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Vol. 86 / No. 150
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
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A crew member constructs a rock facing to the new patient wing of St. Luke’s Hospital. The 15,000-square-foot addition is set to be completed in December. (photos submitted by Kathy Woodham)
Yo u t h a n d l i brary staff will read books about libraries, make bookmarks and sign up anyone who doesn’t have a library card during storytime next week at both the Columbus and Saluda libraries. The library in Columbus will hold storytime on Sept. 3 at 10:30 a.m., while Saluda’s storytime will be Sept. 5 at 12:30 p.m.
Complaints pour in over Tryon water bills Service cut off 10 days past due date by Leah Justice
A new water policy giving customers 10 days past their water bill due date before water is cut off has caused complaints from some Tryon customers. Tryon Town Council approved a new
utility bill policy in May that gives customers 10 days past the due date to make the payment or the service could be cut off on the 11th day. The new policy was effective July 1. “Utility meters will be read by the 10th day of each month and bills will be mailed no later than the 20th of the (water Policy continued on page 4)
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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 Aug. 29 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.saluda.com. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include medication assistance, 9 a.m.-noon; 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 As-
sociation, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Art exhibits “Seeing Is Believing” and “Crossing The Line” run through Aug. 31. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact: 828-859-2828 or visit: www.upstairsartspace.org. Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. Polk County High School tennis team plays E Hendersonville at E Hendersonville. 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. Tryon Tailgate Market, every Thursday, 4 - 6:30 p.m., until November. All items are grown or made in Polk County. Brushfire Stankgrass at Landrum Library Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym. Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, Bingo at the Mill Spring VFW Post 10349 is open to the public on Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098. NAMI Support Group, Thursdays, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road
in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828817-0382. Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., CooperRiis, Mill Spring. 828-859-7099.
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“Essentially Silk” at Millard & Co. Artist Barbara McCombs Thomas opened her show “Essentially Silk” Friday, Aug. 16 at Millard & Co. in the Tryon Depot. The show will run through Monday, Sept. 30, with a reception set for Friday, Aug. 23 from 4-7 p.m. 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. (every third Friday) and bingo or movie at 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001. Landrum High School varsity football will be playing Broome Aug. 30 at home. Saluda Tailgate Market, every Friday, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., until November. All items are grown or made in Polk County. American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors (calendar continued on page 15)
CORRECTION: The community news article “Outreach to open expanded food pantry” on page 10 of the Aug. 28 Tryon Daily Bulletin should have read the pantry ribbon cutting will be held Friday. Sept. 6.
LOCAL WEATHER Today: Isolated t-storms, with 30 percent chance of rain. High 90, low 68. Tuesday’s weather was: High 87, low 73, no rain.
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OBITUARIES Douglas Hugh Blackwell, p. 4 King David Harris, p. 5
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• St. Luke’s (continued from page 1)
Construction of the new patient wing at St. Luke’s Hospital is moving along well, according to Ken Shull, St. Luke’s CEO. Grid lines for the ceilings will be installed this week as well as ceramic tiles in public restrooms and full bath in the Activities of Daily Living lab. Project Superintendent Brad Smith with Brassfield & Gorrie general contractors, expects the millwork for natural hardwood cabinetry and aesthetics to begin the first week of September. The stone fireplace in the family waiting area is nearing completion, and a natural stone design on the outside walls of the new wing adds the comforting feel of nature. The design and décor of the 15,000-square-foot addition were intended to incorporate natural surroundings and healing aesthetics. The $5.6 million construction project is the first major addition for the 40-year-old hospital since
Work on both the outside and interior of the wing are going on simultaneously to complete the new wing.
1992. The majority of funding is through local bank financing; St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation committed to raise $2 million. This project is possible, Shull said, because of the need for and
support from the community. In addition to six enlarged private rooms with space for family, the wing will boast a state-of-the-art therapeutic gym for physical and occupational therapy. With electricity and air con-
ditioning now connected, Smith expects construction to continue at a fast pace; current plans are to complete the building project by mid-December. – article submitted by Kathy Woodham
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• Water policy (continued from page 1)
same month,” states the town’s new policy. “Utility customers’ due date shall be the 15th of the following month. Any bills that are not paid or postmarked by the 15th of the following month will be considered past due. A late payment charge as set forth in the Town’s Schedule of Fees will be assessed to all delinquent accounts on the 16th day of each month. When the 15th and or the 16th of any given month falls on any day the town hall is not open, the due date and past due date will be the next day of operation.” Christy Anne Traylor wrote a letter to the editor saying the town is not giving proper notice of Tryon’s regulatory shut off dates. Those who face hardships and need to wait until the first of the month to catch up on their water bill will be disconnected and face $40 in fines. (see letter page 7) “People will miss work, some may even be fired, children will
miss school and basic needs will not be met as a result of this new disconnection system,” Traylor said. “It will do nothing for citizens other than cause undue hardships and the council will find a way I’m sure to waste the revenue earned while their citizens suffer. Folks need a proper notice of disconnection with a date of service interruption clearly stated on such notice. They also need a greater grace period to pay their bills so that they have time to receive a paycheck.” Tryon has recently had 61 customers on the cutoff list. If a customer has a balance due, the bill states the cutoff day is scheduled but does not say whether. Bills in Tryon are due on the 15th, so the service could be discontinued as early as the 26th of the month with a $35 reconnect fee. Tryon water customer Lynn Adams told the Bulletin this week she went to turn on her water Tuesday morning and it wasn’t working. She said she thought maybe the town was doing work
to the line but after calling town hall she found out her water was cut off because her bill was 10 days past due. “It’s too short a period of time,” Adams said of the policy. “This is the water you need for your house – it’s essential to all of us. It’s just not right to do that to people.” Adams said she’s always paid her bill, though she admits it’s been late on previous occasions. “There are a lot of people in bad spots right now with this terrible economic situation,” Adams said. “So many responsible people, who pay their bills, are finding themselves struggling.” Adams said if the core problem with delinquent bills stems from renters who left the area, she believes the town should make property owners responsible for bills. “Don’t make everyone pay, who are usually responsible, for a few people that are not,” Adams said. Tryon has found itself in the red on delinquent water bills with almost $100,000 worth of unpaid bills in recent years. Council decided to strengthen its water policy this year, similar to a policy Columbus enacted a couple of years ago following similar problems. Columbus’ policy is that service is disconnected 11 days past the due date of the 10th of the month. Columbus’ reconnect fee is $75 with a 10 percent late fee charged on the 11th of the month if it’s past due. Last year, Columbus disconnected service to 141 customers for not paying their bills, or an average of 12 customers per month. So far this year, Columbus has cut off 85
Obituaries
Douglas Hugh Blackwell Douglas Hugh Blackwell passed on Aug. 27, 2013. Surviving are his wife Mary Smith Blackwell of Gaffney; sons; Harold Blackwell and Alan
“Don’t make everyone pay, who are usually responsible, for a few people that are not.” --Tryon water customer, Lynn Adams
customers’ water service. Tryon has a payment plan for people behind on their water bills. Customers can come into town hall and sign up for a plan if they are having trouble paying their bills. Columbus also has a payment plan for those facing hardships. Once arrangements are made, a customer can extend until the 10th of the next month before service is disconnected, but the bill has to be paid in full. Tryon council authorized town manager Joey Davis on Aug. 20 to contract with a company so the town can accept debit and credit cards to make utility payments more customer friendly. Columbus also accepts debit and credit cards over the phone with identifying information. Tryon Mayor Alan Peoples said he understands that people are complaining about the new policy and if there are enough complaints maybe the town should get the word out better. “We’ve gotten more complaints that people didn’t pay their bills and in turn we had $50,000 to $60,000 worth of delinquent water bills,” Peoples said. “I don’t have any magic answers.” Peoples said it is worth looking into at the next council meeting. Tryon Council will meet next on Sept. 17.
Blackwell both of Kenly, N.C.; daughter, Sherry Lee of Green Creek; sisters, Barbara Blackwell Taylor and Syble Blackwell Teseniar, both of Charlotte; three grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. Funeral services will be held Aug. 29 at 4 p.m. at Eggers Funeral Home of Chesnee.
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Trio sentenced in February assault by Leah Justice
Judge James T. Davis sentenced three men in Polk County Superior Court the week of Aug. 12 for an assault and robbery of a that occurred in February. The assault occurred along Mills Street in Columbus on Feb. 15 where three men were charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to Columbus police reports. The assault was committed on a man near the Isothermal Community College Polk Campus. Nikolas Maxwell Mothershead of Columbus, who was 25 at the time of his arrest, pled guilty to assault inflicting serious injury and larceny from a person in superior court. Mothershead was sentenced to eight to 19 months in prison and
$3,907 in restitution, according to court records. Mothershead was given 44 days of credit for time served. Jonathan Lee Millwood of Columbus, who was 24 at the time of his arrest, pled guilty to assault inflicting serious injury and larceny from a person. Millwood’s sentence of six to 17 months in prison was suspended for him to serve three years of supervised probation as well as paying $3,907 in restitution, according to court records. Dustin Lee Hall of Rutherfordton, who was 17 at the time of his arrest, also pled guilty to assault inflicting serious injury and larceny from a person. Hall was sentenced to six to 17 months in prison, which was suspended for him to serve three years of supervised probation as well as paying $3,907 in restitution.
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Tryon preying on citizens to raise funds
To the editor: On May 21, 2013, as the budget was being pulled together, the town council of Tryon, voted unanimously to shut off water of residents who were only 10 days past due in paying their bill. The general public was notified once in the Tryon Daily Bulletin regarding this decision and on May 22 a sign was placed at the water department counter specifying the changes, useless to those who mail in payments. No notices were mailed to residents who receive water, sewer and garbage collection through the town. Payments are due on the 15th of every month. On the 16th of the month, a $5 late penalty is applied and 10 days after the due date water is shut off without notice. A $35 reconnect fee is charged and the bill for previous month’s usage must be paid in order to reconnect once service is lost. So, those who do not pay by 10 days after the due date are subject to $40 in fines. The fine could be the equivalent of half the cost of the bill itself, more or less. The new town policy went into effect beginning July 2013… Even though the town has a new policy stating when this disconnection is to occur, they do not disclose the date of disconnection with the notice. Residents have previously been given longer leeway to make payments and mailed notices. Unless, you would happen
to read the one notice posted in the Tryon Daily Bulletin or if you hang out at the water department, you would not be made aware of such changes in policy. Why is this failure to properly notify the case? Why would the Town of Tryon state on your bill that disconnection is scheduled but fail to tell you when? Nobody ever gets disconnected from any other utility for being only 10 days late. Good news for the Town of Tryon and their new budget, right? If people are not given proper notice, then there will be more folks who fail to pay within the new 10 day due date (that they knew nothing about) and that will equal more money for the town. Obviously, while most are not aware of the changes, the revenue the Town of Tryon brings in from disconnections will be great. How admirable of you to basically not inform your citizens and do the very least so that you can tout how notice has been provided. Deception at its finest from those we elect to represent us. When asked how the town could impose such hardships on the most disadvantaged financially, a clerk stated Columbus operated under the same policy. I am asking the citizens of Tryon to seek better for their residents. Let the Tryon Council fill their budget gaps elsewhere. Citizens, please refuse your council the right to depend on bullying those facing financial crisis to raise revenue. For those who face hardships on the 15th and need to wait until the 1st of the following month (15
TWGA playday results for Aug. 20 The Tryon Women’s Golf Association weekly event for August 20th was Low Gross and Low Net. The winners in the: 18-hole group Low Gross - Joyce Arledge (99) Low Net - Lee Heelan (80) Low Putts - Peggy Henson (31) Nine-hole group
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to 16 days from due date) to catch up on the water bill, your service will be disconnected before you have a chance to do so and a $40 fee will be applied. I realize from the vantage point of the Tryon Town Council, mayor and town manager that disconnection is the goal in order to fuel their greed, but please remember there is always the other side.
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While you may not be directly affected, the person beside you in church may be or the children who go to school with your kids. I know reports of animals suffering without water would be met by enraged citizens here. I am asking that you share the same passion for your citizens who lose water without proper notice. – Christy Traylor, Tryon
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theologians, Bono (who also happens to be an irish Rock Star), explains: “You see, at the center of all religions is the idea of karma. You know, what you put out comes back to you: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. in physical laws — every action is met by an equal or an opposite one. it’s clear to me that karma is at the very heart of the universe. i’m absolutely sure of it. and yet, along comes this idea called grace to upend all that ‘as you reap, so you will sow’ stuff.
Grace defies reason and logic. Love interrupts, if you like, the consequences of your actions, which in my case is very good news indeed, because i’ve done a lot of stupid stuff… i’d be in big trouble if karma was going to finally be my judge. it doesn’t excuse my mistakes, but i’m holding out for grace.” Like, Bono, i know myself well enough to know that karma would be bad news indeed, because in a world full of poverty, greed, violence and prejudice, not a one of us is innocent. So, i’m also holding out for grace.
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Polk County Transportation Authority Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) Funding Public Hearing Notice This is to inform the public of the opportunity to attend a public hearing on the proposed Rural Operating Assistance Program (ROAP) application to be submitted to the North Carolina Department of Transportation no later than September 16, 2013, by the County of Polk. The public hearing will be held on September 9, 2013 at 7:00 pm at the Polk County Board of Commissioners meeting in the Bryant H. Womack Justice and Administration Building located at 40 Courthouse St., Columbus, NC 28722. Polk County will provide auxiliary aids and services under the ADA for disabled persons who wish to participate in the hearing. Anyone requiring special services should contact Dianne Timberlake, Transportation Director as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made. The programs included in the Rural Operating Assistance Program application are: 1. Elderly & Disabled Transportation Assistance (EDTAP) Program provides operating assistance for the public transportation of elderly and disabled citizens.
2. Employment Transportation Assistance Program provides operating assistance for the public transportation of persons with employment related transportation needs.
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Legion spaghetti dinner to support Service Animal Project The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 250 is having its annual spaghetti supper on Saturday, Aug. 31 to raise money for the Service Animal Project. This local organization is working with the K9s for Warriors in Florida, which pairs service dogs with veterans in need. These are soldiers who suffer from PTSD or shell shock as it was called after World War I. These dogs are carefully screened and trained to fit their owner’s needs and emotions. To date, five dogs have been accepted from the Foothills Humane Society here to go to Florida; they love our dogs. The first level of training is
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right here in Polk County using foster homes. The Legion Post and its auxiliary fully support this program and feel it is a worthy project. It is fully funded by private donations, as they get no government funds. This year the entire proceeds from the spaghetti supper will be donated to this project. The dinner will begin at 5 p.m. in the legion hall at 43 Depot St. in Tryon. Dine in or take out will be available. Please help us support this group of veterans who have given so much for our country. – article submitted by Jane Janke
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Veterans Day parade organizers seek participants “Veterans Day, Nov. 11 is just around the corner and will soon be upon us”, said Bill Hillhouse, chairman of the participant committee of the Patriots Salute to Veterans Association. The Patriots Salute to Veterans Association is organizing the first Veterans Day parade to be held in Columbus and is seeking patriotic organizations and businesses which would like to participate in the parade. “The only requirement we have for participation is that the group or organization be patriotic and dignified,” said Hillhouse. “We want to honor our veterans with proper recognition.” Parade planners have selected the half-mile route and have announced the parade will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. from the staging area near the Food Lion store in Columbus. The parade will proceed east on Mills Street, turn right on Peake Street and
Planning the parade route in the accompany photo are, left to right, Frank Ortiz, Bill Hillhouse and Don Lyons. (photo submitted by Otis Livingston)
right again on Ward Street. It will terminate at the intersection of the Ward Street extension and Mills Street. Groups desiring to march or
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Tuxedo Treasures
Tryon Little Theater’s Marianne Brown: director and actress by Connie Clark
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The Tryon Little Theater (TLT) has lost another of its giants: Marianne Brown, who passed away at the age of 90 in early August. Those who have been around this area for many years had the great pleasure of seeing Marianne perform on stage as well as direct several major productions over the years. At the reception following Marianne’s memorial service Aug. 8, Andy Millard, her longtime financial advisor and himself a performer of note, remembered seeing Marianne on stage September 2008 at the 40th anniversary gala for the Tryon Fine Arts Center. Marianne recreated her role that evening as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s brilliant “The Importance of Being Earnest” in a scene with Dean Campbell, who was also reprising his 1981 role as Jack Worthing, the gentleman courting Lady B’s daughter Gwendolyn: “Lady Bracknell: I have always been of the opinion that a man who desires to get married should know either everything or nothing. Which do you know? Jack [after some hesitation]: I know nothing, Lady Bracknell. Lady Bracknell: I am pleased to hear it. I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance.” Five years after hearing Marianne deliver that line, Andy says he still remembers the audience howling with laughter at her exquisite deadpan delivery. Ah yes... Marianne Brown as a warm, loving mother and understanding wife in the classy comedy “The Philadelphia Story” in December 1980, then five months later gloriously imperious as Lady Bracknell in “Earnest,” and four years after that in March 1985 a manipulative, vain, duplicitous Mrs. Bramson in the thriller “Night Must Fall.” An actor’s actor, Marianne could put on the character and disappear com-
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pletely into this different persona. And as a director, well! Soon after moving to Tryon, she directed her first TLT show, Noel Coward’s delicious “Hay Fever” in December 1978, and one year later she directed Philip Barry’s lavish comedy “Holiday.” In March 1982 she tackled the offbeat and very funny “Petticoat Fever.” Then two years later came what was probably the finest of all – William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker” about Helen Keller, her teacher Annie Sullivan, and Helen’s emerging from the prison of being deaf and blind since infancy. Another two years and Marianne brought the thoughtful “Mornings at Seven” to the Fine Arts Center stage. Then a break of five years until March 1991 and the superb “The Lion in Winter,” the electrifying play on Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, their three princely sons, the young King of France, and Henry’s mistress. And finally in December 1997, “Da” (Dad in the Irish way of speaking), a memory play moving back and forth in time. Since Marianne had lived in Ireland for four years, this play let her travel back to her own earlier years and (Brown continued on page 15)
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Remembering dear friends: Bob, Geneva, Rev. Johnston, Dr. Bromeley and Marlene Lion Bob Stuedell, who sponsored me to become a Columbus Lion, was a good Lion to show me the ropes. Lion Bob did everything by the book, and saw to it that the whole club did, too. He stayed on my case as I progressed, and did his own brand of tail twisting (a Lion tradition), always with a twinkle in his eyes. We have missed him since he resigned some time ago for health reasons. Bob’s father bought the top of “reservoir hill” from my grandfather, T. A. Rippy, after he sold his water works to the Town of Tryon and they did not need the reservoir for the combined system. Bob and Joan thus became my Aunt Mildred’s neighbors when they moved in, and promptly joined her breakfast group at Hardee’s. We also joined the group when I retired here. That is how we all became friends. Bob loved jazz and attended festivals often. I made a front license plate for his van using a sax as the “J” in the word Jazz. I was surprised to see Geneva (Mrs. Fred) Cochran during my visiting rounds at White Oak a week or two before she died. Fran and I would stop by her house sometimes after Fred died, and whether or not we had brought anything, we could not leave empty-handed. My favorite was her incomparable pound cake and Fran was plied with all the figs she could eat. There was always something growing in the planter box by her back door, either flowers or to-
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memories. Marianne had studied Theatre at renowned Carnegie Tech, then studied voice in New York, Dusseldorf and Paris. She had also worked for some time in New York City at New Di-
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matoes in season. She insisted on sharing from that, too. A generous and kind lady whom I believe enjoyed all of her life . . . and because she wanted to, she did. Rev. James Johnston and his wife, Rosemary, attended the historical association programs faithfully for years. Then Rosemary died, and I saw the Rev. Johnston representing Hospice visiting Fred Cochran shortly before he died. He said that my visit helped him to get acquainted with Fred to better minister to him. The last time I saw Rev. Johnston was at the gym where we were both trying to keep ourselves functional. I had thought it would be good to invite him to say a few words when my time comes to go . . . When I let scraps pile up around my radial saw, they slid one busy day and my feet went out from under me. The concrete block that my head hit opened a gash on my forehead that required stitches, so Dr. Bromeley was called into the ER to do the honors. Some kind of alarm sounded as he began to examine me, so he excused himself by saying there was a fire somewhere and he was the new fire marshal for St. Luke’s. After a long absence he returned and explained that they rections Publishing, Muzak Corporation and Columbia Records. And then the move to Tryon and directing or acting in 15 TLT productions. How fortunate for all of us who had the great privilege of knowing and working with Marianne, and the theatre-going public who savored her work.
had a new fire warning system tied into their computers, and it proclaimed there was a “Fire in Sector B.” Since no one had any idea what “Sector B” was, he had to dispatch people to all corners to investigate. I have no visible scar after the good doctor’s work. Ron Mosseller gets a group of us aviation enthusiasts together for lunch at different local eateries and our conversations somehow wander far from aviation. Marlene Balog was one of us and her background included stints as a stewardess and later as a loadmaster for a cargo airline. While pilots tend to “kick the tires and light the fires,” the loadmaster is responsible for proper positioning of everything put aboard. Little Marlene often had to “get firm” with much bigger male cargo handlers, who quickly learned that she was the boss. She relished great food and had little patience for anything less appealing. My condolences to all the families and friends above, and I must now add Frank “Pick” Brown to them. His wife Rena died recently. I did not know her, but I always enjoyed visiting with Pick when I tuned the piano at our church when he was the custodian. He knew better than to run the vacuum cleaner anywhere near me before I had finished!
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open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free. Polk County High School varsity football team plays Asheville at Asheville at 7:30 p.m. Narcotics Anon., Saluda Senior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday
The American Legion Auxiliary will host a Spaghetti Supper on Saturday, Aug. 31 at the American Legion Hall, Tryon, starting at 5 p.m. Eat in or take out. Landrum Farmers Market sets up each Saturday from 7-11 a.m. along N. Trade Avenue in Landrum. Come purchase everything from tomatoes to mushrooms to flowers. For information, contact Joe Cunningham at 864-457-6585. Columbus Tailgate Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon, until November. All items are grown or made in Polk County. 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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Saluda Community Land Trust invites the community to another open day at Twin Lakes. This newly reopened facility is available to rent for a small donation for family, church and friend gatherings. Come see the place and enjoy a free lunch made
possible through a grant from the Saluda Fund of the Polk County Community Foundation. Those interested in attending should meet at the Saluda Fire Department anytime between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31. A van will shuttle folks back
and forth during the day. Wear your bathing suit, bring towels and picnic blankets. Rain date will be the following Saturday, Sept. 7. Check saludaclt.org for updates on this event. – article submitted by Carolyn Ashburn
The first of three fall classes at Pearson’s Falls will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 am. June Ellen Bradley, an internationally-known herbalist and nature artist, will walk the falls trail explaining the traditional uses of plants in a natural way in the first 90-minute class, Medicinal Plants and Shrubs. Local outdoor specialists Phil Nisbett and John Vining will conduct the second and third classes on Sept. 25 and Oct. 8. Pre-registration is necessary, as class size is limited. For more information and to obtain a registration form, call Pearson’s
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Pearson’s Falls’ native plants classes start Sept. 10
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Twin Lakes opens to community again Aug. 31
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Families came out to Twin Lakes in Saluda recently to enjoy one of the few sunny days the area has had this summer. (photo submitted)
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– article submitted by Susan McNabb