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The 29th annual Lynn reunion will be held this Saturday, Oct. 6 from noon until dark at the Harmon Field log cabin (earlier in the day than usual).

Bring a covered dish and drink to share. The meal will be at 2 p.m. *** The Tryon Police Department will be using the firing range on Thursday, Oct. 4.

Residents in the Howard Street area may hear gunshots.

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

Today

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.; medication assistance; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Wacky Wednesday, (Continued on page 2)

An accident involving three tractor-trailers caused the closure of both eastbound lanes along U.S. 74 near mile marker 167 and Columbus on Tuesday, Oct. 2. The accident occurred around 2 a.m. Tuesday, and the N.C. Highway Patrol closed the lanes and set up detours. Two of the truck drivers were injured; one was in critical condition as of press time and the other was treated and released. During heavy rains, one tractor-trailer overturned, with the second hitting it and a third truck then striking the second, according to reports. Crews worked to clar the road with dump trucks, and the lanes were reopened Tuesday afternoon. (photo by Gwen Ring)

County deletes controversial parts of UDO Considers rescinding MRPO

by Leah Justice

The proposed Polk County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will apparently be an issue for the new board of com-

missioners that will be elected in

November, because the current board on Monday deleted some sections of the UDO and put others on hold. Further work on the document will not occur until after the November election.

During a workshop held Mon-

day, Oct. 1 to discuss the UDO, the Polk County Board of Commissioners deleted the slopes section from the document and also took out or put on hold other controversial sections.

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senior fitness and Italian club, 10 a.m.; bingo and bridge, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Knights of Columbus Council #9492, Operation Lamb 2102 at IGA in Tryon on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Green Creek Community Center, quilters’ group, Wednesdays, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Saluda Center Wednesday activities, Trash Train, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www. saluda.com.

Polk County Democratic Headquarters, open Wednesday, Oct. 3, Friday, Oct. 5, Wednesday, Oct. 10 and Friday, Oct. 12, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Get candidate and election information and register to vote. 828-894-0539. 64 Ward St., next to sheriff’s office in Columbus.

Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Female Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 828-894-2340.

LHS Varsity Tennis plays Carolina High School at home on Oct. 3 at 4:30 p.m.

Male Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE.

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894-2340.

Alcoholics Anonymous Tryon 12 and 12, Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Tryon Coffeehouse, 90 Trade Street.

Thursday

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m.

- noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.

Polk County Driver License Mobile Unit will be at 130 Ward St. in Columbus, directly in front of the post office, from 9:30 a.m.

- 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4.

Saluda Center Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.

For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m.; grocery shopping, 1 p.m.; yoga, 6 p.m. 828-894-0001.

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.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Polk County Republican Women’s Club will meet on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11:30 a.m. at Tryon Estates in Columbus. The guest speakers for this meeting will be county commissioner candidates Tom Pack, Keith Holbert and Michael Gage. Visitors are welcome but reservations are necessary. Call Opal Sauve at 828-863-2437 for reservations or information.

AA open discussion meeting,

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Local Weather Forecast:

Today

Tomorrow

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Today: Par tly cloudy, with 10 percent chance of rain. High 78, low 57.

T h u r s d a y : M o s t l y Partly cloudy Mostly cloudy cloudy, with 20 percent chance of rain. High 80, low 54.

Monday’s weather was: High 64, low 57, 2.49 inches of rain.

Happy, Joyous and Free, noon on Thursdays, Columbus United Methodist Church, 76 N. Peak Street, across from Stearns gym.

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd. Tryon farmer’s market, Thursdays, 4 - 6:30 p.m., McCown Street in Tryon.

LHS JV Volleyball plays at Blacksburg High School Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m.

Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 155 W. Mills St., Suite 202, Columbus.

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

JHS JV Football plays at Chesnee High School Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.

LHS Varsity Volleyball plays at Blacksburg High School Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.

Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098.

NAMI support group, Thursdays, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828817-0382.

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.; NA Meeting, 8 p.m. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include movie matinee at 10 a.m. and bingo or movie 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.

Saluda farmer’s market, Fridays, 4:30 p.m., in downtown Saluda.

Upstairs Artspace, “Heated Exchange,” a major international exhibit of encaustic art, on display through Nov. 17. Workshops in encaustic techniques also available. For more information, visit www.upstairsartspace.org, call 828-859-2828 or stop by the gallery at 49 S. Trade St., Tryon.

American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.

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

Saturday

Landrum farmers market, Saturdays, 7-10 a.m., N. Trade Ave. in Landrum. For more information, call Joe Cunningham, 864-457-6585.

Columbus farmer’s market, Saturdays, 8 a.m. - noon at Courthouse Square in downtown Columbus.

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Outreach receives large canned food donation

George Comparetto (left) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints presents Carol Newton, executive director of Outreach with a large donation of canned food. The donation will be used to further Outreach’s mission to provide compassionate assistance to Polk County residents. (photo submitted by Wendy Thomas)

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Commissioners scheduled another workshop for Nov. 19 to further discuss changes to the draft UDO. By that time, the election will be over, and the three open commissioner seats will have been filled. The new board will be elected on Nov. 6 and sworn into office the first meeting in December.

While commissioners seemed unanimous on their decision to delete or put some sections on hold and to go back to the land use table that is currently in effect, another decision regarding the current mountainside and ridgeline protection ordinance (MRPO) caused disagreement.

Commissioners Ted Owens and Tom Pack along with chair Ray Gasperson voted to add to the regular agenda a discussion of rescinding the current MRPO. The board subsequently voted to send the MRPO to the planning board for a recommendation on rescinding it.

Commissioner vice-chair Renée McDermott and commissioner Cindy Walker argued that according to the board of commissioners’ own rules, items added to the agenda the night of the meeting must be either emergencies or issues with time constraints.

McDermott said adding the issue of rescinding the MRPO to the agenda is a flagrant violation of the rules. She said a lot of people in the county would be interested in that and there was no notice to the public or the news media that commissioners would be discussing the issue.

“I think it’s a huge insult to our constituents that you would try to rush through something like this,” said McDermott.

Pack said sending the MRPO to the planning board will give the public plenty of notice, and there will be a public hearing before commissioners consider a vote on rescinding the ordinance after getting a recommendation from the planning board. The planning board also has 45 days

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to get back to commissioners, Pack said.

“We’re not asking for a vote tonight,” Pack said. “There will be a public hearing so the process will be followed.”

After the board voted to send the MRPO to the planning board to consider rescinding it, Walker expressed her disappointment.

“I’m pretty disappointed,” Walker said. “I thought everybody was here for the House of Flags.”

An audience member interrupted Walker, and she said she was talking and didn’t want to be interrupted.

“I didn’t know this was a setup,” Walker continued. “It’s truly something. It’s truly something.”

During the two-hour workshop prior to the regular meeting, chair Gasperson went through the draft UDO article by article to gain consensus on which sections to cut from the document and which to leave. The first item on the table was to completely delete Article 24, steep slopes, which would have placed restrictions on building at slopes of 25 percent or greater (as recommended by the planning board) across the whole county.

“I’ll be honest with you,” Gasperson said. “I’m of a mind that we should at this time pull that article from this draft UDO and I would like to hear how other commissioners feel about that.”

McDermott said she completely agrees.

“I think it’s overkill to apply steep slopes to the entire county,” said McDermott. “I argued and voted against it at the UDO committee meeting.”

She explained that article 24 as proposed needed to be looked at much more closely and she agrees with Pack, for instance, that the fire retardant section for homes is overkill.

Restrictions such as requiring fire retardant materials for homes were appropriate in the MRPO because that ordinance is restricted to very mountainous high elevations that put firefighters in actual danger to their lives, she said.

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“If you’re going to loosen up and add just the ones that (continued from page 1) expand I’m fine with it,” Pack said. “If we’re going to make it easier for people to have businesses I’m for it. I don’t want to constrict the ones we already have. That’s what the UDO Walker said she is fine with does; it adds some, it constricts deleting the steep slopes section some.” if the county leaves a place for Gasperson and Walker said it in the document to work on they were in favor of the new later. home occupation provisions, McDermott and Walker said they were under the impression but McDermott argued that othat the time of the workshop that ers in the county are in favor of the county’s MRPO would still other provisions and the county be in place if the county deletes is taking an axe to those.

Commisthe steep slope sioners also section from “If (MRPO) doesn’t stay, decided to go the UDO. back to cur“If (MRPO) Polk County will be with rent verbiage doesn’t stay, no protections in place. regarding Polk County That is not what Polk guesthouses. will be with The proposed County wanted.” no protections UDO placed a -Renée McDermott in place,” Mctime constraint Dermott said. of 30 days or That is not what Polk County less on visitors in guesthouses wanted. I think it would be a and the current ordinances real slap in the face to the citidon’t place a time constraint. zens that worked on this thing, The sections of the UDO that submitted all those surveys included no substantial changes (more than 2,000), in saying from current ordinances were they wanted these kinds of proleft in the UDO. tections. If this board rescinds Walker said she is okay with those it will be a really sad day deleting the major sections as for Polk County.” long as the county holds onto The other major change the work so it can be looked was to delete the proposed at later. land use table for zoned areas She said the UDO commitand replace it with the land tee and other volunteers went use table that is currently in effect, with two additions. The above and beyond by taking additions included the uses of information from the surveys energy generating facilities (for and vision plan and making solar farms) and non-motorized compromises to draft the UDO. “It feels like we’re undoing recreational uses, which were recent requests made to the all that,” Walker said. “The only county that were not included way I can be okay with that is if we reserve the space to refer in the current use table.

After much discussion, to it down the road. They did commissioners decided not to above and beyond and it was include the new home occupa- too much to take in all at one tions II section of the proposed time. I just don’t want to lose UDO. Pack said he was in favor everything they did.”

The Polk County Planning of including anything new that expands uses but not for con- Board is scheduled to meet on stricting uses.

Thursday, Oct. 11 at 5 p.m.

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Buddy Holly Experience at Tryon Fine Arts Center Oct. 11 On Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m., Billy McGuigan returns to Tryon Fine Arts Center with the Rave On! Band in a rock and roll celebration, Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience.

This tribute to legendary rocker Buddy Holly is showcase of musical prowess, charisma and acting talent of musician Billy McGuigan as he brings Buddy Holly ‘s spirit to life and recreates the music of the rock and roll icon. Using the formal dress and thick-framed glasses associated with Holly, McGuigan has captured Holly’s essence.

“I always feel like it is such a hallowed ground,” McGuigan says, “I’ve seen it done wrong so many times, I just sort of made it my mission to do it right.”

McGuigan has performed Rave On! in more than 1,500

performances from coast to coast for kids and adults, backed by the Rave On! Band.

McGuigan said he enjoys “having a show full of kids and people in their 80s, and being able to touch them with his music….”

Rave On! is the opener for Tryon Fine Arts Center’s 20122013 season, sponsored by Millard and Company. The event sponsor for Rave On! is the St. Luke’s Physician Network.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 828-859-8322 or at the box office, Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, visit www. tryonarts.org.

Tryon Fine Arts Center is located on Melrose Avenue in Tryon.

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Polk schools prove to be economic driver for area

Those in Polk County who are not involved with the Polk County School system may not realize how many people, especially those with school age children, move to the county specifically because of the school’s ranking, both in the state and the nation.

The Polk County Board of Commissioners recognized Saluda School and Polk County High School on Monday, Oct. 1 for recent federal and state recognition the schools have earned.

Saluda School was recently recognized as a Blue Ribbon School through a federal program that recognizes public and private elementary, middle and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students’ levels of academic achievement. Saluda was one of only 269 schools in the entire nation to receive the designation. In past years, Tryon and Sunny View Elementary Schools have also received this recognition, among other honors.

North Carolina recently recognized Polk County High School for having a graduation rate of 89.7 percent, which puts it in the top 10 high schools in the state.

The list of awards for Polk’s schools goes on for pages, with each having been named high honor schools last year in end-ofgrade testing by the state. The scores ranked Tryon Elementary, the Polk County Early College, Saluda and Sunny View Schools as Honor Schools of Excellence and the middle school, high school and Polk Central as Schools of Distinction in the state.

Polk County Board of Commissioners Chair Ray Gasperson said Saluda School’s earning the Blue Ribbon recognition is quite an achievement, as is the state recognition for the high school. In combination, he said, the honors prove that Polk County Schools are an economic engine for the county. Commissioners approved resolutions recognizing the schools and applauded them for their recent achievements.

Congratulations to Polk County Schools for their recent achievements.

— Editorial staff, Tryon Daily Bulletin

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Yours tion. A full-page ad in the Tryon Daily Bulletin costs $283.93.

The owner of the domain name for the “Liberty” website is WilTo the Editor: The identification of people liam Day. (You can Google “Who is” with the name of the website to who are behind poconfirm this.) William litical advertising is Letters Day was a contributor very important. Yet to the of $200 to Tom Pack’s the multiple full page Editor campaign in the 2010 ads from someone election. Tom Pack who uses the term “Liberty” are being printed in is one of the current Republican the Tryon Daily Bulletin without candidates.

And they don’t even need to further identification. Citizens list the ad expenditures in camshould know who is willing to paign finance reports. spend such large sums of money - Mary Parker, Tryon to manipulate our upcoming elec-

Ad costs, political manipulation

Utter lack of sense of community, vision To the Editor: I left the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) commissioners/ public meeting on Sept. 17 feeling a complete and utter lack of sense of community and vision. There were lines drawn in the sand, disrespect, rudeness, shouting, accusations and many misinterpretations/allegations/generalizations regarding the proposed UDO document.

There was no evidence of working together to amend or improve this working document so that it can do what it was designed to do – set a direction of growth and development for this county as envisioned by our community, via a public survey, a few years ago.

The opposition group aggressively wanted the UDO stopped, period, as they believe it steps on their individual rights and future job opportunities. The UDO is a tool that can help us reach the goals set forth in the Polk County 20/20 Vision Plan. As stated in this plan, how can we “aggressively” protect our resources, our water and steep slopes/mountains, without any ordinances, rules, or plans to do so? That already happened with the Chocolate Drop development

and how did that work out for us?

And why should we want to have regulation and rules over the protection of these things? Because these physical, irreplaceable assets “describe” our county, they belong to us and they are our community’s responsibility to take care of them for our own benefit and good, especially if we want them to remain for our children’s legacy.

We did not step up to the plate with any oversight or regulation before when Chocolate Drop exploitation occurred, and the “facts” are that the state DENR stepped in for us and mandated that an engineered erosion/sedimentation control plan be implemented by the developer and there was no compliance with that, so the state sued for irreparable damage to the citizens and their waters (sediment into waters is a major pollutant). Chocolate Drop did not have to happen and could have been prevented if we had been intentional/thoughtful planners and had the UDO in place.

We do not need to be complacent or combative/argumentative in our duty to be good, responsible citizens in our community and stewards of these God-given gifts.

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resources in the way of protecting and restoring them will come back to benefit us threefold. If we have protective ordinances in place we show that we, as a community, value and understand the importance of these assets to Polk County.

Further, adoption of the UDO does not take away the jobs or negatively affect the local economy. Quite the contrary. Clean/

Confusion is not constructive To the Editor: We are alarmed at the mystery ads that are appearing in the Bulletin that seem to wrongly represent what the Polk County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) really does. For example, that it will zone all of Polk County. The Tryon Daily Bulletin editorial did a good job of pointing out that this is untrue.

We do not believe that Polk County has any intention of violating anyone’s constitutional rights and will not enter upon property without permission or without proper credentials. You can check with the Polk County planning director about this policy. In fact, Section 1.8.3.1 of the UDO, Inspections, says this: “The administrator shall have the right upon presentation of proper credentials, or inspection warrant if necessary, to enter on

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healthy waters, intact forests and mountains make us a “destination” for tourism and outdoor recreation and this could provide the opportunity for significant economic growth (recreational users’ dollars) for our county. It could create local jobs such as tourism service jobs, erosion control monitoring positions (paid by a nominal tax assessment from the recreational users), more carefully designed grading site projects (clear water grading contractors) and building

opportunities, in-the-field jobs to implement the protection/ restoration projects on the Green River and Lake Adger and workers to repair the infrastructure to the Turner Shoals dam, build a water treatment plant and maintain our more frequented roads.

The UDO is not a perfect document and probably needs some revisions and amendments so that it is tailored to meet our needs or expectations (see alternative energy wind farms or non motorized rec-

reational trail use businesses) but it does serve as a valuable, visionary and progressive developmental road map that can lead us, as a community, toward a successful future.

Certain Polk County leaders and their constituents need to move our community forward, with a shared vision, and not divide, mislead/ incite the public that this UDO document is attacking our “liberties and rights.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

– Sky Conard, Mill Spring

any premises within the planning jurisdiction of the county at any reasonable hour for the purposes of inspection, determination of plan compliance, or other enforcement actions under this ordinance and state law.” It is totally in compliance with the Constitution and laws. Even with this statement, the planning director always asks for a landowner’s permission to come on property, and only when absolutely necessary. It happens very seldom.

We believe that the planning board has thoroughly researched the slope situation and worked out an ordinance protecting the mountains for all of us. As to the rest of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), the other items merely consolidate previous ordinances that Polk County already has established as law, with the slope ordinance part of it being the significant item in it that is changed or more defined, according to all the information

that is now available to the planning board who has presented it for our county commissioner approval. It is our understanding that the language of some items in the document may have been changed to simplify them for us all. In fact, that was the reason the ordinances have been consolidated into one document, in order to speed things up for those who choose to develop land.

As to the mystery ads claiming that the UDO goes against property rights, we would ask this question, whose property rights? Polk County has the property rights of a whole county full of property owners to protect.

Certainly we would not want to have our government turn into something like what takes place in West Virginia where the property rights of coal mining companies are above those of all the property rights of individual property owners all combined in that state. Let us be thankful that

in our county at least, the commissioners are taking everyone’s property rights into consideration in their decision making process.

When a county invests our tax dollars taken from all of our property taxes to extend water lines, sheriff and fire services, etc., it has to consider many long term probabilities involved such as what the effect on the area’s water could be if the development upset the balance on higher slopes. Though development may bring more tax base, they have to decide if it is in the best interest long term costs for the whole of the tax base they already have been elected to serve.

The seeming fear mongering that the paid mystery ads invite does not appear to us to be in any way a constructive, peaceful way of going about participating toward sound problem solving.

Check with our county’s planning director for the facts!

– Ted and Julie Perkins, Tryon

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A non-partisan opinion (please keep reading)…

To the Editor: Last election, I supported (even financially) one of the ladies who is presently a county commissioner and is now running for re-election. At the same

time, coincidentally, I served on the county planning board as a volunteer and attended my first local Tea Party (912 group) meeting in Rutherford County; we didn’t have a 912 group or other Tea Party group that I could find here in Polk County at that time.

After the meeting, I tried to encourage both the lady and her husband, a retired attorney who had diligently worked as a

volunteer. I had high regard for both these individuals because of their seeming interest for the well being of the county’s rural character, and objectives of fairness to everyone. Nonetheless, later they both rejected my invitation to attend the next Tea Party group meeting and exclaimed, “You’ve got to be kidding! It’s just another Republican group under a different name!”

I continued to learn everything I could from reading printed media and going online, and found that the “Tea Party” is the “real deal” for the most part, and it is totally in support of my Constitutional rights as an American and the way that this country is governed. These two seemingly well-intentioned people had no intention of attending or learning about another way. They had obviously been educated and unfortunately conditioned, in my opinion, to think, but to follow other objectives.

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Michelle Beckman, a U.S. Senator or member of the House of Representatives, was running in the presidential primaries to help get our government’s “house in order.” Both she and the Tea Party organization obviously were against the president’s (any of our presidents’) abuse of “executive order privilege” still in use and ever increasingly being used in the last 3¾ years by our White House, without regard for our Constitution and its well-defined instructions for enactment of laws.

Originally, I believe that executive order “privilege” was intended to set rules for a president’s cabinet to follow while working under the office of the president and his administration, but never for the purpose of enacting “laws” without regard to our Constitution’s requirements.

Today, even our Congress of the United States can assist with the (Continued on page 11)

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I’ve since learned that people in the positions of even our local government (including volunteers and publicly elected officials) cannot make informed decisions without an open mind and being willing to learn about Tea Party or even United Nations initiatives that are going on behind the scenes – like Agenda 21, for example, under the guise of “sustainable living” or state Free Estimates and/or county so-called “Vision Plans” – usually recognized by the funding by grants and ulti35 Loop Road Arden, NC 28704 mately the federal government.

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APPLIANCES Undermount Stainless Steel Microwave, GE, New. Asking $150.00.

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LEGALS

LEGALS

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LEGAL NOTICE

race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons

with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call toll free (866) 632-9992 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or (866) 377-8642 (relay voice users).

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Non-Discrimination Statement Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation is the recipient of Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The USDA prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of

Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation Forest City, North Carolina

LEGALS October, 2012 Tryon Daily Bulletin Oct. 3, 2012 NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT LEGAL NOTICE Notice to Creditors

Having qualified on the 4th day of September, 2012, as Executor of the Estate of GERALDINE M. GROSS, deceased, late

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LEGALS 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 Executor on or before the 18th day of December, 2012, 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 19th day of

LEGALS September, 2012.

Estate of Geraldine M. Gross A. Bailey Nager, Executor and Attorney P.O. Box 851 Tryon, NC 28782

Tryon Daily Bulletin Adv. 9/19; 9/26; 10/3; 10/10 EST/GROSS Selling your home?

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Exhibits & Events

Bravo Marketplace, 285 N. Trade St. Collection includes works

by Linda Hudgins, Jim Shackleford and Mara and Ford Smith.

Gallery open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Ferullo Fine Art Studio, 140 Pacolet St., Tryon. Currently conducting an ongoing class in expressive watercolor, the nontraditional approach, each Thursday from 2 - 4 p.m., with open studio from 4 – 5 p.m.

Kathleen’s Gallery, 66 E. Main St., Saluda. Gallery hours are Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, call 828-859-8316.

Little Mountain Pottery 6372 Peniel Rd., Tryon. 38th Annual Kiln Opening Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 13. The event is free and open to the public. The stoneware kiln will be opened at 11 a.m. and the festival hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival also features guest artists and craftspeople and mountain music. Little Mountain Pottery is the studio of Claude and Elaine Graves. For more information, contact Claude Graves at 864-457-6555 or visit Little Mountain Pottery’s Facebook page.

Mill Spring Agricultural Center, 156 School Road, Mill Spring. Showing the works of local photographer Jean-Jacques Benoist, a display of high dynamic range photography featuring images of Ag Center interiors just as renovations were under way. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Saluda Inn and Wine Cellar, 229 Greenville St., Saluda. Thurs-

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

day, Oct. 4, art show featuring Carey Perkins.

Skyuka Fine Art, 133 N. Trade St., Tryon. Showing Richard Christian Nelson’s recent work. Show runs through Oct. 31.

Thompson Garden Gallery and Outdoor Living, 83 Palmer St., Tryon. Showcasing local artists and craftsmen. Gallery and showroom hours 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Saturday. For more information, call 571-216-6093.

Tryon Arts & Crafts School, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon.

Fusion show featuring works from members of Tryon Arts and Crafts School and Tryon Painters and Sculptors. Now until Oct. 6. 5th Annual Fall Festival will be Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 14, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Featuring over 40 artisans and craftspeople from around the area.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Rave On!: The Buddy Holly Experience, season opener for TFAC will be Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. North Carolina Humanities Council presents “Road Scholars,” Sunday, Oct. 7, Anne Rogers, “Native Americans and Their Use of the Environment.” Sunday, Oct. 14, Betty Smith, “Women in Traditional Song.” Free admission to “Road Scholars” events.

Tryon Painters & Sculptors, 26 Maple St., Tryon. New classes offered in introduction to drawing, sculpture, oil painting and figure drawing. Contact Christine Mariotti at cmariotti@windstream.net or 828-859-8392. Tryon Painters will join Tryon Arts & Crafts for a show now until Oct. 5. 14th regional juried art show from Sept. 29 to Nov. 10. Art, Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. The Upstairs Artspace, with support from the Polk County Community Foundation, presents “Heated Exchange: Contemporary Encaustic,” an international exhibit of encaustic art. The exhibit features artists from across the U.S. and Canada who use the medium, in which pigment is suspended in hot wax. The work is on display through Nov. 17. The gallery is also offering workshops: Oct. 12 and 13 for novice to intermediate levels; and Nov. 10 for all, up to the professional level. A program for kids, exploring beeswax and beekeeping, that was scheduled for Oct. 6 has been postponed to a later date yet to be determined. For more information, contact the Upstairs at 828-8592828, business hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., email at frontdesk@upstairsartspace.org, or visit www. upstairsartspace.org.

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Live Music

Thurs. Oct. 4

Purple Onion Valorie Miller and Moses Atwood Zenzera A Beautiful Mess

Fri. Oct. 5

Copper Mill Karaoke, 9 p.m.

Kyoto’s ‘Downstairs’ Trophy Husbands, 7:30 p.m.

Purple Onion Fred Whiskin Saluda Inn & Wine Cellar Chris Smith, 8 p.m.

Stone Soup Live entertainment, 7:30 p.m.

Zenzera Taylor Moore and Dirty Deacons

Sat. Oct. 6

Copper Mill Tyler Phillips, a BMI Songwriter, and Dana and Friends Hare & Hound Live music w/ Daryl Rice

Purple Onion The DanBerrys Zenzera Speedwell

Sun. Oct. 7

Larkin’s in Columbus Fred Whiskin, 11:30 a.m.

Stone Soup Live entertainment, 11 a.m.

Tues. Oct. 9

Melrose Inn Folk music of Brown Anderson Zenzera Open mic night

Thurs. Oct. 11 Purple Onion Trees Leave

Fri. Oct. 12

Kyoto’s ‘Downstairs’ Mr. C’s from Hendersonville, 7 p.m.

Purple Onion Fred Whiskin Saluda Inn & Wine Cellar Eric Congdon, 8 p.m.

Movies

Tryon Theatre, 45 S. Trade St., Tryon.

Oct. 3 - 7 Lawless Oct. 8 - 9 The Intouchables Oct. 10 - 14 Hope Springs

Music Venues

Copper Mill - Hwy. 108 E. Columbus, 828-894-2440 El Chile Rojo - 209 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 864-457-5977 Hare and Hound - 101 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 828-457-3232 Larkin’s - 155 W. Mills St., Columbus, 828-894-8800.

Kyoto’s - 112 N. Trade St., Tryon, 828-859-9043 Mama Loca’s, Saluda - 1346 Ozone Dr., Saluda, 828-749-1130 Melrose Inn - 55 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-0234.

Purple Onion - 16 Main St., Saluda, 828-749-1179.

Party Place & Event Center - Friendship Rd., Saluda, 828-749-3676.

Tryon Fine Arts Center - 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322.

Wine Cellar - 229 Greenville St., Saluda, 828-749-9698.

Zenzera - 208 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 864-457-4554.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Polk’s cross country piles up personal records in Morganton 19:32.

Two of Polk County’s runThe Polk County Cross Country team had a wow of a meet ners, Will Sachse and Conner Saturday, Sept. 29 in Morganton, O’Hearn, competed in the JV diN.C. at the Freedom High School vision, running 21:00 and 22:54 Invitational. Most of the team respectively.

Like the men’s runners, each placed personal best records for of the Lady Wolverines comthe season. pleted the meet with The men placed their personal best second in all of the Sports scores. Shea Wheel2A schools. This er completed the 5K was Polk’s best finish since 1999. Overall, between with a time of 23:53 and Nancy all 1A-4A divisions, Polk’s men Silva completed with a time of 24:11. Leigh Deavor finished at placed 38th.

Jacob Collins led the 5K (3.1 26:24, Rebecca Price at 32:41 miles) with a personal best of and Jessica Bailey at 36:23.

Coach Alan Peoples, assis17:35. Following him were Chip Collins and Sean Doyle at a close tant coaches Jenny Wolfe and 18:24 and 18:26 respectively. The Cathy Elliot and volunteer coach next three runners, Kyle Whitson, Dewayne Elliot said they were Jacob Wolfe and Jake Russell, pleased to see each runner set a placed within tenths of a second personal best record. The ladies of one another, coming in at team is a young group, and the 19:02. All three marked personal coaches said they expect they best records. In addition, Eli Hall will each continue to mature as ran a personal best, timing in at runners.

by Elizabeth Trautman

Polk’s Chip Collins, Jacob Collins and Sean Doyle start the race in the Freedom High School Invitational Saturday, Sept. 29 in Morganton, N.C. (photo by Elizabeth Trautman)

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Garrison Chapel in Tryon celebrates 135 years Oct. 6-7 Tryon’s historic Garrison Chapel Baptist Church will celebrate its 135th year with a two-day observance on Oct. 6-7.

The church was established in 1877 by a handful of African Americans as a house of worship for those who believed in the Baptist faith. The first church was located on Hwy. 108 near the present day location of McFarland’s Funeral Home, but the church has occupied a foundational location on Markham Road in Tryon’s Eastside neighborhood since the early 1920s.

This year’s celebration, “Honor

Behind Us, Glory Before Us,” includes a musical concert by the Garrison Chapel Anniversary Choir on Saturday, Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. The Sunday afternoon anniversary service will begin at 3:30 p.m. and will feature a sermon by former pastor James W. Nesbitt of Mauldin, S.C. The current pastor, Rev. Keith Knox Sr., is the 16th pastor of the church and is now in his eighth year.

The public is invited to attend the celebration services.

– article submitted

by Warren J. Carson

Garrison Chapel Baptist Church

Garden Club of N.C. to hold district meeting in Tryon The Garden Club of North Carolina’s District 1 affiliates (western N.C. garden clubs) will hold their annual meeting at Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Thursday, Oct. 4.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. with a continental breakfast, followed by business and club news and lunch. It will end with a program on hummingbirds by Jeanine Gauen. Tryon Mayor

Alan Peoples will welcome guests from all over western North Carolina.

Hosting this event are the Daffy Jills Garden Club, the Magnolia Garden Club and the

Tryon Garden Club.

For more information, contact Janet Peterson at 828-8591201.

– article submitted

by Janet Peterson

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Free Zumba classes for Polk residents in Tryon, Mill Spring The Polk County Community Foiundation has made it possible for the Unity in the Community organization to offer free Zumba classes in two locations to the citizens of Polk and surrounding areas.

Classes are offered each Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Roseland Center, 156 Peake St.

in Tryon, and at the Zion Grove Church Fellowship Hall, 5620 Pea Ridge Rd. in Rutherfordton, N.C. (for GPS, use 5620 Mill Spring).

Certified instructors for these classes are Anya Huneycutt and Felicia Hipps.

As a part of the Healthy Polk County grant, this is an effort to

get people to be more active and live healthier lifestyles.

Over the past decade, Zumba, a dance-based fitness routine, has been gaining popularity in homes and gyms around the world for its focus on fun, high energy fitness. Zumba classes generally last from 45 minutes to an hour and consist of a combination of Latin American dances, hip-hop, belly dancing and other dance styles. Each instructor choreographs his or her own class routine, but the fundamentals of the exercise are designed to provide a strong cardio and muscular workout.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Tryon Daily Bulletin / The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper

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by Karl Kachadoorian crucial suit, hoping that someone will show out in one of the side suits so as to give you at least a partial count on the distribution. In Holding 37 high NORTH this hand, at least one of the opponents must card points, it’s show out when declarer cashes 4 rounds of } AQ6 easy to see how Diamonds.

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West has, at most, 2. If it turns out East has I’m sure you noticed that I didn’t provide the 6 Hearts, then you will have a 100 percent East/West hands, since at the table you wouldn’t see chance for success. You have to agree that them so you must put on your reasoning hat to solve these odds are a lot better than not counting your dilemma. To help you in this endeavor one should “count the hand,” that is, the distribution, to the hand and taking a 50 percent guess on gain clues on who might hold the key missing card. who might hold the Heart Queen.

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Polk County Democratic Women, Big Country Breakfast Saturday, Oct. 6, 8-10:30 a.m. at the Democratic Headquarters in Columbus. Egg casserole, sausage, blueberry pancakes and more available for donation. Everyone welcome. 828-894-3219.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m.

Polk County Democratic Headquarters, open Saturdays, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27 and Nov. 3, 9 a.m. - noon. Get candidate and election information and register to vote. 828-894-0539. 64 Ward St., next to sheriff’s office in Columbus.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that at 3:00 p.m., Monday, October 15, 2012, the Bryan J. Womack Hall of Justice, Womack Building, 40 Courthouse Street, Columbus, NC 28722, the Polk County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the following ordinance: An Ordinance Concerning Energy Generating Facilities; Providing a Definition; Amending the Polk County Zoning Ordinance to Authorize Energy Generating Facilities in the Multiple Use (MU) and Industrial (I) Zoning Districts.

Copies of the proposed ordinance are available for review or purchase (at a nominal cost) in the County Manager’s Office in the Womack Building. They are also available online at www.polknc.org. For additional information about these ordinances contact County Planner, Cathy Ruth, at (828) 894-2732.

Gary Corn

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

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