Mitchell baseball stuns Polk County Wolverines 4-3, ‘Sports,’ page 24
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 57
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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Columbus Fabulous 4th festival is on Rides, vendors to participate by Leah Justice
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Friends of Ag breakfast meeting, Wednesday, April 20 from 7 - 8 a.m. 4H Center, Locust St. in Columbus. All are welcome. Topic: Structuring labor on your farm. Visit www. polkcountyfarms.org for more information. 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. 828-7499245. Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon. P a r k i n s o n ’s S u p p o r t Group, third Wednesday each month, 1:30 p.m., large meet(Continued on page 2)
Polk County’s recent gift to pay for fireworks for this year’s Columbus Fabulous Fourth festival has ensured that the festival
will take place as hoped. County commissioners heard
Monday, April 18 from Columbus Town Manager Jonathan Kanipe, who said 10 vendors as well as the children’s rides have agreed to participate. “I’d sincerely like to thank
each of you for providing fireworks,” Kanipe said. He publicly thanked commissioners, the county’s economic development commission (EDC) and Andy Millard, all of whom (Continued on page 6)
Lanier poetry competition winners named
The winners of the 2011 Sidney Lanier Award Poetry Competition, sponsored by the Lanier Library, were announced recently. North Carolina Poet Laureate Cathy Smith Bowers of Tryon and Frances Flynn, the competition’s organizer, presented the awards to the winners at a ceremony Saturday, April 9 at the Lanier Library. From left: Erik Bundy, Chelsea Regoni, Alison DeBusk and Aly Goodwin. See story, page 4. (photo submitted)
Ann Shepherd: Witch or ordinary woman? PCHA explores local legend by Leah Justice
Most Polk County natives have heard the legend of Witch Ann. Some may have climbed Ann Ridge and bravely said her name three times to see what might happen.
But was she really a witch, or just a woman protecting her property? The Polk County Historical Association reviewed the life of Ann Biddy Shepherd Tuesday, April 5 with local author Willard Pace. Pace has written a book about Shepherd’s life called “Witch Ann.”
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
“This story is about a lady, Ann Shepherd, who lived many years ago in a shingled covered shanty in the northern edge of Polk County, N.C.,” read Pace from the preface. “Her home site was known as Ann Ridge. She was perceived by many in (Continued on page 3)