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T

he foothills area in the spring is particularly spectacular with nature’s glorious beauty unfolding before us – the perfect backdrop is created for fun and festivities, and in our area, we do it up right.

We have already enjoyed Super Saturday, Green Blades Garden Tours, the opening of the indoor farmers market in Landrum and the April Fool’s Festival in Tryon, just to name a few.

Not to be outdone, May also promises a full line of activities. You can help preserve our beautiful outdoor spaces by supporting the annual PacWalk & PacRun at Tryon Estates on May 4. Are you a lover or admirer of the arts? Then the TDDA Tryon Gallery Trots are for you. With more than nine galleries and businesses within walking distance of downtown participating, it’s a great way to see and buy artwork. For more ideas, see our Community Calendar starting on page 8.

We have deep roots in our area; the Tryon Daily Bulletin got its start in 1928 and began sharing stories of the foothills. In this issue, we share with you stories of some of the area’s other founding businesses. On the cover we feature Judy Ward and Clark Thompson of Historic Thompson’s Store and Wards Grill, which opened its doors in 1890. Inside we’ll also tell you about M.A. Pace 1899, Hannon’s Hauling - 1912, Brady’s Insurance – 1928, Cowan’s Hardware - 1933 and Arledge Printers – 1940.

There are many more stories within these pages and we hope you enjoy this latest issue as much as we enjoyed working to bring it to you. Look for the newest issue of Life in our Foothills the last Thursday of each month. We invite you to pick up a copy each month. There is sure to be someone you know, a neighbor, family member, a friend or perhaps even you. The magazine is available free of charge at over 100 locations throughout the area. To learn more, visit us at lifeinourfoothills.com or call us at 828-859-9151.

Betty Ramsey, Publisher

betty.ramsey@tryondailybulletin.com

on the cover Clark Thompson and Judy Ward revived Thompson's historic grocery store and Ward's Grill in downtown Saluda. The store is one of several familyowned businesses that have stood the test of time and enriched our community by doing so.

Photograph: Samantha Hurst Cover design: Samantha Hurst

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PUBLISHER Betty Ramsey EDITORIAL Samantha Hurst Leah Justice Gwen Ring CONTRIBUTORS Barbara Childs Gillian Drummond Robin Edgar Carol Lynn Jackson Erik Olsen

PRODUCTION Samantha Hurst Gwen Ring MARKETING Harry Forsha Kevin Powell Lenette Sprouse ADMINISTRATION Jessy Taylor DISTRIBUTION Jeff Allison Jonathan Burrell Tony Elder Ethan Price Life in Our Foothills is published monthly

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Please address all correspondence (including but not limited to letters, story ideas and requests to reprint materials) to: Editor, Life in our Foothills, 16 N. Trade Street, Tryon, N.C. 28782.

Life in Our Foothills is available free of charge at locations throughout Polk County and upstate South Carolina. Please visit lifeinourfoothills.com for a list of those locations. Subscriptions are available at a rate of $35 for one year by emailing subscribe@lifeinourfoothills.com or by calling 828-859-9151, ext. 101.

Advertising inquiries may be made by emailing advertise@lifeinourfoothills.com or by calling 828-859-9151.

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Southern Bales Cindy Walker twines a business out of a passion.

Tryon's private reading nook Lanier Library offers so much in history, but it's hoping to attract new members as it continues its legacy as Tryon's private reading nook.

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Touring Saluda history

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Camp Foothills

A handful of businesses carry the honor of being family run for generations. We highlight a few from Tryon and Saluda in this special feature.

Saluda's historic committee draws curious minds to see the historic architecture of the city.

Take a look at camps around our area for your kids this summer.

Golfing Women Sterling Women's Golf takes intimidation out of the game.

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28 COLUMNS 48 Country Living

Gillian Drummond explains the use of chintz.

69 Then & Now

Gerald Pack talks of Bill Braemer who sparked his interest in racehorses.

IN EVERY ISSUE 8 Out & About

Plan your calendar for the new year.

10 Short Stories

Lace up your sneakers for the annual PACRun as well as numerous other community events.

14 Foothills Featured Catch a glimpse of recent events.

APPOINTMENTS 62 Equestrian events

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Lydia Juenger gives an insider's look at a workshop held to teach equestrians techniques for equine rescue.

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Bobbie Shannon discusses her work in equine assisted therapy.

68 Gliding to safety

Brenda Bonnette launches EQQUS.

70 Starting not stopping

Pam Stone explains why she doesn't want to stop starting horses.

Monthly Contributors Barbara Childs

Barbara Childs is a freelance writer for Appointments. She has authored two children's books, "Sammy and the Cow Bird" and "Dear Bianca, Yours, Rudyard." Child's horse Bagheera and she were the National Champions of the USA in 1987. She also served on the Illinois Dressage and Combined Training Board of Directors for 11 years. Sutton is the horse she loves and rides today.

Gillian Drummond

Growing up and moving around the world taught Drummond three things; that change is positive, there are wonderful people everywhere and you can always create a home. She moved to Tryon in 2010 and opened up her decorating business. She has been in the field for over 35 years. Her mission is to be your guide in creating a beautiful, comfortable haven.

Robin A. Edgar

Freelance journalist Robin A. Edgar writes for local, regional, and national publications from her home near Lake Lanier in Tryon.

She also conducts life writing workshops around the country based on her book, In My Mother’s Kitchen: An Introduction to the Healing Power of Reminiscence.

Carol Lynn Jackson

Carol Lynn Jackson, is a local food system advocate and owner of Manna Cabanna in downtown Saluda. She helped pioneer the Mill Spring Ag Centers' original Farm to Fork suppers, farm tours and farm store.

She also founded Slow Food Foothills in 2011 and serves as its president to date.

Erik Olsen

A native of Germany, Olsen began learning about photography at a very early age. Over the years, he worked in the TV news industry until making the decision to transform his expertise into a business. Today, he is blessed to follow his given passion and pursue what he loves for a living, filmmaking and photography.

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Left: Relay for Life May 31 Below: Billy Jonas

Community

CALENDAR MAY May 2 – 7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

New Beginnings Spring Gallery Show

Guests by invitation or ticket only.

For information or tickets, contact Bertie at 864-457-4038.

May 7, 5:30 p.m.

St Luke’s Hospital Foundation Hunter Derby Blue Ridge Hunter Jumper association is sponsoring this event for St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation.

Harmon Field

May 3, noon Royal Baby Shower teas for charity Pam Stone, along with Wanda May and a group of spirited volunteers, will host their first Royal Baby Shower Tea for Charity. The tea will May 9 collect baby shower gifts for famiKiwanis Golf Tournament lies in need. Info: 828-859-9741.

Meadowbrook Golf Club Holy Cross Episcopal Church Check-in begins at 11:30 a.m..

To register, contact Steve Cobb May 4 at scobbrph@yahoo.com 2013 Sculpture Exhibit Meadowbrook Golf Club Public Reception Tryon Fine Arts Center May 9, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Passion For Fashion Luncheon May 4 Presented by the Friendship Circle, PacWalk & PacRun Come out to help The Pacolet Area a women’s committee to benefit Hospice House of the Carolina Conservatory preserve our mountains, farms, forests, waterways and Foothills. For more information, contact Diane Nelson at 828-894green spaces. Check in begins at 7000.

7:15 a.m.

Piedmont Club in Spartanburg Tryon Estates May 5 Steps To Hope Hunter Pace Trail Ride Race Track Road, Campobello May 5, 1– 4 p.m.

FHS Animal Fair Foothill Humane Society’s Animal Fair and garden party is their main fundraising event of the year.

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Church. All proceeds benefit Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry. Info: 828-859-6683.

Tryon Presbyterian Church May 11, 5-8 p.m.

TDDA Tryon Gallery Trot With more than nine galleries and businesses within walking distance in pleasant Tryon, it is a great way to see and buy artwork and meet new and old friends. Most places offer refreshments.

Downtown Tryon May 11, 5-7 p.m.

Inspired by Matisse Tryon Painter & Sculptors

weeks before the workshop.

Tryon Arts And Crafts School May 16, 10:30 a.m.

Chats At Hospice House Spend an hour in a safe, confidential environment with a bereavement counselor and others, who, like you, are grieving the loss of a loved one. Info: Shannon Slater at 864-457-9122 or email sslater@ hocf.org Hospice House in Landrum May 17, 8 p.m.

Steep Canyon Rangers In 2013 their album Nobody Knows You won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album. Their 2012 collaboration with Steve Martin, Rare Bird Alert, was nominated for the same award in that year.

Tryon Fine Arts Center

May 11, 1 – 5:p.m., May 12, noon – 4 p.m.

Enameling with Landen Gailey In this two-day workshop, Gailey teaches students how to use sgraffito and toner transfer techniques in May 18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. enamel on copper application.

Saluda Arts Festival Saluda celebrates its heritage and May 12, 3 p.m. arts culture. Music will be ongoFamily Program – Billy Jonas ing during the day. Watch artist See a performer who is, accorddemonstrations of their craft. ing to singer Allison Krause, “…

Children may explore and create May 10, 7-9 p.m. irresistible. Whenever I see him in the Children’s Tent. Info: www.

Literary Open Stage perform, my face hurts from smil- saluda.com Share your short prose, play or Downtown Saluda poetry with other writers and a sup- ing.”

Tryon Fine Arts Center portive audience.

May 22, 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Upstairs Artspace May 13, 20 & 27, 9 a.m. – noon Remembrance Gathering & Glass Mosaic Workshop Blessing Of The Bricks May 10 Learn how to make a glass mosaic A way to remember those we love.

Strawberry Social garden ornament with Dot Pearse. Hospice House of the Carolina Sponsored by the Presbyterian Registration cut-off date is two Foothills in Landrum Women of Tryon Presbyterian

OUT & ABOUT

Passion for Fashion Hospice Luncheon

luda.org Henderson St., Saluda June 1, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

St Luke’s Hospital Spring into a Healthy Summer Free community health fair. Find out what services are available in our community and take advantage of free health screenings.

Stearns Park

May 25, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Tool Making Workshop Join Gerry Drew at the forge to learn how to make and sharpen your own woodworking tools.

Tryon Arts & Crafts School May 25, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Tryon Arts & Crafts Annual Yard Sale May 26, 4 – 7 p.m.

Lennie’s Kid’s Fundraiser Local columnist and animal savior, Lennie Rizzo holds fundraiser at Tryon Estates. The night will include dinner and a silent auction.

Tickets are available at local vets and at the Tryon Daily Bulletin Office. Info: 828-859-5835 May 27 & 28 Exploring Plastics With Metal Katie Poterala helps explore the low-tech use of plastics in conjunction with metal, as well as how to make and use basic silicone molds.

Tryon Arts & Crafts May 31, 6 p.m.

Relay For Life Relay for Life teams assemble at Polk County Middle School for the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Polk County. Info: contact Chairperson David Moore at david@wantmoore.com.

June 1 Geoff Achison and Randall Bramblett Australian blues-roots guitarist Geoff Achison and Georgia singersongwriter Randall Bramblett take

center stage with drummer and Grammy winner Yonrico Scott and bassist Ted Pecchio.

Tryon Fine Arts Center JUNE June 1 Saluda Historic Homes Tour With the generous inventory of historic houses in Saluda, any tour is a much – anticipated event. For more information, visit historicsa-

June 2, 2 p.m.

John McCutcheon Enjoy a performance from a musician and storyteller who is, according to the late great Johnny Cash, “the most impressive instrumentalist I’ve ever heard.”

Lanier Library Association June 7, 7 p.m.

Polk County High School graduation PCHS field June 7, 7:00 p.m.

First concert of Summer Tracks series

June 8, 8 a.m.

Stop Hunger Now The Rotary Club of Tryon invites the community to help put a stop to hunger. Volunteers are asked to come to the open-air gymnasium at Harmon field and help prepare meals for shipment to Haiti Outreach Ministries.

Harmon Field June 8, 5-8 p.m.

TDDA Tryon Gallery Trot Downtown Tryon comes to life with galleries hosting opening receptions, late hours or featuring special events.

Downtown Tryon June 14-15 Blue Ridge Barbecue and Music Festival Food, live music, craft vendors, a car show, carnival rides, and, of course, award-winning barbecue.

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send off

Quite a RobRoy Staley spent most of his career as a custodian, but what the staff and students at RS Central High School know that others may not is that Staley did so much more for them and their school than buffing floors.

A resident of Pea Ridge in Polk County, Staley was honored with a ceremonious send off from RS Central High School upon his retirement March 29. In fact, current students, faculty, staff and alumni lined the driveway of the school to say goodbye to the man that touched so many of their lives.

Staley is about to turn 73, and while he’s retiring from this post, he plans to continue his work as pastor at Zion Grove Church here in Polk County.

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Above: A police escort leads RobRoy Staley in a ceremonial goodbye from RS Central High School. Right: Staley waves goodbye to those he flashed a smile to for the last 43 years. Below: Staff celebrate Staley's 43 years with a retirement party at the school. (photos by David Staley)

gift of shopping Thanks to the shopping chops of five members of the historic Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry (Outreach) was the beneficiary of a record-setting godsend in April.

Good Shepherd annually purchases a membership for Outreach from a Walmart surplus distribution program dedicated to helping nonprofits. Outreach’s food pantry is often the only option for local hungry families.

Good Shepherd’s weekly, 30-minute, shopping whirlwind for Outreach exhaustively tests the team skills of the faithful shoppers and loaders. Shoppers, Carol Greata and Gail Stockdale, hurry into the facility to grab a shopping cart while Patty Peake and Ray Norden wait at the truck to pack and stack the charitable bounty.

Bob Breitweiser, Ann and Dick Tauber also do double duty as shoppers/packers. This process is repeated as often as possible within the half hour restriction. Good Shepherd then delivers these products to Outreach as “gifts in kind”.

The group’s April 2 shopping spree surprised the participants. They tallied a whopper in charitable booty to a conservative valuation of nearly $4,500 in non-food items.

Among the non-food items snatched up by the determined Good Shepherd team were diapers, cleaning supplies, soap, toothpaste, hygiene and paper products.

These goods are ineligible for purchase with food stamps.

These bulky and pricey necessities are warehoused for Outreach’s clients. Outreach constantly needs monetary or “gifts in kind” contributions to help our community brothers and sisters who suffer in poverty.

Good Shepherd is a community-active church located at 814 Markham Road, Tryon, 828-859-9961.

Good Shepherd believes every life is a sermon and each day we preach a point. The truth is that it is in the giving that we receive.

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Bob Breitweiser, Carol Greata, Outreach Executive Director Carol Newton and Ray Norden.

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Grow ing Cy c le Fa rm Tou r Join cycling and farm enthusiasts for a day of travel around Polk County’s country roads by bike, sampling local food and tasting wine. The Growing Cycle Bike third annual Farm Tour will be on June 22.

The ride will be a showcase for local farmers along the route who will host rest stops. Cyclists can even order groceries from farmers who will deliver the goods to the finish line.

The ride is 38 miles of rolling hills that will begin and end at Parker-Bins Winery.

You will tour Polk County, while sampling local foods in support of six local farms.

At the end of the ride riders will be treated to fresh brick oven baked pizza, baked on site. Local wines may be purchased.

Cyclists will receive a complimentary drawstring backpack with the Polk Fresh logo. Join for a fun day of cycling and sampling food in Polk County! The cost is $45. All proceeds benefit the Polk County ag center's demonstration kitchen that will teach people how to prepare local farm fresh produce and create healthy meals.

For more information and to register visit www.polkcountyfarms.org/events/thegrowingcyclebiketofarmtour.html For question call Jimmi Buell at the Polk Cooperative Extension Services at 828-894-8218.

socialst raw b e r r y

The Presbyterian Women of Tryon Presbyterian Church will hold the church’s annual Strawberry Social on Friday, May 10 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

A dinner of lasagna, Caesar salad and garlic toast will be prepared by the women of the church.

For dessert, strawberry shortcake made with fresh local strawberries and whipped cream will be served. Take-out plates are available.

Tickets may be purchased at the church office or at the door that night. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry.

The church is located at 430 Harmon Field Road in Tryon.

Friday, May 10, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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comes alive Saluda Arts Festival May 18 Art work, music, children’s activities, easy walking distance (and accommodation for those who need assistance) to great food and refreshment are some of the features of the eleventh annual Saluda Arts Festival, this May 18.

The event, held the third Saturday of May, has grown steadily since it began in 2003. It is held rain or shine, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and centered in George McCreery Park at Main and Greenville streets in the middle of town.

This year, visitors can enjoy the music by the band Sol Driven Train, which will first perform in clown costumes for children, and then play for guests of all ages. Guitarist Clay Ross will also perform. Music will be held in the park’s pavilion.

A children’s art tent will feature face-painting and other projects. Art demonstrations will punctuate the festival.

Public parking lots, and a golf cart shuttle for those with difficulty walking, will provide easy access to the festivities, and to nearby shops and markets.

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Fools of the best kind came out on Saturday, April 6 to take part in a day of kid-like fun.

The eighth-annual April Fool's Day Festival included the annual outhouse races, trashion show and other fun events like the Zumbathon.

1. The Art Farm performers Finn Ferrell-Odle, Mike Odle, Laban Regner and Lisa Schactman.

2. Christine Mariotti, Susan McNabb and Cathy Brettman.

3. Olivia and Jim Cullen.

4. Kelly Sparks and Maddie Sparks-Trumble.

5. Cindy Viehman.

6. Sydney Waldman.

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7. Lavin Cuddihee.

8. Jocelyn Davis.

9. Moira Davis.

10. Riley Gallagher and Elena Greve.

11. Kristan Reedy.

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Sunny View Elementary recently held its Goodies for Grandparents event, which invites grandparents to spend time at the school with their grandchildren.

1. Logan Conner, Olivia Searcy, Jordan Searcy and Riley Searcy with grandparents Julie and Milo Searcy 2. Nathan Nodine with grandmother, Ann Edwards 3. Dora Bailey with grandmother, Alma Laughter 4. Savannah Greene with grandmother, Kitty Owensby 5. Aries Cole and Xander Cole with grandfather, Jerry Cole 6. Aaron Jackson with grandmother, Judy Jackson 7. Jamie Laughter with grandfather, Larry Laughter OPPOSITE PAGE 8. Hannah Whitson, Madison Whitson and Hadden Whitson with grandparents, Leonard and Kathy Whitson 9. Megan Blackwell with grandparents, J. C. and Carolyn Blackwell 10. Gunnar Alm with grandparents, Pat and John Carland 11. Joshua Weis with grandparents, Carol and Paul Alpert 16 L IFEINO URFO O T HIL L S. C O M

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Super Saturday 2 Families, kids and the young at heart relished a day of sunshine and theater for the 35th annual Super Saturday Children's Theater Festival.

1. Amelia, Katelin, Mark, Alaina and Kevin McCall.

2. Jammy and Raegan Edwards.

3. Hannah Emory, Carey Metcalf and Jessie Emory.

4. Peyton Gevedon and Mary Eargle.

5. Ryan Herbst and Dillon Stephens.

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7. Bryson Edwards and Jake Stone.

8. Whitney Black and Eilijah Barnes.

9. Amy and Caroline Besnard.

10. Aiden and Connie Hyder.

11. Emma Smith and Carson Greenway.

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Tryon Fine Arts 2 Center (TFAC) Amphitheater Tryon Fine Arts Center's board of directors and patrons celebrated the opening of TFAC's new amphitheater on Wednesday, April 10. The event included a ribbon cutting, refreshments and performance from Polk County High School's Vocal Impressions.

1. Bailey Nager, Cathie Campbell and Mary Ostheim.

2. Marianne Carruth, Beth Child and Rebecca Barnes.

3. Bryanna Jarvis, Christina Witherspoon and Kimberly Russell.

OPPOSITE PAGE 4. Tryon Mayor Alan Peoples and councilman Wim Woody.

5. Sue Z Truitt and Mike Gron.

6. Bill Crowell and Terry Hudson.

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Green Blades 2 Garden Club Tour of Homes The Green Blades Garden Club hosted its tour of homes on Saturday, April 13. Participants explored five beautiful homes in the area – Stone Hedge, the Henson home, Camp Firewater, Rock Crest and the Freeman House.

1. Barbra Steckel, Sharon Patterson, Liz Norstrom and Linda Eiserloh.

2. Harriet McMaster, Craig Davis, and Lynn and Les Matthews.

3. Marie Butler, Diane Zimmerman and Nan Shively.

OPPOSITE PAGE 4. Millie Stein and Bernice Brewer 5. Judith Powers and Joyce Prat.

6. Helen Gilbert and Marie Butler.

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Written by LENETTE SPROUSE Photographs by LENETTE SPROUSE

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erched atop a slight hill, the Cromer house has rested inconspicuously in Tryon’s valley since 1921, but now it twines a noteworthy tale.

Strands of color dance on the wind for passers by as each filament dries delicately in place, holding fast to new colored faces.

Fibers hint of what’s beyond closed doors but one must visit to know the passion that lies within.

Home once again to Cindy Walker, a knitter by choice, an artist by design, she welcomes anyone in for a tour of her factory. Cindy will tell you, “The company in all actuality is located in my head then down through my heart which comes out of my hands as knitted stuff.”

Standing in the kitchen, it is clear this is no ordinary factory. Bottles of red, blue, purple and shades of green are lined up on the dying table, which also doubles as a stove by night. Strands soak in colored water near a large wooden spoon silently awaiting the next stir. It is dying day at Stony Hill Fiber Arts and today’s colors are multi faceted.

Cindy has been a knitter “all her life” she says.

“I have been working with cotton since 2006, after developing an allergy to wool my primary yarn up until that time. I have been working with the growers and mills to spin my own line of organic cotton since the fall of 2011,” she continued.

Cindy had been helping out at a local yarn store, North Woods Fibers, owned and operated by Teri Garbic, who has been a huge inspiration to Cindy. She also expanded her knowledge by attending monthly Appalachian Fiber Community meetings at the Mill Spring Agriculture Center.

“It was in discussions with the fiber group that I realized we really didn’t know where our yarns were coming from, nor how the workers and the environment were treated in the production of the yarns,” This page, top: Roving with photo of farmer’s family who grew it. This page, bottom: Sweater and shawl knit with Pacolet Valley’s cotton yarn.

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Cindy said. “I was struck by the realization that our once rich textile heritage was becoming lost in the world’s search for cheaper goods.”

After months of research and many trips to farms and factories, Cindy founded Stony Hill Fiber Arts and Pacolet Valley Yarns. She now goes directly to the farmer to get bales of ginned organic cotton. She then has the bales moved to Hill Spinning in Thomasville, N.C. NCSU School of textiles to have the cotton combed or carded into sliver. The silver goes through the drawing process and becomes roving. Roving then moves to the spinning frame and is spun into yarn and the yarn is “piled or twisted” by Forsythe Yarn Mill in Georgia. After, it travels back to Cindy in cones of finished yarn, where she rewinds the creamy goodness into balls and hanks, tags them and sometimes dyes it “at the Pacolet Valley Sweat Shop” she said.

The label on each ball or hank of her Pacolet Valley Fiber Company yarn boasts, “This organic cotton was processed and packaged right here in the USA, with Texas roots, a Carolina spin and a little Georgia twist, it arrives to her home to be packaged for you,” she said.

The entire process takes about six weeks.

Cindy is very pleased to have met each farmer or community of people that process these fibers into what knitters crochet and knit into baby outfits, sweaters, hats and much more.

“Its not always about profit for them, it’s an individual family or community family that cares not only about the product they are processing, but largely about each other,” she said.

Walker reminds the end consumer by noting on the bottom of each hank of yarn; “Your purchase supports farmers, textile mills and family owned business.”

“I am very proud of the fact that all of my cotton and the production of my yarns take place in the USA, much of it in North Carolina and that I know the names and faces of the many people that help to produce my yarn,” Walker said. “From the farm to the mill, I have been touched by the kindness of strangers and their willingness to take the time to work with my very small, yet mighty yarn company.”

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trial and error Cindy has developed an entire spiral notebook of colors with sample dyed yarn swatches and notations of how much of this and that to obtain the perfect hue.

Walker also designs patterns for her yarn to be knit.

“If I were to simply sit, design and knit a new idea it would probably take around 30 hours,” she said.

Establishing a new pattern for her is a process of knitting, writing in her notebook and taking pictures along the way. She brings her notes and photos in to the pattern to keep it simple and painless for the knitter. A trademark of her patterns is the humor she brings into each one.

“Otherwise I would go insane,” she says.

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ful multi-colored hat nicknamed the January Hat, designed in a spiral burst of colors. She wants to come up with a chart that would allow the knitter to work colors together to a beautiful finished product with less teeth gnashing along the way.

“I feel as if I am living in a dream. I wake up in the room I shared with my sister once upon a time. Each day I am greeted by the beauty of my valley, the warmth of my little community and I am happy,” Cindy said.

Cindy’s patterns have been published in such books as Knit Hats! and Head & Toes! Both edited

by Gwen Steege and published by Storey Press.

Yarn swift used to wind yarn.

The showroom of Stony Hill Fibers is open by appointment. Cindy asks that you call ahead first so she can put the dogs up and run the vacuum. You can also purchase her yarns at Kathleen’s in Saluda, North Woods Fibers in Inman, S.C. and coming soon to Kniticality in Saluda. You can also order online at www.stonyhillfiberarts.com/PacoletValleyCottonYarn.html

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Vonda Krahn looks through one of the hardback New York Times bestsellers currently available at Lanier Library in Tryon.

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s I sat by the gas-log fireplace in the cozy reading room at the Lanier Library —sifting through brochures, articles, and books loaned to me personally by the executive director/librarian Vonda Krahn — the only thing missing from this perfect morning of me-time and reading was a good cup of coffee.

I could prop up my feet on the little leather-covered foot stool, turn on the gooseneck reading lamp and peruse — the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine, a current The New York Times best-selling novel, a tome of poems by Sidney Lanier. I did bring my iPad and the library does have Wi-Fi, so I could spread the contents of my pack-back on the large communal table in the small large-print room and read, write, and, to a limited extent, research. It’s just like at any other library, only smaller, quaint and immaculately clean. The other patrons of this private, recreational library come and go as easily as they would in their own homes.

Loud greetings and hushed conversations ebb and flow. But no children this morning, and no coffee, ever.

That might change. It probably will change, even though Krahn hates to say too much about things yet to come, until hopes and plans take more shape. But there is talk. Even though to her memory, no one has ever brought a cup of coffee or bottle of water into the library. And if they did, she ponders aloud, that would probably be okay. This is really a nice little library, well kept, tastefully and comfortably decorated with original artwork, Persian rugs and hardwood floors. The part-time staff of four,

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and membership of about 450, take care — great care — of what is the oldest private library in the nation, the smallest one of only 16, and the only library in Tryon.

Admittedly, the vast majority of the members are older adults, many of whom retired to Tryon and support it generously. Even though the library receives no public funds, it is sustained by various endowments, donations, membership dues (only $25 per year) and gifts in time and talents. For the first time in decades, the library had a fundraising campaign in 2012, and raised a few hundred dollars. The belt-tightening of the Great Recession has touched this non-profit facility, and as a businesswoman by profession — not a professionally trained librarian —Krahn and her 12-member board of trustees see the need for new financial resources.

The library needs new — younger — members; members with children.

There are plans for a children’s summer storytelling program. Maybe the candy scattered throughout the stacks in dishes and toy-like dispensers will attract the children, like coffee might attract the income-earning Barnes & Noble crowd. The candy, by the way, is paid for by overdue book fines: 10¢ per day.

There are 25,000 books, magazines, DVDs, CDs, VHSs, and other “media” in the 5,000 square feet. As libraries go, Lanier has it all, just in miniature and with a slant toward adult reading pleasures. With bookshelf space always in short supply, the book-selection committee is particular about what is purchased. They aren’t especially conservative, just in tune to what the members want. For example, the best-seller 50 Shades of Grey is not available, but then no one has asked for it. Chances are if a book or movie has won some award giving it “classic” status, it will be among the holdings.

The hours of operation have evolved over time to accommodate the unique lifestyle of its patrons: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 4-7 p.m.; Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; and Sundays, 1-4 p.m.

Sunday afternoons is one of its busiest days. There are no signs that say no food or drinks or cell phones in the building, but responsible adults — adults who know how to use the card catalog and the Dewey Decimal System — just know better.

If you’re not a card-carrying member, don’t let the official status of “private library” scare you off. Anyone is more than welcome to visit the library and to use its resources — really! It is the only library in Tryon, and it is Tryon’s library. Even though only members can checkout media and there aren’t many reference materials for doing scholarly research for things like term papers, anyone (including students) can use the two personal desktop computers and Wi-Fi for free Internet access. And there’s even a full set of Encyclopedia Britannica, copyrighted 1974 in excellent condition.

Today, the Lanier Library is doing what it has always done: providing Tryon with books and cultural opportunities.

From the very beginning in 1889, when Tryon was no more than 24 houses, three stores, and a crossroads of horse trails and train tracks, when five ladies (three of whom were sisters) decided they wanted — needed — a library and pooled their books and talents to create a source of intellectual and cultural stimulation, the library has always gone beyond just holding and lending books. It has always been a leading force in the cultural advancement of Tryon. Officially, the Lanier Library is North Carolina’s oldest “civic” organization.

The ladies started out small: two books of poems by Sidney Lanier, the “poet of the South,” who spent his last months in Tryon, donated by his widow. These books and a few others were stored in a portable bookshelf that traveled from home to home, store to store, and other lending places until 1905 when the current library was built at the corner of Melrose Avenue and Chestnut Street. Over the years, it has grown with several rooms being added as needed. Along the way, the Lanier Library (formerly the Lanier Club) always spearheaded intellectual advancements with concerts, readings, discussion groups, art exhibits and other such activities, including the annual Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition that awards $500 to an unpublished author from North or South Carolina. The 2013 award was made in April.

It’s easy to lose one’s self in the Lanier Library, even if the subject is the library itself. You lose track of time in the stacks of the timeless classics, in conversation with the colorful local characters, looking at the art, just taking a couple of hours to yourself, a little quiet time to get comfortable and read. •

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COWAN’S HARDWARE Tryon since 1933

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alking into Cowan’s Hardware is like walking into handyman’s candy shop where you are greeted with a friendly hello and can find a little bit of something for everyone. John W. Cowan, the founder, originally came from Tennessee with his father, Andrew James Cowan, when he was five-years old.

They bought farm property in the Hunting Country in 1915. John married Lillian Davidson and they had a son, James, in 1932. Cowan joked that he needed to open a grocery store to afford to feed his son and bought the building where Cowan’s Hardware stands today on Trade Street and opened Cowan’s Grocery in 1933.

In 1950, he built the building where Shoppes of Tryon is today and moved the grocery store there, keeping the original space for feed and gardening tools. His sons James and Charles worked in the grocery store after school.

When, James returned from the Army in 1955 he married his high school sweetheart Patricia “Pat” Caston. His father said, “The town needs a hardware store,” and asked him to work at what was to become Cowan’s Hardware. When his father passed away in 1978, Cowan took over the grocery with the help of his mother, his wife and family friend, Edna Morrow, who was the bookkeeper who still works them today.

In 1997, he closed the supermarket and sold the building to John Gargiolo and the family went back to running the hardware store.

Cowan, now 80, still runs Cowan’s Hardware with Pat and his daughter, Janet Chapman by his side. Through the years, his son Eugene “Woody” Cowan has worked there, as well as their grandchildren, James Waters, Justin and Samantha Jackson.

“I think we all love the business, and you should do what you love,” says Cowan.

“I couldn’t imagine working for anybody but family,” says Chapman. “It’s a little harder to compete with big box stores and the Internet, but we have loyal customers who keep coming back. We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them and, hopefully, my boys will be able to continue the tradition.”

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Arledge Printers Tryon since 1940

Who started the family business?

Elbert Hubbard Arledge, Sr. learned the printing trade at the age of 17 working for Seth Vining at the Tryon Daily Bulletin and Sam Wood of Wood’s Press in 1930. In 1940, Arledge purchased Wood’s Press and ran Arledge Printers until he was drafted into the army in 1943. Since the two companies shared the same space and equipment, Mr. Vining ran both operations until Arledge returned two years later. In 1955, Arledege Printers eventually moved into a building near Cowan’s Hardware where the Coffee House is now located.

Who else from the family has run or worked for the business?

Arledge’s wife, Zella Ballew, started working fulltime when they moved the business and added office supplies to commercial printing. His brother, Quinton, also worked there for 30 years and their son, Elbert H. (Hub), joined full-time after he graduated from Chowan College School of Graphic Design.

What has changed over the years?

In 1965, Arledge Printers moved to its present location on the family property that shared a wall with Ballew’s Grocery, which Zella’s father, Tandy, started in 1912. Over the years, they transitioned from letterpress with lead type and Linotype slugs to offset printing with film and Hub installed a darkroom to produce offset plates and halftone negatives in-house.

Why do you think the business stays in the family?

“Elbert, Sr. was a perfectionist and let no job leave his shop unless he was pleased with it. We have strived to maintain that high quality over the years and have been blessed with loyal, repeat customers,” says Hub who still owns the business, which is managed by longtime employee Richard Rardin.

Hannon’s Hauling Tryon since 1912

Who started the family business?

William H. Hannon started Hannon’s General Hauling on Markham Road in 1912. (They celebrated their 100th anniversary as the second oldest business in Tryon last year.) Initially a horse and buggy dray line hauling and moving service, Hannon bought his first truck in 1925 and began to pick up garbage as well.

Who else from the family has run or worked for the business?

Hannon’s son Edgar J. started in the business in 1949 and became the owner when his father died in 1952. He ran the family business until 2004, when his nephew (William’s grandson), M. J. (Jamal) Hannon, took over. His nephew, Brook and his son, Julius are with him today, but he says, over the years, other cousins, sons, and nephews have also “been on the truck.”

What has changed over the years?

“Our business model has stayed the same, but we have certainly seen many of our customers pass away in the 36 years I have been there,” says Jamal.

What has remained the same?

“Our level of service and our grandfather’s motto: ‘Professional service with a personal touch’ has stayed the same,” says Jamal. “While it is a business, it is also a relationship with our customers."

Why do you think the business stays in the family?

“It’s in our DNA. We thank God for 101 years of continued service to our community,” says Jamal.

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BRADY INSURANCE Tryon since 1928

Who started the family business?

R. Holland Brady, Sr. started R.H. Brady, Agent in 1928 and later changed the name to Brady Insurance Agency. The original location was a two-story building behind Brocks Cleaners where Alltel is now located.

Who else from the family has run or worked for the business?

R. Holland Brady, Sr.’s wife Julia Brady worked for the business. In 1954, his son, Carroll Brady and his wife June, joined the business and worked there until July 1, 2000. Stephen Brady is the third generation and started in 1992 and is still active in the business.

What has changed over the years?

In 2000, the official name changed to Main Street Financial Group, Inc. The business originally started primarily selling home and car insurance and has now expanded to include business insurance, construction bonds, benefits, and a wellness division. The staff has grown to 23 people with offices in Tryon and Forest City.

What has remained the same?

After 85 years, they are still in the insurance business and operated by the same family.

“My grandfather started out representing Travelers Insurance and we still maintain that relationship with Travelers along with other national and regional insurance carriers,” says Brady.

Why do you think the business stays in the family?

“The business has been successful over the years and it is a real privilege to continue with the family insurance tradition”, says Brady. “Most of all, we love working and living in the community.”

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Historic Thompson’s Store and Ward’s Grill Saluda since 1890

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hompson’s Store has been around a long time. In fact, it is the oldest operating grocery store in North Carolina. First established as a grocery and mercantile business

by George Lafatte (G.L.) Thompson in 1890, the store also carried hardware items, notions and farm supplies.

Over the years, G.L. partnered in other business ventures until he was elected Sheriff of Polk County in the 1930s and his daughter, Lola, who grew up in the business, became responsible for the store’s operations along with her husband, Roy Ward. Around 1940, the couple moved the business to its current location on East Main Street and added Ward’s Grill in 1960. Their two sons, Jack and Charlie, helped run the store and grill for several decades.

Although health problems caused Jack to leave, Charlie continued helping Lola run the business until she finally retired, well in her 90s.

In 2007, Lola passed away at the age of 103 and they sold the business. Charlie died soon after in 2008. The new owners, however, could not make a go of it and announced its closing early in 2010. Charlie’s widow, Judy Ward and Lola’s cousin, R. Clark Thompson (G. L. Thompson’s father, Hinton King Thompson and Clark’s great-grandfather, John Wallace Thompson were brothers), felt the business should be brought back into the family and partnered to purchase it that same year.

“After 40 years of restoring historic buildings in Pensacola, Florida, I could not resist the opportunity to restore the building and bring a 120-year old family business back into the fold,” Thompson said.

Total restoration of the building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Buildings along with the old 1920s feed barn behind the store, was completed in October 2012. The upstairs area, now available for private parties and weddings, is named the Boarding House Venue in recognition of early railroad workers who boarded there. Judy manages Thompson’s Store and Melissa Heatherly Wood manages Ward’s Grill.

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M.A. Pace Co.

Saluda since 1899

Who started the family business?

Mack Alexander (M.A.) Pace opened M.A. Pace General Store in 1899 at One Main Street in Saluda, which is now currently City Hall. In 1913, it was moved to its present location at 60 East Main Street.

Who else from the family has run or worked for the business?

Pace worked in the store until his death in 1945. General Russell (grandfather of the current owner, Leon Morgan) worked there in the 1920s and Pace’s daughters, Eunice and Euva, ran the store until their death in the early 1990s. Pace’s son, Robert, owned and managed it until his death in 2010. The current owners, Pace cousins Leon and Judy Morgan and family, purchased it in 2010.

What has changed over the years?

“Our family has seen our merchandise go from being sent by horse and wagon, then by train to, currently, by truck,” says Morgan. “Items once bought on credit or barter are now paid for in cash or by credit cards.”

What has remained the same?

“We still sell nails by the pound and glass bottle drinks that are reminiscent of yesteryear, a lot made in the USA, and most of our products are from companies we have bought from for years,” says Morgan.

Why do you think the business stays in the family?

“My grandchildren are 10th generation Pace family, one of the founding families in Saluda (when it was called Pace’s Gap).

We take pride in our heritage and feel it’s an honor to continue the tradition,” says Morgan.

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Atkins Apple Orchard Saluda since the 1950s

Who started the family business?

A.A. and Mary Atkins (who were also teachers) and began selling apples in the early 1950s on Hwy 176.

Who else from the family has run or worked for the business?

Adolph (AA Atkins, II) worked alongside his dad for many years before officially taking over in 1974.

His wife and two sons helped as well.

What has changed over the years?

Over the years, Atkins Orchard has broadened its market base and added products in addition to the original apples, cider, honey and apple butter sold. A retail fruit stand location on Interstate 26 Exit 59 was also added where local honey is becoming an increasingly popular item.

What has remained the same?

Our commitment to quality products and customer service has stayed the same. We stand by our products.

Why do you think the business stays in the family?

Although the business is incorporated, it remains totally under family control. We choose to keep it that way and we believe it is the reason for our success.

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Hall before its restoration last year.

“It’s about making an investment in the community,” Testerman stroll along Henderson St. in Saluda during the Historic said. “[Saluda] has traditionally been a summer town but it has had a renaissance of young artistic people moving in and we want to Saluda Committee’s Home Tour this June introduces preserve what is special about Saluda for their families and others.” one to the town’s historic architecture and the painsThis year’s tour includes Hilltop Farmhouse, a turn of the centaking care one group is making to preserve the city’s tury homestead once known as Country Hill. history.

This 1890s classic abode received a facelift when Gloria and “Saluda is where all the big old summer cottages were built; her husband, Kyle, purchased it in 2007. One year later the couple some of them have been torn down, some of them have been moved into Gloria’s “favorite home.” changed beyond recognition,” said Historic Saluda Committee One easily sees why as they pass from room to room. Inside this member Gloria Testerman. “The state is going above and beyond to help us raise public understanding of preservation so we can save home’s walls resides a richness – antique rugs from Gloria’s grandmother dress the floors, pieces of art, collected since college, grace the town’s history for future generations.” each inch of wall space.

Historic Saluda Committee members take this effort seriously.

The Testermans eliminated a warren’s nest of smaller rooms They’ve hosted biannual home and garden tours and launched a video project interviewing older Saluda residents about their memo- when they took down walls in the renovation. There are five bedrooms now, with one extra in the guest cottage, a combined dining ries of the historic rail town. Now the group aims to form a town and living room, a remodeled kitchen and a sunroom turned into museum with donated items from Saluda residents and would like to replace the metal columns that stood on the front of Saluda City a lovely den with a rock wall fireplace. Though they eliminated the Written by SAMANTHA HURST Photographs by ERIK OLSEN

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June 1 1 to 5 p.m.

TICKETS: $20 Sold at Heartwood Gallery, Macon Bank and Thompson’s Store.

PARKING: Saluda First Baptist Church WALKING TOUR: Golf carts available for those who need it.

traditional smaller rooms of the farmhouse, the Testermans lost nothing in comfort or charm. Personal touches embody warmth within.

What was once an artist’s studio and smaller bedroom now serves as a spacious master with sitting room/ library. Connected to this room was also once a tiny bath. Included in additions, the Testermans transformed this into a luxurious bathroom and Gloria’s favorite space in the home.

Inside this retreat, the home shows off its ability to blend classic style with modern convenience and contemporary lines. Susan and John Thompson crafted custom cherry wood cabinets – accommodating a narrow space and a need for storage.

After all, when they moved into the home there was not a single closet to be found, Gloria said.

The sleek design of these cabinets are set off by the contemporary lines of the sink and faucet and matched by the fluid flow of the room from the entryway through to the smooth stone walk-in shower. A key feature too is the sauna, which fits perfectly in this breathtaking remodel.

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by the work of Susan and John Thompson. The Testermans renovated the home’s kitchen with custom cabinets and smooth, cream-colored countertops. Here is where the home discovers the morning light as it drifts through a stained FEATURED HOMES glass window hanging & GARDENS and casts warmth on Laura Fields one’s morning coffee.

Athea Piercy Gloria said she could Margaret Hankins enjoy her mornings Gloria Testerman here in the breakfast Bert Browning nook or outside on Rhonda Corley the peaceful sun The Jones House porch that overlooks The Waddill House a beautifully manicured backyard and guest cottage. Eyes are OTHER FEATURES Ashley Rock Museum quickly drawn again Nancy Barnett Studio to the richness of the Marilyn Prudohmme’s Garden home hewn through detail in pops of color and artful pieces even here on the sun porch.

Gloria Testerman said she couldn’t live without art surrounding her. An art history major in undergraduate school, she has collected most all of her life. Hanging just over another fireplace in the main hall is a large Johnny Waddill piece depicting Saluda with a patriotic air. Below it, framed and revered, sits the original artwork for the Saluda Arts Festival, painted by the recently deceased Waddill.

The key feature of the home tour, Gloria said, is the preservation of an art – the architectural style of Saluda.

Historic Saluda Committee members aim to prick the interest of others who might care whether or not individuals decade from now benefit from the beauty and historical significance of Saluda architecture.

“I have five grandchildren who live in this town. I want them to be able to enjoy the town’s heritage for the rest of their lives and that means we must preserve it,” she said. •

The Polk County Rock and Mineral Museum opened in 1962 on Main Street of Saluda in what is now, the Saluda Grade Café.

William Crawford (W.C.) Ashley and his son, Allen Ashley, had been collecting rocks and minerals since the 1940s when they were mining mica along with many other part time miners in the Spruce Pine, Little Switzerland, Cleveland County areas (all within 90 miles of Saluda).

At that time, the US government paid $70 View the Polk a pound for mica and County Rock and gold sold for $6 a troy Mineral Museum ounce. As of January 2013, gold prices have collection during been between $1,628 the garden and USD and $1,693 USD per troy ounce. house tour, June 1.

Miners were exempt from serving in the military during WWII, as their efforts were used to aid the war effort by providing materials to stockpile needed minerals. When the museum opened on March 25, 1962, the first-ever parade was held in Saluda. More than 1,000 attended and it was followed by a barbecue dinner sponsored by the Saluda Coon Dog Club.

The following year, 1963, the Saluda Coon Dog Club decided the parade was what Saluda needed to bring folks and some needed revenue to the little town. Thus began Coon Dog Day, which is held the first Saturday after July 4, and will celebrate its 50th year on July 6, 2013.

The museum closed in 1973 and got packed into boxes that stayed under Martha Ashley’s home for nearly 30 years. In the early 2000s, Martha’s son, Eric Ashley, helped his dad, Allen, re-assemble the museum in his parents’ house on Henderson Street.

It will be a special treat for participants to get to view this museum collection during the garden and house tour on June 1.

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the beauty of chintz is in the polished finish.

The difference between inexpensive chintz and one of the very expensive hand-blocked touch through the use of decorative fabrics, ones is in the actual design of the pattern, I can’t think of a better way than using the clarity and complexity of the design, and Written by GILLIAN DRUMMOND Photographs submitted chintz. The time is right for its re-emergence the number of colors. Chintz is a printed eading and perusing many deco- as a welcome addition that brings light, color cotton fabric, where the surface of it has rating magazines lately, I have and nature into our rooms. been "calandered" or polished, so that it has noticed flowers everywhere.

Some of you may well remember the era a shiny surface to it. When people think of Gucci has flowered loafers. of "chintz-o-mania," the 1980s when chintz chintz, they think of flowers. Actually, chintz Furniture companies are putting out chests was used on everything, everywhere. Chintz also comes in leaf patterns, in oriental moand tables painted with flowered patterns on was lavishly put on furniture, walls, window tifs, and other designs. Every color is an opthem. Floral fabrics are everywhere. It is like treatments, bed skirts, headboards, and dution in chintz fabric backgrounds. Favorites bringing the garden into the house. vet covers, often all at the same time. It was include white, yellow, blue, green, or even Linen fabrics printed with flowers have decidedly overdone. black or deep aubergine. Backgrounds are been very popular in the past few years Take that image out of your mind and usually plain, but they may also have a faint but we haven’t seen a wide use of chintz in replace it with chintz used tastefully. Added stripe or damask design. Also, the amount many years. House Beautiful, the magazine, with restraint, the beauty of the fabric truly of background color between the patterns has an article in the April 2013 issue entitled, brings in the look and feel of sunshine and varies.

“Easy Elegance, Chintz Makes a Comeflowers.

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When using chintz today in a living room, you can still use it abundantly to cover all the upholstered furniture, without overdoing it. Or you can use chintz sparingly, covering only pillows or a table skirt. This technique allows you to make changes to a room in tune with the seasons. For example, if you initially choose fabrics for your upholstered furniture and curtains that have color and texture but are without pattern, then you can easily add pillows and table skirts in a beautiful chintz fabric for the summer. As the season changes to winter, you can then replace chintz with a dark tapestry that totally changes the look of your room.

A small guestroom can be made ever more delightful if you use a simple floral chintz that is carried through on the walls. You can either get wallpaper that matches the fabric, or if that is not available, have the fabric itself put on the walls. This can be done in one of two ways: upholster the walls, or have the fabric paper-backed. In the guestroom, the headboard and the skirt on the bed could be a complementary solid color. Another alternative is to use a check or stripe fabric on the bed, a plainer fabric on a chair, and a bedspread or comforter made out of the chintz. In fact, you could have chintz on everything if it’s really simply done in either tone on tone or just two colors, rather like a toile.

I can envision a perfect sitting room with blue painted or faux painted walls, a plain cream-colored sofa, a blue and white rug, and red, blue, or white chairs. I would accent this room with chintz curtains and pillows in a large or medium print of red and blue flowers with green leaves on a cream background. Then I would add a skirt to the table, made of chintz or patterned linen of blue and white.

Other ways to use chintz in a living room or dining room include hanging chintz curtains from wooden poles, stained or painted, instead of using valances. These are not only beautiful from the inside, but are reflective of the garden you see outside.

You don’t need to confine yourself to living rooms or bedrooms when using chintz. In the kitchen, it can appear on window valences or tablemats and napkins. Shower curtains in chintz can brighten up a bathroom. Wherever you have a small chair, you can put a slipcover of chintz on it.

Just like the sunshine, sweet smells, and the budding flowers of spring, chintz is back. And if you want to bring a touch of warmth and light into your own home, you can find a place for chintz in it. It is a fabric that is truly made with nature in mind.

bright colors in a floral or leaf pattern, and then polish it until it reflects the light, all the colors stand out. Chintz patterns come in all scales from tiny to large ones. Many kinds of flowers appear on chintz – roses, tulips, chrysanthemums, peonies, dianthus and poppies. You name it. I personally love the chintzes on black backgrounds, which originated in English Regency period of the 1830s. It’s like looking at a flowerbed or border where you have all the dark leaves contrasted with the colors of the flowers that stand out against that darkness. What a wonderful sight!

A bit of history comes to mind when talking about chintz.

The fabric originally came from India. It was different, exotic.

What’s more, it was less expensive than having silks and satins.

It’s no wonder it was used in England in many of the country houses. How the English love gardens, just as we do here.

The famous American turn-of-the-century decorator, Elsie de Wolfe revived chintz in the United States, using it lavishly in the original Colony Club in New York City. In her 1911 book The House in Good Taste, she writes, “now I am using more chintz than anything else. It is as much at home in a New York drawing room as in a country cottage. I can think of nothing more charming for a room in a country house than a room furnished with gray painted furniture and lovely chintz.”

Talk about timeless design! Chintz is as good an idea today as it was then. In the 1950s, the English design firm of Colfax and Fowler brought renewed attention to chintz as a celebration of nature, freshness and originality. They were the seminal

influence of English decoration in the second half of 20th century.

The noted 20th century decorators in America, like Albert Hadley, Sister Parish, Mario Buatta and Mark Hampton used chintz in many of the wonderful houses they decorated. It was Mario Buatta who became known as the Prince of Chintz in the 1980’s. Unfortunately, for this sturdy fabric of great beauty, it was so overdone during the 1980s that the excesses killed it for nearly 30 years.

Gillian Drummond has her design studio, Drummond House Co., Interior Decoration and Consultation, in Tryon, NC. You can see her website @ www.drummondhouseco.com. To contact her call 828-859-9895 or email to info@drummondhouseco.com.

GIFTS

Camille Beckman line of skin care available at Sissy. in Landrum - body cream, $12; 6 oz. hand lotion, $12.50; 8 oz. hand therapy, $17.

Recycled aluminum necklace by The Artist Jay. Found at Duck Alley in Saluda, $26.95.

Mot her’s

day gifts

Climaweave outdoor pillow with abstract spring floral design found at Sissy., $31.

Coral beaded necklace and earrings $9.99, mathcing bracelet $5.99 at Owen's Pharmacy.

Personalized traveling mug in a variety of colors and styles found at Owen's Pharmacy, $19.99.

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Written and photographed by SAMANTHA HURST

n animated assortment of women – decked out in zebra print gloves and pink clubs ready – take to the tees every Tuesday and Thursday morning at Red Fox Country Club.

Lisa Moser and Dee O’Brien, owners of Sterling Women’s Golf Shop at Red Fox, launched the group this spring. Now, these gals gather at 10 a.m. to stretch their game and spirits.

“We’re really more about the friendship and fellowship than we are competition,” O’Brien said. “We can certainly group women together who are competitive and keep score, but we don’t want women to be intimidated by scorekeeping.”

The women hitting the green together in this diverse group have played the game from 40 years to five years.

Moser falls into the later. She said the first tournament she played in, her ball fell off the tee. When she went to pick it

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up the earth almost shattered as other players barked that it had to count as a swing.

“So, to play with women who aren’t going to judge me is great,” Moser said. “They encourage you when you do hit a nice shot and they encourage you when you don’t.”

They are not “the mean girls of golf,” O’Brien said.

Instead, if these women are playing in the morning, they might be sipping coffee and chatting about kids, husbands and jobs. If they get together for a weekend or evening round, their focus is more on their glass of wine and nibble of cheese than whether or not your form followed the right line.

Sierra Lowe, a member at Three Pines Country Club in Spartanburg, said she’s played golf for 40 years but always feels a need for improvement.

What she isn’t looking for is condemnation when her shot lands in the water.

“I had no intention of taking [golf] seriously all those years ago but it was addicting because it gave me such a sense of self – it was just about me,” Lowe said.

Lowe said she started playing with other women and almost lost her passion for the game as she realized how cutthroat some women players could get.

“I gave up on women’s groups,” she said. “When Dee [O’Brien] told me about this concept I thought I’d give it another shot.”

The women soon plan to add Zen golf to their activities.

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Top: Lisa Moser and Dee O’Brien of Sterling Women’s Golf launched this new women’s golf league at Red Fox Country Club. Left: These belts are made by a local seamstress. Above: Moser and O’Brian created their own refresher spray and bug repellant for the course too.

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Above: Linda Stenzel, Stephanie Benbenbek, Sierra Lowe, Lisa Moser and Dee O’Brien are ready to tee off.

Bottom: Sterling’s line of golf socks and the company’s exclusive logo.

Yoga. The session would start with 45 minutes of yoga, followed by a round of golf.

O’Brien said she wants women to discover golf as something they can achieve without the help of anyone else.

O’Brien and fellow golfer Stephanie Benbenek, member at Thornblade in Greenville, said they learned the game years ago to adapt to the male-driven business world. Working in the world of marketing, they said they felt they missed out on potential clients because they weren’t on the green where deals were happening.

Now they use the game for personal achievement.

“I’d rather come and have fun and get better at my golf game in a really fostering and nurturing group,” Benbenbek said.

Linda Stenzel, a member at Bright’s Creek and, according to O’Brien, the group’s A player, said the game should be about personal improvement and fun.

“The most wonderful thing is to enjoy who you are playing with … some take it too seriously,” she said.

Other weekly participants in the women’s golf group are Wanda Manson, Jan Krah, Lynette Conrad and Helen Ellis.

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Moser and O’Brien’s business Sterling Women’s Golf launched this women’s group. Their initial concept for the business itself, they said, has always been to support and encourage women golfers, as well as women-owned and locally owned businesses.

The line of socks they sell are made in the U.S. from a women-owned company. A local seamstress makes the belts they carry and even the golf clubs they sell are custom designed and assembled in the Carolinas.

These ladies have even created their own products called Birdies not Bugs and Lavender on Links, a bug repellant and refresher spray exclusive to Sterling.

Sterling is also an official retailer for national brands such as Loudmouth and GloveIt [golf gloves with funky styles].

Moser and O’Brien’s next ambition is to put golf clubs in the hands of women from 9-90 who have never played. They’ll kick off that initiative with Strokes for Life, an event to be held June 20 at Red Fox Country Club from 10 a.m.

– noon.

Sterling will host young women at the course that day, introducing them to the basics of the game. The day will include a lunch catered by Larkin’s Carolina Grill and is being co-sponsored by Remax/Jeff Miller and Damian Hall with Carolina Advantage Property Management. For more information or to sign-up to participate in the event, call Red Fox Country Club at 828-894-8251 or email sterling@sterlingwomen’sgolfshop.com. •

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Captions: Dee O'Brien and Sierra Lowe joke around after a round of golf in early spring. This group of 10 or so women enjoy the fellowship of learning the game together more than competing for the lowest score.

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SUMMER CAMPS

Camp Glen Arden

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on’t spend the summer doing the same old thing. Get out there and see what the foothills area has to offer.

More beauty and more new adventures than you’d ever find sitting inside all day.

ing drums, floating scarves, singing, and moving little feet in time to music – for a valuable learning experience for both the child and the parent or caregiver.

Art 10:20-11 a.m.

Ages 4-7 in Studio B Young children ages 5-8, and 4-year-olds with their parents can sign up for a pre-school art class and explore the themes through another means of self expression, creating art projects from many different media.

Contact: Marianne Carruth 828-859-8322, ext. 213

Each week professional artists will introduce the students to at least eight different arts and crafts. Students will have the opportunity to discover hidden talents, learn how many art forms are created and experience the joy of creating works of art to share with family and friends. This year’s classes TRYON FINE ARTS may include: pottery, fused CENTER (TFAC) glass, weaving, pastel painting, KINDERMUSIK woodworking, leather work, AND ART CAMPS jewelry making, storytelling, silk Session 1: June 24-27 painting, basketry, tie dye, mask Session 2: July 22-25 making, glass mosaics, feltCost: $50 per class ing, paper making and/or pen and ink watercolor. On Friday Kindermusik afternoon, the students will set 9:30-10:15 a.m. up a gallery show of their work.

Ages 0-7 in Studio A SUMMER SIZZLER Parents and friends are invited During the four days of classes YOUTH ART CAMP to attend this show from 4-5 parents with newborns, todJuly 8-12, 15-19, 22 - 26, July p.m. dlers, and 4-7 year old children 29 - Aug 2, August 5 - 8, Contact: 828-859-8323; tryonartcan participate in Kindermusik Daily – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. activities -- jingling bells, pound- Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) sandcrafts@windstream.net; www. tryonartsandcrafts.org

SUMMER THEATER CAMPS June 17 – 22; July 22 - Aug. 3 Monday - Thursday: Rehearsals at Sunnydale 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Friday: Technical and dress rehearsals at TFAC 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Saturday: Performance day at TFAC 9-11 a.m. Public performance and reception: 10 a.m.

Cost: $140 per student Partnership between Tryon Little Theater and Tryon Fine Arts Center. Provides intensive and fun theater education for acting and elements of production. Structure: 1week “full scale” production of 20-25 minute scripted play. Each week will be a different play.

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CAMP FOOTHILLS THE ADVENTURE SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS Summer Camp 1: June 24-28 Ages 5 to 7 Activities: Hiking, creek exploration, games, tubing, zip lines, Appalachian stories and more.

Summer Camp 2: July 8-12 Ages 8 to 12 Activities: Camping, kayaking, hiking, fishing, caving, zip lines, tubing, water park and games.

Wild Week Campers come on any day/s they want.: July 15-19 Ages 5 to 12 Activities: Hiking, kayaking, creek exploration, games, tubing and more.

Backpacking Trip July 29-Aug. 1 Ages: 12-plus Four days and three nights backpacking in spectacular western North Carolina.

Activities: Hiking, camping, fire starting and basic outdoor survival skills.

Contact: Mike Carruth; 828-817-0454; or www.theadventureschool.org.

POLK COUNTY RECREATION SUMMER DAY CAMP June 10 – Aug. 23, 7 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Cost: Five days per week - $70, four-day week - $60, three day week - $50 with discounts for more than one child.

Provides an active summer for children ages 5-13, based at Stearns Gym. Contact: Patty Aldred at 828-894-8199, recreationdept@windstream.net www.polknc.org

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GIBSON PARK POOL LESSONS June 8 – Aug. 25, noon – 5 p.m.

Four sessions of swimming lessons are offered throughout the summer beginning early June.

Pool rentals are available on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Provides a safe place to swim as well as swimming lessons Contact: Patty Aldred; 828-8942646, recreationdept@windstream.net, www.polknc.org.

CAMPS AT FENCE (Foothills Equestrian Nature Center) Beginner Horse Camp June 10-14, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Ages 8 to 12 Cost: $150 Learn the basics of horse care, which will include grooming, tacking and horse safety. Also learn how to mount, dismount, walk and trot. Limited to 25 campers.

Contact: Tracie Hanson, 828-859-9021.

Intermediate Horse Camp June 17-21, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Ages 8 to 12 Cost: $150 Must have attended at least one session of beginners horse camp or contact FENCE for approval. Limited to 25 campers.

Contact: Tracie Hanson, 828-859-9021.

All Day Camp July 8-12, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Ages 5 to 12 Cost: $150 This camp will be an all day camp with a mixture of activities included exploring nature, learning about the earth and astronomy, photography and

FEATURE survival skills. Bring a bag lunch. Limited to 50 campers.

Contact: Tracie Hanson, 828859-9021.

Nature/Earth Camp July 15-19, 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Ages 5 to 12 Cost: $100 Discover and learn about the plants and animals that make FENCE their home. Learn ways to help protect their environment. Build a solar oven out of a pizza box. Plan and attend a star party, use a telescope to discover the rings around Saturn, the craters on the moon and more. This camp will be during the day and Thursday night for an evening of outdoor fun with the stars.

Contact: Tracie Hanson, 828-859-9021.

Environmental All Day Camp July 22-26, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Ages 5 to 12 Cost: $150 This is another great all day camp with a mixture of different environments including exploring nature, learning about the earth and astronomy and survival skills.

Bring a bag lunch. Limited to 50 campers.

Contact: Tracie Hanson, 828-859-9021.

Art Day Camp July 29-Aug. 2, 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Ages 5 to 12 Cost: $100 Create and use your imagination this week. Lots of creative projects to keep your camper busy while learning to use different art media and things from the wild.

Outdoor activities also help spark the imagination.

Contact: Tracie Hanson, 828-859-9021.

CAMP GLEN ARDEN June 9 - June 28 Cost: $4,050 June 30 - July 31 Cost: $5,400 Tajar Time I (entering 1st - 4th grades) June 9 - June 21 Cost: $2,900 Tajar Time II (entering 1st - 4th grades) June 28 - June 12 Cost: $2,900 Camp Glen Arden is a private summer camp for girls ages 6-16 nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains. The Glen Arden experience includes instruction in 24 activities, from horseback riding to arts and crafts, wilderness skills to water and land sports. A Glen Arden girl grows at her own pace, while developing independence and self-assurance.

Contact: www.campglenarden. com; office@campglenarden. com; 828-692-8362 CAMP WAYFARER SUMMER CAMP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS June 23-July 11 5th-10th grades Cost: $2,600 June 30-July 11 5th-6th grades Cost: $1,800 July 7- July 11 5th -2nd grades Cost: $600 July 14-Aug. 1 5th-10th grades Cost: $2,600 July 21-Aug. 1 5th-6th grades Cost: $1,800 Camp Wayfarer, nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, is a family-owned camp for boys and girls ages 6-16. Wayfarer offers a unique opportunity for campers

to grow based on a firm foundation of spiritual, physical, mental and social development. Activities include archery, arts and crafts, backpacking, basketball, Bible study, canoeing, cheerleading, culinary arts, dance, drama, fencing, field hockey, fly fishing, glee, guitar, horseback riding, kayaking, and much more.

Contact: 828-696-9000; email info@campwayfarer.com; or visit www.campwayfarer.com.

Kids can discover creeks, kayakings, native plants, archery, horseback riding and more at a variety of camps this summer. (photos submitted)

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CAMP GREYSTONE May 27- 31; Junior Camp K to 4th grades Cost: $1,100 June 3-21; June Camp 1st to 7th grades Cost: $4,000 June 24 - July 25; Main Camp 3rd to 11th grades Cost: $6,000 July 29 – Aug. 9; August Camp 1st to 6th grades Cost: $3,000 Contact: wwww.campgreystone. com; 828-693-3182.

GREEN RIVER PRESERVE Session 1 June 9-June 14 2nd-6th grades Cost: $1,250 Session 2

June 16-28 3rd-8th grades Cost: $2,500 Session 3 July 1-July 19 5th – 9th grades Cost: $3,500 Session 4 July 22-Aug. 3 3rd-8th grades Cost: $2,500 Theater Camp July 22-Aug. 3 5th -9th grades Cost: $2,500 Session 5 Aug. 5 – 10 2nd-6th grades *Rising 5th and 6th grades first time only Cost: $1,250 Contact: www.greenriverpreserve.org; 828-698-8828. •

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Kids can discover creeks and more at a variety of camps this summer. (photos submitted)

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Amanda and Buddy jumping at Riverbend for a horse show sponsored by Palmetto Open Horse Show Association. (photo submitted)

e ques tri a n c a l e n da r May 3-5 Paul Belasik Clinic at Blue Moon Farm Contact: Sophie Clifton at sophie@montana.net May 4 Sheriff Mounted Patrol Horse Show at WNC Ag Center, Fletcher Contact:matt.buchanan@ncagr. gov May 4-5 BRHJA Mother’s Day celebration at Harmon Field Contact: Lewis Pack 828-8942721 May 4-5 Carolina Carriage Club Driving Trial at Windridge Farm Contact: Alicia Henderson windridge@ioa@windstream. net

May 5 RVPC Mounted Meeting Contact: Denise Ritacco at Ritacco5@hotmail.com May 5 Greenville Foothills Pony Club XC Schooling at FENCE Contact: Carolyn Culbertson at chculbertson@earthlink.net May 5 Hunter Pace for Steps to Hope Contact: www.wchpace.org May 15 FRC Monthly Meeting at Harmon Field Cabin, Tryon Contact: Margo Savage 828863-4924 May 17-19 Carolina Region Eventing Rally at FENCE Contact: swright14@carolina.rr.com

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May 18 Horse Country Farm Tours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: Libbie Johnson at inveigh@aol.com

May 26 Hunter Pace: River Valley Pony Club Contact: Denise Ritacco at ritacco5@hotmail.com

May 18 CCC Trace Pace at Wildwood Farm Contact: Alan Bridge at 828863-4046

May 30-June 2 Tryon Summer Classic Horse Show at FENCE Contact: JP Godard at 803-5225788

May 21 Pisgah Trailblazers Monthly Meeting at Calvert’s Kitchen, Columbus 6pm eat, 7pm meet Contact: Michael Atkins at Michael@atyourserviceair.com

June 6-9 TRHC Charity Horse Show at FENCE Contact: Laura Weicker at 828863-0480

May 25 FRC Dressage Show at Harmon Field Contact: Margo Savage at 828863-4924

June 7 TRHC Charity Jumper Challenge at FENCE Contact: Laura Weicker at 828863-0480

Written by Barbara Childs Photograph submitted

Amanda Fisher and her horse, Buddy, are a good team as they compete and learn together at the Riverbend Equestrain Center.

Amanda is a D3 rating pony club member with the Greenville Foothills Pony Club. Buddy loves hunter paces and eventing with Amanda. He is a Pony of America breed, and he is 25 years old with an eventing background.

He is owned by a family of three girls who are active in pony club. He has taken all three girls through the D levels and onto the C level of training. Amanda and Buddy will work together for a C1 rating this summer. Eventing and jumping are what they enjoy most in the pony club at Riverbend. Janna Ritacco is the instructor that helps them at the mounted and unmounted meetings, and she schools them at all the pony club events.

Buddy is a great horse and gives his all to take care of Amanda. He is blind in his left eye, and moves his head a lot, which can be a challenge to control at a dressage rally.

Pony club has helped Amanda make many great friends, boosted her self-confidence, and her team took first place at a recent quiz rally in Columbia. Amanda was the captain of the team.

“We worked together at our first quiz rally and had a really great time, and I learned a lot. Pony Club has helped me and my horse so much,” said Amanda with great pride and confidence.

June 8 Carolina Carriage Club’s Beginner Driving Clinic at Windridge Farm Contact: Alicia Hederson at windridge@ioa.com

June 14-16 Harmon Classics Summer Challenge at FENCE Contact: Lewis Pack 828-8942721

June 9 Western Carolina Hunter Pace Series Awards at Biltmore Western Range Contact: www.wchpace.org

June 15 Harmon Classics Eq Aid Foundation Benefit at FENCE Contact: Lewis Pack 828-8942721

June 10-11 George Morris Hunter Jumper Clinic at FENCE Contact: Sheri Pace 803-4202633

June 15 Horse Country Farm Tours, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: Libbie Johnson at inveigh@aol.com

June 10-12 4-H Horse Show at WNC Ag Center, Fletcher Contact: matt.buchanan@ ncagr.gov

June 15-16 Greenville Foothills Pony Club Mtg. Contact: Carolyn Culbertson at chculbertson@earthlink.net

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Written by LYDIA JUENGER Photographs submitted

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eeing a horse stuck in a hazardous situation can be both frightening and perplexing. If you know what to do, or what to expect, it can ease the trauma for both you and your horse.

When we think of horsemanship, we think of the basic skills of riding, grooming and general care.

Very few horse owners learn how to safely rescue and remove a horse from a situation that makes you scratch your head and say, “I didn’t know horses can do that!” I urge every horse owner, horse lover and equine professional to attend an educational clinic such as this.

Thanks to PEER, our local equine emergency rescue team, horse owners, horse lovers and equine professionals were given an opportunity March 12 to attend a training program given by Roger Lauze at FENCE. Lauze is the equine rescue and training coordinator for the MSPCA at Nevins Farm in Massachusetts.

Participants worked with "Lucky" the mechanical horse, for a hands on lesson with rescue equipment and proper handling techniques.

Some of the equipment used included long, heavyduty cotton ropes, hobbles, twist type carabiners, ratchet straps, eye coverings, rescue hooks and the "Glide.” The Glide is an important piece of equipment that made moving a 1,000-plus lb. animal fairly easy. There were two "Glides" on site – one for manipulating a horses’ body out of a tight situation and one designed to slide far up into a trailer to accommodate the center support bar that connects the two chest bars of a trailer. The horse’s head rests to one side.

Participants broke off into two teams with each team setting up a scenario of a trapped horse. The other team then had to remove "Lucky" from his peril.

For the light of heart, when seeing this large majestic animal, trussed up somewhat like a turkey on a holiday dinner table, it may seem precarious. I can assure you, when the rescue team follows all the steps necessary to the letter, this neat little package can be moved just about anywhere, safely.

If you ever come upon an equine rescue group, doing its job, please be mindful and stay out of their way.

If they ask for help and you want to do so, do exactly what they tell you.

Also, please support your local large animal rescue group in your area. •

The educational clinic taught participants to: • Assess the situation and have a plan.

• Get a vet on site to calm the horse

or immobilize it with the necessary drugs. The vet would also evaluate the seriousness of the situation.

• Control the crowd if there is one.

• Remain calm and quiet to allow the

rescue team to communicate and get the job done.

• Designate a team leader, who

would position each person in his or her designated post at the head of the horse, the rear of the horse, or the mid section of the horse, just to name a few.

• Understand that each person is

responsible for that section and to communicate to the rest of the team when it is safe for the horse to be moved after it has been safely secured.

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mask

seeing through the Written by BOBBIE SHANNON Photographs submitted

certified, Level 2. All sessions are on the ground, solution focused and client cens a psychotherapist practicing in tered (which assumes clients possess their this county for almost 20 years, own solutions) and facilitated by a team of I am most excited about equine two; an equine specialist and mental health assisted therapy. specialist.

Equine assisted psychotherapy (EAP) is As the main therapy, or as an adjunct to a form of experiential therapy that incortraditional therapy, the benefits are many. porates horses as part of a therapy session. In experiential therapy, clients learn about It is a powerful modality that can be used themselves by interacting with the horses. for behavioral, mental health and substance Horses reflect what is going on emotionally abuse issues. in each client. The horse responds to this EAP is the most powerful therapy that emotion and as we change, we notice that I’ve experienced. I am EAGALA (Equine the horse changes its response to us. Horses Assisted Growth and Learning Association) can see through the mask that we use to

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protect ourselves. Once working with the horse, your mood becomes apparent. You may blame the horse for being difficult or say the horse is having a bad day. But if we look more closely‌.who is really having a bad day?

A typical EAGALA session works like this; the facilitators set up activities based on client goals. The client works with the horse to complete the activity. But the process, what happens during the activity, is the important part. The horse helps the client gain insight into issues, change behaviors and process painful experiences through metaphors that emerge during the session.

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The client realizes the metaphors mirror their lives. (So, the big brown horse acts just like your dad?).

Working alongside a horse creates confidence and provides wonderful insight when dealing with other challenging life situations. This work brings about change and growth much more quickly than traditional talk therapy. When you find your own solutions the change tends to last.

It seems like magic to me. I have watched horses help adults heal from trauma. I have seen a horse lie flat down, lift its head, exhale heavily at the client, and lie back down.

The client recognized immediately that she was emotionally exhausted. The minute she verbalized this, the horse was up and at her side. A domestic abuse survivor felt protected by a particular horse that stayed by her side and she began to take control of her life. The parent of a 15-yearold, who tried traditional therapy, stated that equine therapy was a breakthrough for her child. She felt the work with the horses helped her daughter open up spiritually and emotionally. By adding props, it’s amazing what a hula hoop, pool noodle, lariat, ropes or orange cones can become in the round pen.

Seems a lot like magic….actually.

Last year, I was introduced to Bobbie Shannon Bruce Anderson of Nature’s View in Camden, S.C. Bruce has opened my eyes to a new world. In his model, he works with clients to build a foundation of “mental tools.” These tools include; timing, listening and hearing, patience, problem solving, anger management and work ethic. He feels that mistakes are not mistakes, but opportunities to learn what will be most helpful to our wellbeing. He teaches us how to listen, how to achieve balance and remain in the present. He opens our eyes to the mindsets we are using and how to determine what is most beneficial to us. As Bruce states, “If there is a chance that this might help someone, thereby helping others, come out and experience it!

It’s not 'Natural Horsemanship,’ but 'Natural Humanship.’

"If you can’t be humane to yourself, can you really be humane to others?”

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renda Bonnette recently launched her equine ambulance service EQUUS, Equine Ambulance and Safety Ltd. from her horse farm in Green Creek.

Bonnette began working with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) and their ambulance service in 2001, and she has traveled the United States working with large events such as the World Equestrian Games in 2010, Rolex Kentucky 3-day Event in 2002-20012, North American Young Riders Team in Illinois, the Jersey Fresh 3-Day Event, Bromont, Fairhill International, and many others.

Bonnette was also on call for 11 years with the MSPCA in New England where the rescue Glide and its methods of rescue techniques originated. Bonnette has helped horse owners in difficult situations including downed neurological equines, struggling and drowning equines in muddy bogs, electrical accidents, colic, casting in a stall, malnourished equines and death.

With the MSPCA, Bonnette has conducted training for local fire, rescue and veterinarians, as well as veterinary students across the country from New Mexico to Illinois and Ohio.

“The beauty of the Glide Method is its versatility. Professional rides and individuals, private horse owners too, have come to have great confidence in the Glide Method,

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G liding to safety

which allows the horse to be humanely and safely moved to a veterinary clinic or out of harm’s way,” said Bonnette.

Coordination with a veterinarian allows Bonnette to position and move a horse onto the glide and secure the animal for its transport.

The rescue glide is a simple sled-like device for conveying a sedated horse safely into an ambulance/trailer. While Bonnette will transport an equine to a veterinary hospital, sometimes the rescue involves the injured equine from a dangerous and compromised situation, to be transported to shelter for warmth, food, water and further evaluation.

Being able to rescue horses in dire needs and situations has been a rewarding personal challenge for Bonnette, and she strives for a positive outcome in every emergency situation.

Bonnette understand the relationship between horse and rider or owner too. She has a riding profile in various disciplines including hunter/jumper and the dressage world.

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Then

& Now

Written by Gerald Pack

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illiam (Bill) Braemer, originally from outside Neenah, Wisc., came to Tryon as a young man back when the Kimberlys were spending their winters down here. Their beautiful home is now the main activities building at FENCE. Bill had a special love for horses and a genuine talent with them.

In the army, he was one of the few enlisted men allowed to ride their top competition horses under the command at Fort Riley, Kan., which was in charge of all the horses owned by the United States Army. Many of those army teams competed here at Harmon Field.

Bill regularly went with the officers to help them pick out the remount horses from the ranchers who bred them for expressly that purpose. Any rancher with 45 mustang mares could qualify for the U.S. Army breeding program, but

the standards were high.

Bill had a good eye for horseflesh. He was a man who always had quality in his horses. They were immaculately turned out, whether it was for showing, hunting or for racing. He was not only a trainer of steeplechase horses, but had also ridden in many races himself. Bill was at the level of Burley Cox, Mickie Walsh — all top of the line people in that business. A contemporary of Lee Cowan, he worked with Carter Brown as well as with Arthur Reynolds, but I was fortunate enough to know him through my years as a junior.

It was during my last year in high school that he came to me, asking to help him finish getting his horses ready to run in the upcoming spring meets in Camden, Tryon, and then on to Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. Of course, I was eager to accept the challenge. But there was a big problem — school.

We finally worked it out that I would come directly from school and work the horses. Bill had a stable on Red Fox Road on the Stephenson’s Pacolet Hills Farm. The stable was where the clubhouse is now located, which is now the Red Fox Country Club.

Bill started the training program for his horses as well as for me. I had no experience with racehorses at that point of my life, but with Bill’s help and through his instruction, I learned a lot.

One of the first things I learned from Bill was how to put a racing lock on those horses when galloping.

If you’ve ever had twelve hundred pounds of horse balancing off you, plus the force of the gallop underneath you, then you thanked the

good Lord above for that racing lock. I used to pray that none of those horses would get the jump on me and take off. These were older horses that had run before. They knew what they were getting ready for. These horses were owned by Harry Rett and Ted Sheff, big time players in the steeplechase world.

We didn’t have a nearby galloping track, but we were blessed to have Durham Road, which back then, was dirt and river sand. We did the slow work on it. I think it is now called Golf Cart Road.

We could hack up the hill from the stable and trot to the end of Durham Rd. over to Route 14. The horses knew when we reached the end of it, that we would be putting the racing lock on them. That was where you would pray that they didn’t get away from you. We would gallop to Little Mountain Road, then turn around and all walk back to the barn.

When the time came for the fast work, we were able to use McKnight Field. Bill and I would meet there before six a.m., so I could do the fast galloping and after that, I would head on out to school.

It turned out to be a great year.

Bill won many races and I was able to have a great experience with a true blue horseman. I learned so much from him, in so many ways.

Those professionals were the last of a breed, I just don’t see them anymore. But because of people like Bill and others who generously passed on their knowledge to another generation, the legacy of Tryon Horse Country continues to live on through a tradition of equestrian excellence.

Stay tuned.

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STONE Written by PAM STONE Photograph submitted

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hat is age, but a number?”

“It’s not how old you are, it’s what you can do.”

“Use it or lose it!”

I said all these things, as a sort of a middle-age mantra, to myself as I began to tack up the young mare I’m currently training.

“Starting” a young horse under saddle, what used to be referred to as “breaking,” is, admittedly, a pretty high-risk endeavor. As a dressage rider relying on a 400-year-old method of training, the way I, and others of my sport, begin starting a youngster has nothing to do with the Old West idea of slamming a saddle on the back of an unridden animal and then spurring it into terrified leaps and bucks around an arena until its “spirit is broken.”

We begin with a couple of months of preparation from the ground — far too technically laborious and boring to go into here — but it’s safe to say that, on the day that we do first place our foot into the stirrup of a green horse, there is already enough training and trust in place that the first ride is generally a non-event: carefully walking and periodically checking the brakes, a few wide loops to introduce steering, and that’s it.

Hop off, make a big fuss, reward with praise and a sugar lump.

However, because these 1,200-pound equines are animals of flight when frightened and youngsters will not tolerate a nano-second’s loss of balance from the rider they have trusted upon their back, things can go very wrong indeed.

When I started the last horse I actually owned, an enormous, opinionated 2-year-old gelding I purchased in Holland, we spent a year getting to know each other as I waited for him to mature enough to begin his training.

He tended to believe wholeheartedly that there were tigers in every tree, but all went wonderfully well for the first nine rides. On the 10th, the day I thought I would introduce him to the trot, a neighbor down the street chose that exact moment to start his Harley with a revving succession of backfires, and my hitherto quiet horse nearly turned himself inside out as he launched into a series of bucks — the third of which sent me flying and resulted in a broken rib.

Mine, that is.

And yes, I caught him, and, biting my lip, got back on and walked him around the arena another couple of times before heading to the hospital.

“Green horses are for young riders,” quipped the doctor in the ER.

“Green horses are for experienced riders,” I retorted, wincing, as she read the X-ray.

“Well,” she smiled somewhat condescendingly. “We don’t bounce the way we used to when we were young!”

“I bounced perfectly,” I snapped.

“The footing in my arena is excellent. You try being hurled from the equivalent of a ladder and see how you fare. I think the fact that all I have is a tiny hairline fracture means pretty good bones, considering.”

At any rate, it took a solid five weeks before I was healed enough to where I could actually raise my arm enough to wash beneath it (or shave, but let’s not go there), and that horse went on to become a reliable ride.

In the meantime, as I recovered, I really thought nothing of the misfortune, as it truly was the first time I had ever been bucked off, until others felt compelled to comment.

“Wow, you still start horses? I don’t know anyone your age that does that.”

“Gosh, aren’t you scared? I would never start my own horse.”

“You have a supplemental on your health insurance, right?”

All right, all right, yes, it’s true that most trainers stop backing horses once they hit their 40s. Yes, it is dangerous, and yes, I get scared at times.

But this is something I’ve done my entire life, and as I am blessed enough to rise each morning with absolutely no pain or stiffness and am still fit (shoveling stalls as the dawn breaks each morning will do that to you), why should I let the fact that the number 5 is involved in my biological age suddenly become the neon stop sign for what I choose to do?

To be honest, though, I have to admit I started considering it.

And then, just a couple of days ago, I saw Jeff Gordon, that toddler who is now an ancient 41, remark on a sports segment that people are saying it’s time for him to retire from stock car racing, as he’s not as aggressive as he used to be. He disputed this with some annoyance.

That did it.

Remembering a favorite quote: “Courage is not the absence of fear but the mastery of it,” I took a shot of inspiration and headed back out to the barn.

Swinging my booted leg slowly and carefully over the mare’s back, I nosed for the stirrups, sat still for a few moments, patted her, then closed my calves against her sides as I gave her the vocal aid for “walk,” and she moved off cautiously but completely devoid of tension.

In five minutes, our ride was over, and I lived to tell about it.

This time.

Your turn, Jeff.

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h, welcome spring and all blooming plants, trees and grasses.

The grass next door and beyond the road always looks greener and fresher so the adventure of the spring season has caught my instincts to travel. Madeline is always willing to follow my hoofs to greener pastures and yards. When the barn manager gets underway with morning chores and the way is open and clear we shall go forth for neighborhood nibbles. Now for some equine news. And as I have said before, it’s all between the ears.

Eric Dierks of Renovation Farms in Tryon debuted Daryl Nelms mare, Una Voce, in dressage and received a 75.7 percent score winning the class. This was the FRC show at Harmon Field. Sue and Karim Shihata’s homebred Cassanova hooked a second and third in dressage, and Eric and Cassanova did a clean stadium round. This is a start to a sweet and long time relationship for Eric and Cassanova.

Little Kateellyn Padgett had her first go with her new mare, Manderley, picking up first and fifth places in dressage, with clear jumping rounds. Eric’s two boys were clean and brave in the show jumping and came through well in the ribbons with two third places after dressage. Chloe Bosshard had an amazing first start on Beau and had a fifth placing after dressage. Cheryl Ray and her glorious mare, Glory, finished with a fourth in dressage. Trayce loved riding and showing Dauby Farlow’s horse, Sacusa, at third level and winning the class. Michelle Dutcher and her mare Car Cornett debuted first level win a winning 72.2 percent. This mare will be a new ride for Alexandra Brown, and Trayce is excited about their partnership. A recognized show is coming to FENCE, and all will again be in the ring there.

Jennifer McInnes enjoys riding Dos Hombres as he has lovely gaits and is doing well in dressage. Jennifer has Val Black’s two horses, Nick and Derby. They are thoroughbreds, aged 25, and have never been separated. She needs sponsors and help to support them. Please contact her if you can help.

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Dudley (top) and Madeline (bottom).

pootymc@att.net Donkey news! Lulu keeps good company with Stella, a Morgan mare of Sally Thompson, who is recovering from a pasture injury. They are both at the farm on Fairview Farms Rd. in Campobello.

Jessica Wright is riding her Quarter horse mare, Fancy, her first mare. They are both good partners and friends. Jessica is working on straightness and balance with Fancy. She schools with Pam Stone in Campobello. Fancy does well on the flat, trail riding and jumps 2'6". Jessica keeps her at home, Willow Hill Farm in Traveler’s Rest.

Gerda Hook has a 13-year-old full paint gelding that her husband purchased for her. Bono is gentle, has lovely balanced gaits, and is a joy for Gerda to ride. Bono is a chestnut and stands at 16.3 hands. She enjoys dressage and keeps Bono at home at the farm in Columbus. When she can, she and Bono school at Blue Moon Farm with Paul Belasik. Bono was Mary Bono’s horse, the widow of Sonny Bono.

Daryl Nelms is riding her horse Gustave after his long rest, and she is enjoying him so much. Gus is trained to the FEI levels in dressage and is a super horse. They are at Renovatio Farms in Tryon, while Daryl’s barn is being built.

Dr. Joy Baker is back from wintering in Florida and riding George and DeLorean. She is happy and has two new dogs that she has rescued from the Asheville Humane Society. One is a Bassett hound and looks just like Katie. The other is very smart and full of good energy.

Diane Cotter is working on organizing a Western Dressage Association here in the carolinas. Diane loves riding western dressage and is scheduling rides and times with Ed Dabney.

Dabney offers classical riding skills for English and Western styles of riding and will be here May 24-25 at FENCE. Contact Diane if you want to ride in the Dabney clinic: diane.

APPOINTMENTS

DUDLEY ’S RECIPE : cotter@yahoo.com Kelli Wood is riding a new horse, a paint, at Mary Livesay’s farm. The horse is owned by a lady in England and has been recuperating from an injury. He is a great love of a horse and is well schooled for the flat and trails. Kelli is happy and will be slowly conditioning him.

Well, I am seeing 10 pink painted human toes on the grass as a life defining moment is being made. A rope is being placed around my neck as Madeline and I are led back to the barn, and the pink human toes are stepping well beside me. We will steal forth again when the way is clear on another morning. •

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It’s pretty, delicious and healthy, too.

green salad with avocado and strawberries 14 strawberries sliced 3 kiwis peeled and sliced 1 head of Boston lettuce or mixed spring greens 1 large avocado cut into cubes Orange Dressing 1/3 cup olive oil 3 tbs. raspberry vinegar 3 tbls. fresh orange juice salt and pepper Combine all salad ingredients, except the avocado. Chill.

Before serving, add the avocado and toss with orange dressing.

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