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Robbie Stott warns community members that he has been approached by several people about suspicious phone calls. He said salespeople have attempted to sell extended service plans on behalf of Stott’s Ford Inc. He said Stott’s does sell extended service plans, but only thru Ford Motor Company. Stott said under no circumstances do they ever solicit over the phone.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
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. (Continued on page 2)
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Sunny View Librarian Angela Hall will no longer have to fill every nook of the school’s library with stacks of books once Polk Schools completes about 1,000 square feet in additions to the media center. (photo by Gwen Ring)
Sunny View library to double in size by Samantha Hurst
Polk County school board members voted March 11 to hire John Walters to create the design for an estimated $100,000
expansion to the Sunny View media center. “It’s really a pretty simple thing, but it will just about double the space,” said Super-
intendent Bill Miller. Initial plans call for the space to be between 1,000 and 1,200 (Continued on page 6)
Sheriff to hold first child abuse awareness day by Leah Justice
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is planning a child abuse awareness day on April 13 in honor of child abuse awareness month. The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Polk County Middle School Recreation Center.
The sheriff’s office is seeking sponsors for its first Polk County awareness day. Organizers say the goal is to educate Polk’s communities in prevention of child abuse, detection of child abuse and resources that support families in Polk’s communities.
Individuals or businesses are encouraged to participate as sponsors, which will be advertised on the backs of T-shirts that will be sold to raise money for education and prevention materials. A report of child abuse is made (Continued on page 6)
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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 828457-2218. 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 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
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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. 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. 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. 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 or drumming at 10 a.m. and bingo or movie at 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. 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. Smoke-free 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 Se-
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nior Center, Friday, 8 p.m. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m.
Saturday
Green Creek Community Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m. Grassroots Art Project, holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828899-0673 for more information. Super Saturday Children’s Theater Festival, celebrates its 35th year. An array of theater performances take stage at several venues along Melrose Avenue – the Tryon fine Arts Center, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, the Congregational Church and the outdoor amphitheater behind TFAC – on Saturday, March 16. The performances begin at 9:30 a.m. and the last show starts at 2:30 p.m. There will also be street performers, a parade and even birthday cake. For more information, visit www.tryonsupersaturday.com. House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.
Sunday
Hold Still! I Can’t See Myself, Dorothy Kirk’s show, Hold Still! I Can’t See Myself, March 17 at 3 p.m., at the Tryon Presbyterian Church.
Monday
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. Saluda Center, Mondays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; line dance, 12:30 p.m.; Saluda Duplicate Bridge, 1:30 p.m. 828749-9245. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail. com or visit www.saluda.com. The Meeting Place Senior Center, sing-along, 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 11 a.m.; bingo or bead class 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. The present study is The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living as if He Doesn’t Exist by Craig Groeschel. 859-5051. Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, LaurelHurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336. 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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All Bright offers $5k reward in fraudulent check case The Polk County Sheriff ’s Office continues to seek assistance from the public in identifying three suspects who are persons of interest in a check cashing scheme that appears to be an elaborate operation spanning western North Carolina. The owner of All Bright Sanitation, who is also a victim, is offering a reward of $5,000 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the three individuals. The breaking and entering and larceny took place just outside of Columbus and involved the taking of blank checks. The suspects went into All Bright Sanitation some time during the past week and took about 50 blank checks and began attempting to use them at banks in Columbus, Hendersonville and Asheville, according to the sheriff’s office.
The fraudulent checks were passed to bank tellers along with what appears to be a government issued fraudulent identification card in an effort to obtain money. Through the passages of these checks the unidentified suspects were able to obtain more than $20,000 in cash before a bank teller found it to be suspicious and alerted supervisors who placed a hold on the account notifying the customer and law enforcement. The sheriff’s office wants to encourage banks and retailers to be aware and observant of suspicious transactions through the use of credit cards and checks. Anyone who has any information or can identify either of the suspects is asked to call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at -828-894-3001. – article submitted by Polk County Sheriff’s Office
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plished golfer and avid outdoorsman who enjoyed both the mountains and the ocean. He was most often spotted around town in his beloved allwhite 1976 Volkswagen convertible, and usually in the company of a loyal all-black Labrador retriever. Philip is survived by brothers, George and John, both of Atlanta, Ga.; sister Adele of Stony Brook, N.Y.; three nephews; a niece; six grand-nephews and a grand-niece. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 23, 2013, at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 150 Melrose Avenue, Tryon. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to Lanier Library, 72 Chestnut St., Tryon, NC. 28782, Att: Vonda Krahn. Following the service, an informal exhibition of sculptures is planned for the reception. Everyone is invited to bring a sculpture or a photo of Philip’s work to share. Please bring them to the parish hall of Holy Cross by 2 p.m. on March 23.
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square feet. The exact dimensions, Miller said, depend on what the board can afford and what will fit in the available space. A local man, who Miller said spent years donating his time reading to kids at Sunny View, left money in his estate for the library. Miller said Stanley Modzelesky’s almost $40,000 donation would go a long way to giving students more room to learn. Principal Kevin Weis said he’s excited to know that Sunny View’s students will be given ample room to experience the adventures reading opens up for them. “Our librarian has done a tremendous job of keeping our collection updated, but we simply don’t have enough room for all of the books,” Weis said. “We are very avid readers out here – kids are in and out of there all
The view from the back side of Sunny View Elementary where the expansion of the media center will sit. Polk County school board members selected John Walters March 11 to complete designs. (photos by Gwen Ring)
day long – but sometimes it’s just not easy for kids to find all the books they want.” Weis said librarian Angela Hall does the best she can with the space available, but said there is limited room for instruction of entire classes. He said
he would also like the space allotted for technology to grow. “The kids are excited too obviously as we hope to maybe add a few more computers in the media center when the expansion is complete,” he said. No actual costs for the proj-
ect are currently known but Miller said he hopes all details will be settled in time to start construction in the summer. Board members said they want the work completed before start of the 2013-2014 school year.
• Awareness
education. Approximately 30 percent of abused and neglected children will later abuse their own children. The annual estimated cost of child abuse and neglect in the United States for 2008 was $124 billion. Other national statistics on child abuse include that 14 percent of all men in prison were abused as children; 36 percent of all women in prison were abused as children; abused children are 25 percent more likely to experience teen pregnancy; children who experience child abuse and neglect are 59 percent more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28 percent more likely to be arrested as an adult and 30 percent more likely to commit violent crimes. Sponsors for the child abuse awareness day are asked to make a $100 donation to the sheriff’s office no later than March 22. Donations can be mailed to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office Child Abuse Awareness, P.O. Box 69, Columbus, N.C. 28722.
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in the United States every 10 seconds with more than five children who die every day as a result of child abuse. Neglect makes up 78.3 percent of child abuse with physical abuse at 17.6 percent, sexual abuse at 9.2 percent, psychological maltreatment at 8.1 percent, medical neglect at 2.4 percent and other types of child abuse making up 10.3 percent, according to statistics provided by the sheriff’s office. About 80 percent of children who die from abuse are under 4-years of age and it is estimated that between 50 and 60 percent of child fatalities due to maltreatment are not recorded as such on death certificates. More than 90 percent of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way with child abuse occurring at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all regions and at all levels of
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Hospice understands the importance of snacks Visit Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum, on any day of the week and, alongside the staff, you’ll see a number of volunteers — from greeters to food servers, and patient companions to administrative aides. Now, proving volunteers come from all walks of life, generously sharing their unique gifts, skills and ideas, Hospice House has a snack squad. The simple things often make a bigger difference in life than we think. So how can a cookie or candy bar, a treat the average person might take for granted, make an impact? Imagine a patient’s family members hurrying to Hospice House to be with a loved one who has just been admitted. They haven’t had time to eat, and they don’t want to leave the patient’s room. A package of crackers is a welcome sight. Or, in some cases, a patient may crave a little something to munch on. Besides, snacks are just plain fun, a little delight during what can be a stressful time. Marsha Rigney knows firsthand the emotional highs and lows experienced by the families of hospice patients. Three years ago her mother, Evelyn Riddle, spent three weeks at a Hospice House in Charlotte, N.C. Prior to her mother ’s admittance, Rigney had no exposure to Hospice care. “I realized what compassionate, caring and blessed places these houses are,” Rigney said. “At such a difficult time, with the passing of my sweet mom, I felt very blessed and fortunate that my mom could spend her last days in a place I considered the closest place to heaven. Needless to say, my experience with Hospice left a very endearing impression in my heart, one I will never forget, and be forever thankful for.”
Marsha Rigney inside the snack pantry at the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills. She and fellow volunteers have pledged to help keep the pantry stocked with items like chips, peanut butter, tuna, fruits and chocolates for family members of residents. (photo submitted)
After her husband retired, the Asheville native packed up their Wisconsin home and the family returned to her roots, settling in Tryon. She was happy to discover Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills just a short drive away, and with that discovery came the opportunity to give back. “One of my true joys in life is doing for others. To me there is nothing more rewarding. As a tribute to my mom, I wanted to do something special for Hospice and the families who are going through what I went through … so I decided to donate snacks for the families once a month, which I started doing last month,” she said. Rigney includes peanut butter, crackers, chips, choco-
“Needless to say, my experience with Hospice left a very endearing impression in my heart, one I will never forget, and be forever thankful for.” -- Marsha Rigney
lates, cookies, fruits and puddings in her monthly donation of cheer. “To me, it is a special token of love and gratitude from my heart, to an organization that I have come to love and appreciate,” she said. “Providing this service is a loving commitment that keeps the memory of my precious mother present while each family enjoys their snacks. The joy I receive from giving is priceless.” Soon Rigney will be donating more of her time as
the newest member of the Friendship Circle, a group that plans and produces fundraising events to support Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Rigney joins a Bible study group from First Baptist Church of Gowensville who several years ago were seeking a mission. They found one, not in Central America or Africa, but right in their own backyard, in Landrum. A member of the group sug(Continued on page 11)
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Lynne Paff from First Baptist Gowensville and Marsha Rigney. (photos submitted)
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gested organizing snack basket contributions, having seen the success and popularity of a similar effort at another Hospice facility. They looked into starting their own program, and soon it took off. Now, every Sunday night, the group collects monetary donations, and when Hospice calls to say snacks are low, one group member goes on a shopping spree buying applesauce, pudding, chips, tuna, crackers and other munchies for Hospice House families. Bible study facilitators Lynne Paff and Pete Sports head up the snack basket ministry, which helps keep the snack pantry at the Hospice House amply supplied.
“Baskets are in each of the patient rooms,” Paff says, “and Hospice House volunteers make sure the baskets are always filled.” Paff saw the fruits of their ministry in action when a former classmate was admitted to Hospice House. “His dad told me how great it was when they got there and the basket just happened to be filled with Tootsie Rolls… Tootsie Rolls were his favorite,” she said. “That made us feel really good.” For information about all kinds of volunteer opportunities at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, call Jean Pearson, volunteer services manager, at 864-457-9125 or 828-8942881. – article submitted by Marsha Van Hecke
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Appearance commission seeks beautification nominees Promoting beauty in Polk County, the Beautification Awards are given annually by the Polk County Appearance Commission to recognize projects that include landscaping improvements and/ or structural improvements to the street view of properties. In granting the awards, the criterion is to recognize diversity of locations throughout the geographic area of Polk County. Any project in the county, a town or township can be considered. Selection criteria include: • Street appearance • Tasteful landscaping including but not limited to trees, shrubs and flowers • Well maintained property • Effort rather than cost • Creativity and effort combined
• Structural improvements • Property in compliance with existing codes, taxes, etc. • Also includes signage, awnings, planters, fountain features and similar elements Any property owner or renter of a commercial or residential property located in Polk County can nominate their own property or another property if that property is visible by the general public from public roads or sidewalks. The appearance commission will award up to six awards this year, of which, a maximum of three will be for publicly owned properties. The deadline for nominations is May 1. Any nominations submitted after this date will be held for consideration next year. Awards will be presented in June. To submit
Real jobs in a modern world Lately our county’s Econom- dure. Unfortunately, that leaves ic and Tourism Development out most people I know currently Commission (ETDC) board has working. Anyone that farms, been tossing this question back waits tables, writes, paints, trains and forth. What is a real job? horses, fixes cars, cleans carpets, This has come alters clothing, to our attention hangs sheetrock, ETDC since we’ve sells real estate, Director been challenged massages, owns Libbie Johnson to attract real a retail store, jobs. cooks, drafts or There is a definition by the cleans houses. None of these jobs way: it’s an idiom, of course, guarantee you a regular fixed but the definition states: (1) a paycheck and most run the risk of job which requires the employee being replaced by advanced techto work regular hours for a con- nology sometime in the future. sistent wage that often exceeds According to our definithe provisions of applicable tion, who works a real job? minimum wage legislation. A Well, government employees for job that produces a living wage. starters. Teachers. Large corpo(2) A job that can’t be replaced rate employees. Small business advantageously by a machine or employees that have a stated a procedure. job description, fixed hours, and So there you have it: regular consistent wages. Some salaried hours, consistent wages and ir- management, sales personnel. replaceable by machine or proceIf you ask a college student
The Daffy Jills Garden Club was one of several organizations honored last year for its efforts to keep Polk County beautiful. Nominations for this year’s awards are currently being accepted. (photo submitted)
an application, please follow the procedure below. Download and complete the form on the website (beautifulfoothills.org) Provide pictures of the property, before and after. Mail to the following address by April 29:
Appearance Commission Beautification Awards, Polk County Government, P. O. Box 308, Columbus, N.C. 28782. For more information, call 828-894-8762. – article submitted by Cathy Brettman
what is a real job, they will probably reply that it’s a job that falls more into the “pays my bills” category. Even traditional corporate jobs are not as real as they used to be. More and more companies are opting out of providing benefits or, at least, they have trimmed back on what they do offer. A recent survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found only 40 percent of small businesses (less than 100 employees) offer benefits to employees – the lowest level in two decades. It seems to us that what was once an easy definition of a real job, has changed, as the world has changed. The economy has changed. Do two part-time jobs equal one real job? Are entrepreneurial jobs real jobs? We’d like to think they are, especially if they create work that provides living wages and money enough to purchase those benefits that others get with the package of health insur-
ance, disability, life insurance, vacation time, etc. In fact, many entrepreneurial ventures become quite lucrative and may afford their owners and employees to live better than the time clock punching 40 hour a week guys and girls. If John and Jane Doe work several part-time jobs in which they are in charge of their own time, while providing living wages arriving from several income streams, do those qualify as real jobs? We think so. So in discussing a strategy to create real jobs in Polk County, our economic development plan is broad based and seeks to recruit and encourage job creation from all corners – mom and pop operations, farming, large, medium and small firms hiring skilled workers, the service sector, tourism and the arts. We believe that real jobs are the jobs the people who work them define as real. One size does not fit all.
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Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan begins its eighth year The Aikido Club of Try-CoLan LLC celebrated its seventh anniversary on Feb. 5. The club has been in continuous operation in the Tryon area, holding three classes per week, since its inception. Aikido is a defensive martial art in which men and women of any age who are in reasonably good health can train and practice. Ages of current club members range from 12 to 70-plus years. The Aikido Club is accepting applications for membership from interested adults and for serious, self-disciplined teens. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7- 8:15 p.m. and on Saturday from 10-11:15 a.m. For more information contact the current Aikido Club president, Sheri Rardin at 828-859-7053 or the chief instructors, Dr. Paul and Anne Buchanan at 864-457-2885. – article submitted by Anne Buchanan
Aikido students and instructors celebrate its seventh anniversary. (photo submitted)
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Left: FMC member Nancy Walburn, organist for Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. She will perform All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name by Lyndell Leatherman. Middle: FMC members John and Elizabeth Gardner will be performing Rhosymedre, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (recorder/organ duo). Right: Rita Landrum (standing) and Susie Mahnke are rehearsing Rita’s composition, Jesu, Meine Freude.
Foothills Music Club’s annual organ concert March 14 F o o t h i l l s M u s i c C l u b ’s second free public recital of its 25th year will be held today, Thursday, March 14 at 3 p.m. The community may be delighted to know that many local churches will be represented by their talented organists. The recital will be held in the sanctuary of Tryon Pres-
byterian Church, 430 Harmon Field Road in Tryon. Other musicians not mentioned here and their performances that day will be: Cecilia England – Prelude in Classic Style by Gordon Young Diane Pickens – The Peace May Be Exchanged, from Dan Locklair’s, RUBRICS
Leslie Raymond – Le Bon Pasteur (The Good Shepherd) by Dom Paul Benoit Foothills Music Club Chorale, harpist Lelia Lattimore, directed by FMC member Rita Stobbe – three numbers from Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols. – information submitted by Ellen Harvey-Zipf
Artists’ Guild call for artwork from guild members The Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg is accepting applications to exhibit in its gallery in 2014. Generally, there is a different exhibit each month in the Guild Gallery at Chapman Cultural Center. For 2014, nine exhibits are being scheduled, and each will showcase either one or two members of the guild. Entries are due by May 1, and can be submitted only online by emailing Robin Els, Guild Director, at ArtistsGuildOfSpartanburg@gmail. com. Guild members need to include three images in JPEG format of artwork made within
the past two years with the title, medium and size of each piece; an artist statement and an artist biography. Applications will be reviewed and selected by a jury of current members. Selected artists will be announced on the Guild’s website, social media outlets and by email on June 1. Anyone can be a member of the guild by paying the annual membership fee. All members must live in Spartanburg County or in a county that is tangent to Spartanburg, including counties in North Carolina. The membership application can be found online at ArtistsGuildOfSpartanburg.com.
At this time there are about 200 members in the Guild. The Guild Gallery is located in Chapman Cultural Center. It is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m., and is always free for the public’s viewing. More than 1,000 patrons visit the gallery each month. The gallery participates in Spartanburg’s ArtWalk every third Thursday of the month, 5-9 p.m. The mission of the Artists’ Guild is to nurture, cultivate and grow the visual arts in our community by supporting local artists. – article submitted by Steve Wong
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