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SEPTEMBER 2018

A drive down memory lane Stott’s Corner serves as linchpin of local family’s history

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THE GRAND OLD LADY

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WELCOME

History surrounds us...

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ust like anywhere else, the Foothills region is defined by its past — the remnants of which can be found wherever you look.

From Morris the horse in downtown Tryon to the railroad running through the heart of Saluda, much of our history is made up of real, tangible objects, for residents and visitors alike to behold and marvel.

Other portions of our history can be found within tomes and screeds written by those with a passion for keeping the history of their home alive. These accounts now reside inside our local libraries and museums, so the present can still connect with the past — and perhaps learn valuable lessons from it.

However, much of our history cannot be found in an exhibit case or a bookshelf, and is not listed on any national registries.

Instead, it is contained within the minds and hearts of the people who call this area home. This history is the memories and family tales that everyone of us have and are more than willing to share should someone ask.

In this issue of Foothills Magazine, we decided to take a leisurely stroll down memory lane, to capture some local stories of days gone by.

Among the stories you will find in this issue are tales of Tryon’s beloved Lanier Library, told by the people who know the institution the best — those who work there, and those who have made the place an integral part of their lives.

We also have stories from another part of the region — Stott’s Corner, to be precise, as two members of the Stott family share some amusing — and tragic — memories they have made at the location over the years.

You will also learn more about one individual who has made the preservation of Saluda’s rich history with the railroad one of her many missions in life, as well as about an organization that is committed to safeguarding relics from Polk County’s past in order to share them with the future.

We hope you enjoy this dive into the Foothills’ past!

Ted Yoakum, Managing Editor ted.yoakum@tryondailybulletin.com

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General Manager Kevin Powell Managing Editor Ted Yoakum Marketing Magan Etheridge Trish Boyter Production Gwen Ring Distribution Jeff Allison Jamie Lewis Alex Greene Administration Heather Holbert Contributors Jimmi Buell Julie Carroll Catherine Hunter Mark Schmerling Vincent Verrecchio

on the cover Larry Stott, with Stott’s Garage in Columbus, poses for a photo inside the garage. Read more about the mechanic and his collection of vintage memorabilia — and priceless family stories — beginning on page 22.

Photo by Vincent Verrecchio

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Staff, members reflect on history of Tryon’s Lanier Library 22 At the crossroads of memory lane Stott’s Corner serves as linchpin of local family’s history

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Local Olympic equestrian correspondent recommends the WEG experience 44 Capturing the equine mystique Tryon artist Lynda Evans’ work calls to those who dream 54 Pebbles In the blink of an eye

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Sept. 28, Main Stage Series: Masters of Soul, 8 p.m., Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon

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Voices of

the Grand Old Lady on the hill

Staff, members reflect on history of Tryon’s Lanier Library Story and photography by VINCENT VERRECCHIO

N Increasing membership and acquisitions expanded the footprint of the 1905 original building. Horsepower took on new meaning, and a giraffe found its way up the hill.

ancy Ernst has never seen any ghosts at Tryon’s Lanier Library in her 33 years working as a library assistant at the institution.

“There’s been talk about footsteps in what’s now the Holmes Room, but for me, it’s simply been a friendly old building, intimate, with many voices talking, joking,” she says.

Nancy became a library member when she went to work at Lanier in 1980, replacing Polly Bennett, who was retiring after 15 years at the circulation desk.

Nancy recalls Polly saying, “If it was quiet, I wouldn’t be working here.”

Founded in 1890 as The Lanier Club for ladies and built in 1905 at the corner of Chestnut and Melrose, the Grand Old Lady on the hill has fostered and preserved heritage ever since, while at the same time maintaining relevance and importance to the community.

Much of Lanier Library’s history is with the members and their memories, the exchanges of pleasantries and personal views on events of the day, the sharing of experiences, opinions debated and good stories made better in the telling — even baseless rumors of a SEPTEMBER 2018

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The doors on the Chestnut Street entrance have opened to members since 1905, without change.

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haunting.

So many members, however, have taken their memories with them. Some were of nostalgic or historic value, and others important only if you’re curious about what it was like then compared to now.

In a then-and-now story of Lanier Library, hoof beats outside gave way to gas-fired combustion, while inside, member footsteps increased, high heels and low, leather and rubber on hardwood floors. Today’s polymer soles tread more quietly.

Book after book came and went with quiet bumps in and out of shelves, three days a week, the same sound now heard every day except Monday. The date stamp still thumps, followed with “hope you like it” in a sincere voice.

Before 1930, the voices heard in greetings, conversations and presentations were mostly female.

In 1914, for example, Mrs. Ralph Erskine, with maps, told of “The War in Europe.” In 1927, Miss Euphemia Holden discussed “What Business Does to a Woman’s Character.”

“I thought it interesting that Lanier was once for ladies only,” Nancy says. “In my time, I remember men who gathered on Saturday morning...laughter, hearty, good-natured. Only a few times I asked them to take it down a little.”

In 1930, after breaking away from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, the renamed Lanier Library Association expanded membership to men. In the first year, Mr. Prentice Luckey compared the values and origins of jewels. In 1937, Dr. Edward Gwathmey lectured on the philosophy of Uncle Remus.

“If you want a then-and-now story, right here was the Melrose entrance,” Nancy says, as she gestures to the three windows looking out to the “Windows of Time” sculpture. “The card catalog would have been where the present door is. The circulation counter was along the wall that’s now the opening to the great hall.

The doorway into the administrative offices used to be a wall with a window.

“The offices used to be down the hall, where the restroom is now.”

She chuckles, recalling that there was a high shelf along the hallway keeping controversial books out of easy reach. “Lady Chatterley’s

Bill McCall sits in a corner of fond memories outside today’s administrative offices. As a child, he bicycled to Miss Sprinkle’s reading group for children, shown here in front of the same corner when one side was a wall with a window. The children’s reading group continues today in the new children’s room, where attire, lighting, décor and most books have changed, but not the encouragement to read.

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A vintage photo proves that dogs and owners were welcomed at least as long ago as 1967. Today, Bill McCall and Coffee attest that they still are. Note, though, how the front door has changed.

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Lover” may have been up there.

“One of my first tasks was to replace children’s books with mysteries, and later add more large print books,” she says. “’Nancy Drew,’ ‘Bobbsey Twins,’ ‘Oz’...there just weren’t enough requests for them.

Our membership was aging. But now, it seems to me, I see younger faces.”

She is pleased when entering the new children’s room.

“There used to be art books in here and, I think, business titles,” she says.

“I came here as a kid,” says Bill McCall, a retired Tryon dentist. “My earliest memory was Mom bringing me to Miss Sprinkle’s reading group on Saturday. Later, I walked by myself, then I came on my bike, speeding down Melrose.”

Bill thinks the children’s reading group, restarted

by Amber Keeran, current library director, is not so much a return to the past as an important step forward for HIS library and HIS town.

“Got my membership card in 1952, and was so proud that the number was 70,” he says. “That was my number at my library, in my town, my neighborhood...wasn’t fair when I got reassigned 1140 because a computer system came in.”

Bill agrees with Nancy that, to his knowledge, the library has never been haunted, but claims that “the bust of Sidney is watching over members. His eyes move with you.”

Classical music composer Rita Landrum — a descendant of the family for which the town is named — was born at St. Luke’s Hospital in 1955. She remembers the first time her mother allowed her to reach for a book at Lanier and take it down like a big person.

A huge metal grate in the floor was always mysterious. Every visit, she had to peer and wonder what was down there.

“Not so huge anymore,” she admits. “I now know it’s the return air vent [in front of new nonfiction], but I still glance once in awhile.”

She smiles and adds, “the library probably is haunted, but in a good friendly way, not in the sense of spooky ghosts.

“Many books have donation nameplates.”

Rita selects an older volume at random, and finds the names of Miss Ruth Ferguson and Miss Dorothy Brown.

“I don’t know them, but they’re still here in spirit.”

She taps the page and then turns to the due date card. The card is stamped continuously from Oct.

Rita Landrum borrowed Ian Fleming’s “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” from the Library as a girl, sometime before the 1968 movie, and became obsessed with cars. On occasion, she can be seen driving her 1950 Plymouth Special Deluxe.

When considering the continuity of date stamps on a due date card and the membership numbers written next to every entry, one may think of all the people who made the book part of their lives, and perhaps put something of themselves into it.

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Nancy Ernst thinks “it interesting that Lanier was once for ladies only.”

20, 1984, to Jan. 28, 2018. A membership number is written next to every entry.

“Think of all the people who made this book part of their lives, and perhaps put something of themselves into it.”

“I found a dog in a 1967 photo,” says Amber Keeran.

“Dogs are still welcomed.

“The very first program in 1890 was about the annexation of Canada, and there have been intriguing programs ever since. We still have the nameplate program, but now with an original watercolor. I am glad that the downstairs LeDuc Room, once rented to a travel agent, is now the permanent home of our Felburn Nature Collection. And as with Polly and Nancy, I’m glad to hear members lingering, chatting, laughing.

“I will, however, probably never see a ghost here, but I keep an open mind and will let you know if anything changes.” • A photo waits in all things, all places, and everyone with a passion has a story to be told. That’s the perspective Vince Verrecchio, lightly retired ad agency creative director, brings as a writer and photographer contributing to Foothills Magazine. He can be reached at vincent.verrecchio@gmail.com.

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The drawers of the card catalogue at the top of this photo have opened and closed solidly over the decades, and still do, even with the computer and latest software at the circulation desk.

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AT THE CROSSROADS OF

MEMORY LANE Stott’s Corner serves as linchpin of local family’s history

Story and photography by VINCENT VERRECCHIO

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When Larry Stott got home from school in the mid 1950s, he had 20 minutes to change his clothes and get to work at Stott’s Grocery and Gas, stocking shelves and cleaning.

Getting older, he pumped gas. Older still, he went across the road to Stott’s Garage and has been there ever since — and has no plans to retire.

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Between his 1955 Chevy BelAir and 1969 Camaro dragster, Larry prizes his 1956 Corvette pedal car.

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arry Stott wanted to go faster, so his thin legs pumped the pedals of his red Western Flyer with increasing determination.

The trim and fit 14-year-old hunched over the crossbar of his big boy bike and thrilled to the wind in his dark hair.

As of 1958, this bike was his favorite Christmas present of all time, taking him not only on errands and sightseeing but to an imagined place of revving engines, dragster wheel stands and cheers.

He often awoke anticipating the fun of speeding on his Stott’s Corner racetracks, where less imaginative adults saw only north-south County 14, or Landrum Road, and Red Fox Road. Unpaved Jackson Grove Road was nothing more than a dusty ride east to the historic United Methodist Church.

For him though, the roads and their intersection were the proving grounds for his speed and skill. Jackson Grove Road, for example, was great for fishtailing and trying to churn rooster tails from the dirt.

On the morning he would never forget, he was racing back and forth around the southeast corner of Landrum

“Larry, enough,” shouted his mom, standing in the doorway of the store.

“Customer’s coming.”

Larry nodded “yes” but when she disappeared inside, his mind said “just one more time.” and Jackson Grove roads, the site of Stott’s Grocery and Gas. Stott’s Garage was on the northeast corner.

He passed again and again between the storefront and the Chevron pumps, in and out of the shadow under the gas station canopy. He had enough speed to make the top of a sand pile at the end of his course before spinning to rush back down.

“Larry, enough,” shouted his mom, standing in the doorway of the store. “Customer’s coming.”

Larry nodded “yes” but when she disappeared inside, his mind said “just one more time.”

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Get your car repaired at Stott’s Garage but not your shoes, despite what the sign says. Linder’s Heel Service is one of many vintage signs that Larry has collected for their sentimental value.

Larry remembers raking leaves for Mr. Linder, and is still friends with the nearly 100-year-old shoemaker.

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into gravel. He pedaled harder to keep momentum, leaning into the turn.

He was fast coming to the door when Mrs. Jackson stepped out, paper bags of groceries in both arms. He stomped to brake for the 60-something-old neighbor, but her eyes were much too big and getting bigger.

Sixty years later, still trim and fit, Larry shakes his head of close-cropped gray hair in disbelief at how much time has passed.

Now, standing quietly outside his garage at 4450 Landrum Road in Columbus, gazing across the road, he smiles nostalgically at what happened to him and Mrs. Jackson outside the store.

The pumps and canopy are long gone, and a cluster of horse trailers for sale or awaiting maintenance mostly hides the former storefront. With the memorabilia in the window, from a vintage Pepsi bottle to a brass lamp, one may think the building had been an antique store.

Inside, the refrigeration units and food aisles have disappeared, and the wood floors have not squeaked under heavy foot traffic in years.

“Used to be called Flynn’s Corner until 1959, when we got the new phone line in from South Carolina,” Larry recalls. “The new phone book referred to Stott’s Corner, maybe because there were so many Stotts listed. There are still Stott homes down 14 until you get to Judy Smith’s Town and Country Salon. On both sides of Red Fox there are Stotts until you get to the Pacolet Hills Baptist Church. Our property on Jackson Grove Road goes to the end of the field.

“Memories hold life together, and I have so many memories right here...family and friends.”

One particularly fond memory was from 2000.

His elder daughter, Autumn, started working in the backroom as business and parts manager, and at the front counter to greet, schedule and take payment.

“Couldn’t run the business without her,” Larry says.

“Some folks may think a daughter working for her father could be tough,” Autumn says. “Daddy is a perfectionist for customer service, with rules on how everything gets done, even a process for installing lug nuts so none get missed. Sure, we have occasional disagreements, but I agree with the rules and enjoy his stories. I get to know him better and appreciate him more every day...all part of being family.”

And it’s a big family. One of her favorite memories as a girl is a Thanksgiving Day turkey lunch at her uncle’s house on the northwest corner, filled to capacity with about 50 Stott grandchildren and 30

Autumn Stott, Larry’s elder daughter, is known by many for the friendly greeting at the front counter in Stott’s Garage.

“My collection is mostly automotive, but if something strikes my fancy and triggers memories, I want it,” Larry says. “I really like old signs, posters, and packaging and seeing how graphics have changed.”

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moms, dads and other relatives.

There is a crossroads memory, however, she would rather forget if she could.

A car cutting the corner onto Red Fox slammed into a motorcycle coming south on County 14. She knew the motorcyclist, and could see the compound fractures in his left leg.

“I knelt by him, leaning over for almost a half-hour asking him to stay still,” she recalls. “I remember hearing the rescue helicopter far off, then seeing rotors overhead.

I learned later that the leg had been amputated. From the tragedy, however, came an enduring friendship.”

For other memories, Autumn readily lists many of Larry’s stories and coaxes him to elaborate.

Young Larry was working on a police patrol car and took a fancy to the public address microphone. He amused himself bellowing, “Come out with your hands up,” not knowing his aunt had just settled into the outhouse behind the store.

Another time, Larry’s father, “Paps,” dug an open pit grease rack in back of the store and warned Uncle Harrison to be careful. Uncle Harrison crowed, “you’d have to be blind to miss that,” just before driving the front wheel of his car into the hole.

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With three employees, Larry can be more selective about what cars he works on, preferring the collectibles or more vintage models, such as a 1968 Mercedes 280SE coupe or 1957 Thunderbird.

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Then there are stories of when, why and how Larry accumulated hundreds of collectibles and curiosities, which include a metal poster for Merita Bread, featuring the Lone Ranger and a steeplechase gravity drop pinball.

So many memories.

“I helped Mrs. Jackson pick up can goods and groceries, apologizing over and over, despite her assurances of being OK.” Larry’s mom replaced a burst bag of flour. She never yelled at Larry, only told him to leave the bike in the barn and never mention it before she did. Larry did go on to win the IHRA Winter Nationals in 1978 and, as recently as 2012, raced his red 1969 Camaro, pushing the 350 V8 to the max.

“We’re still friends with the Jackson family,” Larry adds.

“Daddy, tell him about the time Grandma ran off the golfers for wanting to buy ice,” Autumn urges.

Larry chuckles, “I don’t think Vince has room for more.” • A photo waits in all things, all places, and everyone with a passion has a story to be told. That’s the perspective Vince Verrecchio, lightly retired ad agency creative director, brings as a writer and photographer contributing to Foothills Magazine. He can be reached at vincent.verrecchio@gmail.com.

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DIFFERENCE MAKER

Cathy Jackson is especially proud of the work she did as a board member with the Saluda Historic Depot & Museum to preserve the building as a lasting tribute to the town and its history with the railroad.

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Saluda’s biggest fan

Real estate agent wearing many hats to keep hometown’s history alive Story and photography by MARK LEVIN

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he tag line of Cathy Jackson’s popular news missive, “Saluda Lifestyles,” reads “Where Time Stands Still.”

But anyone who has spent even an hour in Saluda the past decade or more knows this town is a bustling success. A lot of that is due to Cathy’s tireless efforts.

Cathy wears many hats around Saluda. Even though she’s eyeing retirement from her successful career in real estate, Cathy, just like her adopted town of Saluda, is not about to take it easy.

Cathy came to Saluda 17 years ago from Knoxville, Tennessee, where she had worked in educational technology sales. She saw Saluda as a place to “slow down,” and worked out of Saluda as a consultant in the same industry, though she soon realized her job involved a lot of traveling, and she loved her new home so much that she wanted to stay and put down roots.

She started her own real estate company, and made a success of it, even through 2008’s economic downtown.

She was pleased and a bit relieved when Beverly-Hanks ne-

These signs seen throughout Saluda are in large part due to Cathy’s tireless efforts to promote the history of Saluda.

gotiated an offer to take over her business in 2015. Cathy saw this as a chance to continue in real estate sales, but also give her more time to find ways to toot Saluda’s horn — or, in this case, train whistle.

The history of Saluda is important to Cathy, and she has made it a goal in life to help preserve it.

“People should always remember

the history of Saluda. We shouldn’t forget what brought us to where we are, and how that shapes how we move forward,” Cathy muses.

Cathy, along with several like-minded Saludians, was active in saving the old Saluda train depot. Cathy is quick to point out that it takes a village to preserve a village, and she’s just one of many SEPTEMBER 2018

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Siblings Leah and Declan Hansen, of Tampa, Florida, start their game of checkers inside the museum. Professionally-created exhibits fill the background.

people who helped save the old station house.

It’s obvious that this was just one of the accomplishments Cathy is very proud of. As I watch a stream of visitors tour the Historic Saluda Depot & Museum during our hour together, it shows on her face how pleased she is with the success of this one historic site.

Cathy is excited to discuss the “Saluda Train Tales,” a series of free presentations held at the Saluda Depot each month. Some presentations might be about the history of Saluda as a train town and others about any of a variety of topics, such as the August talk by Clara Carter, VeeVee Blackshear and Nettie Sweet on the “Medical Heritage in Saluda.”

These monthly talks are helping preserve the history of Saluda with storytelling, an art that Cathy says needs to be nurtured so that it continues for future generations to enjoy and appreciate.

Cathy explains that the entire Saluda downtown (with perhaps the exception of one building) is on the National Register of Historic Places. In fact, she has been instrumental in getting plaques mounted on just about every historical building in downtown Saluda.

One of Cathy’s future retirement goals is to write, but she’s had years of on-the-job practice as the found- Zella Jackson, of Austin, Texas, visits with Grandma Cathy on the porch of the museum. er and editor of Saluda’s homegrown news source, 32

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“Saluda Lifestyles.”

Cathy came about this serendipitously when she moved to the mountain community, and discovered a little homegrown Saluda newspaper called “The Saluda Signal.” Ruth Anderson published that paper for 20 years, and Cathy eventually started to write a regular column for the paper called “Saluda Scoop.”

One thing led to another, and eventually Ruth was happy to let her paper catch up with computers, and “Saluda Lifestyles” was launched by Cathy.

Today, well over 5,000 subscribers electronically receive the monthly preview of all that’s about to happen in and around Saluda, and hundreds more pick up a printed copy at various locations around town.

You can subscribe to the electronic version at saludalifestyles.

com.

From wonderful restaurants, live music opportunities, fun shops, a busy outdoor recreation community and a rich history that’s being preserved — Saluda has become a destination town.

And Cathy Jackson isn’t keeping it a secret anymore.

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Visitors from throughout the United States and across the world visit the Saluda Depot & Museum, and most sign the guest register.

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FOOTHILLS Polk County Historical Association preserving local treasures Story by JULIE CARROLL, photography by MARK SCHMERLING

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estled in the basement of the Feagan building in Columbus lies “a gem that most people don’t know about,” says Polk County Historical Association President Pat McCool.

American minister and human rights activist Malcolm X said that “history is a people’s memory,” and within the walls of the PCHA Museum are countless antiques and artifacts — many free for guests to handle — on display, which serve to add detail and richness to these memories.

Here, a World War I military uniform stands near a photograph of African-American soldiers in the 350th Machine Gun Battalion in that same war — 11 of those men Polk County natives.

A whisky still stands across from a sample of a luxe rug handmade in local textile artist Lillian Mills Mosseller’s Tryon studio.

Hanging on a nearby wall is a miniature wooden figurine of the famous Morris the horse, made by the Tryon Toy Makers and Woodcarvers in the early 1900s.

The PCHA was established in the 1970s, and has grown to approximately 200 members today. Meetings are held at 2:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month, and feature a wide range of topics, from “The History of the Polk County Sherriff’s Office” to August’s feature, a presentation by members of The Bostic Lincoln Center in neighboring Rutherford County.

These “keepers of lore” shared substantial evidence that America’s 16th commander in chief was in fact not born in Kentucky, but rather born — illegitimately — in Rutherford County.

According to traditional stories, Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks, had a love affair with Abraham Enloe, the man to whom she was “bound out” to work when her family could no longer afford to care for her. Not long after the birth of a “dark haired little boy named Abraham,” Nancy was shipped west to Kentucky, where she married Tom Lincoln.

The rest, as they say, is history.

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The PCHA has a few other presidential gems in its mine, such as the letter local politician Thurston Arledge received from Sen. John Kennedy in 1960, congratulating Mr. Arledge on his win in the U.S. Senate race, and a check-writing machine that sat on President Calvin Coolidge’s White House desk. After his death, President Coolidge’s widow, Grace, spent several summers in Polk County visiting a close friend on White Oak Mountain.

Among the 200 members in PCHA is Chief Docent James Metcalf, of Saluda, a native whose “PoCo” roots have been traced back before the Revolutionary War. James is a positive wealth of information, and says that he wants the people of Polk County “to know that we have so many things hidden that they can dig up and find mysteries long-forgotten.”

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but lives in our very blood?” The spilling of familial blood was one such story that James shared with a recent visitor.

A gentleman from Rock Hill, South Carolina, came into museum knowing little of the prominent Weaver family from which he hailed. The Weaver plantation manufactured Weaver Whisky in the time of the Civil War. I envision James rubbing his hands together eagerly as he informs the visitor that several of his ancestors were handcuffed together and shot by a Confederate Home Guard firing squad on Houston Road.

“I was able to take him to the ivy-covered hill where the family home was and up to the family graveyard way up in the woods” James says. “I can help [people] find their past.”

Unlike many historical associations, PCHA has not been gifted or deeded a permanent facility from which to operate, and Ted Owens says that “membership dues are the biggest, sustainable financial support at the moment.”

Theresa Deibert, who presented the Aug. 7 program on Abraham Lincoln.

From time to time, a private estate will offer a bequest “which is desperately needed” James say. President McCool shares that that the association is working to develop a long-range plan that will allow the group to continue.

“It’s our turn to make sure we preserve the history that folks before us have collected and kept safe.”

As James and I chat and walk among the abundant museum artifacts, locals Judy Zitzer and Linda McDougal make an impromptu pass through the museum, with their friend Jackie O’Dea, from Charlotte. The ladies are amazed by the myriad photographs and treasures on display.

Jackie (soon to be a resident of nearby Landrum) vows to return on another day.

“I want to come back and take my time and read everything,” she says.

Maybe one of these ladies will become a member of the association.

Regardless, their experience in the museum, like mine has, will serve to spread the word about Polk County’s hidden gem, and help to keep the “people’s memory” alive.

To learn more about The Polk County Historical Association, visit polknchistory.org.

Julie Carroll is a family-centered West Virginia native who’s called western North Carolina home since 2007. She’s a speech-language pathologist and writer who reads, travels and plays in the dirt.

Carolyn Ashburn, of Saluda.

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LET’S EAT!

Have no sour feelings about sauerkraut

By JIMMI BUELL

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elieve it or not, winter is coming.

This is a good time to think about preserving some vegetables that you find in your cold cellar or at the fall famers market.

Of course, cabbage is a good choice, but really, that is just the beginning. Consider adding cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers, daikon radishes — just about any vegetable can be fermented.

What is fermentation? It’s the process of using microorganisms, such as bacteria

or yeast, to convert carbohydrates to alcohol or organic acids under anaerobic conditions.

Fermentation is a food preservation method has a very long history, perhaps as long as 12,000 years. Cheese, yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, kimchee, olives, salami, jerky and bread, as well as beverages such as hard cider, wine, beer and coffee, were all produced by the fermentation process.

Some fermented foods have been critical to the food culture of a country or region.

SAUERKRAUT Yield: About 9 quarts INGREDIENTS 25 pounds cabbage 3/4 cup canning or pickling salt DIRECTIONS For the best sauerkraut, use firm heads of fresh cabbage.

Shred cabbage and start kraut between 24 and 48 hours after harvest.

• Work with about 5 pounds of cabbage at a time. Discard outer leaves. Rinse heads under cold running water and drain.

• Cut heads in quarters and remove cores. Shred or slice to a thickness of a quarter.

• Put cabbage in a suitable fermentation container and add 3 tablespoons of salt. Mix thoroughly, using clean hands. Pack firmly until salt draws juices from cabbage.

• Repeat shredding, salting and packing until all cabbage is in the container. Be sure it is deep enough so that its rim is at least 4 or 5 inches above the cabbage. If juice does not cover cabbage, add boiled and cooled brine (1 1/2 tablespoons of salt per quart of water).

• Add plate and weights; cover container with a clean bath towel.

• Sauerkraut fermentation can take place under variable

Think yogurt in the Middle East, sauerkraut in Germany and fermented sausages in Italy.

There are several benefits to fermenting food.

First, fermentation serves to enhance the digestion of food. Your body needs adequate digestive enzymes to properly absorb, digest and utilize nutrients in food.

When vegetables like cabbage and cucumbers are left to steep and sit, the sugars are broken down to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria, which work as reinforcement for the good bacteria in the digestive system. Since 70 to 80 percent of the immune system lies in the gut, having proper balance of gut flora is important.

Sauerkraut is also a good source of vitamin C in the winter. Probiotic yogurt is extremely high in calcium, zinc, B vitamins and protein.

Years and years of food preservation via fermentation have resulted in the development of safe and effective methods for processing these foods. According to

temperature and time combinations. To obtain a good quality sauerkraut at home, the USDA recommends storing at 70 to 75 degrees F while fermenting. At temperatures with that range, kraut will be fully fermented in about 3 to 4 weeks; at 60 to 65 degrees , fermentation may take 5 to 6 weeks.

• At temperatures lower than 60 degrees, kraut may not ferment. Above 75 degrees, kraut may become soft.

• If you weigh the cabbage down with a brine-filled bag, do not disturb the crock until normal fermentation is completed (when bubbling ceases). If you use jars as weight, you will have to check the kraut 2 to 3 times each week and remove scum if it forms. Fully fermented kraut may be kept tightly covered in the refrigerator for several months, or it may be canned as follows: Hot pack – Bring kraut and liquid slowly to a boil in a large kettle, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and fill jars rather firmly with kraut and juices, leaving 1/2-inch headspace.

Raw pack – Fill jars firmly with kraut and cover with juices, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process according to the recommendations.

For our altitude (1,000 feet), process as following: Hot pack: pints, 10 minutes; quarts, 15 minutes Raw Pack: pints, 20 minutes; quarts, 25 minutes

Dr. Fred Breidt Jr., a United States Department of Agriculture microbiologist who specializes in the safety of fermented and acidic foods, scientific literature has never recorded a case of food poisoning from raw vegetables that have been fermented properly. Please note the key word — properly!

If you would like to learn more about fermentation, call the Polk County Extension Offices at 828-8948218. • Jimmi Buell, extension agent, family and consumer sciences, Polk County Center of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, teaches cooking and nutrition classes with a focus on improving health with better food choices. She can be reached at jimmi_buell@ncsu.edu or 828-894-8218.

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FOR THE RECIPE BOOK

Save time on school nights Simple, savory recipes for busy families

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ack-to-school season means plenty of evening hours spent completing homework, attending extracurricular activities and preparing to repeat the school-day routine the next day.

For many families, having time to prepare and cook quality, nutritious meals can be next to impossible.

Instead of choosing between valuable family time and hours spent in the kitchen, blogger, fitness enthusiast and busy mom Jamie Krauss Hess recommends stocking up on go-to pantry staples you feel good about and including them in quick, nutritious recipes everyone can enjoy together.

Try recipes such as Mini Turkey Sloppy Joes, which swap out beef for ground turkey to provide a flavorful alternative while offering a special twist to a classic family favorite.

Or, if the little ones clamor for a more kid-friendly dish and the adults don’t mind a throwback to childhood, Grown-Up Tomato Mac and Cheese can provide the best of both worlds.

GROWN-UP TOMATO MAC AND CHEESE Start to finish: 40 minutes Servings: 8 INGREDIENTS 1 box (16 ounces) gemelli pasta 4 cups water 2 ½ cups sharp cheddar cheese, shredded, divided 1/2 cup (2 ounces) Pecorino Romano cheese, grated 1 tablespoon corn starch 1 can (5 ounces) evaporated milk 1 jar (24 ounces) pasta sauce 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper DIRECTIONS • In large pot, combine pasta and water. Cook over medium-high heat 20-22 minutes, or until pasta is done, stirring occasionally.

• In bowl, combine 2 cups cheddar cheese, Pecorino Romano cheese and corn starch. Reduce heat to medium; stir milk, cheese mixture and sauce together with cooked pasta. Cook 5-7 minutes, or until cheese is melted and mixture is thickened, stirring frequently.

• Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese and pepper; serve immediately.

Tip: This stovetop method eliminates the need to drain the pasta after cooking. The starchy pasta water gets stirred in and helps create an extra-rich sauce. Elevate this dish by sprinkling crushed Parmesan cheese crisps on top before serving.

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MINI TURKEY SLOPPY JOES Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 8 INGREDIENTS 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 pound ground turkey 1 cup carrots, finely diced 1 medium green pepper, diced 1 medium red pepper, diced

1 (24 ounces) jar marinara sauce 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 teaspoon ground mustard 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 8 mini buns

DIRECTIONS • In large skillet over medium heat, heat extra-virgin olive oil. When hot, add onion and garlic; sauté until onion is translucent.

• Add ground turkey to pan. Break up meat and stir frequently until meat is browned.

Add carrots, green pepper and red pepper. Cook 5 minutes so vegetables can begin to soften.

• Add marinara sauce, Worcestershire sauce, ground mustard, kosher salt and black pepper. Stir and bring to boil. Reduce heat so it simmers; partially cover pan. Cook 10 minutes.

• Serve on mini buns.

TIP: Elevate this dish by sprinkling crushed Parmesan cheese crisps on top before serving.

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APPOINTMENTS

Once in a lifetime

opportunity Local Olympic equestrian correspondent recommends the WEG experience

Story by CATHERINE HUNTER, photography courtesy of MARGARET FREEMAN

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atching athletes of this scope is not an everyday occurrence,” says U.S. Equestrian Federation Senior Dressage Judge and noted equestrian journalist Margaret Freeman. “For many, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

Margaret is talking about September’s World Equestrian Games at the Tryon International Equestrian Center. She strongly recommends that even those who are not horse savvy at least attend an event or two, just for the experience.

As an equine correspondent for the Associated Press, Margaret has covered seven Olympics. She is also qualified to judge grand prix level dressage.

As a correspondent, Margaret says she has enjoyed seeing her riding heroes, such as Bill Steinkraus, and meeting people from all over the world.

She travels around the country to judge 20 shows every year on the United States Dressage Federation Connection Board, and blogs for “Dressage Today.”

Because her credentials are through the United States Equestrian Federation rather than the Fédération Equestre Internationale, the governing body for the Olympics and WEG, Margaret does not judge at international events.

With WEG in her backyard, Margaret definitely plans to attend the event, and has volunteered to scribe for one of the dressage judges.

“Every Olympics I’ve been to, there was a moment that I would say, ‘that can only happen here,’” she says.

Seeing a famous rider up close is something people remember for the rest of their lives, she adds.

Throughout the years, Margaret has watched the changes in the U.S. Equestrian Team.

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When it trained in Tryon in 1956, the USET owned the horses and handled the riders’ training. In the ‘70s, that all changed, and today the riders compete as individuals on their own horses or on privately-owned horses, and try to score enough wins to qualify for the team.

“Even though each team has a coach, all riders today bring their own farrier and trainers,” Margaret says. “They used to train together. Now, they come from all different parts of the country.”

Today, the USET publishes the criteria for choosing riders.

“You have to have done ‘X’ to be selected,” Margaret says. “They have a long list and a short list of people being observed.”

Margaret describes the individual versus team approach as

having come full circle, however.

“I see the teams functioning better now as a unit rather than individuals,” she says.

In spite of the more individual approach over the last several years, Margaret says the federations involved still look upon the team medal as the most important.

As a dressage enthusiast, Margaret will enjoy the individual dressage rides.

She says WEG tickets for individual dressage will mostly be sold to dressage fanciers, but recommends the freestyle dressage for those not so interested in the details.

Freestyle dressage has several required movements, but they are not in a specific order. The ride is set to music, and has recently become a favorite of fans.

For the non-horse enthusiast who may not have a lot of horse knowledge, Margaret suggests an event that is fun and exciting to watch, such as the eventing cross-country or the driving marathon. She says both of these competitions are thrilling, and fairly easy to understand.

Another good event that is easy to follow is show jumping.

“There’s no style involved in the show jumping,” she says.

“It‘s whether they get over the jump.”

The same is true for cross-country jumping and marathon carriage driving, she says. It is fairly easy to follow, and watching the horse race over the jumps or weave through the obstacles is thrilling for spectators.

Another fun option is to simply purchase a day ticket to the grounds. Margaret says this is a good, economical way to be part of all the excitement and view the events on the screens with other horse lovers.

“This is going to be on American soil — when the Americans are competing on home soil, the excitement really ramps up,” she says. “It’s a lot of fun rooting for your home team, and really gives them a boost when the fans are there cheering.”

Margaret also recommends people attend the event just to get a taste of the international flavor of WEG. “People from so many other countries will be there,” she says. “You will hear languages that you’ve never heard before.” • Catherine Hunter’s journalism career spans 20 years of writing for newspapers and magazines, including The Chronicle of the Horse, The Western Horseman, the Tryon Daily Bulletin and Foothills Magazine. In 2000, Hunter received a South Carolina Press Association award for reporting in depth. She is the author of “Sacred Connections Horsemanship: Empowering Horse and Rider through Chakra Energy.”

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“Muse (Basko’s Khostar)”

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The following is one of the many equestrian stories that can be found inside our 2018 World Equestrian Games Commemorative Edition, available now!

Capturing the equine mystique Tryon artist Lynda Evans’ work calls to those who dream Story by CATHERINE HUNTER

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“Lean In”

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t is the elegance and beauty of the painting that first entices one to look.

Upon second glance, the viewer is captured by the eyes. Large, round, dark and soft, they whisper the secrets of spirit and mystery, freedom and wings.

The panting is a simple portrait of a horse, but it is so much more. It not only speaks to those who love horses, but also to those who simply love all that is beauty, all that is art and all that inspires the soul.

It calls to those who dream.

Equine artist Lynda Evans describes her work as “presence realism.”

Similar to photo-realism, Lynda uses photographs of her subject as a reference. Then her talent takes over, and the finished piece is far beyond a photo realistic style.

In Lynda’s gallery showings, the lifelike paintings charge across the walls and leap from the canvases with such power and light that it makes audiences exclaim “wow,” then “WOW!” While her paintings are lifelike, there is something more. Lynda catches not only the outside image, but she also brings to life the spirit inside every horse.

“I do not feel the work is complete until I feel the horse’s presence right next to me,” Lynda says. “I want the viewer to be able to hear the silent language of their horse, to touch their soulful sensibility, to receive their wisdom, to even learn to speak ‘horse’… silently.”

Growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee, Lynda, like many young girls, loved horses. She watched cowboy shows on TV and played “horse” in the backyard.

From before she could speak, Lynda was drawing, and the only thing she wanted to sketch was horses.

As she grew up, Lynda begged her parents for only two things — riding lessons and art school. Unfortunately, like many of her parents’ generation, they felt neither was appropriate, and she went off to study theology.

During her journey of obtaining a triple major in fine art, art education and human services, and a master’s degree in theology, Lynda never lost her love of horses.

“Chiron”

“Eclipse”

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“Meeting at the Line”

Eventually she was able to purchase her first horse, a beautiful Arab mare named Khostar.

“She was my childhood dream come true,” Lynda says. “I fell head over heels for her.”

When Khostar passed away, she became Lynda’s muse when she re-entered the world of art. She gave up her job as an art consultant, moved to Asheville and launched a career.

Two years later, she had her first Tryon show.

“I decided to move [there] that week,” she says. “In one month, I held a show, found a home and moved. [Tryon] is where I’m supposed to be.”

As a theology major, Lynda is deeply connected to spirit and empowers all of her work with that intangible energy. Inspired by her beautiful Arab muse, Lynda painted a series of horses infused with ancient mythology.

These mystic archetypal images include interpretations of Lilith, Epona and Pegasus, along with the “white” and the “black mare.”

Many of her paintings evoke images of Poseidon or of Chiron charging through the sea spray in the form of a golden steed.

Another image that grabs the imagination and speaks to the ancient soul is a powerful gray that could be one of the famed white stallions from Vienna, leaping from the waves.

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Lynda Evans’ studio in Tryon.

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“Matched Pair”

equine portraiture. Her charcoal drawings capture the individual horse’s true image, but again, they go so much deeper.

In these works, a viewer can find the impish eyes of a colt peering under its mother’s belly, or the benevolent eyes of a mare in foal.

One striking drawing, named “Deep Seeing,” features a perfect white horse looking into the black depths of the night. Another captures the challenge found in the blue eye of a bald-faced paint.

Lynda shows her work throughout the country.

Each piece can take a year or more to create, and they usually sell long before they are finished.

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lyndaevansstudio@gmail.com or at 865-603-4783. •

Catherine Hunter’s journalism career spans 20 years of writing for newspapers and magazines, including The Chronicle of the Horse, The Western Horseman, the Tryon Daily Bulletin and Foothills Magazine.

In 2000, Hunter received a South Carolina Press Association award for reporting in depth. She is the author of “Sacred Connections Horsemanship: Empowering Horse and Rider through Chakra Energy.”

Lynda works inside of her studio.

Lynda with one of her charcoal drawings.

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WEG SCHEDULE of events

Tuesday

Sept. 11

Wednesday

Sept. 12

Opening Ceremony Evening

Tuesday

Sept. 18

Endurance

8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 4 to 9 p.m.

Team medals/individual qualifier

Dressage

9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Individual/squad compulsories

Wednesday

Sept. 19

8:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Team competition/individual qualifier (grand prix)

Thursday

Sept. 13

Eventing

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Team/individual competition (dressage)

Thursday

Sept. 20

Dressage

Sept. 15

Friday

Sept. 21

Reining

6 to 8:15 p.m.

Individual medals

Sunday

Sept. 16

Eventing

3:15 to 5:45 p.m. —Team/individual medals (jumping)

Monday

Sept. 17

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Off

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Team medals

Driving

Jumping

1:30 to 4:45 p.m.

Team medals

Saturday Para-Dressage 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Sept. 22

Individual freestyle medals

Driving

11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.

Team/individual competition (marathon)

Dressage

8:30 to 11:40 a.m. — Individual competition medals (grand prix freestyle)

Para-Dressage

11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Team/individual competition (dressage)

Eventing

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Team/individual competition (cross-country)

Jumping

Noon to 8 p.m.

Pas de deux freestyle medals, squad freestyle (non-Nations Cup teams), individual technical

10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Individual competition medals (grand prix special)

Saturday

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Team competition

Vaulting

2 p.m.

Medals

Sept. 14

Para-Dressage

9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Team competition/individual qualifier

Endurance

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Team/individual competition (dressage)

Vaulting

9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Team competition/individual round one

2 to 4:15 p.m.

Individual second qualifier

Eventing

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Individual medals

Jumping

Reining

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Para-Dressage

9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Nations Cup team freestyle medals, individual and pas de deux freestyle

Dressage

8:45 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Team medals/individual qualifier (grand prix)

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Individual medals

Vaulting

7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Team/individual competition

Reining

Para-Dressage

Vaulting

Noon to 8 p.m.

Individual/squad medals

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Driving

9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Team/individual medals (cones)

Jumping

10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Individual medals

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The World Equestrian Games will be held September 11th through 23rd at the Tryon International Equestrian Center.

To celebrate this historic event, the Tryon Daily Bulletin produced a commemorative magazine that includes maps, historical features connecting the equestrian sport and Tryon to this area, as well as a breakdown of each discipline being competed at this event.

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ello sweet September, how I relish your final gift of warm, lazy days.

This year, there is immense excitement in the air around this promising month. Our area is going to be a mecca for horse-lovers from around the globe with the World Equestrian Games, which is being held at the Tryon International Equestrian Center.

It is estimated that we will host thousands of visitors from 70 countries, including prize equines.

These large, fancy athletic horses will be jetting from dreamy places I can only imagine to rival one another on a grand scale.

This eyes-on-Tryon event will take place Sept.11-23.

Every hotel and restaurant for many miles, from Asheville, Spartanburg and Greenville, to as far away as Charlotte, will bustling as a result. Exciting times for our bucolic Foothills.

Enough to make me kick up my heels and chase my donkey pals in celebration of the horse.

Horse and riders will compete in jumping, driving, endurance, dressage, reigning and vaulting, the rider doing this ballet movement on a trusty steed, no airborne horses for this leg of the competition!

Tryon follows some big hoof prints behind other great destinations that have hosted these challenging games: Stockholm, The Hague in the Netherlands, Rome and Normandy, France — such fine company.

TIEC is relatively new. It opened three years ago, rising from bare ground with incredible speed and focused determination.

TIEC is earning its place as one of the one of the most coveted horse facilities in the nation. Created by Mark Bellissimo, it attracted the games in large part because of its world-class facilities.

The 1,600-acre venue features 1,200 permanent stables and 12 arenas. It has an arena capable of accommodating up to 12,000 spectators, with VIP seating for up to 1,500, and a covered arena that has another 5,000 seats. One will find a topnotch cross-country course and hundreds of miles of equestrian trails for endurance.

This exciting venue is very close to my fabulous pasture and fine digs.

To date, I have not been invited to watch the classes or participate in any guest appearances. This is their loss, given my local celebrity status, of course.

I am also a stunning mover, and can jump, too, but I could probably ease right under these high jumps, and vaulting is not my calling. I would not relish anyone on my back for even a momentary headstand, as I am a donkey guard, communications expert and spokespony!

HERD has recently found good homes for many fine horses in our community, and some are them are in training for future competitions in the hunter and Western dressage show rings, as well as hunters’ paces, dressage and eventing.

I will miss the fabulous 17-hand, 3-years-young warmblood, Priceless, who left us for his new home in Ohio. He’s a looker, SEPTEMBER 2018

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one week that Heather had to make a tough decision. She took our girl to the vet and held her tight as she crossed over to the rainbow bridge and eased out of her incredible pain.

So many tears fell for a week that Heather had to console her heart and that of Blue’s 2-year old dog pal, Anatolian Shepherd Dutch.

This 150-pound giant stopped eating totally and laid on Blue’s small bed in grief next to Heather’s desk. He looked to Blue for guidance, company and a good game of chase in the yard.

She had taught him the ropes on the farm and was his leader, despite her diminutive size of 30 pounds.

Within a week, the first new arrival came to the farm to change the somber mood. A tri-color, 8-week-old Australian Shepherd named Sable entered our universe. As much as Dutch

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and was in a kill pen when we spied him and said “let’s save his life.”

Similarly, Thoroughbred bay mare, Magnetic Girl, attracted her new home in Wisconsin and is thriving. HERD may be local, but our placements are stretching across the country, as far away as California and Massachusetts.

We might just see one of our former rescue horses competing at the games in the coming years.

So many things can change in an instant. My mistress, Heather, had the sweetest American Shepherd, True Blue, who never left her side for nine years. Blue came to see me regularly to keep me updated on HERD matters, as I am guarding the donkeys with Lee and John Major, and cannot currently be in the daily loop.

Precious Blue went downhill so quickly in the matter of

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protested, trying to resist, he could not deny Sable a good lick and a protective gaze.

He made the decision to take her under his care and began eating again with determined intention. To think he even is sharing his dog bones with Sable is remarkable. She is a ball of energy, and brave as can be at 5 pounds to play chase with Dutch.

One week later, another newcomer entered our lives — 8-week old Madison, a blue merle Aussie with bright blue eyes.

Unlike Sable, she is shy, and looks to Dutch to mother her, hiding beneath his girth in the yard. Dutch carefully corrects Sable when she aggressively tackles Madison to the ground.

Genghis, the farm’s resident Ragdoll cat, has taken a liking to both puppies, and follows them through garden for attention and licks. The new pack of friends is healing some broken hearts, just as Blue would have wanted it.

In the blink of an eye, the gloom of despair is giving way to laughter, joy and first-time experiences to share. Despite some sleepless puppy-induced nights, life is full again.

Dutch is training his new charges to play chase and respect their boundaries. Little Madison has taken over Blue’s favorite nap spot under Heather’s desk, and smart Sable keeps everyone guessing what is next with her daring antics.

One day, maybe TIEC will expand its list of venues. I know the crowds would relish seeing some agility competitions for my new Aussie sisters, as well as exemplary talented ponies like me! •

Pebbles is the “spokespony” for HERD, or Helping Equines Regain Dignity, a local nonprofit that saves equines from dire conditions and in many cases slaughter. She dictates her monthly columns about her adventures and what a rescue organization does to Heather Freeman. Pebbles and Heather can be reached through HerdRescue.org.

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This is a very simple apple crisp. Like most baked apple recipes, it is best to use flavorful and firm apples — Granny Smith are ideal, as are Braeburn or a combination of the two varieties.

A handful of blackberries, raisins or cranberries can also be added to enhance the flavor profile. Leaving the apples unpeeled adds to the texture of this dish. Serve warm or cold — after a night in the fridge, all the flavors meld and mingle nicely.

A scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream is a wonderful addition to this fall-inspired treat.

Start to finish: 1 hour, 30 minutes Servings: 8 Filling 6 medium baking apples, such as Granny Smith (2 1/2 to 3 pounds) 1 orange, zested and juiced ¼ to 1/2 cup sugar, depending on sweetness of apples selected 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg ¼ teaspoon ground ginger Handful of blackberries, raisins or cranberries, optional Topping 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats 1/2 cup sugar, option: combine 1/4 cup brown sugar + 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup of butter melted (1 stick) 1/8 teaspoon salt Make Filling Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch square (or 2-quart) baking dish.

Core apples, then cut into 3/4-inch peces.

Add apples to a large bowl with orange zest, orange juice, sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Add berries to this mixture if desired. Stir, then add to baking dish.

Make Topping Combine flour, oats, sugar and the salt in a medium bowl. Add the melted butter, then stir until all the flour has been moistened by the butter and topping is crumbly.

Sprinkle over apple filling with your hands, pressing the crumbles together to create larger clumps of topping.

Bake Crisp Bake 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until juices are thickened, the apples are tender and the topping has turned light golden brown. If the topping starts to become too brown, cover with aluminum foil and continue to bake until the apples are done.

Can be served warm or cold. Ice cream is an excellent addition when served warm.

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Celebrate Equines at Red Bell Run Saturday, September 15, 2018 The Sanctuary at Red Bell Run 319 Blackwood Road, Columbus NC

PLEASE JOIN US for an evening to celebrate horses and the Humane Society of the United States’ Equine Protection program.

THE EVENING WILL INCLUDE: 5–6 p.m. | Private sanctuary tours 6–8 p.m. | Reception For more information or to register, visit humanesociety.org/CelebrateEquines. Please RSVP by September 1st. Proceeds will benefit the Equine Protection program. Tickets are $50. To respect our mission, we request that no fur be worn. We recommend equine casual attire, closed-toe shoes (no heels). Event will be rain or shine; tours are weather permitting.

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Heartwood Contemporary Crafts Gallery 53 Henderson County Open Studio 11 Henson Building Materials 58 Hilliard Lyons 43 Hospice of the Carolina Foothills 2 JCD Amazing Art 43 Lake Pointe Landing 5 Laurel Hurst/LaurelWoods 12 Lillie Brown 1 McFarland Funeral Chapel and Crematory I. Back Monica Stevenson I. Back Ned Kiser Consulting 7 New View Realty 9 Odean Kkever & Associates Inc. 58

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