03-08-2012 Daily Bulletin

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Tryon Daily Bulletin

The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper

Vol. 85 / No. 27

Tryon, N.C. 28782

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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Values Bus makes stop in Tryon

O. P. Earle kindergarten registration will be held March 8 at the school from 7:30 a.m.

– 4 p.m.

In order to register a child, parents will need proof of residence in Spartanburg School District One, an official state issued birth certificate showing that your child will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2012 and an official South Carolina immunization record showing that your child has received all the shots necessary for entering school.

See the article on page 6 for more details.

Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:

Today

The Values Bus of the Heritage Foundation stopped in Tryon at Harmon Field Tuesday, March 6. The 45-foot Values Bus is on a national tour called “Your Money, Your Values, Your Vote 2012.” The Foothills Conservative Political Action Committee sponsored the event, which included a covered dish dinner and a meeting with featured speaker Jessica Anderson, deputy political director for Heritage Action for America. For more information about the bus tour, visit www.valuesbus.com or www.savingthedream.org. For information regarding the Foothills Conservative PAC, contact Cheryl Every at 828-894-6457. (photo by Leah Justice)

Polk votes to pay off senior center loan Vote split 3-2

by Leah Justice

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 (Continued on page 2)

Polk County commissioners decided on Monday, March 5 to pay off the senior center loan early to save approximately $316,000.

The board was split on whether to pay off the loan early, with commissioners Ted Owens and

Tom Pack voting against paying off the loan.

Commissioner Ray Gasperson, Renée McDermott and Cindy Walker approved the payoff.

Polk County’s original loan in 2008 was for $1,700,000 to purchase the senior center property off Skyuka Road in Columbus.

Polk will take $1,376,043 out of its fund balance to pay off the

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loan, which would have extended until 2024. The payoff includes a $13,600 prepayment penalty.

Polk’s debt service on the loan for fiscal year 2013 was budgeted at $165,402.

Owens and Pack said they would rather not pay off a lowinterest loan, saying the county (Continued on page 4)

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a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.; 828-749-9245.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001.

House of Flags Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Landrum Library, Lap Babies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nursery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays.

Call 828-457-2218.

Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Saluda Community Library will have preschool story time every Thursday at 10:30 a.m.

Open to all area children and caregivers.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Polk County Public Library, free yoga class (bring your own mat) every Thursday from noon - 1 p.m.

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon

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Correction/Clarification

The article on page 11 in the Tuesday, March 6 Bulletin should have said John Albree’s recent hole-in-one at Tryon Country Club (TCC) was his second at TCC. Albree shot his first hole-in-one at Duck Woods Country Club, Southern Shores, N.C. on May 3, 1986.

Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd. Foothills Music Club, “Musical Moments on the Organ,” Thursday, March 8, 3 p.m. at the Congregational Church in Tryon.

Public invited.

LHS Boys varsity golf vs.

Blue Ridge, Thursday, March 8, 4 p.m.

PCHS men’s tennis at home vs. Thomas Jefferson, Thursday, March 8, 4 p.m.

PCHS varsity baseball at ACA, Thursday, March 8, 4 p.m.

LHS Girls JV softball at home vs. Chapman, Thursday, March 8, 5 p.m.

LHS girls varsity soccer at home vs. Brashier, Thursday, March 8, 5 p.m.

Western Carolina Community Action (WCCA) will hold its board of directors’ monthly meeting Thursday, March 8, 6 p.m. at the Etowah Lions Club in Etowah, N.C. The WCCA is a nonprofit human services agency that administers local state and federally funded programs for low-income, the elderly and children.

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.

Landrum High School Strings Concert at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m., LHS auditorium.

LHS girls varsity softball at home vs. Chapman, Thursday, March 8, 7 p.m.

Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, bingo, Thursdays, 7-9

Local Weather Forecast:

Today

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High 69, low 53.

Friday: Cloudy, with 50 percent chance of rain. High 63, low 44.

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Republican General Member Meeting, Republican headquarters, 33 Peak S., Columbus.

7 p.m. 828-894-2520.

LHS boys varsity soccer at home vs. Brashier, Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.

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.

Friday

Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.

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

Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Commerce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy. 108), Tryon. 828-8940293.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m., 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-2906600.

PCHS softball game at N. Buncombe, Friday, March 9, 4 p.m.

LHS boys JV baseball at home vs. Whitmire, Friday, March 9, 5 p.m.

LHS JV girls softball at Whitmire, Friday, March 9, 5 p.m.

PCHS varsity baseball at W. Henderson, Friday, March 9, 5 p.m.

American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors

open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.

LHS boys varsity baseball at home vs. Whitmire, Friday, March 9, 7 p.m.

LHS girls varsity softball at Whitmire, Friday, March 9, 7 p.m.

Narcotics Anon., Saluda Senior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.

Saturday

Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. – noon.

There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided.

Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-8990673 for more information.

House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828290-6600.

PCHS JV softball at home vs. Trailblazers, Saturday, March 10, 4 p.m.

Tryon Fine Arts Center will present QuinTango on Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m. QuinTango is a quintet of two violins, cello, bass and piano dedicated to the musical performance of tango.

Complemented by championship dancers. A tango master class will follow the performance.

Sunday

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.

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Commissioner recommends 3-cent property tax decrease

by Leah Justice

After a majority of Polk County commissioners agreed Monday, March 5 to pay off the county’s senior center loan for an overall savings of $316,307, commissioner Ted Owens proposed a 3-cent tax decrease for residents.

Owens said the 2005 board of commissioners, on which he served, asked taxpayers to take on a 9.24-cent tax increase in order to meet the county’s debt

of approximately $27 million at the time.

That debt originated from costs related to building Polk County Middle School and recreation complex, as well as the transfer station.

“I personally feel that in 2005 we asked the taxpayers of this county for the taxes to pay the debt,” Owens said.

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anything.”

Walker said commissioners (continued from page 1) began discussing paying off the should instead use fund balance loan next fall because the county is not making any money on money to run water lines.

Gasperson, McDermott and investments right now. She said Walker argued that the loan’s she was the one who suggested interest is not that low and the paying it off earlier if the county county is making little interest was going to pay it off anyway.

“The idea was why don’t we on money in the bank “It is hard to not say it is good pay off debt since we can’t make any money?” to pay off debt.

Walker said.

However, there “The idea was why don’t Gasperson are times, espesaid the reason cially when you we pay off debt since we the county was have a very low can’t make any money able to fund interest loan and if you have [on funds in the bank]?” an additional -- Cindy Walker $400,000 to to pay up front schools this over $13,000 to pay the loan off, it makes sense year was because the county had paid off other debt and saved in not to,” Owens said.

McDermott said it makes debt service. Gasperson said paysense to pay off the debt consider- ing off this debt will make other ing the county is getting 1/10 of expenses more sustainable, such one percent interest on money as giving employee pay increases sitting in the bank and the county next year.

Citizen comments on the is paying 3.91 percent interest on the loan. She said the county will payoff included comments from save $316,307, which is taxes Rick McIntosh and Doris Holbert, both of whom disagreed residents won’t have to pay.

“I’d like to see us save the with paying off the loan.

McIntosh said it is not a good taxpayers one-third of a million time to pay off the loan and he dollars,” said McDermott.

Pack said the county won’t be thinks the county should use saving taxpayers a dime, consid- those funds for other projects ering the money saved will be at times when interest rates are spent elsewhere. going to be higher.

“Why don’t we give them a Holbert said she thinks the tax break?” Pack said. “Let’s quit county should use the $1 million playing with words. You’re not to build a water line rather than going to save them (taxpayers) pay off a low interest loan.

• Polk decides

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Art Farm presents ‘Persephone’ March 16 at ag center The Art Farm will present “Persephone: A Greek Version of Springtime” on Friday, March 16 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center, located on

School Street in Mill Spring.

The auditorium has been undergoing renovations in recent months in preparation for community uses such as this theatrical production.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Polk Fresh Trade Post at the ag center.

Proceeds and donations will benefit the ag center, the Cooper-

• Tax decrease

During the loan payoff discussions, Pack also suggested giving residents a tax decrease.

Commissioner Renée McDermott responded to Pack’s suggestion of a tax decrease, saying a tax decrease is not a good idea now, given state threats of withholding revenues.

She said the state legislature is putting everything on counties’ backs and it’s not the time for a tax decrease.

“We will still have $11.5 million in debt after paying (the senior center loan) off,” McDermott said.

McDermott said there was

a time not too long ago when Polk’s fund balance got below 8 percent and the state threatened to come in and take over.

She said the county doesn’t want to give a tax rebate, then have to increase taxes the next year, because commissioners miscalled it.

Owens asked county manager Ryan Whitson to include a 3-cent tax deduction in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget proposal.

Commissioner Cindy Walker asked that the proposal be put on the county’s next agenda so commissioners can have a full

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“Therefore, as the debt is paid off, then the taxpayers should get their taxes back, just as any lender would get.”

Owens suggested the tax decrease following a 3-2 vote on Monday, March 5 in favor of paying off the senior center loan at $1,376,043.

Owens and commissioner Tom Pack voted against paying off the debt, saying the county should use its fund balance for other projects, such as laying water lines.

Riis scholarship fund and future Art Farm productions.

For more information, call 828-625-3034.

– article submitted

by Finn Farrell

“I personally feel that in 2005 we asked the taxpayers of this county for the taxes to pay the debt. Therefore, as the debt is paid off, then the taxpayers should get their taxes back, just as any lender would get.”

-- Ted Owens

discussion. She argued that Owens’ proposal was not an agenda item and commissioners should follow procedure.

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O.P. Earle holds kindergarten registration Thursday, March 8 Kindergarten registration will be held March 8 at O. P. Earle Elementary School from 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. In order to register a child, parents will need the following documents: 1. A proof of residence in Spartanburg School District One- This can be a rental agreement, deed or tax notice that shows your street address (P. O. box numbers are not accepted.)

2. An official state issued birth certificate showing that your child will be 5 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2012. Certificates issued by hospitals are not accepted.

3. An official South Carolina immunization record showing that your child has received all the shots necessary for entering school.

If you do not have all of the

above items you can pre-register with a proof of residence. Other documentation must be provided prior to our general registration in early August.

Registration for screening will also be held for the fouryear-old child development classes. If you would like for your child to be screened for possible enrollment in the fouryear-old program, you must bring the required documentation listed above and participate in the pre-registration screening process. Children must be 4 years old on or before Sept. 1, 2012.

If you have questions concerning the four or five year old kindergarten programs or the registration process, please call O.P. Earle Elementary School at 864-457-3416.

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LaurelHurst Independent Living in Columbus will host a monthly beading class for adults.

The first class will be held on Monday, March 12 at 6:30 p.m. in the LaurelHurst private dining room.

The class is open to everyone in the community.

Heatherly McGarity, activities director for LaurelHurst, and her

mom, Joan Bridges, will teach the class how to sew beads together (also known as bead weaving) to make jewelry. The first class will focus on making a beaded bracelet. No experience is necessary.

For information about cost and materials, or to register, call McGarity at 864-978-0098.

– article submitted

by Heatherly McGarity

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Grassroots Art Project holds outdoor class March 10 The Grassroots Art Project will offer an outdoor class called “Perceptions and Enlightenment of Nature” on Saturday, March 10 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

In case of inclement weather, the class will meet in the conference room at Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon.

“There can be no better place than nature to embrace and capture the flower of life,” said Elisa Miller, who will lead the class. “The beauty of creation is found in the continual path of the river of life.

A flowing piece of artwork with harmony, balance, unity, contrast and color, combined with one’s interpretation of nature, can become a masterpiece to behold.”

Charcoal and paper will be provided. If you prefer you can bring your own art tools.

There is no fee for this lesson.

If you wish, the artwork created can be sold to benefit animals of Lennie’s Fund, which is an affiliate of the Grassroots Art Project.

The Grassroots Art Project is also asking the community for donations of art supplies, including art pencils, pastels, chalk, erasers and charcoal.

Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to further enhance growth of the Grassroots Art Project.

For more information, email eamiller.miller@gmail.com.

– article submitted

by Elisa Miller and Linda McCullough

“Divine Blossom Awakening,” by Elisa Miller. This composition is a Chinese Brush Painting with black sumi ink and gouache. (photo submitted by Elisa Miller)

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Actually, Lent has never been too popular in the church. It’s so different.

There are no special decorations on the streetlights downtown, no seasonal greeting cards in the stores, no trees or candles in the windows. People don’t leave work early to shop for Lent. There are no TV ads reminding us that there are only 10 more days until… Ash Wednesday.

And unlike Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter, Lent isn’t just one day, but 40 days. Even secular holidays like the Fourth of July get more attention than Lent.

Maybe it’s the themes of Lent: penitence, sacrifice and contemplation. Or the

practices: fasting, prayer and devotion. Even prayer is often more awkward than most of us care to admit, even when we do it privately. Lent doesn’t fit very well in the world most of us live in.

I have to confess that it’s not my favorite season either. But to be honest I also have to say that I need this season. And if truth be told, I probably need a lot more than 40 days. I need a time to step back from all the activities that crowd my life, to focus, to intentionally look at life – time to think and pray. I need a time to be reminded that I am the “creature” and that (Continued on page 9)

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RVPC obtain ribbons at Quiz Rally Nine members of the River Valley Pony Club competed at the Carolina Region Quiz Rally held on Feb. 18 in Columbia, S.C. Grace Blanton (D1), Kambree Clinton (UR) and Anna Katherine Zimmerman (D1) competed in the D Under 10 Division. Abby Billiu (D3), Krista Just (D3) and Anna Stratman (D1) competed in the Junior D Division. Maren Daniels (D3) competed in the Senior D Division.

Amanda Morfinos (C2) and Olivia Gould (C1) competed in the Senior C/HB Division.

Shown here are: Front row – Maren Daniels (D3), Olivia Gould (C1) and Amanda Morfinos (C3). Back row: Abby Billiu (D3), Grace Blanton (D1), Kambree Clinton (UR) and Krista Just (D3). Not pictured: Anna Stratman (D1) and Anna Katherine Zimmerman (D1). (photo submitted by Denise Gould)

No. 3 Dylan Turner takes a hard swing at an East Rutherford pitch. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

PCHS baseball falls to E. Rutherford

By Samantha Hurst

Dylan Turner opened the game The Polk County Wolverine as pitcher, playing three 1/3 baseball team put the first run up innings in which he allowed seven Tuesday, March 6 but couldn’t runs (five that earned runs) and sustain the early momentum falling gained one strikeout. The hottest 8-2 to East Rutherford. bat for the Wolverines “We played a little Sports was Tyler Ridings who better than in recent went 4-4. games,” said Head Coach Ty Stott.

The Wolverines face Asheville “We are still learning to play with a Christian Academy tonight, who new team, we’ve only been together they have beaten the three times for 3 1/2 weeks now, and we lost a they have played them. Stott said lot to graduation last year. So it takes it is usually a close game, though. time to learn to work together and we The team plays West Henderson get better every day and every week.” March 9.

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Buy, Sell, Trade, Work …

With Your Neighbors!

GARAGE SALES Downsizing - Sat. March 10. 9am - until. 370 Hamilton Dr. Col. (Inside). New items, reduced prices, antiques, desk, bookcase, table, chairs, china cabinet, twin beds, kitchen ware and Island, tools, silver, mirrors, wicker, leather chairs, yard equip., old dolls, rugs, old books, (Harvard Classics) draft. table, and much more! No early birds. Cash Only.

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CLOTHING Clothing/ BAG SALE! Buy 2, Get 1 FREE! Thurs., March 8 - Sat., March 10.

NEW FOR YOU REUSE IT SHOP. 687 N. Trade St. in Tryon. For more info: 859-5559

TREE SERVICE CONLON TREE CARE

HOME IMPROVEMENT

HOUSES FOR SALE

Yard work, odd jobs, fencing, cleansing, gutter, gravel, mulch, stonework, carpentry, cutting grass, trees, cleaning, bush hog.

References. 12 years experience. (828) 429-7834

2700 sq. ft. home on 1.40 AC. Located in Sunny View. 6 bdrm, 3 full baths, fireplace, front porch & back deck full length of house, paved parking.

Creek & great mtn. views.

Just remodeled inside & out. Some appliances. $179,900 Call 864-978-7983 and leave call back information.

SPECIALIZED SERVICES Brandburn Oil Company, We Pump Out #1 and #2.

Heating Oil and Diesel Oil. Call 864-608-1779.

DRIVERS/ DELIVERY/OTR

Highest view in Tryon w/ quick access. Spacious 2bd/2ba cottage on private Professional Truck estate. Spectacular views Driver Training, Carri- from all sides. Currently ers Hiring Today! PTDI under renovation. AvailCertified Course, One able April 2012. $1200 per Student per Truck, Po- month. Call 843-514-5900 tential Tuition Reimbursement. Approved HOUSE FOR RENT – on WIA & TAA provider.

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Quality tree work at reasonable prices. Pruning, removals, chipping, seaELP ANTED soned firewood. Free estimates, references. INSURED, EXPERIENCED Hiring cleaners part time, AND RELIABLE. Call Tom varying schedule. Must be RELIABLE have own at 828-863-4011 transportation, & work independently. Will train the right person. Interviewing OOFING now: 828-749-2233 IDING UTTERS Please leave message.

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NC MOUNTAINS. New 1328sf Log Cabin on 3+ acres. $139,500. 3/4 loft, open floor plan, fireplace, lg deck and porch, pvt. wooded setting w/stream.

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This Charming Farmhouse offers LR, Den, DR, 3 BR, 1.5 Baths, & Kit./Dining area., DW, Ref. & Stove. The 1.5 story home is located on Collinsville Road. Rent is $850 per month. 1 yr. lease & escrow required.

Available now. Call R.H. La Pour 863-2412

MOBILE HOME RENTALS FOR RENT IN GREEN CREEK: 2 BR, 2 BA, nice mobile home on 1/2 acre lot. Garbage, grass mowing & water included. $500/m. No pets. Call 828-899-4905

APARTMENTS 1 Bedroom Apt. for rent $475/mo. Utilities & cable included. Non-smoker, no pets. 864-457-5122 Apartment 1 Bedroom Duplex $360 Per Month, $360 deposit, Appliances furnished. No pets! Call 828-625-9711

APARTMENTS For Rent Near Lake Lure , Very private, 1100 sq ft heated, 360 sq ft covered porch, Efficiency Apartment, Private entrance, Utility and Direct TV included. No indoor smoking, no drugs & no drunks. Fully furnished $900.00, Empty $800.00 Call 864-978-7983.

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175 Broadway. 1bd/1ba, appliances, wood floors, heat pump, screened porch or fireplace. $495.

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WANT TO BUY: Junk cars, trucks and vans. Call anytime for pick up.

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2001 Ford Econoline Van. TV, VCR & DVD. 50,000 miles. $8000.00.

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Law Offices of Jennifer Belter Formichella, PLLC d/b/a Asheville Law Offices, Substitute Trustee, will expose for sale at public auction on March 22, 2012 at 3:00pm at the door of the Polk County Courthouse, Columbus, North Carolina, the following described real property:

LOTS 113, 114, 115, 116, 117 and 118 of Phase 2A, Section 1 of White Oak Plantation, as said lots are shown upon plats recorded in Card File E, Page 2111 and 2112, Polk County Registry; 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).

ALL that certain tract or parcel of land containing 18.569 acres, designated as Tract A, upon a plat entitle “Lands of White Oak Plantation (White Oak Development Partners, LLC) Sheet 2, Tract “A” Green Creek Township, Polk County, NC dated November 19, 2008, and prepared by K. Scott Walker, Land Surveying, Mill Spring, NC”, which plat is duly recorded in Card File E, Page 2150, 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 real property hereinabove described will be sold “as is” “where is”.

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 will be made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, restrictions and ease-

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CARS

1990 Buick Reatta Classic. New Tires and battery.

136,000 miles. Asking $3200. Call 828-894-8573 1990 Mercedes 560 SEL. Excellent condition 172k.

Must see. Best offer. Call: (864)457- 4933.

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IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT For Sale - 1997 Camaro.

DIVISION White, Automatic, V6, COUNTY OF POLK Good condition. $3500.

Call 828-329-4121 BEFORE THE CLERK 12 SP 004 Office. 4 Rooms & WaitRUCKS IN THE MATTER OF: ing Area. 2 Restrooms.

OMMERCIAL 108 Ridge Rd., Landrum The Foreclosure of a SC (near NC-SC State 2 6x6 General Truck/ Deed of Trust executed line.) $800 per month. Call Tractor. 5 ton. Cummings

by White Oak Develop828-894-5276 Diesel. Allison Automatic. ment Partners, LLC, 1 with 115 original miles, & 1 with 13,000 original Grantor, dated April 1, ANDSCAPING miles. Best offer. (828) 2009 securing a note in the original amount of 894 - 5544 $3,000,000.00 in favor of Waterfalls, streams, 6x6 General Dump Robert McCully, Beneficiponds. Award winning Truck . 5 ton. Cummings ary, recorded in Book water features.

Diesel. 5spd with 2spd 373, at Page 1063 of the Call 828-460-1043 transfer. 13,000 original Polk County Registry www.mountainwatermiles. Best offer. (828) falls.net 894 - 5544 NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE AWN

ANTED TO UY Under and by virtue of ARDEN the power and authority For Sale: Aged cow macontained in that certain nure, clay free bottom land Wanted: Used Baby Deed of Trust executed top soil, rotted sawdust, Grand Piano with seat. and delivered by White pine and hardwood bark Relatively Good condition.

Oak Development Partmulch, sand, gravel, fill Call 828-859-0307 or photo t o ners, LLC, recorded in dirt. Delivered in dump e m a i l Book 373 at Page 1063, truck or pickup size loads, jba3@windstream.net Polk County Registry, or pick up yourself. Also will haul off brush, trash, WE BUY FIREARMS! and because of default We buy hand guns and and failure to carry out or etc. 863-4453 rifles, new and old, perform the stipulations short and long. and agreements therein ANTED O Call 828-395-1396 or contained and pursuant 828-393-0067 to the demand of the UY EHICLES owner and holder of the Want to buy junk vehiindebtedness secured by cles! No title, no problem. said Deed of Trust, and EHICLES Must have ID. Will pick up pursuant to the Order of anywhere, 24/7. Never any towing fee. Price is 1972 Corvette Stingray the Clerk of Superior $325 cash to max. $3325 Street ROD 350/ 408HP. Court of Polk County, cash, on the spot. Call Very Clean. Minor me- North Carolina, entered in (828)748-6739 or (864) chanic work needed. Best this foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned, The offer. (828) 894-8523 356-6076.

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ments of record and assessments, if any. The record owner(s) of the above?described real property as reflected on the records of the Polk County Registry not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this Notice is: White Oak Development Partners, LLC

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Trustee tenders to him a 1 North Pack Square, judgment debtor herein ingston's subdivision of deed for the property or Suite 414 The Town of Tryon. after set out.

The execution was is- Amount due under judgattempts to tender such Asheville, NC 28801 deed, and should said (828) 505-4628 Tele- sued pursuant to judg- ment, excluding costs ment duly recorded in the $8361.61 successful bidder fail to phone pay the full balance pur- office of the Clerk of the The sale will be made Superior Court for Polk subject to all outstanding chase price so bid at that Tryon Daily Bulletin time, he shall remain li- March 8, 2012 County, and the execu- taxes and all local imtion is in the amount provement assessments able on his bid as pro- March 15, 2012 vided for in N.C.G.S. § specified following the against the above-dename of the judgment scribed property not in45?21.30(d) and (e). FC/WHITE OAK This sale will be held debtor and the descrip- cluded in the judgment in Third party purchasers open ten (10) days for tion of the real estate, the above-entitled cause.

LEGAL NOTICE must pay the excise tax, upset bids as required by plus costs of sale, as fol- The sale will be for cash pursuant to N.C.G.S. § law. and the highest bidder lows: STATE OF NORTH 105-228.30, in the The following described will be required to post CAROLINA amount of One Dollar NOTICE TO real property is located in ten percent of the bid or COUNTY OF POLK OCCUPANTS: ($1.00) per each Five the Tryon Township, Polk $750.00, whichever is Hundred Dollars County, North Carolina greater, at the time of the File# 11M000047 ($500.00) or fractional An order for possession and is listed for taxes for sale with the remainder In the General Court of part thereof of the final of the property may be isthe year 2011 in the due at tender of the deed.

Justice pursuant to sale price, and the Clerk s u e d name of Sarah Billie Tay- This is the 3rd day of Superior Court Division of Courts fee pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 in lor, the judgment debtor, February 2012 Before the Clerk N.C.G.S. § 7A-308, in the favor of the purchaser and described as follows: Donald Hill amount of Forty-five and against the party or TOWN OF TRYON AND Beginning at a stake in Cents ($0.45) per each parties in possession by the southern margin of Sheriff of Polk County POLK COUNTY One Hundred Dollars the clerk of superior court Plaintiff B.C. Livingston's subdivi($100.00) or fractional of the county in which the sion road at the North- By: Sgt. Clayton Price Vs part thereof of the final property is sold. Any per- Sarah Billie Taylor west corner of Lot 3C in Deputy Sheriff sale price or Five Hun- son who occupies the B.C. Livingston subdiviDefendant dred Dollars ($500.00), property pursuant to a sion of The Town of Tryon Daily Bulletin whichever is less. Pursu- rental agreement entered Tryon owned by Ben March 1 and 8, 2012 NOTICE OF ant to N.C.G.S. § into or renewed on or afCheek and running SALE OF LAND 45?21.10(b), and the ter October 1, 2007, may, thence with the line of LAND SALE UNDER EXECUTION terms of the Deed of after receiving the notice By virtue of that certain said Lot 3C, South 5 deTrust, any successful bid- of sale, terminate the grees 30 minutes East LEGAL NOTICE execution directed to the der may be required to rental agreement upon 10 undersigned from the Su- 134 feet to a stake; deposit with the Substi- days’ written notice to the thence South 72 degrees EXECUTRIX NOTICE perior Court of Polk tute Trustee immediately landlord. The notice shall 40 minutes West 150 feet County in the action entiupon conclusion of the also state that upon terto a stake, Southeast corHaving qualified on the 5th tled Town of Tryon and sale a cash deposit of the mination of a rental ner of Lot 1C of said subday of March, 2012, as Polk County vs. Sarah greater of five (5) percent agreement, the tenant is division; thence with line EXECUTRIX of the Estate Billie Taylor, I will, on the of the amount bid, or liable for rent due under of Lot 1C North 7 deof Glennie Allen Casey, 15th of March, 2012, at Seven Hundred Fifty and the rental agreement pro1:00 p.m. at the Polk grees East 172 feet to as deceased, late of Polk rated to the effective date No/100 Dollars ($750.00). stake in the margin of County, North Carolina, County courthouse door Any successful bidder of the termination. in the Town of Columbus, said subdivision road; this is to notify all persons, shall be required to ten- thence with said road firms, and corporations sell to the highest bidder der the full balance pur- The Law Offices of Jenfor cash to satisfy the South 86 degrees 15 having claims against the chase price so bid in nifer Belter Formichella, minutes East 69.5 feet to decedent to exhibit the execution, the parcel of cash or certified check at PLLC real property described the beginning, and being same to the undersigned the time the Substitute Substitute Trustee Lot 2C in said B.C. LivLynn Casey on or before following the name of the

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the 8th day of June, 2012 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment. This is the 8th day of March 2012.

Pamela H. Grayson 118 Brooktree Cir. Hendersonville, NC 28739 EXECUTRIX Of the Estate of Audrey Head Hines Tryon Daily Bulletin March 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2012

Lynn Casey 358 Whispering Woods EST/ HINES, AUDREY HEAD Dr. Saluda, NC 28773 EXECUTRIX EXECUTRIX NOTICE Of the Estate of Glennie A. Casey AKA Having qualified on the Glennie Allen Casey 24th day of February, 2012, as EXECUTRIX of Tryon Daily Bulletin the Estate of Marguerite March 8, 15, 22 and 29, Jewell Wilson Williams, deceased, late of Polk 2012 County, North Carolina, EST/ CASEY, GLENNIE this is to notify all persons, firms and/ or corpoALLEN rations having claims LEGAL NOTICE against the decedent to exhibit the same to the EXECUTRIX NOTICE undersigned Jane W. Jones on or before the Having qualified on the 1st day of June, 2012, or 2nd day of March, 2012, this notice will be pleaded as EXECUTRIX of the Es- in bar of their recovery. tate of Audrey Head Hi- All persons, firms and/ or nes, deceased, late of corporations indebted to Polk County, North Caro- the Estate should make lina, this is to notify all per- immediate payment to sons, firms, and corpora- the undersigned tions having claims Jane W. Jones against the decedent to 115 Oakleaf Dr. exhibit the same to the un- Landrum, SC 29356 dersigned Pamela H. This is the 1st day of Grayson on or before the March, 2012 8th day of June, 2012 or this notice will be pleaded Tryon Daily Bulletin in bar of their recovery. All March 1, 8, 15 and 22, persons, firms and corpo- 2012 rations indebted to the estate should make immedi- EXECUTRIX NOTICE ate payment. This is the 8th day of March, 2012.

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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to meet Sunday, March 11 The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will meet on March 11 at 10:30 a.m. at the Tryon Youth Center on Hwy. 176 North.

Reverend Jean Rowe will speak on the topic, “Out in the Desert.”

“For the past decade, our young men and women have been out in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, dealing with classic themes:

human conflict, loneliness, sacrifice, leaving home, strangers in a strange land, encountering uncertainty, power, hunger, fear and death. It is a time of great trial for them,” Rowe said. “In the Christian calendar, this is Lent. So, too, in his time of trial after his baptism, Jesus was out in the desert for 40 days, lonely,

hungry, tempted by power, glory and food. Like the Buddha more than 200 years earlier, he had to sort things out for himself, wrestle with choices, decide what path to follow.”

Rowe said, “We, too, have known desert times, when life is dry and we are fearful or lonely or terribly hungry. What can we

learn from ‘season(s) of vacancy and vacuum, privacy and pause, of solitude and subtraction,’ as one writer put it?”

Come early for fellowship and refreshments. For information, call 828-894-5776 or visit www. uutryonnc.org.

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How to evaluate if your body is at a healthy weight According to Johns Hopkins University, if you’re carrying around extra weight, you increase your risk for some very nasty health issues including diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke.

To determine if you’re weight is within a healthy range, you should know your BMI. What’s BMI? It’s your Body Mass Index - a measure of your weight in relation to your height.

To find your BMI, multiply your weight in pounds by 703; then divide that number by the square of your height in inches.

A BMI of between 25 and 29.9 is overweight. A BMI of 30 and over is obese.

Your goal is to maintain a BMI below 25.

Interestingly, it turns out that it’s not just extra pounds that matter, but where on your body that you carry that extra weight, even if you have a normal body mass index under the recom-

but not tight. In men, a waist mended level.

This is especially true if you circumference of more than 40 have that “middle-age tire” inches indicates obesity. For around your midsection, called women, the cutoff is 35 inches.

•Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). abdominal obesity, because that “belly fat” increases your risk With a tape measure, take the circumference of the smallest for health problems.

So what else do you need part of your waist and divide it by the circumferto know besides ence of the largyour BMI to deSenior est point of your termine if you’re LifeStyles hips (at the butat added risk? tocks). A ratio of The answer is Ron Kauffman 0.8 for women or that you should 1.0 for men is the also know your waist circumference (distance cutoff value above which risk around your waist), waist-to- increases.

• Wa i s t - t o - s t a t u r e r a t i o hip ratio (WHR) and waist-tostature ratio (WSR) to get a more (WSR). This is a measure of complete picture of your health. your waist circumference at its Here’s how to calculate these smallest point, divided by your other important measurements: height in inches when standing •Waist circumference. This is barefoot.

To be inside of the healthy a measure of abdominal fat. You result range, your waist circumcan find your waist circumferference should not be more than ence by wrapping a tape measure around your waist at the top of half of your height.

While all of this sounds like your hip bones so that it’s snug

an advanced math class, it’s important, and recently appeared in an article in the February 1, 2012 edition of Nutrition and Weight Control.

Perhaps it’s time all of us, even those who think their weight is within normal limits, to brush up on our math skills and take out that old cloth measuring tape to determine if our current weight and size is really within normal, healthy ranges.

It might surprise you, I know it did me!

Ron Kauffman is a geriatric consultant and planner in private practice in Henderson & Polk Counties. He is the author of Caring fo a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Disease, available at the Polk County Senior Center. His podcasts can be heard weekly at www.seniorlifestyles. net. You can reach him at his office at 828-696-9799, on his cell at 561-818-0039 or by email at drron561@gmail.com.

Carolina Keglers bowling results from Wednesday, Feb. 29 Here are the results of the Carolina Keglers bowling on Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Women’s high game: Karen Andersson - 169 Dorothy Von Glahn – 151 Women’s high series: Karen Andersson - 480

Dorothy Von Glahn - 420 Men’s high game: Jack Knirk - 204 Dave Ritchie - 173 Men’s high series: Jack Knirk - 494 Mike Davidson - 489 Most pins over average:

Jack Knirk +49 Karen Andersson +32 The Keglers have room for new bowlers. This is a low-key fun league for adults over 50 who want a little recreation.

The group bowls on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. at Autumn Lanes in Forest City, N.C.

Anyone wishing to join the Carolina Keglers should contact Mike Davidson at 828-894-5823 or email kwk1970@windstream. net. Members are asked to contact Davidson when they cannot bowl.

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by Mike Davidson

Foothills Artist Directory: Calling local visual, literary and performing artists Polk County is home to many musicians, writers, painters and craftsmen.

The Arts in Education Committee at Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC), as part of an effort to share the talents of the many professional and passionate artists in our community, is putting together a directory of local visual, literary and performing artists.

The committee is looking for qualified artists or arts organizations in a variety of fields who are

interested in providing educational programs for local schools and organizations.

The intent of this effort, known as the Foothills Artist Directory, is to provide a link between the community and local artists and as a public service to area schools, agencies, groups and individuals in the greater Tryon and Landrum areas of North and South Carolina.

Arts in Education committee members said, “In the business of educating and preparing young

people to be productive citizens, the buzz words have changed from ‘thinking outside the box’ to the ‘currency of creativity.’ 21st-century business skills include more than just adding up a column of numbers.

Successful students now need the ability to solve problems and to communicate with sensitivity in a world that is becoming smaller and smaller.

Being creative and innovative, both skills associated with the arts, will be the key component to being

employable.”

The artist application is available on the Tryon Fine Arts Center website. If you would like to be included in this directory, submit the application, along with the registration fee, by March 23.

The directory will be made available in May 2012. For further information, visit www.tryonarts. org, email marianne@tryonarts.org or call 828-859-8322, ext. 213.

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White chosen to attend 2012 Tar Heel Girl’s State Makenzie White has been selected by the American Legion Auxiliary to attend the 2012 Tar Heel Girl’s State in June at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C. This is a week-long opportunity for selected junior girls to get “hands-on” experience in how government works. Top N.C. government officials are among the leaders who address Girl’s State.

Many participants develop two fictitious political parties with campaigns, conventions and an election at the end. There are many special highlights during the week, including a talent show and Girl’s State Chorus.

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by Cindy Worrall

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Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; bridge, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with bridge discussion session at 12:45. 828749-9245. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Monday activities include line dancing, 10 a.m., 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. 828-859-5051.

Polk County Retired School

Eleanor Roemer will accompany the Foothills Music Club’s Concert Choral Ensemble in John Rutter’s “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” during the “Musical Moments on the Organ” concert on Thursday, March 8 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Congregational Church on Melrose Avenue in Tryon. The public is invited. Admission is free. Members of the chorus include Ellen Harvey Zipf, Eleanor Roemer, Elaine Jenkins, Fran Creasy, Elizabeth Gardner, Lillian Wehr, Janet Joens, Karen Killough, Jeanette Shackelford, Jeanette Comer, Rita Stobbe, Jeri Board, Lesley Bush, Clifford Joens, John Gardner, Carole Bartol and Richard Kennedy. (photo submitted by Ellen Harvey Zipf)

Personnel will meet Monday, March 12 at noon at Calvert’s Restaurant in Columbus. Officers will be elected and Vera Taylor, district president, will give an update on membership.

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.

PCHS golf at Landrum, Monday, March 12, 4 p.m.

PCHS men’s tennis at E. Rutherford, Monday, March 12, 4 p.m.

PCHS varsity baseball at Swain, Monday, March 12, 4

p.m.

Male Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Southern Appalachian Fiber Community meeting, March 13, 6 p.m., Mill Spring Agricultural Center. Everyone invited to share potluck dinner and hear Cindy Walker talk about her visits to area fiber mills, processing plants and farms. For more information, email J.E. Bradley at junebug@ polkcountyfarms.org or call Lynn Sprague at 828-894-2281.

Landrum Library, free yoga classes. 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Limited to first 30 people.

Thermal Belt Stamp Club, first and third Mondays of each month, 7:30 p.m., Tryon Fed-

eral Bank, Columbus. Visitors welcome.

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

Monday

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda.

Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month.

894-8203.

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contact the PAC office to sign up by phone at 828-859-5060 or e-mail landprotection@pacolet. org.

Hikers should wear appropriate clothing and footwear; bring a bag lunch and/or snack and plenty of water. Be sure to bring any personal medication that you may require. Hikers should be prepared to return to the area by 3 p.m. at the latest. In case of inclement weather, contact the PAC office by 8:15 a.m. on the day of the hike to see if the hike will take place.

Hikers will meet at the Gowensville Spinx (at the intersection of Hwy. 14 and Hwy. 11) at 8:30 a.m. to start the journey to Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve.

Visit PACs website, www. pacolet.org, or go to PAC’s Facebook page for information on upcoming hikes. The next hike is scheduled for March 30 to Rainbow Falls at Jones Gap State Park.

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its boundaries that protects White Irisette (Sisyrinchium dichotomum), a federally endangered plant.

White Irisette is found on only a few scattered mountain slopes in western N.C. and northern S.C. and flourishes on several of PAC’s protected properties. Difficult to distinguish in the best of circumstances, the tiny irisette will not be blooming this time of year, but many spring ephemerals will be open for hikers to enjoy.

The forest at Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve varies from early successional to mature upland and cove hardwoods, and hikers may see and hear songbirds just arriving from their wintering grounds in South America.

The property is part of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Area program, allowing hiking, nature viewing, fishing and some types of hunting.

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PAC hike headed to visit Chestnut Ridge Hikers are invited to join the Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC) on Friday, March 16 for a 5.5-mile hike at Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve, the third hike of PAC’s spring hiking series. PAC Land Protection Specialist Pam Torlina will lead the hike from the trailhead off Oak Grove Road to the South Pacolet River.

The 5.5-mile hike is 2.75 miles out and 2.75 miles back.

It starts out as relatively easy, winding through new growth forest and along several streams, gradually becoming moderately strenuous as the trail ascends Squirrel Mountain through a rich hardwood forest with beautiful rock outcroppings.

After reaching the ridge top, the trail descends Squirrel Mountain through a lush cove forest to the South Pacolet River, at the base of Chestnut Ridge.

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve is a 1,881-acre preserve in northern Greenville County, named for the mountain within

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