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Vol. 86 / No. 30

Tryon, N.C. 28782

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Trees link to courthouse history

What is a furlong? The standard measure in U.S. horse racing, it is one-eighth of a mile or 220 yards.

The Sandlin steeplechase track at the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center is 6 1/2 furlongs in distance.

To find out more about the 67th-annual Block House Steeplechase visit blockhouseraces. com or call 828-863-0480.

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

Today

The Town of Columbus planted trees in front of the Polk County Courthouse this week as replacements to the former Bradford Pears that had to be taken down last year due to breakage. The front of the courthouse is now lined with Sugar Maples, which keeps with the courthouse’s history. Sugar Maples stood in front of the courthouse for approximately 40 years beginning around 1945 in honor of veterans who served in World War II. (photo by Leah Justice)

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon.

Saluda Planning Board meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Saluda Library.

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; medication assistance; ceramics,

Stott’s Paving to resurface PCHS track, tennis courts

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by Samantha Hurst

Polk County school board members Monday, March 11 selected Stott’s Paving to complete the resurfacing of Polk

County High School’s track and tennis courts, originally put into place when the school was built two decades ago.

“We have graduation on June

7, which is a Friday night, and we really need them to start the work that next Monday,” said

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9:30 a.m.; Wacky Wednesday, senior fitness and Italian club, 10 a.m.; bingo and bridge, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

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.

Landscaping with native trees Learn about native trees from Polk County Forest Ranger Brian Rogers. Free to attend, just bring your own lunch. Call 828-894-2281 or email laura@ polkcountyfarms.org to preregister (although registration is not required).

Polk Unit of NC Retired School Personnel will meet for a luncheon program at Calvert’s in Columbus Monday, March 11 at noon. Members are reminded to bring pound cakes for the March service project.

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

Red Cross Blood Drive, Polk County Red Cross will hold a blood drive at the Saluda Center on Wed., March 27 from 1-7 p.m.

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tervention Program, Wednesdays 6-7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Saluda’s Robinson Garden committee The Robinson Garden committee will meet March 13 and April 10 for sign ups for a garden plot. Meetings will be upstairs at the Saluda Library beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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, corner of Hampton Court and Hwy 108.

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 care givers 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.

AA open discussion meeting 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. Saluda School’s Children’s Art Work open reception at

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LOCAL WEATHER Forecast:

Today

Tomorrow

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Today: Mostly sunny, with 10 percent chance of rain.

High 53, low 29.

Thursday: Mostly sun- Mostly sunny Mostly sunny ny, with 10 percent chance of rain. High 54, low 35.

Monday’s weather was: High 62, low 46, 2.08 inches of rain.

Obituaries Capt. Ramsay Lawson, pg. 6 Roger Dale Gilbert, pg. 6

Saluda Center, Thursday, March 14 from 5:30-6:30 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.

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

N A M I s u p p o r t g ro u p , 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.

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

7 p.m. 828-894-2520.

Friday

PAC Hike at Pisgah National Forest, PAC Hike at Pisgah National Forest, meet Bi-Lo in Columbus at 8:30 a.m. for a 5-mile, moderate loop on Cove Creek and Caney Bottom trails.

Info: visit PAC’s website, www. pacolet.org, “Upcoming Events/ Hikes” or call 828-859-5060 for more information.

S a l u d a C e n t e r, F r i d a y 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 or drumming at 10 a.m. and bingo or movie at 12:30 p.m. 828-8940001.

PCHS varsity softball at Mountain Heritage, Fri, March 15, 4 p.m.

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

Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smokefree PCHS baseball at Mountain Heritage March 15, 6 p.m.

Foothills Astronomy Club, meets the third Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at FENCE in the great room. Enter through the back of the building and ask for Jessie Willard. Free.

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

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

Please submit Curb Reporter items in writing at least two days prior to publication.

Items must include a name and telephone number of a contact person. Items will be printed in order by date of event, as space allows.

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• Resurfacing (continued from page 1)

Superintendent Bill Miller. “It’s a four-week job to do the track and a four-week job to do the tennis courts – that is pretty much the summer.”

Stott’s Paving submitted the lowest bids estimating costs for the track work to total $203,076 and the tennis courts to cost $118,280. The other two companies submitting bids – Baseline Sports and Medallion – came in $30,000 and more than $100,000 higher.

Miller said all three companies came out to visit PCHS several times.

He said the reason Medallion came in so much higher was because their bid was for 3 and a ½-inch thick asphalt, while the other two companies submitted second bids for 2 and a ½-inch thick asphalt.

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Bubbling of the surface at Polk County High School’s track has caused concern among school board members who voted March 11 on a contractor to complete repaving work. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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Polk considers monitors for audience to follow meetings Polk County Commissioners are considering adding a projector/monitor to its meeting room in order to project board members’ packets so audience members can follow.

Commissioners met March 4 with commissioner Ray Gasperson making the suggestion.

Gasperson said he’s heard from people who attend meetings who’ve said it would be helpful if the county had its pages on a projector.

The county already has a projector with some items projected on a screen and speakers who present at meetings are able to project their presentations when they have powerpoints, but most of the information the audience does not see.

“I think it would be a great service,” Gasperson said. “Sometimes they have trouble hearing what we’re saying.”

“I think it would be a great service.”

-- Commissioner Ray Gasperson

Agendas are available to the audience but commissioners and the media get other information in a packet emailed prior to each meeting.

Commissioner Tom Pack said this is one area he agrees with Gasperson. Pack suggested monitors for the audience and wireless microphones for commissioners.

He said the projector would allow someone who comes to present a topic the opportunity to lay their papers on a projector if they don’t have their presentation on a powerpoint.

Commissioners came to a consensus to look into costs and bring the topic back for further discussion.

“Whether it will last 21 years or not, I don’t know, but I feel like we are going to get a good, quality product from a local company.”

-- Bill Miller

• Resurfacing (continued from page 3)

Stott’s proposal will include tearing up all existing asphalt, putting down new gravel, packing the stone, putting down new asphalt and restriping lines.

The project involves not only the oval of the track but also repairs to the long jump and shot put areas, as well as work on the drainage basin.

The project proposal built in $10,000 in case there are issues with unstable soils and $15,000 in contingency funds for unforeseen issues that might arise.

“I can ensure you we made sure we got bids that were comVFWAds - page 11

paring apples to apples,” Miller said. “Whether it will last 21 years or not, I don’t know, but I feel like we are going to get a good, quality product from a local company.”

Board member Rick Covil motioned to accept the Stott Paving bid, but refrained from putting up new fencing until after the project work determines if contingency funds are needed.

If the contingency funds are not depleted, Covil motioned for the board to move forward with putting in place new fencing around the track.

The board unanimously approved the decision.

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Obituaries

Captain Ramsay Lawson, USN, retired Captain Ramsay Lawson, USN Retired, 79, of Haven Drive, Saluda, N.C. died Sunday, March 10, 2013 at RoseCrest Nursing Home, Inman, S.C. Born in Utica, NY, he was the son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Lawson.

A graduate of Colgate University, N.Y., Captain Lawson spent 32 years in the U.S. Navy serving as a Naval aviator.

Among his many tours of duty, he was the squadron commander of VA 164 during the Vietnam War, served as the commander of the USS Iwo Jima, a member of Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon and later as the comptroller of the Naval Shipyard in Charleston, S.C. He was a member of the Tail Hook Association.

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Obituaries

Roger Dale Gilbert Roger Dale Gilbert, 68, of 1210 Coopers Gap Road, Mill Spring, died Monday, March 11, 2013 in Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC. Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Hoyt and Edna Haynes Gilbert.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force having served for eight years.

Mr. Gilbert retired from GE Hendersonville, N.C. after 30 years of service.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Owensby Gilbert; one son, Roger Brian Gilbert of Bristol, Va.; two brothers, Luther Gilbert (Jossie) of Sunny V iew and Wade Gilbert (Diane) of Inman,

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awarded during his years of service, was the Silver Star, awarded to him in 1972.

After moving to Saluda he volunteered with Meals on Wheels and tutored at Saluda School for many years. Captain Lawson was an avid golfer.

Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Christel Hicks Lawson; two sons, Arthur Lawson of Greensboro, N.C. and Drew Lawson (Rose) of Dayton, Ohio; a daughter, Tanya Turley (Bruce) of Summerville, S.C., and a sister, Mary Searles (David) of Owensboro, Ky. Also surviving are five grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wounded Wa r r i o r P r o j e c t , P. O . B o x 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675, Woundedwarriorproject.org; or Saluda School at 214 E Main St., Saluda, N.C. 28773.

An on-line guest register m a y b e s i g n e d a t w w w. mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.

S.C. He was preceded in death by two brothers, David and Jo Dean Gilbert.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2013 in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, with Dr. Chris Osborn officiating.

Burial with military honors by the Polk Memorial Burial Squad will be in Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbus.

Family to receive friends from 1-1:45 p.m. just prior to the service Friday, March 15, 2013 in the McFarland Funeral Chapel.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.

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Opinion

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Ours

Yours

That certain something Savoring a breezy almost-spring Saturday this past weekend, at the home of good friends, I had a conversation with someone who knows Tryon well.

We discussed for a moment what it is exactly – that one thing – that makes Tryon and Polk County so special.

We both came to agree it resides in the giving nature of the people.

I ventured out to FENCE Sunday to experience a bit of the communal atmosphere we all cherish. I watched kids happily trot up to a table covered in kites to pick out their favorite of a bountiful, free selection. They then skipped up Hawk Hill to cast them into the sky with family.

This coming weekend an assemblage of volunteers will take to their posts guiding families to various venues, announcing performers on stage and painting faces of children at Super Saturday.

For 35 years these volunteers have diligently worked to ensure kids in the area can experience top-quality theater performances – expanding their minds and the depth of their own creativity. It is no small feat pulling together an event such as the Children’s Theater Festival each year, no less doing so for more than three decades. Those who have made the effort, both in financial donations and giving of their time, deserve commendation.

It takes effort to make a community thrive like ours does.

This isn’t to say there aren’t things that can be done better or that we don’t have our problems. Few places however can boast the type of community spirit we have in our foothills.

Next weekend another army of volunteers will don replica Civil War uniforms in an effort to teach kids about the history of our nation. There are a great many passions in this community – agriculture, art, entrepreneurship, crafts, theater – and luckily for us many experts in those areas willing to share their knowledge with others, especially our youth.

Thank you to everyone who gives unselfishly of their time to enrich the lives of people in our community. We are all better for your effort.

– Samantha Hurst, editor, Tryon Daily Bulletin

The Tryon Daily Bulletin The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper Betty Ramsey, Publisher Editor Designer Reporter

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Samantha Hurst Gwen Ring Leah Justice

Whine, whine, whine To the editor: The letters to the editor lately about being ticketed for speeding and running a stop sign are prime examples of what is happening in this Letter country today. to the People don’t want Editor to follow the rules and obey the laws.

Our children are growing up in a society where they learn that it is OK to bend the rules.

Consequently we have more

Why won’t they tell us who they are?

To the editor: Why must our new commissioners hide even the kinds of biographical information that other commissioners have made available for many years?

The county commission’s webpage is at www.polknc.org/ departments/boc/index.php.

The page has spaces for each commissioner to say how Letter long he’s lived in Polk to the County, when he was Editor elected, what his profession and education are, what committees he’s on and other useful information of interest to the voters and other citizens.

But this year, unlike in the past, there are a lot of empty spaces on that page.

Michael Gage has declined to say how long he’s lived in Polk County. Is it only since 2002, when he registered to vote here? Has he been trying to make people think he’s a Polk County native?

One of Mr. Gage’s most vo-

disrespect, delinquency and violence. So to the person who exceeded the posted speed limit and the person who rolled through a stop sign – obey the law.

Don’t whine about the law enforcement officer as they are only doing their job that we expect them to do - protect, serve and enforce the law.

So, I say to you, do the right thing and obey the law, respect those that enforce it and set an example for everyone else.

Quit your whining.

– Charles Weinhagen, Saluda

cal supporters has said that unless someone is a native of Polk County, he has no right to run for election or even to serve on any volunteer committees. Was she unaware that Mr. Gage is not a Polk County native?

Mr. Gage has also declined to state his profession and education? Why? But Mr. Gage is not the only one. Neither Ted Owens nor Keith Holbert has stated his profession or education? Why the mystery?

And Tom Pack has stated his profession, but has given no information about his education.

Aren’t these important facts that citizens have a right to know?

Whoever originally set up the Polk County Commissioners’ website must have thought so.

Commissioners through the years have cooperated … until now.

In contrast, Commissioner Ray Gasperson has provided all the information requested.

Please, commissioners, give the citizens the information they deserve. Don’t be so shy.

– Mary Parker, Tryon

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Letter to the Editor

Commissioners Pack, Owens, Gage and Holbert compound disgrace To the editor: It remains a disgrace that Commissioners Michael Gage and Ted Owens fired Dr. Alison Owens, as EMS Medical director, before any lawful meeting had been held among the entire Board of Commissioners to discuss that ill conceived action.

Dr. Owens served Polk County well, and was an excellent and caring EMS medical director.

I talked with Chuck Lewis, North Carolina’s EMS liaison in Conover, N.C. He provides oversight for EMS operations in Polk and other western NC counties.

Mr. Lewis told me Dr. Owens has “done an outstanding job” as EMS medical director.

So, why did commissioners Tom

Pack, Owens, Gage and Keith Holbert later vote to fire Dr. Owens?

Two previously told me it was because Dr. Owens “was too hard on the volunteers.” As best I could tell, that meant she required them to comply with state standards. That’s all. Surely adhering to and applying statemandated standards Letter is not a firing offense. to the As the contract in Editor the commissioners’ agenda packet made clear, the real reason was to hire Dr. Lonnie Lassiter, a political supporter of Commissioners Owens and Pack.

Dr. Lassiter was the only medical director applicant. That was entirely foreseeable at the time Owens and Gage fired Dr. Owens, and was made more so by the arbitrary and abusive way Dr. Owens was treated in the firing itself and in later statements to this newspaper.

But Dr. Lassiter has not provided an important qualification for the

job: an “endorsement indicating a working relationship with the local physician community.”

As the NC Administrative Code makes clear, “the local physician community” consists of “the hospital staff, the local medical society, or the emergency physicians group.” An endorsement by at least one of those specific groups is required.

Commissioners have said that four fire departments endorsed Dr. Lassiter. But members of Polk County’s fire departments are not members of “the local physician community.” So their endorsement does not meet EMS Medical Director Standards.

Dr. Lassiter sent the county manager a letter as president of the local medical society. While he described his duties as president, he stopped well short of calling the letter an endorsement by the medical society. Claiming it to be an endorsement would have been wrong, as it apparently

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was submitted without society members’ approval. Surely there would be an ethical problem if Dr. Lassiter personally had provided his own endorsement.

Nevertheless, commissioners Pack, Owens, Gage and Holbert claimed that the letter constituted the needed endorsement of the medical society. What a sham.

What a brazen effort to mislead the public.

The contract between Polk County and Dr. Lassiter, approved by a four-to-one vote of the BOC, says that Dr. Lassiter, “shall meet the criteria defined in the ‘North Carolina College of Emergency Physicians Standards for Medical Oversight and Data Collection’.” That contract will have been breached from the very beginning without the necessary endorsement.

It was improper to vote for such a contract.

That’s not good government.

That’s not properly taking care of Polk County’s citizens.

– Renée McDermott, Tryon

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Experienced person If your home needs a makeover for the new year needed in Textile Printing and Finishing. Apply in We do everything Paint ing, Carpentry, Roofing, person between the hours of 8am-12pm and etc.. Call Bill the Painter 2pm-4pm Monday - Friday (828) 899-2647 CYP, 250 Scrivens Rd 23 years experience Tryon NC 28782

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Medical Office Assistant WIC Department The Rutherford County Health Department is seeking a Medical Office Assistant for the WIC Department. Responsibilities include performing weight and height measurements, plotting appropriately on grid, performing hemoglobin checks on patients, calculating BMI, collecting eco social information,.screening applicants for eligibility for the WIC Program, issuing supplemental food vouchers, schedule appointments for clients, answering incoming telephone calls and data entry.

White Oak of Tryon is now accepting applications for a FT Housekeeping/Floor Maint.

Aide. Duties to include mopping, sweeping, stripping & refinishing floors. Also includes weekly trash pickup at apartments. Must have valid driver's license.

PT Laundry Aide/Security – needed to work every Friday & Saturday – 3 p.m. - 3 a.m.

PT Housekeeper – needed to work every other Friday & every Sat, Sun & Mon.

Graduation from high school and successful completion of a one-year formal training course in medical office assisting at a community college or technical institute, or graduation from high school and a combination of one year of clerical and health related experience; or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Preference will be given to those that have completed the CNA I Program and the end of course exam. Minorities and Spanish/English bilingual persons are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants must submit a current resume and state application (PD-107) by 5:00 on Tuesday March 19, 2013. Applications can be obtained from our website at www.rpmhd.org/hr/ employment or from the following address: RPM District Health Department 221 Callahan-Koon Road Spindale, NC 28160 (828)287-6124

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Apply in person at 70 Oak St., Tryon EOE

TRADES, CRAFTS & SKILLS James Tool Machine & Engineering, Inc. is seeking qualified employees for both our Columbus & Morganton, North Carolina Plants.

James Tools offers competitive pay and benefits. We are looking for a min. 5+ years experience in the following positions.

* Toolmaker * CNC Machinist * Prototrack Mill/ Lathe Machinist To be considered for an interview you must submit your resume to pcook@jamestool.com or jobs@jamestool.com You can also fax your resume to 828-584-8779.

Interviews will only be given to those who are qualified. EOE

HELP WANTED - MEDICAL / DENTAL Bayada Home Health Care Needs a skilled LPN to work with a total care patient. Full time position available. Please call 828-696-1900.

HIRING ALL CNA’S for Day Shift. Call 828-696-1900

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HELP WANTED - MEDICAL / DENTAL Home Health Care Aide needed, CNA training required. 4 mornings/ week 6:45 AM – 8:45 AM. Near 9 & 14 Greencreek.

Call 828 863-2233.

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENTS Viewmont Apartments Now Under New Ownership

1 bdrm apts. available.

Government Subsidized. elderly handicapped, heat/air included. Walk to town. Equal Housing

$57,400 FSBO

828-817-2744

2BDR, 1 BTH in Columbus. Zoned Residential/Commercial.

828-817-0534

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Multi-Use Rental Property Flexible Space, AC & Gas. 3 Phase Power avail., 3,600 sq. ft., 2 small offices, & storage space. Parking. Lease negotiable, will consider partial lease.

336.510.9858 or 828.894.2665 gvgaal@gmail.com

Myrtle Beach Spacious 3br/2bath condo in the heart of Myrtle Beach, 1 block off the ocean. Newly remodeled condo with 2 private balconies with Ocean, skywheel, and Boulevard Views- Still available 4th of July and Bike Week.

Contact Misty @ Atlantis802@yahoo.com or 843-267-8085

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Polk County Land For Sale 7 Acres w/Creek.

Borders Walnut Creek Preserve. 1 storage/carport building, electric, septic, well. REDUCED $85,000 TO $79,900.

Buyer will pay ALL COSTS associated with closing.

Call 828-817-5845

CABINS Columbus - Romantic Log Cabin, 400 sq ft. 1 room with sleep loft, wood stove & gas heat, w/d, a/c.

No pets, No smoking.

Avail Feb. 15. Call 828-817-1262

330 sq ft office space in Columbus. Available Feb. 1st, $600 per month, includes utilites.

828-894-7058 Offices and possible retail space available in downtown Columbus. Ample parking and one of the highest daily traffic counts in Polk County. Particularly interested in computer related business and willing to trade portions of rent in exchange for services. 828 817-1068

FURNITURE Henkel - Harris Mahogany Dining Table, 10 Chippendale Chairs. $6,000. 864-490-2835.

LAWN & GARDEN

Yard & Garden items for sale: Aged cow manure, rotten saw dust, compost, clay free top soil, pine & hardwood bark mulch, ONE TIME sand, gravel, fill dirt. All SPECIAL OFFER! delivered & pick up are Our best selling dump truck sizes or you 3 bd / 2 ba singlewide pick up. Also do brush & with designer decor trash removal, etc.

Please call 828-684-4874 863-4453

HOUSES FOR SALE

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WANTED TO BUY - VEHICLES WE BUY Cheap running cars and junk cars. Up to $1000.00.

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CARS 2005 Mazda RX 8, 6 speed. White water pearl with black leather. $10,500. Great opportunity to own a low mileage RX 8, engine replaced, under manufacture recall.

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828.859.9151

Letter to the Editor

Confirming regimes objective My purpose for writing this letter is not to alarm you, it’s to educate you on just what is going on in Washington relative to the assault on the Second Amendment.

The underlying reasons for the Obama regimes attack against “assault” weapons looks even more bizarre when you look at the statistics on various cause of deaths in 2011.

Deaths caused by AR-15 type “assault” weapons -323, hammers - 496, knives - 650, drunk drivers - 12,000 and medical

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malpractice - 195,000.

The main reason touted why these weapons are dangerous is because of their capability to use 30-round magazines.

Defending the need for 30 round magazines is questionable. But it appears to be a moot point when you consider that pistols with much more powerful fire- Letter power such as the to the 9mm can hold up to Editor 32 rounds and the .45, 40 or .357 pistols can hold up to 20 rounds.

It’s easy to see, based on the above, the regime is using “assault” weapons as a ploy to continue attacking the Second Amendment.

I’m not alone in my assess-

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LEGALS

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Town of Tryon Fats, Oils, & Grease (FOG) Customer Guidance Flyers available at Tryon Town Hall or the Town of Tryon's web site www.tryon-nc.com

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Reach the county market for less using the classifieds. Need a quick quote? Call 828.859.9151.

*Washer/Dryer, *Apartment size stove & *Floor level kitchen cabinet/ creme color. Each item $125 Call 828-817-1444

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Wanted to Buy Antiques, art, guns, silver and gold, coins, costume jewerly, odd & unusual items. 828-243-2396

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ment on what’s going on in Washington.

Throughout the nation a number of municipalities are asking their citizens to vote for making gun ownership mandatory except for specific exceptions.

Obviously state law preempts local law but the message is there; people want to protect themselves both physically and legally from the federal government’s attempts to take away a constitutional right that has been around for hundreds of years.

Why do you think that since this issue became a top priority with Obama that guns and

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ammo are flying off the shelves in unprecedented quantities?

And when you look at what Homeland Security (now that’s an oxymoron) has been doing lately with buying enough bullets to shoot each man, women or child in the U.S.A. five times over, one has to wonder what‘s going on. And by the way they have bought hollow nosed bullets, the kind that are banned by the Geneva Convention for use in war.

So just guess what they might use them for; game hunting, no that’s also illegal. In addition they have purchased 2,700 “mini-tank” vehicles for domestic use. Are you getting the message?

– Karl Kachadoorian, Tryon

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Exhibits & Events

Ferullo Fine Art Studio, 140 Pacolet St., Tryon.

Exciting watercolors and acrylics by Patricia Cole-Ferullo and innovative mixed media work by Dom Ferullo are featured along with watercolors by students participating in “Expressive Watercolor” weekly Thursday class. For information on classes, workshops, and gallery hours call 828-859-3177 or e-mail patdomferul@windstream.net. For more information, email patdomferul@windstream.net or call 828-8593177.

Honking Tonkers Gallery, 78 East Main St., Saluda.

828-749-1070. Offering mandala classes every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. There is a small fee for the class.

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.

New View Realty, 285 N. Trade St., Tryon. Showing works of Jim Shackelford and Linda Page Hudgins. Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Skyuka Fine Art, 133 N. Trade St., Tryon. Now featuring new works by local artist Richard Christian Nelson. Currently featuring an award winning portrait

by Richard Christian Nelson, receiving an honorary mention from the Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition. For more information, email rich@richnelson.com or call 828-859-0318.

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 828-859-3185.

Tryon Arts & Crafts School, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon. Mary Lou Diekmann will lead a new Thursday and Friday afternoon wheel throwing class. Currently running Instructors Show. Call 828-859-8323 for information about new classes and schedules.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Saturday, March 16, Super Saturday, Children’s Theater Festival, 9:30 a.m.

Tryon Painters & Sculptors, 26 Maple St., Tryon. Member’s Show now until April 6.

Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. Older Than Dirt Here. After. Southern Comfort. show runs until April 20. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. 828-859-2828, frontdesk@upstairsartspace.org, www.upstairsartspace.org.

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Live Music

THURSDAY, March 14 Purple Onion Dylan Sneed Zenzera Sidney McMath

FRIDAY, March 15 Kyoto Karaoke contest, 7:30 p.m. with Mr. C DJ’ing, prizes Purple Onion Fred Whiskin Saluda Grade Café Old time fiddle and banjo tunes Zenzera Blues Underground

SATURDAY, March 16 Party Place & Event Center Tuxedo Junction Purple Onion JPQ Band Zenzera Quinton & the Pistol Packin’

SUNDAY, March 17 Larkin’s in Columbus Fred Whiskin, 11:30 a.m.

Party Place & Event Center Blue Ridge Contra Dancers, 3 p.m.

Stone Soup Live entertainment, 11 a.m.

Movies

Tryon Theater, 45 S. Trade St., Tryon.

March 13 - 17 - The Hobbit March 20 -24 - Silver Linings Playbook March 25 -26 - A Royal Affair

Music Venues

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 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 Saluda Grade Café - 40 Main St., Saluda, 828-749-5854 Saluda Inn & Wine Cellar - 229 Greenville St., Saluda, 828-749-9698 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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Cast announced for TLT’s Picasso at The Lapin Agile The fourth and final show of Tryon Little Theater’s (TLT) 2012-13 regular season will be Picasso at the Lapin Agile, a comedy for the mature audience written by entertainer and comedian Steve Martin.

The show will be directed by Richard Sharkey and will play at TLT’s “Workshop,” located at 516 S. Trade St. in Tryon, April 18-21 and 25-28.

The playwright takes us inside the Lapin Agile (the Nimble

Pacolet Pickin’ event March 17 Pacolet Baptist will hold a Pacolet Pickin’ March 17. The community is invited to an informal Pacolet Pickin’ event at Pacolet Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Sunday night, March 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Visitors are encouraged to come and join in singing a variety of music, accompanied by a variety of stringed instruments.

If you play an instrument, love to sing, or just want to listen, you are welcome to come join in. Refreshments will be served.

Pacolet Baptist Church is located at the corner of Skyuka Road and Hwy. 108 in Lynn.

-article submitted

by Judy Sublett

Saluda duplicate bridge play Results for the Saluda Mountain DBC game played on Monday, March 4, are: first, Pat and Maria McCall; second, Doug Southard and Don Tucker.

Games are played each Monday at the Saluda Center at 1:30 p.m. with a discussion session from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. A partner is guaranteed.

– article submitted

by Tollie Ross

Rabbit) a café/bar in the Montmartre district of Paris in the autumn of 1904 where a young Pablo Picasso at age 23, and Albert Einstein at age 25, neither yet known to the world, are discussing the value of genius and talent relating to science and art and that relationship to society in the new century that lies ahead.

The two main characters have this discussion, which was conceived in the creative comic mind of Steve Martin, while

interacting with a host of other local characters.

Sharkey recently announced the cast, which follows in alphabetical order: Lou Buttino plays Gaston, the old Frenchman; Katie Cilluffo will play Suzanne a young lady; Elvin Clark is Freddy, the owner of the Lapin Agile; Joseph Clark is Albert Einstein; Lavin Cudehee plays the surprise visitor from the future; Tij D’oyen plays Pablo Picasso; Donna Everett

plays Germaine, a waitress and Freddy’s girlfriend. Ed Harrelson plays Picasso’s art dealer or agent, Alexis Hughes will play the charter known as The Countess, Josh Moffitt plays Charles Sshmendian, an inventor who thinks he’s a genius but in reality knows very little, and Sara Seagle will play the character known as the female admirer.

– article submitted

by John Calure

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Tryon Elementary’s February Terrific Kids honored Tryon Elementary students celebrated the good behavior of their peers with the naming of Terrific Kids for the month of February.

The Tryon Kiwanis Club sponsors the program each month, which honors students for exemplifying positive character traits such as good sportsmanship, honesty and compassion.

Students selected at TES for the month of February were: Kindergarten: Ms. Edwards and Ms. Bruce: Julie Velasquez-Morales and Emily Oviedo Ms. Wilkins and Ms. Wilson: Neil Rostick, Summer Shumate and Emily Walters Ms. Lewis and Ms. Pack: Madison Sparks-Trumble and Colin Baechl

Ms. Lewis and Ms. Wilkins with their kindergarten Terrific Kids.

Ms. Guffey’s first-grade Terrific Kids.

Ms. Kilgore’s first-grade Terrific Kids.

Ms. Myer’s first-grade Terrific Kids.

First grade: Ms. Myers and Ms. Bailey: Bryson Jones and Lawson Carter Ms. Kilgore and Ms. Brown Brianna Powell, Wyatt Cooley, Michelle Hernandez and Marleigh Hunt Ms. Guffey: Cohen Edwards and Kelley Farias Rodriquez Second grade (pictured pg. 17): Ms. Justice: Annslee Kilgore, Amberlyn Scruggs and Carson Metcalf Ms. Constance: Isabella Cesante, Sophia Fireman and Ansley Boyce – article submitted

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WCCR presents George Burns and Lionel Hampton

Ms. Justice’s second-grade Terrific Kids.

Ms. Constance’s second-grade Terrific Kids.

The Western Carolina Classic Radio Club will meet Monday, March 18 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium on the ICC Polk Campus in Columbus.

There will be a special one-hour segment as George Burns “Celebrates 80 years in Show Business.” This show first aired in 1983 and features Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Rev. Billy Graham and the late Phyllis Diller.

The Burns and Allen Show aired on radio from 1934 to 1950. In 1950, when radio began to fade, Burns went straight into TV with good success for eight years. Gracie retired from show business in 1958 bringing the show to an end.

Professor Hoyt will keep everyone guessing with his great

trivia quiz.

At about 3:05 p.m. the Jazz Series will feature Lionel Hampton who ranks among the great names in jazz history having worked with the who’s who of jazz musicians from Benny Goodman and Buddy Rich to Charlie Parker and Quincy Jones.

Come hear and see for yourself; everyone is welcome to this free program. It is a lot of fun recalling the “good old days.”

The Jazz Series will not “broadcast” in April but the radio and TV segments will continue as usual. The Jazz Series will return in May with Ella Fitzgerald.

– article submitted

by Bob Reynolds

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Learning how to care for your mind and body Our minds and bodies are closely linked, though the two are often treated separately.

During times of physical illness, there is a tendency to feel bad emotionally as well.

The reverse is also true.

Feeling down, depressed or anxious can have a negative impact on physical health. Integrated Health Care involves treatment of the whole person with interventions that address both physical and emotional issues.

The word ‘integrate’ stems from the Latin verb integer, meaning ‘to complete.’ Integrated means to join together and unite. In the past 20 years, the health care system has become a fractured system of specialists with a disease focused approach.

Integrated care brings the focus back to the whole person without compromising the

value of medical expertise. The On the other hand, serious joining together of medical and mental health conditions may mental health professionals also lead to medical problems. will improve the quality of care A major depressive episode and simply makes good sense. may involve physical sympThe reality is that physical toms such as chronic pain, and mental health problems fatigue, loss of appetite and often occur at the same time. disrupted sleep, all of which Integrating primary care and complicate or contribute to the mental health development services offers Journey to of physical aila comprehenments. wellness sive and effecEvidence

by Laura Ellington tive approach. suggests that Medical condiintegrating tions may trigmental health ger an episode of depression care and primary medical seror increased anxiety. vices improves outcomes and Twenty-five to 40 percent of overall health and well being. individuals with serious mediFor example; treating heart cal conditions have a major disease, diabetes and other depressive episode during the medical conditions may incourse of illness (DSM IV TR). volve developing healthy copStress and anxiety have nega- ing skills, managing stress and tive effects on chronic medi- treating depression and anxical conditions such as heart ety through solution focused disease and diabetes. therapy along with medical

treatment, medication and nutritional counseling.

A sudden illness such as a heart attack or serious injury involves immediate, unexpected lifestyle changes. Shortterm therapy is quite effective in coping with and adapting to these changes. There is a condition referred to as cardiac depression that, according to Cleveland Clinic research, affects from 15 to 20 percent of patients who have undergone open heart surgery.

Preparing for this emotional response to surgery and intervening with counseling support may decrease the length and severity of depression symptoms. Integrated services bring together health-care teams who treat the whole person.

Instead of working separately, physicians, thera(Continued on page 19)

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Growing hops in WNC Ever wondered what it would take to produce a crop of hops?

If your answer is yes or your curiosity is great, do not miss the “Growing Hops in western North Carolina” field day on Saturday, March 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be a modest fee to attend. Learn from researchers, extension specialists, local hop growers and regional brewers about the potential and challenges of producing hops in our climate.

What does it cost to set up a field of hops? Can you make money growing hops? What varieties of hops produce the best harvest in WNC? These are all questions that will be considered in this Saturday morning workshop. Faculty from NC State University will be on hand to share what they have learned on disease problems, insect pests, soil fertility and the economics of production based on six years of experience. Existing

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pists, nurses and other providers collaborate in developing a treatment plan.

While the benefits of integrated care are clear, finding these services may be a challenge.

Polk Wellness Center in Columbus offers a comprehensive, integrated model providing primary medical care along with mental health treatment with a focus on prevention, education, wellness and supportive services.

In 2013, medical and mental health treatment will be available at one location with an expansion of wellness and recovery services. Stay tuned.

For more information, visit or call 828-894-2222.

Laura Ellington, LCSW, LISW-CP, Therapist/Clinical Coordinator at Polk Wellness Center.

Want to go?

Oliver talks health with Tryon Kiwanis Club

What: Growing hops in western North Carolina When: March 16 Where: Mtn. Horticultural Crops Research Center

WNC growers will tell about their efforts to grow and sell hops to area microbreweries.

The workshop will finish with an on-site tour of the research hops yard in Mills River, N.C. If you plan to attend, email Kelly_Gaskill@ncsu.edu or call 828-6843562, extension 250. The Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center is located at 455 Research Drive, Mills River, N.C. – article submitted

by Dot McClintock

Lori Oliver, RN, nurse manager for the emergency department at St. Luke’s Hospital presented information on the success and capabilities of local emergency services as well awareness for National Health Month. (photo submitted by Sue Watson)

Want to make your Doctor’s day?

Honor your physician with a gift to the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation.

March 30 is Doctors Day . . .

Each year, we recognize our doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners for their community spirit, their healing talents and their selfless dedication to the art of medicine. This year, you can make your doctor feel really good with a contribution to St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation in his or her honor.

Just like our physicians, all donations improve healthcare in our community.

Please accept this tax-deductible gift in honor (or memory) of: ____________________________________________________________ ____$10

____$25

____$50

____$100

____Other

Please make your check payable to St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, c/o Meshelle Colvin, Executive Director, 101 Hospital Drive, Columbus, NC 28722. If you prefer to make a donation over the phone, call 894-2693. All donors and physicians will be acknowledged.

Visit www.slhfoundation.org for more information.

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Mike Greata inducted into Second Wind Hall of Fame Lee Lindsey, president of the Community Chorus, announced the organization would sponsor Mike Greata for induction into the Second Wind Hall of Fame.

In his years of volunteer service to the Community Chorus, he has been a member of the Board of Directors, has managed the website, has acted as assistant production manager, and has been section leader.

Greata’s other community services have included “Meals on Wheels” deliveries for the Meeting Place, treasurer for the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and the “Gift in Kind” program for the Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry. These actions demonstrate his strong commitment to a kind and caring interest in his fellow man.

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Lee Lindsey, Community Chorus president, with Mike Greata and Carol Browning, director of SWHF. (photo submitted by Larry Poe)

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Keglers bowling This is a very low-key fun league for women and men over 50 who want a little recreation.

They bowl on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at Autumn Lanes in Forest City. Two new bowlers joined this week. Here are the results of the bowling on Wednesday, March 6.

High games over average: Paul Ritoch +58 =176 Kay Shockley +54 =173 Warner Zipf +54 =188 Jean-Jacques Benoist +52 =180 High series over average: Warner Zipf +75 =478 Paul Ritoch +75 =432 Mac Bond +66 =460 Charles Painter +56 =424 Karen Andersson +51 =445 Kay Shockley +51 = 410 Anyone wishing to join the Carolina Keglers should contact Mike Davidson at 828-894-5823 or email kwk1970@windstream. net. Members are asked to please call Mike when they cannot bowl.

– article submitted

by Mike Davidson

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where he was the founder of Appollo Computer Co. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from MIT. They have three children.

One lives in New York, one in London and one on deployment to Kosovo with the S.C. National Guard.

The mission of the Second Wind Hall of Fame is to identify those outstanding volunteers who contribute so much to the quality of life in our community.

The certificate Greata was awarded contains this wish, “May God give this servant strength to continue constructive work, radiant with courage, as an inspiration to all.”

– article submitted

by Larry Poe

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Foothills Humane Society fundraiser Bethany Fawbush and Crissy Hughes were the winners of the Foothills Humane Society fundraiser gift baskets at Mountain First Bank. Emily Clark of Foothills Humane Society (pictured with Chuck Pannell of Mountain F irst Bank) drew the winners. (photo submitted by Dee Owen)

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April Fool’s Festival seeks entries for day’s events This year’s annual April Fool’s Festival in downtown Tryon is scheduled for Saturday, April 6.

Starting off the day’s events at 10 a.m., there will be a Zumbathon on Palmer Street to benefit Thermal Belt Outreach. Those participating in this high-energy event will either pay $10 or bring five (5) non-perishable canned food items for donation. The Zumbathon is organized by Curves of Landrum.

The Fool’s Parade will begin around noon-ish at Morris (the corner of Trade and Pacolet). Everyone is invited to join in the parade – individuals, families, businesses, clubs and organizations.

Everyone must complete the parade registration form, which can be found on the TDDA website or the festival Facebook page.

For information, contact Kathleen Carson at 828-859-5063.

A Classic Car Show sponsored

by Stott’s Ford will be part of the parade. Classics will be displayed and judged at Stott’s after the parade. Cars and trucks from 1988 or earlier must be registered to enter. The registration form can be

found on the TDDA website or the festival Facebook page. There is a small entry fee. Contact Fred Clas at 828-859-9460 or 828-808-2097 for details.

Anyone with a desire to turn trash into treasure, creating a thought-provoking wearable outfit is encouraged to participate in the third-annual Tryon Trashion Show at 1-ish.

There is a small entry fee with all proceeds being donated to Foothills Humane Society. Pre-registration is encouraged. Please contact Mary Prioleau at tryonhouse@ yahoo.com or 828-899-9699.

Entries in this year’s Outhouse Races should print the registration form from either the TDDA website or the Festival Facebook page. There is a $5 entry fee. Contact Fred Clas at 828-859-9460 or 828-808-2097 for details.

All of the above events have deadlines for registration. Find forms and information on www. downtowntryon.org or www. facebook/TryonFoolsFest.

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by Linda Byington

Kids and adults are encouraged to make their own costumes for the Trashion Show like the environmentally-conscious super hero costume this participant m a d e l a s t y e a r. ( p h o t o by Samantha Hurst)

CTF silent auction through March 14 A silent auction to benefit Super Saturday is being held this week.

Donations including art, books and Steeplechase tickets are on display through 6 p.m. Friday at Owen’s Pharmacy on Trade Street in Tryon.

The bidding will continue through the Friday evening fund raiser, “Merriment, Fables & Feast” a celebration of Super Saturday, being held at The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross on Melrose Avenue. The bidding will close before the final show during the Super Saturday Festival on Saturday.

Donations for the Silent Auction include paintings by Carol Beth Icard and Christine Mariotti, and pottery by Cindy Riddle, well known local artists. Signed, First Edition, Churchill Last Lion, by

Tryon Fine Books. Gift certificates from Head Too Toe Salon & Boutique, Side Street Pizza, Bucks Pizza, B&G Car and Essential Living.

Children’s Theater Festival, the all volunteer organization that produces Super Saturday, strives to bring the best of the performing arts to entertain and enrich our children at an affordable price.

Ticket sales for the event cover only 25 percent of the cost.

The balance is raised through donation and grants.

Auction items may be viewed and bids placed at Owen’s Pharmacy from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through March 14. For ticket information for the Friday night event, please call 828-551-7507 or 828-8171209.

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by Marianne Carruth

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Carol Beth Icard displays her oil and mixed media piece “Contemplation,” one of the items donated to benefit Children’s Th eater Festi val. For m or e information, call 828-817-1209.

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