulletin and will highlight the value of community beauty to our local citizens. Look here for information on public landscaping projects, the Points of Pride, and for upcoming litter clean up by local groups in the
Adopt-a Highway program. The appearance commission will invite different community leaders to write about their own personal visions for the appearance of our public areas. In the next column you will read about the Beautification Awards which will be given for the first time this year in June and annually thereafter to recognize beautification projects. Contact the group on its website with ideas or e-mail polkac@ polknc.org. Responses will be printed in upcoming “Appearance Matters” columns. – article submitted
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EMPLOYMENT HAIRDRESSER OPPORTUNITY. Booth rental available at Salon Rachelle, 158 N. Trade, Tryon. Call 864-468-5255 for appointment. NOW HIRING CNAS, 1st shift. BAYADA NURSES. Please contact 828-6961900. ST. LUKE’S HOSPITAL: Emergency Department. RN/Supervisor. ACLS and PALS required, TNCC preferred. 3-5 years experience. 7pm-7am full time. Send resume to loliver@saintlukeshospital.com or call 828-894-3525 ext. 3390.
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Obituaries
Katy Kerby 1947-2010 Katy Kerby died in her sleep in a Georgia Hospice center on Dec. 1, 2010. She came to Tryon at the age of two when her family, Joe and Lucy Kerby and brother Bill, left Phoenix, Ariz. Over the next 15 years Katy attended Tryon schools, worked at her mother’s Bookshelf, and occasionally at her father’s Lanier Grocery. She had many friends in Tryon and was happy growing up there. Katy loved cats, dogs, television, and Atlanta baseball and football. She leaves two sons, Grantham King and Daniel Williams, daughter Diana Lunt, and brother Bill Kerby.
BRCA news
The following are upcoming events at Blue Ridge Christian Academy (BRCA). • Applications for BRCA’s 2011-2012 academic year are now being accepted for kindergarten through 12th grade. Financial aid is available. • BRCA Warriors will host Easely on Tuesday, Jan. 25. JV boys at 5 p.m., varsity girls at 6:15 p.m. and varsity boys at 7:30 p.m. • Varsity girls soccer signups are now open. All students interested in playing should contact Rebecca Madrid at office@brca.us. • BRCA will host the Regional ACSI Geography Bee on Monday, Jan. 31. • Sign-ups and evaluations for Upward Soccer will be on Feb. 26. BRCA’s Upward Soccer league is open to all kids in the community from K5 to 6th grade. For more information visit BRCA’s website at www.brca. us or call the school office at 864-895-9008. – article submitted
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4-06. Women Pole Vault Ashleigh Culpepper of FrankCarrying holiday spirit into January, Polk County High lin placed first with a height of School hosted the third-annual 10-06. Savannah Mitchell of Polk The Tryon Daily Bulletin will not knowingly accept any Reindeer Games bringing in County placed fifth with 8-00. advertising for real estate which is in violation of this law. Women 4x800 Meter Relay 14 schools and 425 registered T.C. Roberson won with a runners. “It was a great year. I believe time of 10:29.47. Polk County we had more people here than we placed second with 11:21.16. Women 55 Meter Hurdles did last year,” said PCHS Track TDBPROMO - page 3 Caitlin Hines of Tuscola took Coach Alan Peoples. Peoples said assistant coach first with 9.98. Women 55 Meter and former PCHS runSports Dash ner Amanda Simoncic T.C. Roberson’s initiated the idea. Whiteside took first “She thought it would be a great idea for us to throw a bit of with 8.10. Polk County’s Ellese fun into our practices so people Cash took 12th place at 8.9. Women 4x200 Meter Relay ran around with reindeer antlers T.C. Roberson won first with on and we gave candy canes out as prizes,” Peoples said. “Then 1:51.79 and Polk County placed the next year, she decided we fifth with 2:14.71. Women 1600 Meter Run should do it as a way to raise Aleshia Reese from Madison money for Thermal Belt." Teams were asked to bring placed first with 5:19.74. Women 4x100 Meter Relay one can or a $2 donation per T.C. Roberson first with 59.29, student. Last year, the event col West Henderson second with lected 864 cans of food. Peoples March 6, 2011 said they raised more than $400, 1:01.06 and Polk County third which will translate to about $285 with 1:09.77. Tuscola placed fourth with 1:16.91. for TBOM after expenses. Women 500 Meter Dash Polk County women’s 4x400Stephanie Burris of Tuscola meter relay team qualified for state during the meet.The 4x200 first with 1:25.94. Women 1000 Meter Run relay team missed qualifying for Aleshia Reese of Madison, state by 1.16 second. 3:21.24, for first place. Nancy Other Women’s results in- Silva of Polk County placed 13 with 3:59.74. clude: Women 3200 Meter Run Women Shot Put Relay Brooke Gordon of T.C. RobFirst place was Hailey Cook of Hendersonville with 38-01.50. erson won with 11:40.54. Women 300 Meter Dash PCHS students Lauren Searcy Sage Proffitt tof North Bunplaced 10th with 21-10, Porsha Staley placed 11th with 21-09 combe took first with 42.65. and Cassie Silvers placed 12th Kayla McEntire of Polk County placed 15th with 53.60, while with 21-06. Cassidy Campbell placed 18th Women Long Jump First place was Leah Weyandt from Polk County with 55.13. Women 4x400 Meter Relay of Hendersonville with a height T.C. Roberson won with of 15-02.25. 4:25.02, Polk County placed Women Triple Jump Placing first was Savannah second with 4:28.59, Tuscola Carland of West Henderson, placed third with 4:31.56, Bre vard fourth with 4:43.40, East 39-01. Henderson fifth with 4:49.78. Women High Jump First place was Watts from Watch Tuesday’s paper for T.C. Roberson, 4-10, while Becca Mitchell of Polk County with Men’s results.
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“We only have one problem with Jonah Sabo,” quipped Lindsey Moore, manager of the GotThrift Sports Hospice BarnNews? in Landrum. email us at “He just won’t stop working and take news@tryondailybulletin.com a break.” “I have to tell him he can’t come to work if he doesn’t stop and eat,” said Theresa Sabo. She explained that her 21-year-old son Jonah is cognitively delayed and unable to interpret information correctly, but heNews? loves physical Want labor. Subscribe! email us at “Socially, he’s right on; he subs@tryondailybulletin.com loves being around people,” she said, “but he’s not always able to communicate well.” As it turns out, Jonah’s strong Gotbenefits Internet? work ethic him as well as us out! Foothills, Hospice ofCheck the Carolina www.tryondailybulletin.com explains Theresa, an occupational therapy student. “Physical exercise helps people organize their brains and function better. Since he started Traveling Abroad? volunteering at thewith… barn,” she Stay in touch says, “his speech has improved, www.tryondailybulletin.com he’s putting more words together and organizing his thoughts better.” Home-schooled with his five brothers and sisters, Jonah is Shutterbug? unable to write dosnapshots! math, but Share your ThermalorBelt he compensates in other ways. news@tryondailybulletin.com For one thing, there is that work
ethic. And for another, there is his smile. Standing in front of the mounds of donations waiting to be sorted and bagged, he grins. Accepting donated goods from another volunteer, he smiles again. And he grins ear-to-ear when Moore says that Jonah is “the man in charge.” “When high school students come in to volunteer, I tell them to see Jonah if they need to know where something is,” said Moore. Looking at the mountain of plastic bags and objects of every description donated by the community, it is hard to believe that anyone would know where anything was. “He has an uncanny ability to keep track of everything and remember where it is,” said Theresa. To illustrate the point, Jonah walked over to a section of shelves and, in rapid-fire fashion, proudly identified objects. This opportunity is such a selfesteem builder, his mother said. “They give him more opportunity here than I would give him at home. They don’t hover over him here. They give him something to do, give him instructions and let (Continued on page 16)
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name of person featured: Richard Baker name of business: Richard Baker Studio “Painting the Foothills” street address: 163 N. Trade Street, Tryon phone number: 828-228-4584 operating hours: Starting mid-February – 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday e-maiL: iardbaker@gmail.com business owner: Richard Baker nature of business: Fine paintings and portraits year founded: I have always painted. However, this is the first time I have opened my working studio to the public. Guests can stop in and check out what I’m working on, ask questions or just chat. It is nice to hear that people like my work. prior Locations: Florida by way of Tennessee. number of empLoyees: Just me. how’s business? I’m very surprised at the positive reception I have received here in Tryon. The folks here are very supportive. That is fantastic. Currently, I am running 6-8 weeks behind on commission painting and have sold a lot of works. It is a great problem to have. one thing you wish everyone knew about your business: I love to do paintings of the local flare. Landscapes, store fronts and people are my main subjects. There is so much in this area to paint. Every turn has something inspiring to paint. If
you have something that inspires you, please stop in and let me know. something you offer that a customer won’t find eLsewhere: I paint in a realistic manner. I don’t see things out of focus or distorted. I think that is why my work is received well and I get repeat customers. Lately my commissions are requests to paint landscapes of someone’s favorite view or place. And I enjoy it.
advice to young entrepreneurs: Don’t get in your own way.
your first job: My first job was working in a bakery (I got a little too creative applying the glazes to the donuts). your roLe modeL (in business or in Life generaLLy): My hero is my father. My inspirations in artists are John Singer Sargent, William Trost Richards and Edgar Payne. the key to a successfuL business is: Make sure your customers are satisfied. When I work on a commission painting, my client is welcome to stop by and check on the painting’s progress. That ensures they will be pleased. It also keeps me on track and we can make changes prior to completion. I want to make sure the painting will be enjoyed for years to come.
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00WhereWeWork ICC-Polk Must 1/24/11 presents All fans of music, guitars, ukuleles and fine craftsmanship are invited to Isothermal Community College’s Polk Campus Tuesday, Jan. 25 to play these award-winning handcrafted guitars and ukuleles, to meet the luthier and to enjoy a short concert by luthier and musician Jay Lichty.
an evening with Lichty Guitars
Lichtye will be on hand from 6-7 p.m. with a variety of his handcrafted instruments. You are invited to come by to play the instruments or simply talk with him and to learn more about how they are built. From 7-8 p.m., Lichty will play an assortment of his instruments while sharing information
and stories about each and about life as a luthier. Lichty produces his custom handmade guitars and ukuleles from his luthier’s shop in Tryon. Lichty Guitars was recently chosen as the Overall Winner of the “Made in the South Awards” by “Garden and Gun Magazine.” The awards program was started
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this year as a way of recognizing Southern artisans and entrepreneurs whose work reflects integrity, character and, as editor-inchief Sid Evans writes, “a sense of style that can only be described as Southern.” The event is free and open to the public. More information is available at 828-894-3092.
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was that smile as Jonah pointed at his wrist watch, signaled to us that he wants to get busy, and “The Man in Charge” got to work. The Hospice Thrift Barn could use more volunteers to help “The Man in Charge” as the barn supports the work of HoCF in the Carolina Foothills. Contact the
Thrift Barn staff at 864-457-7348 if you would like to help. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills is also always looking for volunteers. Contact volunteer 0tfn0COnmanager Kim Smith at 828-894- InDD - page 17 7000 or volunteer coordinator Tracey Brannon at 864-4579100. – article submitted
him start on his own. He will ask for help if he needs it. He knows his limitations,” she said. “There is such a sense of pride that comes with his working,” she added. And then, almost on cue, there
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three movies: this one, “West Side Story” on Feb. 12, and “Gone With the Wind” on April 16.” This is the Chapman Cultural Center’s second year of showing classic Hollywood movies on the big screen in the David Reid Theatre. Movies were also shown for the summer, Halloween and Christmas. For more information or to buy tickets, call 864-542-ARTS or go online at ChapmanCulturalCenter.org. – article submitted
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The classic Hollywood movie “Some Like It Hot,” starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, will show on the big screen in the David Reid Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m. Released in 1959, “Some Like It Hot” has been listed consistently by cinema authorities as one of the best movies ever made and certainly as one of the best comedies. It is a story of two struggling musicians who
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The St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary recently recognized volunteers reaching milestones of service. Honored for 3,000 hours was Jean Shumway (second from right). Honored for 4,500 hours was John Hicks (not pictured). Honored for 4,750 hours was Sally Orrill (second from left). Honored for 6,500 hours was Bob Holycross (right). Honored for 8,000 hours was Virginia Clark (left). (photo submitted)
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