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PAC goes to DuPont State Forest April 26 Tryon Running Club will host a run at Harmon Field in Tryon, Monday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. in honor of those who ran the Boston marathon. Attendees are asked to run/ walk whatever distance you are comfortable with and to wear a race t-shirt or Boston Marathon colors (blue and yellow). Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
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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. 828-7499245. 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. 828894-0001.
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Join the Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC) on Friday, April 26 for a 6-mile hike at DuPont State Forest, the fifth hike of PAC’s spring hiking series. PAC Land Protection Specialist Pam Torlina will lead the easy/moderate, loop hike to Bridal Veil Falls. This loop trail leads to Bridal Veil Falls along Little River, the site of two movies: The Last of the Mohicans and The Hunger Games. Bridal Veil Falls begins as a slide which drops over an approximately 10’ ledge. The river flows smoothly down a long, slop(Continued on page 6)
Tryon ABC store scheduled to re-open May 1 by Leah Justice
After being closed for seven months, the Tryon ABC store is scheduled to reopen May 1. Tryon Town Council met April 16 and announced the reopening
date. ABC board chair Richard Rardin said the board has hired a manager and the store will reopen on May 1. The new manager is Vera Kurzynski. The board was recently ap-
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proved for a $30,000 loan in order to reopen the store after selling most of its inventory to pay bills while the store was closed. (Continued on page 4)
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• Calendar (continued from page 1)
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. PCHS Golf at Mountain Glen, Monday, April 22, 1 p.m. AAUW, meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Tryon Presbyterian Church fellowship hall. Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 5:30 p.m., Tryon United Methodist Church, New Market Road in Tryon. Male Domestic Abuse Intervention Program Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340. Landrum Library, yoga class 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Limited to first 30 people for small fee. The Pacolet Area Conservancy and Tryon Garden Club invite the public to celebrate Earth Day and come see the first viewing of “Green Fire : Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time,” a documentary about Aldo Leopold, an inspirational naturalist and conservationist. Place: Isothermal
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Community College, Polk Campus, 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyterian Church.
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203. The Meeting Place Senior Center beginner/intermediate pilates, 8:30 a.m.; medication assistance, 9-noon; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions and art class, 10 a.m.; Let’s move...Let’s move dance, 10:30 a.m.; bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. House of Flags Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus. Polk County Historical Association Museum open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. LIFECare of Polk County/ Adult Day Health Care provides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy every Tuesday is an opportunity for participants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info. Landrum Library, Book Discussion Group, 4th Tuesday every month, 10:30 a.m. at the library. 864-457-2218. Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tuesdays, conference room, Congregational Church. Free lunch at Mt. Valley, Free lunch available every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.at Mt. Valley Pentecostal Holiness Church on Hwy. 176. Saluda Welcome Table, every Tuesday, dinner will be served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Saluda United Methodist Church. All are welcomed. Donations accepted. Al-Anon Family Group, meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Saluda Senior Center, 64 Greenville Street, Saluda, one half block off Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 176 S.), 828-749-2251 (Saluda) or 1-800-
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286-1326. VFW Ladies Auxiliary, Polk Memorial 9116, meets the fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Womack building in Columbus. VFW Polk Memorial 9116, meets the fourth Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Columbus Town Hall.
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; 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. Changing Lives MOMS Group Program, Wednesdays, April 24 - May 22 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. at Harmon Field cabin in Tryon. Tryon Seventh-day Adventist Church has developed a new concept for local moms to improve their overall health and well-being. To learn more or to register for the Changing Lives MOMS Group, find the group on Facebook at Changing Lives MOMS Group, contact them via email at ChangingLivesMomsGroup@hotmail.
com or call 386-481-8215. Tryon Kiwanis Club, meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Polk County Economic & Tourism Development Commission (ETDC) meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the First Peak Visitor Center conference room, 20 E. Mills St., Columbus. For information, call 828-894-2895. Female Domestic Abuse Intervention Program Wednesdays 6-7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 8942340. Alcoholics Anonymous Tryon 12 and 12 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Tryon Coffeehouse, 90 Trade Street.
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Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, corner of Hampton Court and Hwy 108. Thursday Men’s Prayer Breakfast will meet this month, on April 25 at 8 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe 456 S. Trade St. in Tryon. Come and bring a friend. Along with a “order from menu” breakfast, there will be fellowship and prayer for the needs of those in our community, state, nation and world and for those who will to cause us harm. The group meets the last Thursday of every month. 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. (Continued on page 15)
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Poet John Lane to lead workshop at Tryon Fine Arts Center Poet and professor John Lane doned Quarry: New and Selected will present a poetry writing sem- Poems. He has received an EA inar on Tuesday, April 23 from Poetry Apprenticeship Grant, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Mahler a Hoyns Fellowship in Poetry Room at Tryon Fine Arts Center. from the University of Virginia, a South Carolina Lane will Arts Commisgive particision Individual pants a firm Want to go? Arts Fellowgrounding in What: Poetry writing ship, and the all the basics of seminar 2001 Phillip poetry writing. The group will When: April 23, 6:30 p.m. D. Reed Memorial Award read poems by Where: Mahler Room, for outstanding contemporary TFAC. Writing on the poets, discuss Southern Enbasic poetry craft and work on one assign- vironment from the Southern ment poem. They may also read Environmental Law Center. In a draft of one of their own poems 2008, his literary papers were for critique and talk a little about acquired by Texas Tech Unipossible markets. This workshop versity’s James Sowell Family is for beginners or anyone who Collection of Literature, Comwants to brush up their poetry munity, and the Natural World. He is a co-founder of the Hub skills. John Lane is the author of City Writers Project and teaches more than a dozen books of po- Environmental Literature and etry and prose, including Aban- Creative Writing at Wofford
College. Lane’s workshop is the final in a series of three evening creative writing workshops in Tryon presented by Tryon Fine Arts Center in conjunction with Hub City Writer’s Project of Spartanburg. Hub City Writers Project, founded in 1995, has published more than 400 writers and 60 books and is dedicated to nurturing writers in all stages of the writing process through workshops, contests and gatherings, striving to build a community of writers across Upstate South Carolina and beyond. Tryon Fine Arts Center is a 44-year-old organization that provides opportunities and facilities for the entire Carolina Foothills community in order to advance experience and participation in the arts. Lane’s program to be held at TFAC is part lecture, part exercise, and will have a limited number of students. The work-
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shop will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Mahler Room and will cost $25 per person. For more information or to register, call 828-859-8322 or visit www. tryonarts.org. - article submitted by Marianne Carruth
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Tryon renews contract for Fabulous 4th bike ride • Tryon Town Council on April 16 renewed a contact with the Rotary Club of Tryon to use Harmon Field for the Fabulous 4th of July Metric Century Bicycle Ride event to be held on July 4, 2013. The Rotary Club and Harmon Field Board of Supervisors also renewed the contract. Tryon council remembers those in Boston tragedy • Tryon Mayor Alan Peoples began council’s April 16 with a moment of silence for those in Boston. Mayor Pro-tem Roy Miller said it seems like every time a tragedy happens it pulls American citizens together. He suggested for those who pray to continue to pray for the families affected and thanked town employees for their service. Commissioner Wim Woody also said he appreciates public employees and their response in Boston as well as the response of regular people. All council members spoke of the tragedy during commissioner comments.
• ABC Store (continued from page 1)
The store has been closed since September 2012 and the possibility of reopening seemed bleak until earlier this year. The store was closed after the state and the town conducted an inventory and audit. The inventory concluded that there was approximately $3,000 worth of liquor missing from the store. The state initially recommended that the store either merge with Columbus, which wasn’t interested or close due to lack of revenue. The store has not generated revenue for the town in several years. The ABC board began working on plans to reopen while selling stock in order to pay bills. ABC
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board member Dennis Durham created a plan and presented figures to council during its February meeting. In the meantime, the store’s landlord lowered the rent from $1,200 per month to $1,000 per month and the board plans to make changes in operations in order to at least break even in the future. Plans are to reduce the hours of operation and for the store to only sell spirits, not wine and mixers. Durham told council earlier this year that the store will only sell items people can’t get anywhere else except in South Carolina so the store doesn’t compete with local businesses who sell other items such as wine. Tryon’s ABC store is located at 354 S. Trade Street in the shopping center between Dollar General and IGA.
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• PAC hike (continued from page 1)
ing granite outcrop then plunges into small pools and large rock slabs at the bottom. After visiting Bridal Veil Falls, the trail leads to Lake Julia, a 99-acre lake on the property. Then, the trail leads across an airstrip that was built while the property was privately owned; it was used by the DuPont Corporation to fly in clients and company officials. From the airstrip, there are great views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Mt. Pisgah. Finally, the trail leads past Fawn Lake before returning the parking area. If you are interested in attending the PAC hike at DuPont State Forest, please contact the PAC office to sign up by phone at 828859-5060 or e-mail, landprotection@pacolet.org. Hikers will be meeting at the Bi-Lo in Columbus at 8:30 a.m. to check in and start the approximate 1-hour drive to the trailhead. Hikers should wear appropriate clothing and footwear; bring a bag lunch and/or snack and plenty of water. Please be sure to bring any personal medication that you may require. Hikers should be prepared to return to the area by 3 p.m., at the latest. In case of inclement weather, please contact the PAC office by 8:15 a.m. on the day of the hike to see if the hike will take place. Also, please mark your calendar and plan to join PAC for the upcoming ninth annual PACWalk for Preservation and third Annual
PACRun 5K Trail Run on Saturday, May 4. The event will be held at Tryon Estates, 619 Laurel Lake Dr., Columbus. PACRun starts at 8 a.m. and PACWalk begins at 10 a.m. Come help PAC preserve our mountains, farms, forests, waterways and green spaces. For more information, visit PAC’s website, www.pacolet.org, where a registration form can be printed, or call PAC at 828-859-5060 or email: info@pacolet.org. You can also register for PACRun online at www.strictlyrunning.com. PAC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization (land trust) founded in 1989 to protect and conserve the area’s natural resources (PAC’s mission). PAC works with area landowners to ensure the long-term protection of their property through voluntary conservation easements (agreements) which enable landowners to maintain ownership of their property, preserving precious natural resources (open lands, forests, wildlife habitat, scenic vistas, farmland, stream banks, etc.), and potentially obtain significant federal, state, and local tax benefits. PAC’s vision is a community living and growing in harmony with our natural heritage and a goal to provide a legacy that will endure and be valued by generations to come. PAC works diligently to provide leadership to encourage conservation and provide education programs emphasizing responsible land use practices to help – save the places you love. – article submitted by Pam Torlina
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Obituaries
Pearline Gosnell Bridgeman Pearline Gosnell Bridgeman, 84, formerly of Landrum died April 19, 2013. She was a native of Greenville County and daughter of the late Jesse and Emma Foster Gosnell. She is survived by seven children; Lou Dimsdale (Mac) of Tryon, Jerry Ledford of Green Creek, Ruby Smith of Landrum, Paul Townzen (Wendy) of Gunbarrell City, Texas, Randy Bridgeman (Barbara) of Landrum, Larry Bridgeman (Nancy) of Spartanburg and Susan Surrett
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(Brett) of Campobello; one sister, Nora “Raye” Bridgeman of Landrum; and she was blessed with many grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Glenn Smith; two sisters, Cora Pierce, Flora Cox and five brothers, Archie, Oscar, John H., Dave and James Gosnell. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills Hospice House, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, N.C. 28722. The family is at their respective homes. Services will be held at a later date. Condolences may be left at www.pettyfuneralhome.com.
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RE/MAX Advantage Realty, a leader in Polk County and Upstate South Carolina’s real estate market, is proud to announce the addition of Lane Robbat to its team of full-time professional agents. Lane is a native Floridian whose family used to spend summers in the Carolinas to get away from the summer heat. Originally from West Palm Beach, Fla., Lane moved Lane Robbat to Maui, Hawaii, after graduating from nursing school in Boulder, Colo. For a time, she cies and nursing homes. As a even called California home. licensed real estate broker in However, Lane, and her both North and South Carolina husband, Steve, finally settled since 2002, Lane has enjoyed in Tryon, having searched the working with a variety of state for a perfect place that clients, helping them with would accommodate year- all of their real estate needs round activities such as tennis from getting the best possible and hiking. Tryon a price to finding their dream our d was also ere property. great fit, because of its friendCall 828-859-9151 “She gives no less than 120 ly people, low crime rate, Reserve Your Space Today! non-existent traffic congestion percent, and she treats her and close proximity to several clients as if they were famairports making long-distance ily. Lane takes great pride in representing her clients’ best travel easy and convenient. Lane’s passion has always interests, serving them with and integrity.” been helpingSpeople. AsSaection reg- honesty ere portS everY tueSdaY? – article submitted istered nurse, she worked with Call 828-859-9151 by Donna Binzer various home healthcare agen-
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NC LIVE and Polk Public Library celebrate 15 years of collaboration This month marks NC LIVE’s 15th anniversary as a statewide collaborative library organization. First launched during National Library Week in 1998, NC LIVE has consistently provided online library resources and tools to patrons of North Carolina’s public and academic libraries, including the Polk County Public Library. Today’s world of always-online smartphones and ubiquitous Wi-Fi differs greatly from the online landscape faced by North Carolina libraries in 1998 when NC LIVE was first founded. A Pew Research Center report from that year showed only 41 percent of American adults used the internet, 35 percent used email, and only 13 percent had ever made an online purchase. But in 1998, librarians from North Carolina’s public and academic libraries recognized the change
that the internet represented, and worked to ensure that their communities would benefit from it. Together, these libraries created NC LIVE, enabling access to premium digital information for all of North Carolina citizens through their libraries. For the last 15 years, North Carolina’s public and academic libraries have worked together through NC LIVE to provide the entire state with equitable access to electronic resources for all ages on topics ranging from business, careers and investing, to auto repair, health, history and genealogy. This cooperation means that library patrons from Murphy to Manteo have access to the same collection of high-quality content, from any computer with internet access. “NC LIVE has increased the quality and reach of the collections of libraries statewide,” said State Librarian Cal Shepard.
“But above and beyond that, it has created a real community, and increased collaboration between public and academic libraries. The ‘all for one, one for all’ model prevails here in North Carolina, and I’m proud of that.” “Here in Polk County, we’ve been able to provide our community with far greater and more cost efficient access to important information for job seekers, business owners, students and people seeking information of all types because of our involvement in NC LIVE. It’s been a collaboration that we can continue to be proud of,” said Cindy Nanney, director of the Polk County Public Library. To celebrate this accomplishment, NC LIVE created an online exhibit to celebrate fifteen years of libraries working together for their communities. The exhibit, available from nclive.org/15years, shares stories
“Here in Polk County, we’ve been able to provide our community with far greater and more cost efficient access to important information for job seekers, business owners, students and people seeking information of all types because of our involvement in NC LIVE. -- Cindy Nanney, director of the Polk County Public Library
and memories of how different libraries from all across the state planned and created a shared digital library service for all of North Carolina. The exhibit includes video interviews with (Continued on page 11)
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Monday, April 22, 2013 Tryon Daily Bulletin / The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
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Office Space Available A-CDL Drivers James Tool Machine in Historic Building OTR & Regional & Engineering, Inc. 250 to 600 sq ft spaces - positions available. Due to is seeking qualified 10796 Hwy 11 $325 to $375 per month expanded business we employees for both our Campobello, SC Mill Spring Agricultural are seeking Professional Columbus & Morganton, Appliances, Household Center & Farm Store Drivers to join our team. North Carolina Plants. goods, Lawn & Garden. Open Mon - Sat 1 yr. recent verifiable James Tools offers Discounted prices. featuring Local Food experience needed. competitive pay and Tues.- Fri. 10a to 5p Call 828-894-2281 or Our Drivers Enjoy: benefits. We are looking 864-468-5317 www.polkcountyfarms.org * Excellent Home Time for a min. 5+ years * No Touch Freight experience in the * Repetitive delivery Tile Specialties following positions. routes ITTING ERVICE Large selection come see * Toolmaker * Drop & Hook Freight our new showroom at Family Atmosphere. * CNC Machinist 202 E Mills Street or call Want to go on vacation Apply online at (828) 894-7058 * Prototrack Mill/ & not worry about your www.shiptruckservice.com furry friends? I will farm Lathe Machinist or call 800-968-8552 & Tommy's sit while you are away. To be considered for an join our team of Home Improvement 864-266-8964 or www.not interview you must Professional Drivers. myfarm. weebly.com “It’s Roofs, renovations, siding, submit your resume to Truck Service Inc. carpentry, decks, winnot my farm, but I will treat pcook@jamestool.com Forest City, NC. dows, screening. All Home it like it is." or jobs@jamestool.com Repairs. FREE Est. You can also fax your Home: (828) 859 - 5608. resume to 828-584-8779. Delivery Driver Cell: (828) 817 - 0436. LEANING Interviews will only be Local Sod Producer ERVICES given to those who are seeking CLASS A CDL qualified. EOE Delivery Driver with forklift ABINETS Deserie's Cleaning, 3 hr experience. BUY SOD Inc. Selling your home? min. You DESERVE A Tryon Farm. Applications Custom Cabinets may be obtained at office Advertise here and sell BREAK 1 million bonded it faster. & insured Countertops, Complete 5554 Hunting Country Rd Call Classifieds www.deseriescleaning.c Kitchen & Bathroom Tryon at 828.859.9151. om 888 - 846 - 4094, Remodels. 28 yrs. exp. 828 229 3014, or 828 - Free Est. Senior Discount. ELP ANTED 429 - 1390 JG’s: 864-316-3596,
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founding members, an interactive timeline, snapshots of the NC LIVE website through the years, and memories from library staff and patrons across the state who have benefited from access to NC LIVE content.
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websites, and through www. nclive.org. Contact your local public, community college or academic library for free access to NC LIVE resources. For more information, please visit www. nclive.org. – article submitted by Cindy Nanney
12 Tryon Daily Bulletin / The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper Monday, April 22, 2013
Tree swallows: often our first spring arrivals In early February a small bird is seen flying low over the waters of a Piedmont farm pond anywhere in the upstate of South Carolina or southern foothills of our western North Carolina mountains. The first Tree Swallow has arrived, but winter is often fickle at this time of the year and it’s a debate as to whether the bird by Simon has arrived too Thompson early and won’t be able to find enough food before spring finally shows her face. If this individual swallow does survive, he will (and all probabilities of an early arrival point to it being a male) get the best breeding site available. He will get first choice of the nest cavities in the area and maybe the first choice of the arriving female Tree Swallows.
The Bird Box
Many swallows are amongst the first birds to arrive each spring, and the first Tree Swallow is usually seen in our area as early as the last week of February or the first week of March, while the first Barn and Northern Rough-winged Swallows will arrive about two to three weeks later. Over the past few years, Tree Swallows have been rapidly expanding their range into the foothills and mountains of North Carolina, and Tree Swallows have been reported nesting at FENCE, as well at other open country habitats throughout Polk County. They breed throughout northern parts of North America from Alaska to Labrador and are obvi(Continued on page 13)
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Monday, April 22, 2013 Tryon Daily Bulletin / The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Whitman meets Gamecocks quarterback
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Emorie Whitman, of Tryon, was greeted by Dylan Thompson, quaterback for the South Carolina Gamecocks, at Spartanburg’s City Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, April 18. (photo submitted by John Cash)
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ously a very successful species as they continue to push south into the Appalachians. They winter in huge numbers along the coast of the Carolinas where, as well as feeding on insects, they have adapted to feed on the hard Wax Myrtle berries that dominate the coastal thickets. Tree Swallows are easily identified by their glossy bluegreen upperparts, snowy white breast and belly and short forked tail. They have a gently planing flight that’s quite different to that of other swallows. So if you see a beautiful green and white swallow over your farm or neighborhood pond, it’s more than likely a Tree Swallow. Look for a nearby cavity
or even a Bluebird box. That is probably where it will be nesting and as many arrive early, they can take over the houses before the Bluebirds get around to nesting. Rather than evict the early arrivals, which is hardly ethical (or legal), it’s best to simply put up another bird-house as both species will happily nest in the same proximity. Simon Thompson has lived in WNC for the past 20 years. He owns and operates his own birding tour company, Ventures Birding Tours. WWW.birdventures.com He and Chris Jaquette also own and operate the Asheville Wild Birds Unlimited Store. For more information on any of the birding activities in the area, drop by the store or check his website at www.asheville.wbu.com.
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BJ Precourt in his studio with the weathervane he donated to the Upstairs Artspace to benefit Art Trek Tryon, which starts with a preview party on April 26 (credit: Sofia Dow)
Artists Precourt and Gurri donate to Art Trek Tryon
In Appreciation national volunteer week
Hospice Volunteers Strike a Chord ‌
in the hearts of our patients, families, and staff. We thank each of you for every act on kindness that you perform and we celebrate you during National Volunteer Week, April 21 – 27, 2013.
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Popular local artists BJ Precourt and Diana Gurri are returning to the Art Trek Tryon open studio tours this year, and each has donated a piece of art to the Upstairs Artspace to help make the fundraiser a success. Precourt has given the nonprofit contemporary art gallery one of his signature wooden weathervanes a leaping trout to benefit the event. Gurri has donated a mixed-media piece for the gallery to auction or raffle off. They will be among the 36 artists from the area who will be welcoming visitors in the fifth annual Trek, which begins Friday, April 26, with a preview party from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Upstairs, 49 S. Trade St., Tryon. The event continues with open studio tours on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, April 28, from noon to 5 p.m. Precourt’s studio and gift gallery in Mill Spring is filled with carvings of animals, bearded woodsman, and other creatures,
as well as furniture, toys, and walking sticks. He makes his work from found objects and wood collected in the forest near his studio, and found objects. The other artists participating in the event are: Kim Attwooll, Richard Baker, Bonnie Bardos, Chris Rough Baschon, Matt Cable, Jim Carson, Patricia Cole-Ferullo, Becky Collins, Joe Cooper, Jim Cornell, Bill Crowell, Jim Cullen, Mary Lou Diekmann, Dom Ferullo, Mark Gardner, Ann Gleason, Diana Gurri, Michael Hayes, Carol Beth Icard, Stoney Lamar, Grace Lertora, Marie-Christine Maitre de Tarragon, Christine Mariotti, Eva McCray, Dale McEntire, Bob Neely, Leigh Nodine, Linda Seagroves, Ben Sellers, Jim Shackelford, Keith Spencer, Martha Spray, Vicki Van Vynckt and Toby Wolter. Maps are available for a nominal fee in Tryon at Upstairs (Continued on page 15)
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Monday, April 22, 2013 Tryon Daily Bulletin / The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Letter to the Editor
White Oak agreement NOT ready for vote tonight
To the editor: I am a former Fortune 500 negotiator and non-practicing attorney and am proud to be a seven-year member of our Polk County community. After reading the entire proposed 20-year master plan and rezoning amendment, I am alarmed at the legal, financial and zoning items that have not already been negotiated out of (or into) these permanent commitments. And if approved tonight (which can be done by only three commissioners) we will be “saddled” with it for 20 years. This is not just about Green Creek. This will affect residents and business owners in Columbus, Tryon, Saluda and Mill Spring. Here are just a few issues I see that are unresolved and should be further considered before a vote: • No written limitations exist on the use of helicopters. (Emergency use is always okay but there are no written restrictions limiting number of flights, fly-bys for sales and marketing or night time flying)
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Artspace, La Bouteille, Thompson’s Garden Gallery, Tryon House, Tryon Gold and Coin,
This Week’s Video:
• No protections to Polk taxpayers that the developers won’t sell some or all of their property to a nature preserve or similar legal structure, bypassing many taxes. • Broad reaching new zoning rights granted to the developers (over 122 permitted uses in total) - some are normal and some are far reaching. • No written commitment for any jobs (only verbal promises) • No land-based tax revenue for the “guestimated” 2,800 jockey’s and 5,000 horse handlers because they live on (virtually) tax free land in RVs. (This is why RV parks are notorious drains on communities without a permanent dwelling, the tax base is only on the land (cheap) and the county gets very little without adding usage fees.) • No financial commitments regarding security, fire, police, waste stream and removal (people, horses, trash), environmental projections and more if and when needed. (Imagine Tryon BBQ Festival trash and traffic - nine months of the year) Typically in a muli-year, multimillion dollar agreement I would have expected many terms deleted or significantly modified, and other protections and caveats added. Yes, the developers have made some verbal promises but verbal promises
are not binding. And read about White Oak’s developer Mark Bellissimo in the recent article called “Trouble in Paradise.” www.bostonmagazine.com/ news/article/2013/03/26/jeremyjacobs-mark-bellissimo-wellingtonflorida/ I do not expect any commissioner to have the legal background to “catch” all the issues, but tonight they have the ability to send it back and get more written commitments to protect Polk citizens. Personally, I apologize for not coming up to speed on this last month when this went before the planning board. But at this date, the only way this will happen tonight is if each of you come out early tonight, sign up to speak (get there and be parked by 5:30 p.m.), and ask questions. Ask them to postpone the vote for another month ... we need more time to create a more balanced agreement. Stand up before the commissioners tonight and ask for more commitments from the developers in writing that we can all live with. Stand up before the commissioners tonight and ask for more commitments from the developers in writing that we can all live with. – Shannon Carney, Tryon
Vines and Stuff in Saluda at Kathleen’s Gallery, in Landrum at Zenzera and PJ’s Fashion on Main, and in Columbus at Justin McDaniel Allstate Agency. For more information, call
the Upstairs at 859-2828, email frontdesk@upstairsartspace.org, or visit the gallery’s website, www.upstairsartspace.org. – article submitted by Jennifer Karnell
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saluda.com. Meeting Place Senior Ceneter, 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. 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. (year round). 828-8945098. 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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