Life In Our Foothills October 2016

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WE’RE ON A MISSION… from God

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HUNTSMEN and the Hounds

MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM A sleuth’s clues and curiosities

Editor’s Note

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Claire Sachse, Managing Editor

claire.sachse@tryondailybulletin.com Twitter: @TDBClaire

ho better to feature on our cover in October – the month of dress up and costumes - than these two characters, Jake and Elwood, who rolled into town recently in their scuffed up cop car with megaphone on the roof, playing, no, living, in full character, Belushi and Aykroyd from the 1980 hit “Blues Brothers.”

The interview kind of fell into our lap. We had been trying to catch up with them at intersections or around town without luck; they’ve been elusive like they were trying to avoid the law, or something. But then one day, they pulled their rather conspicuous car into the spot directly outside the Bulletin’s front picture window. They were here to see us.

For a child of the 80s, who loved everything about the movie, it was surreal to talk to these two who are so serious about the parts they play, that its hard to

tell where the act stops and real life begins. And like their namesakes, they are on a mission (yes, you knew that reference was coming) -- a mission to get the band back together, to bring music and song to the fans, to do good things.

The life of a tribute actor/singer isn’t all glamour they’ll tell you. But they do put their all into the gigs they get, and encourage readers to consider booking them for your next party’s musical entertainment. I’m sure they’d be perfect for a Halloween event. No costume needed.

Speaking of costumes, prepare for cuteness and creativity overload at Landrum’s and Tryon’s Halloween strolls, to be held on Oct. 29 and 31 respectively.

Send us your costume photos and we’ll be sure to use them in the magazine, online or in the Tryon Daily Bulletin.

Thanks as always for reading, and we appreciate your comments, story ideas and photos. Welcome to fall!

on the cover PUBLISHER EDITOR CONTRIBUTORS

Betty Ramsey Claire Sachse Gillian Drummond Cathy Fischer Judy Heinrich Carol Lynn Jackson Linda List Michael O’Hearn Mark Schmerling Vincent Verrecchio Jennifer Wilson Steve Wong Kathy Woodham

MARKETING Kevin Powell Magan Etheridge PRODUCTION Gwen Ring ADMINISTRATION Ashley Bryant DISTRIBUTION Jeff Allison Jamie Lewis William Hill Joe Plaff

The Blues Brothers Photo by Claire Sachse On location at Grover Mill, Lynn, N.C.

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THE HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO PRESENTS CINEMA VIVANT, Oct. 1

MUSIC IN LANDRUM PRESENTS UPTON TRIO, Oct. 2

SUZANNE ZOOLE SHOW

Holy Cross Episcopal Church Gallery Through mid-October 150 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-9741

TRYON PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS LATE FALL SHOW Featuring artists Lara Nguyen, Todd Frahm, Kate Thayer, Christine Mariotti, Michael Doty Through Oct. 29 78 N. Trade St., Tryon 828-859-0141 or tryonpaintersandsculptors.com

THE HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO PRESENTS CINEMA VIVANT

Tryon Fine Arts Center Saturday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m.

34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-8322 or tryonarts.org

MUSIC IN LANDRUM PRESENTS UPTON TRIO Landrum Methodist Church Sunday, Oct. 2, 3 p.m.

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24TH ANNUAL SHUCKIN’ & SHAGGIN’ SEAFOOD PARTY, Oct. 15

SUPER 60s MAINLINE SUNDAY CONCERT Top of the Grade Park, Saluda Sunday, Oct. 2, 6 p.m. saludalifestyles.com

TRYON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016 Tryon Fine Arts Center and various locations around Tryon Oct.7-9 Facebook: Tryon International Film Festival

ART TREK CLOSING PARTY & SILENT AUCTION

Friday, Oct. 14, 5 p.m.

Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon 828-859-2828 or upstairsartspace.org

BLACK AND WHITE SHOW OPENING

Friday, Oct. 14, 6 p.m.

Exhibit runs through Nov. 9 Tryon Arts & Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon 828-859-8323 or tryonartsandcrafts.org

GUEST AUTHOR MARK DE CASTRIQUE

Mystery Writing Workshop Oct. 15 at 1 p.m.

Cocktails and Clues Oct. 15 at 5 p.m.

Lanier Library 72 Chestnut St., Tryon 828-859-9535 or lanierlib.org

24TH ANNUAL SHUCKIN’ AND SHAGGIN’ SEAFOOD PARTY

Presented by Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce Saturday, Oct. 15, 5-11 p.m.

828-859-6236 or CarolinaFoothillsChamber.com

PO’KITTIES PHOTO CONTEST GALA

Presented by Paws, Prayers & Promises Landrum Depot Saturday, Oct. 15, 5:30 p.m.

828-431-1852

SALUDA HISTORIC DEPOT GOLF TOURNAMENT Bright’s Creek Monday, Oct. 17, 9:30 a.m.

SaludaHistoricDepot.com

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SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE ICE AGE

Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve Saturday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m.

828-859-5060 or pacolet.org

SALUDA RAILROAD DAY

Enjoy arts and crafts, live music, rides and model railroads Downtown Saluda Saturday, Oct. 22 cityofsaludanc.com

MUSIC IN LANDRUM PRESENTS SHEVSHENKO DUO Landrum Methodist Church Sunday, Oct. 23, 3 p.m.

227 N. Howard Ave. musicinlandrum.org

ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS - CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Presented by Tryon Concert Association Tuesday, Oct. 25, 8 p.m.

Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon tryonconcerts.com

DAY OF THE DEAD MASKS A WINE AND CRAFT WORKSHOP

TRUNK OR TREAT

Monday, Oct. 31, 4 p.m.

FENCE 3381 Hunting Country Rd., Tryon fence.org

HALLOWEEN STROLL Downtown Tryon Monday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. downtowntryon.org

Tryon Fine Arts Center Friday, Oct. 28, 6 p.m.

34 Melrose Ave., Tryon tryonarts.org

HALLOWEEN STROLL

Trade Ave. and E. Rutherford St. Downtown Landrum Saturday, Oct. 29

HALLOWEEN STROLL Downtown Tryon, Oct. 31

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In this issue...

FOOTHILLS FEATURED 8 Charlie Ward Memorial Pig Out 12 Tryon Arts & Crafts School “RetroInspired” Show Opening

13 Ache Around the Lake 10 MUCH ADO Another Dog Story

15 MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM

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And the other sleuth of Polk County

22 IT’S A GUY THING The ROMEOs bond through food and good times

26 THINK PINK! Hi-tech mammography in a peaceful setting

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28 Q&A WITH THE BLUES BROTHERS They’re on a mission … from God

32 IN GOOD TASTE Food benefit planned to help two Saluda children

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34 TAKE 2 PCFI hosts second annual Tryon International Film Fest

40 Q&A WITH TERRY SCHAGER Tryon’s annual Beer Fest to honor the late Joe Pullara

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42 COUNTRY LIVING On staging a home for sale

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October 8 & 9 FILM SCREENINGS WORKSHOPS

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50 PARTING GLANCE

Meet Tot Goodwin and Beth Blackwell

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Charlie Ward Memorial Pig Out Photos by Mark Schmerling Charlie Ward, son of Roy and Lola Thompson Ward, grew up working in Thompson’s store in Saluda. Charlie ran the store until he retired, leaving Saluda only once – to serve in the Korean War. In 1999, after being given a pig that had been killed, he was asked what he was going to do with it. He replied, “I have two options: make sausage or have a barbecue for the whole town.” He chose to have a barbecue, and the tradition has continued annually, even after his passing in 2008, most recently on Sept. 10 in Saluda’s McCreery Park.

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Much Ado

ANOTHER DOG STORY WRITTEN BY STEVE WONG PHOTO SUBMITTED

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can usually expect to get a telephone call from my daughter Allyn about 8 a.m. or 8 p.m. For her, these times are reversed because she is on the other side of the globe in Cambodia being a Peace Corps volunteer. When she’s waking up, I’m going to bed; when I’m waking up, she’s going to bed. It takes a little getting used to.

She teaches English because English is considered to be the key to a better life, and from what I hear, the Cambodians need all the English they can get.

It’s not easy for a 27-year-old woman with a love-interest in New York City and a family in the Deep South to put her life on hold in an effort to “make the world a better place.” But she’s doing it, and I’m darned proud of her.

About once or twice a week we talk on the telephone via some app that I can never remember how to use correctly. It’s always better if she calls me. Then, all I have to do is answer the phone. Otherwise, I’m pushing buttons and swiping, and constantly 10

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From Allyn’s Facebook post: Sometimes, you’re the person on the floor of the torry (sort of like a rickshaw) with your dog headed to the doctor #cambodia#unwantedguests #ridingintorryswithanimals

yelling, “Allyn, can you hear me? Are you there?” But all of that is just the background noise to what she is really experiencing.

She recently completed her first year of service in a 27-month commitment.

One year and three months to go. Yes, I’m counting. I both love and hate to get her telephone calls. I love to talk to my daughter; I hate hearing about some of things she is going through.

For example, Allyn is health conscious. She’s a vegetarian, dancer, yoga instructor, and runner. As she was being briefed on what was expected of her in her new cultural environment, she was told that short shorts and tank tops are not acceptable clothes in Cambodia. Keep in mind that Cambodia is always very hot and humid—sort of like the Carolinas in July but without end.

She complied: She found athletic wear that met the cultural standards.

Problem is, women don’t exercise in Cambodia. They don’t run, especially alone and through fields and on

isolated dirt roads. But Allyn does, and her host mom is worried. She is worried that Allyn might be kidnapped and sold into the Asian sex trade. Now, I’m worried, too.

Allyn is right. Someone — some woman — must at some point say “enough is enough.” She must be brave enough to not live in fear. She must dare to run for exercise. I know this needs to happen as Cambodia struggles to become a more modern and progressive country. I just wish it wasn’t my daughter making the stand.

No, I take that back. I am proud that my daughter is taking that stand. But like her host Mom, I am worried. But again, all of that is background noise to her most recent conversation with me.

Tomorrow, she will be taking a sick dog to a vet in Phnom Penh, the country’s capital about three hours away via car, bus, and rickshaw. Allyn grew up with a love of rescue dogs. We currently have two: Be Be and Futar.

She has found that in Cambodia most

Much Ado dogs are rescue dogs or more accurately wild, homeless, and unwanted. Her host family has allowed one of those dogs to hang around their home because it likes Allyn and she likes it. Unlike Americans, Cambodians treat dogs like dogs, instead of family members. They don’t normally care for dogs because they are too busy caring for themselves.

For the past week or so, Allyn has chronicled to me her dog’s health problem. She noted some symptoms and through Google determined he probably has distemper. Not good. Actually pretty bad. She was able to get some medicine because drugs are not regulated there.

She’s doing the best she can. Now, the poor animal has an infected paw because of a pulled toenail. It has gone from bad to worse. Her host Mom suggested bleeding the dog to cure it… slicing a certain spot behind the dog’s ear.

Instead, Allyn will pack up this dog tomorrow morning and make her way to the capital city in hopes of saving the animal’s life. She reports that its eyes are glazed, it growls at the other dogs, and the paw has flowing puss. And as you might expect, the travel and care for this sick animal will be paid for by Allyn, who gets about $250 a month to live on.

I heard this sad tale as I was walking my dogs in the cool morning air.

Be Be and Futar had canned dog food for breakfast but were being difficult, crisscrossing my path, as I juggled my cell phone trying to hear Allyn. At some point, I just had to stop and listen, giving her the only thing I had: my undivided attention to a very real problem in her world.

There are countless reasons why a father loves his daughter. I love mine because she is trying to save the life a mongrel dog in Cambodia. • Steve Wong is a frequent contributor to Life In Our Foothills magazine. He likes to push the editorial envelope. Sometimes, the editors push back. Hopefully, readers find the whole ordeal entertaining and insightful. Let him know what you think at Just4Wong@gmail.com.

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“Retro-Inspired” Show Opening Photos submitted by Cathy Fischer Tryon Arts & Crafts School’s latest gallery show, entitled “RetroInspired,” opened August 20, and was a gala event. In addition to the retro-inspired art from up through the end of the 20th century, the night featured retro-inspired hors d’oeuvres, signature tea-themed cocktails and a tea dance with music provided by vocalist Chelsea St. John Wade, accompanied by pianist Pam McNeil.

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1. Sample Retro-Inspired display case 2. Singer Chelsea St. John Ward performs American standard songs from the past 3. Hugh and Wyndy Morehead, Mary Lou Diekmann and Jerry Perry in retro-inspired garb 4. Robin Edgar at the retro-inspired hors d’oeuvres table 5. Mary Lou Diekmann and Walt Myers in a game of cards pose in front of “Mr. Dangerous”

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Ache Around the Lake Run/Walk Photos by Jennifer Wilson The 11th annual Ache Around the Lake Run/Walk—a benefit for St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation – was held Sept. 17 at Lake Lanier. Ache Around the Lake is a community event that includes The Ache (8K or 5 miles) or The Ouch (a two-mile fun run). Proceeds go to the Discretionary Fund at St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation enabling the purchase of small equipment items, facilitating required equipment repairs, or accommodating other unplanned expenses that develop during the course of the hospital’s fiscal year.

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When George Comparetto sits in the Park Coach just inside the door of the museum, his knees touch the edge of the opposing cushion. He wonders about the comfort of the original owners, the Coxe family, circa 1825, on the two-day commute from their home (now Green River Plantation) to the hotel they owned and operated in Asheville.

MYSTERIES AT THE MUSEUM and the Other Sleuth of Polk County WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY VINCENT VERRECCHIO LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS October 2016

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herlock Holmes is one of two sleuths at the Polk County Historical Association Museum.

The other is George Comparetto, curator, who is currently trying to solve The Mystery of the Hiker’s Giant Padlock.

George recalls the man visiting at the museum’s front desk as saying, “Found this hiking up on the Saluda Grade.

Brush was cleared away and there it was.

Thought you may want it.”

As curator, George wants to know the who, what, why, when, where, and how of every find and donation. Only facts and logical deductions can differentiate artifacts of genuine historical import from memorabilia of limited personal interest. Often, there can be no quick conclusion as to treasure or trash; as to what should be displayed, stored, or forgotten with disposal.

The “what” placed in George’s hand was immediately apparent: a padlock bigger than his palm from shackle to base keyhole, crusted with corrosion and mud, and locked with no key to open. Almost two pounds of steel, it was logical to assume heavy-duty use.

With toothbrush and cleaning solution, George looked for clues, cleaning away the decades, until the engraved word “Patented” appeared, followed eventually by “Sargent & Greenleaf Inc.” The game was afoot.

Further investigation revealed that the company was a locking device manufacturer founded in 1857 about the time that the rails of the Spartanburg to Asheville Railroad were getting hammered up the Saluda Grade. The company still exists in Kentucky as part of the Stanley Company, and railroads are still listed as one of their markets.

No products in their current catalog, however, remotely resemble the mystery from the side of the rails.

There is history here, whether or not anyone else should care is yet to be determined, but I’m hooked.

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Above: Curator George Comparetto believes that only facts and logical deductions can differentiate artifacts of genuine historical import from memorabilia of limited personal interest. Right: THE MYSTERY OF THE HIKER’S GIANT PADLOCK. With toothbrush and cleaning solution, George clears away decades to find clues as to who, what, why, when, where, and how.

Polk County Historical Association Museum

Top Left: THE MYSTERY OF THE OVERDUE OVEN. On a routine workday in 1981, the men of the Hannon Hauling Company were curiously late from picking-up a donated wood-fired stove. A simple explanation. When they arrived, the stove was hot with the bread Ms. Lawter was baking for them. Top Right: THE MYSTERY OF THE TWISTED SIGN. In the early 50s, the first three No Parking signs appeared in Tryon. A few days later, one vanished, never to be seen again until unearthed decades later by a utilities crew. The culprit who ran over the sign and then disposed of the evidence was never apprehended. Bottom Left: Sometimes when avenues of research lead to dead ends, the final effort is a card on an item, such as the one that reads “Do you recognize this organ?� Bottom right: To tease the imagination at this display, visitors can ask themselves what they see and how they would use it?

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In the rail history display area, George notes a mystery that will never be solved: how and why the name of George M. Cohen, the Yankee Doodle Dandy, is labeled on the side of a steamer trunk.

Above: THE MYSTERY OF THE MOONSHINE SIBLING. The museum has an exemption from the federal government to own a fully operational still. George remembers a lady considering it for an unusually long time. She explained, “This was my brother’s. He used it every single day until he got religion.”

At left: THE MYSTERY OF THE 235-MILE CANNONBALL. George likes to tell the story of how it can be said—and who said it—that the first cannonball fired at Fort Sumter came north past Columbia, S.C., and landed in Columbus, N.C. 18

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Polk County Historical Association Museum own to go to museums in Washington.”

That would be circa 1951, the Smithsonian was his favorite, and no doubt he had been taken previously, getting hooked on history at an early age. Later, throughout his more than 35 years as a cable installer and trouble shooter for a telephone company, he made a point of visiting every museum wherever he was working in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and D.C., a territory rich with museums.

“Big ones, little ones, not many I missed, if any. Little museums were always fascinating, but I wanted to know the details, and I was frustrated the many times when no one could tell me.”

Then came the day in 1998, after he and his wife had retired to the Foothills area, that George stepped into the next era of his life, crossing the threshold of the Tryon Depot and into the site, at that time, of the Polk County Historical Museum. He saw a Help Wanted sign for someone to create and maintain displays.

“Not long after,” says George, “the curator moved on, and the president, without fanfare, started calling me curator. I was also one of the docents...fancy for guide... and if a visitor asked, I wanted to have the details...a full story if possible.”

Many of George’s stories are hard facts with all or most details certain. With some other stories, the only sure fact is that this is the story as told by the donor. George tries to substantiate these claims and memories through research. With some artifacts, the story is a mystery and George is working on it, such as the richly carved and tooled organ with a placard that reads: “Do you recognize this organ? It is said to have come from a black church in Polk County but we don’t know which one.”

One story with hard facts is that of actor William Gillette. Through more than 1,300 stage performances as Sherlock Holmes and the silent movie that introduced Doyle’s detective to the screen, Gillette established the image of deerstalker cap and curved pipe. The museum displays artifacts from his Tryon estate and house

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Above: Through his many plays, actor and Tryon resident William Gillette established the Sherlock Holmes popular image of deerstalker cap and curved pipe. Today, history sleuth George Comparetto works to find the facts and keep them straight about the many artifacts in the museum, including the slippers and pipe from Gillette’s final tour as Doyle’s detective in 1930.

Right: THE MYSTERY OF THE 110-VOLT PERMANENT WAVE MACHINE. The mystery for George is why anyone would get clamped in, especially after one gray-haired visitor said, “I can distinctly remember the smell of hot hair even out on the street.”

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Polk County Historical Association Museum that was started in 1891. Under glass are the slippers and curved pipe from his final road tour in 1930. As to the “why” of the pipe... the story is that a straight pipe bounced in front of the actor’s face as he spoke. With a curved pipe, the audience could more clearly see his expression.

George also has an in depth story about the Permanent Wave Machine from a Green Creek beauty parlor. Patented in 1928 by Marjorie Joyner, George has rewired and restored it to working condition.

He is still waiting for a test-run volunteer and will probably wait a while longer given the 1942 customer quote on display: “I looked as if I had put my finger in an electrical socket.”

A story woven of certainties, uncertainties, and plausible suppositions is how the first cannonball fired toward Fort Sumter landed in Columbus, N.C. Multiple sources report that the first Confederate shot on April 12, 1861 was from a 10-inch mortar and the shell never landed but exploded high above the Fort. It signaled the barrage from 43 cannons and mortars— 47 according to another record.

Obviously, uncertainties are rife even in minutely studied events. In every report, however, Captain Abner Doubleday fired the first Union shot in response. Generations after Appomattox, Betty Doubleday Frost passed a family heirloom to a founder of the Polk County Historical Association. She said that she’d been told it was the first cannonball that hit Sumter.

Her ancestor had retrieved and saved it for his posterity.

The museum at 60 Walker Street in Columbus is free. The entrance on the lower level is open Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., or Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

George may not be there to personally tell you the mystery of the steamer trunk labeled George M. Cohen or to impart a chuckle as to why there’s a gift certificate for ice cream locked in an old safe. He may be off calling Sargent & Greenleaf asking why their lock was patented, but someone will be there to answer questions and share the enthusiasm for the history and heritage of where we live. • LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS October 2016

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IT’S A GUY THING The ROMEOs bond through food and good times

WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY STEVE WONG

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Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” the lovesick Juliet asked the night-sky from her balcony.

He’s on the bus going to lunch with the guys, and you aren’t invited.

Actually, he’s with a busload of ROMEOs, all Retired Older Men Eating Out, and repeat: no girls, women, females are allowed. That is about the only rule these male residents of Tryon Estates have when they get a hankering for some guy-time and lunch, which is about four times a year.

“It’s a guy thing,” group organizer Ralph Collins is fond of saying. “We have no charter, no dues, and no committee meetings. We don’t do good work; we just have a good time. The purpose of our group is to get to know one another in an informal setting and share in fellowship.”

They keep it loose and easy. Loose clothes; easy conversation. Ralph is the only guy who takes charge with this purely social group. He has the email list of men, and he sends out the notices. The guys sort of look to him to make sure everything comes together on the day of the outing. He’s got the

list and the nametags, and if you’re not in the lobby ready to get on the bus at 10:45 a.m., well, the search is on.

“Get ‘em on and get ‘em out,” Ralph says.

Most recently the ROMEOs had lunch at Bay Breeze seafood restaurant in Hendersonville. There were about 25 guys, enough to fill up two long banquet tables in the private dining room. That’s a good number, Ralph said. He could handle more, but he tries to keep the group manageable — less than 35. After all, they have to fit onto the Tryon Estates bus.

The bus driver, a man, took the scenic route, which was often the topic of conversation during the ride. Other — mostly one-to-one — conversations among the men that could be overheard were about military service, the weather, dogs, the weather, wives, cars, the weather, doctors, politics, the weather, adult children and grandchildren, fishing, food, and the weather.

Normally, Ralph picks restaurants that are “reasonably” priced with lunch specials. “This is a meat-and-potato bunch,” he said. The women’s group at Tryon Estates — the Silver Foxes —

tends to eat at more upscale establishments that serve lighter fare, and they seem to “linger” longer than men might like.

With everyone seated and conversations flowing, the waitress asked about the checks… “All individual checks,” Ralph spoke up, and then added, “but they are all big tippers.” This drew a new round of laughs.

The ROMEOs have been eating out for the past six years and among their destinations have been the Tryon International Equestrian Center, BMW, NC Justice Academy in Edneyville, Burnt Shirt Winery, Walnut Grove Plantation, and the Sierra Nevada Brewery. But the real reason for the outings, says Ralph, is a need for a men’s social group, a way for men to find each other and to connect. In his observation, women find it much easier to connect with each other. He was glad this most recent excursion had three new residents in the group.

“We’re not sitting around in rockers with our shawls,” Ralph said. “But even though we are all in the same place, it’s big, and this gives us a chance to get off campus, to socialize with different LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS October 2016

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people.” And as far as having — or not having — women in the group, he said, “It’s just a big joke. At our age, we can go with or without them.”

“I do think that it is harder for older men to form social groups than it is for women,” Pam Doty, Director of Polk County Senior Centers, said.

“Cultural norms in the ’40s, ’50s, and even into the ’60s taught women to be nurturing in their relationships, while men were encouraged to be strong, silent, and competitive. Men typically connected their work with their identity, and retirement brought a loss of identity and isolation from the acquaintances who reinforced that identity.

Since men were generally taught to keep their emotions to themselves they generally have fewer intimate relationships, fewer confidantes. Women tend to share their feelings with each other, therefore creating closer friendships.

“Studies have shown that lacking a friend, a confidante, or a social support structure nearly triples mortality risks,” Doty said. “The age-old custom of gathering together for a meal and a story-swap can be more healing than we, in our age of technology, realize,” Doty said.

As the meal ended, one of the men received his bill and said purposely loud, “Give this to Ralph.” Again, more goodhearted laughs.

In appreciation of his organizational skills, they like to give Ralph a hard time. “Can we stop at SAM’s,” someone asked from the gallery. “No, and we’re not getting ice cream or going to Walmart. We’re going back to the ranch.” And with that in mind, all the guys gave Ralph a round of applause. • Steve Wong is a freelance writer living in the peach orchards of Gramling, S.C. “Give me an experience, and I’ll give you a story. It’s that simple,” he says. He is always open to new ideas and comments. He can be reached at Just4Wong@Gmail.com.

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ARTICLE SUBMITTED BY KATHY WOODHAM ctober is a beautiful month full of crisp air, swirling leaves, and colorful hues of orange, yellow, red and yes, even pink! To recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October is also known for pink—pink ribbons, pink T-shirts, pink jewelry, even many water fountains flow a bright pink to raise awareness of the importance of mammograms to screen for breast cancer.

For most women, there is one major concern especially when talking about the leading health issues facing women – breast cancer. National statistics show that about 1 in 8 U.S. women (just under 12 percent) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. With breast cancer the second leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 55, all women over 40 should be screened annually.

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that among U.S. women there will be 246,660 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 40,450 breast cancer deaths.

• Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women. (Only lung cancer kills more women each year.) The chance that a woman will die from breast cancer is about 1 in 36 (about 3 percent).

• Women ages 40 to 44 should have the choice to start annual breast cancer screening with mammograms (x-rays of the breast) if they wish to do so.

• Women age 45 to 54 should get mammograms every year.

• Women 55 and older should switch to mammograms every two years, or can continue yearly screening.

• Screening should continue as long as a woman is in good health and is expected to live 10 more years or longer.

• All women should be familiar with the known benefits, limitations, and

potential harms linked to breast cancer screening. They also should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any breast changes to a health care provider right away.

• Women 20-39 should obtain a clinical breast exam by a healthcare professional every three years and perform monthly breast self-exams.

• Women should know how their breasts normally look and feel and report any breast changes to a health care provider right away.

St. Luke’s Hospital provides digital mammograms in a calming sensorysurround environment. To schedule an annual mammogram, call St. Luke’s Hospital’s Radiology Department at 894-3525 ext. 3590. Everyone who receives a mammogram at St. Luke’s Hospital’s during October will receive a free gift and will be entered to win a beautiful gift basket filled with lots of pink surprises!

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ON A MISSION ... FROM GOD INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL O’HEARN PHOTOGRAPHS BY CLAIRE SACHSE

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ans of the 1980 movie “Blues Brothers” with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi might have noticed the Bluesmobile cruising around the Foothills lately, or maybe parked at the Columbus Waffle House on a Friday night. Who are these black suited, fedora sportin’,

sunglasses wearing duo, you’ve asked yourself. They’re tribute actors from Newcastle, Indiana, second cousins by marriage, who have recently relocated to our area because they, like the original Blues Brothers, are “on a mission from God.” At the Grover Mill Industries building in

Lynn, N.C., the Blues Brothers (a.k.a.

Curtis Blankenship and Ronnie Overton) pulled in with their iconic customized squad car for a photo shoot, and to talk about their passion for the film and why they became tribute actors in homage to Jake and Elwood Blues.

Q: What is your favorite piece of Blues Brothers memorabilia?

Answer: Jake: The license plate on the front of the car with the numbers BDR529. That is iconic to the original movie because it was on the ’74 Monaco. This is a souvenir that you can buy at different places like the Confederate flag. This is something that you can purchase. They are hard to find, they are a bit elusive. You go to the House of Blues and you can usually find them, however to find the ones that are embossed is the real trick, where the letters and numbers are raised from the plate. I did bump it into a fence to scar it up and make it look authentic.

Jake continues: My favorite piece of the Blues Brothers would have to be the album “Briefcase Full of Blues,” however on another album, I believe it was “The Best of the Blues Brothers,” when they’re on the stage and there is a red, pink-ish backdrop screen behind them that’s actually a movie screen and there’s a stage light that shines on Elwood. As far as what I own personally, it would be the birth certificate of John Belushi. He died on March 5, 1982.

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Question & Answer Q: Have you ever had the chance to met Dan Aykroyd or John Belushi?

Answer: Jake: Not John Belushi, because I was 17 when he died. There’s some interesting parallels, and let’s just say that time will bring things up. I do this and I pay tribute to a man who I consider an inspiration. The way I look at it is that he challenges us to see humor in our every day lives and in music.

A lot of people tend to be too serious.

Q: How do people tend to react when they see you walk into Waffle House or drive into a parking lot?

Answer: Jake: People will be standing up.

Elwood: We sometimes can’t go 40 or 50 steps without people swarming us.

Jake: There have been a couple of times where I thought, ‘Boy, it would be nice to have a couple of black shirts with us.’ Most towns that we go into are large cities and some events have a bunch of people. We can’t walk more than 10 to 15 feet at a time without being asked for autographs. At multilane intersections, people stop to get our autographs. They don’t step out of their vehicles or care about the horns. They just want their photos.

Elwood: We went to Chicago where they actually filmed the Blue Brothers movie and we tried to get pictures of Joey in prison. We had to take 10 to 15 takes because people were coming up.

Jake: We had the pleasure of speaking to a gentleman who lives by the Joliet Prison right down the street on the corner where they set up the cameras where the Bluesmobile was coming to pick up Belushi. Those people still live in that house, and a guy heard about it and came flying down and said you’ve got to come up to the house. ‘I’ve been waiting to see you guys,’ he said, and I thought, ‘That doesn’t make any sense,’ and the guy was like, ‘Well, you’re the doubles for the movies right?’

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Q: Do you two believe you are “on a mission from God?” Answer: Jake: Yes. It’s all about smiles and memories, and awareness to our emergency services, our police departments, local authorities as well as disadvantaged children and the homeless. The number one thing that, being prior military, that embarrasses me about being an American is how many homeless we have. There’s great wealth here.

The uniforms are not our enemies.

It says ‘serve and protect’ and a lot

of that has gotten lost along the way.

They are doing deeds that our military boys are doing overseas. I think it’s a crime that we do not recognize our local authorities the same as we do with the Purple Hearts and the same that we do with our military. They’re doing the military action on our homefront, and they are the ones who go into domestic situations sometimes not knowing what’s going on and the next moment they are taking fire just as heavy as our boys overseas.

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“It’s all about smiles and memories, and awareness to our emergency services, our police departments, local authorities as well as disadvantaged children and the homeless.” - Jake

Q: What makes the Blues Brothers such a timeless classic?

Answer: Jake: I think they really keyed on something in a big way in this being a mission from God. There are two things that I think a lot of people overlook. The mission from God was to save an orphanage. The St. Helen’s of the Sacred Shroud orphanage. That, in itself, is profound. Secondly, in the church with Rev. Cleatus, which we know is James Brown, he’s standing there and the light shines through and he’s seen the light. There’s a lot of

people that construe that as, and it’s part of being in the Bible belt, the light from the salvation of God but no, it was the light of the band. It’s about the musicians, the band, the Blues Brothers and putting the band back together to save the orphanage. It’s a no-brainer.

Elwood: The thing about the Blues Brothers, especially with the people who are in their 30s and on up, and you know how money is right now, they may not be able to go and actually see performances. And he has a like a 94 percent resemblance to Belushi

himself, so I mean, we’ve flown around and it’s enjoyable just seeing the looks some people have on their faces. We like what we do.

Want to catch a show or hire these guys for a special orphanage-saving performance? Or, get this, have them conduct a wedding ceremony?

Visit jakecblue.com to follow and contact them. Or, if you’re in the mood for waffles and a little late night singing, head to the Columbus Waffle House on a Friday night.

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In Good Taste

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Capt. Mike Ryan of Saluda by the Sea

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ackson was diagnosed at 18 months of age when his mother noticed he was walking strange- ly, and after examinations, doctors found a large lesion on his femur bone amassing to 50 percent of its length.

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of LCH. Even though I had taken him for scans the previous year, the appropriate tests were not ordered earlier.

Jackson had a total of seven bone lesions and he was starting his third round of chemo. We were facing the emotional strain, worry, port surgeries, nausea, and absence from school. I was also trying to figure out how to pay his insurance and out-of-pocket expenses while working less in order to take my son to chemo.

“A fellow mother in Saluda changed my outlook on our situation when she started a GoFundMe page for Jackson’s medical bills. The outpouring of support changed our lives. My friends put on a yard sale, my customers at the Purple Onion Cafe bought Jackson gifts and donated, loved ones and strangers donated. And now my friends at Green River Brew Depot and Captain Mike Ryan of Saluda and Charleston are putting on this fundraiser. How lucky we

In Good Taste are. This community’s love is unbelievable and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Another Saluda mom, Chris Brink, learned this year that her 13-year-old Polk County Middle School daughter has Leukemia.

“In late May of this year, Alex began running a low-grade fever, around 99 degrees but continuously for close to 3 weeks,” Chris said. “Instantly it spiked to 103.5 so we went to the ER. After examination, we were told she had strep throat and were given medicine and went home. Alex couldn’t keep one bit of that medicine down so we went back and were told she had both types of Influenza: A and B. Yet she had no flu symptoms other than fever -- no sore throat no achy body. After I requested deeper examination through blood work, Alex learned she would be battling Leukemia. She is undergoing now a three-year chemotherapy treatment

program.”

Alex, too, has a GoFundMe fundraising drive to help cut the enormous costs and toll that caring for children with cancer has on the whole family. Medicaid, Obamacare and NC Health Choice provide some coverage for both these families, who both work in the local food business, but they are literally within cents of earning “too much money” and can lose everything at any moment.

On October 15, a cancer benefit for both Jackson and Alex is being thrown at the Green River Brew Depot in Saluda, N.C. featuring a Low Country boil, live music, raffles and a silent auction. Captain Mike Ryan of Saluda by the Sea Sailing Adventures will bring up fresh Low Country shrimp and local farmers will donate sausage, corn and potatoes for a tasty plateful per ticket to delight event patrons. Every plate

includes a free beverage from the Depot and a raffle ticket for a chance to win many cool prizes donated from the local community. Raffle and silent auction are available to anyone who stops in on October 15 to support these two young Polk County students. Jackson and Alex get to split the proceeds in half to assist in their battle for treatments and full recovery.

Currently the event is planned throughout the afternoon into early evening. A solid timeframe, not available at press time, is now available online, along with ticket price at facebook. com/greenriverbrewdepot, or call 828808-2600.

To get to know these two young people better and join them on their brave journey, visit their pages at www.

GoFundMe.com. Jackson’s campaign is “Jackson’s Medical Bills” and Alex’s is “WhileAlexFights.” •

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Polk County Film Initiative hosts second annual Tryon International Film Festival

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ccording to Frank Calo, veteran filmmaker and producer, the film industry is not an easy thing to get into and, in order to be successful, those who aspire to dive into the shark tank have to “love what they do or they will be eaten alive.”

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This process is even more grueling if you’re a filmmaker wanting to establish yourself in the film industry. Shopping the project to various distributors and festivals before striking the golden deal can take years of preparation and perseverance.

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F I L M FESTIVA For the second year in a row, the Polk County Film Initiative (PCFI) is holding their Tryon International Film Festival (TRIFF) Oct. 7-9, which offers aspiring filmmakers a stage for their projects and a gateway into the film industry from the ground up.

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“Lama La,” the story of a monk seeking higher education in Nepal, will have its world premiere in Tryon in association with the Tryon International Film Festival. Director Nischal Poudyal is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.

At last year’s film festival, Poudyal took home an award for best international film for “Riingata.” Poudyal said “Riingata” received an overwhelming response both here in the U.S. and at home in Nepal, which has him excited to return to Tryon for the second Tryon International Film Festival.

Director of Operations Beau Menetre with the Tryon-based PCFI, said the 2015 inaugural film festival was highly successful with a good turnout. Menetre added this year’s festival will build on last year’s successes.

“This year will definitely be better in terms of content and organization, and we’ve been working on making things more streamlined this year,” Menetre said, referring to Director of Marketing Kirk Gollwitzer at PCFI, who co-founded TRIFF with Menetre. “Last year was a little bit chaotic because, I think with a first year event you have no real expectations about what the delivery is. This year, we kind of know what to expect -- from venues, to the filmmakers, all the way down to who we buy our merchandise from.”

According to Menetre, an opening gala session will be held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center for the PBS documentary “American Epic,” a four-part documentary detailing the rise of early-recorded music, on Friday, Oct. 7.

Gollwitzer said this film is executive produced by Robert Redford and presented

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“This film is done by two filmmakers in the U.K., and so these two filmmakers produced this fabulous documentary that is narrated by Robert Redford and it’s about the beginnings of modern music recording on records,” Gollwitzer said.

“The project has secured the enthusiastic participation of a superb roster of high profile artists. The music of the 1920s had a huge influence on bands like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.”

Starting with “Dark Horse,” a documentary film directed by Louise Osmond and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, the film festival will offer the community a chance to see approximately 35 films vying for the best prize in six categories from more than 10 countries including the United States, according to Menetre.

Filmmakers from around the globe including Iran, France, Kazakhstan and Italy have all submitted films to the small international festival.

One of the 35 films submitted this year is “Lama La” from director Nischal Poudyal, who lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. The film will hold its world premiere in Tryon during the film festival and is

presented in part by the PCFI along with Avenue Pictures and Ananaya Cinemakers.

“Lama La means ‘the teacher’ or ‘the monk’ and it’s a language from Tibet, and it’s about a monk who is seeking higher education,” Poudyal said. “I think I can say for me and everyone here with ‘Lama La’ that we are really excited to be coming back to Tryon. Since I was a kid, the real essence of Buddhism always attracted me. I enrolled in a Buddhist course in Kathmandu University in 2014 and this was a key inspiration for ‘Lama La.’ I started writing the script while I was learning the basics of Buddhism in a monastery.”

Poudyal’s first film, “Riingata,” was selected in numerous film festivals around the world and won the Best International Film at the Tryon Film Festival in 2015. Poudyal started his career with short films, and his first short film was selected to be screened at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival in 2009.

“Since my childhood, I always loved the idea and images. Film is the perfect combination of these two entities,”

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Robyn Rosenberg, box office director at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, helped hand out awards at last year’s festival. This year, Beau Menetre said there are 35 films poised for screening at the festival and six awards to win, including the new Best Human Rights and Human Dignity category established this year

by Homayra Sellier, founder of the international child protection agency Innocence in Danger.

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TRIFF 2016 FILM SCREENINGS OCT. 7 - American Epic OCT. 8 Dirty Beautiful Camp 72 Hate Crime American Epic – Out of the One Come Hell or High Water 32-0 The Movie Ketemaya The Sky over Berlin of My Childhood The Samaritan God Bless New Dixie No Child A Thousand Acres Syaahi YULYA Doors Four Pies

The Arrangements An Act of Trust Dennis Doesn’t Live Here Anymore The Edge Love A Day in the Life of a Syrian Refugee Color My Dreams The Boyd Estate The Endless River The Morning After The Example Face to Face with Slavery The Cast of Amontillado Theatre of Hate Dark Heat Lama La

Poudyal explained. “I really, really love to be a part of film.”

Frank Calo is an independent film producer and director who has worked with the likes of Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Queen Latifah and Ryan Gosling in his more than 20 years as a filmmaker, getting his start with the 1980s film “Ghostbusters II.” Calo will be holding a two-hour Q&A breakout session during the festival to talk to attendees about how to get involved with the film industry, and to discuss topics ranging from financing a film to securing a distributor for the finished product. According to Menetre, the PCFI will potentially have eight breakout sessions during the course of the twoday festival.

“After graduating from the film school at NYU, I didn’t know what I was going to do, and that’s normal because a lot of times, these schools don’t teach you what to do in real life,” Calo said.

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University and I was nervous, but I asked one simple question about film production and I realized that these people didn’t have real life experience with film production because film schools don’t offer that and I think they should.”

Calo said he then became instrumental in having his students work with real theatre actors to get the outside experience separate from the classroom. His breakout session will provide an overall view on the production of films for people of all skill levels with a gear towards the reality of the business today.

The festival, according to Gollwitzer, is a melting pot of filmmakers from across the world wanting to get their foot in the door of the film industry. He said the Polk County Film Initiative is interested in film from a business perspective and wants to bring filmmakers to western North Carolina or the state to shoot their movies.

“One thing to highlight is that we’ve had people wonder what a film festival

is, even myself earlier on. This is a good opportunity to talk about what the Polk County Film Initiative is and it’s our objective overall to bring film production to western North Carolina or North Carolina,” Gollwitzer explained. “We’re interested in it as a company and as an art, but the film festival is a vehicle for independent filmmakers and these are people who are, basically, outside a major motion picture studio. It’s almost like writing a novel or a book.

“You’ve got to get it to a publisher and to do that you’ve got to go through agents, if you find an agent maybe, and film festivals are a way for filmmakers to take their art and get them into the film festival circuit. Some do 70 film festivals in a year or two, and if they win a category, that can get the attention of what they call distributors. Those are the guys that, through their booking people, get these films sold to theaters around the world.

This is the course of action filmmakers do to get their stuff out there.” •

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THE JUDGES FOR TRIFF 2016

Frank M. Calo Film Producer and Director Best Feature Film

Daniel Espeut CEO, Espeute Productions Best Short Film

Gordon Hamilton Best Overall TRIFF 2016 Award

Jeff L. Lieberman Journalist, Producer and Filmmaker Best Documentary

Kevin L. Powers Director, Writer and Producer Judge Best Student Film

Homayra Sellier Founder of Innocence in Danger (IID) Best Human Right & Dignity Film

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owensville resident Terry Schager is no stranger to beer, as he brews his own in his man cave in the basement of his house. Schager is gearing up for the fifth annual Beer Fest to be held in Tryon Saturday, Nov. 5, and discussed his role in the festival along with how he will remember his late friend and Tryon resident, Joe Pullara, who passed away in April.

Question & Answer Q: This festival is going to honor the late Joe Pullara. How was he integral to the creation of the festival?

Answer: Joe was the chair of the festival for a few years and he was a really good friend of mine and to the people in Tryon. He was going to open up a brew pub in the basement of the Missildine’s building. When he got sick last year around Thanksgiving, a decision was made during a family meeting after dinner that they were not going to do this thing. The flagship beer that he brews is a thing he calls “Blackalachian” which is a black IPA. Joey, Ben and Hector, his sons, have the recipe and they brewed it once on Father’s Day. It was a big deal and a family get-together to make that beer on that holiday. I’ve been trying to get that beer to feature at the festival and I realized I could go about it in one of two ways: Les Potter at Winding Creek or Thomas Creek in Greenville. Thomas Creek said they would be honored to make the beer since they knew Joe well and he bought his brewing supplies from them, for the most part. We’re going to be serving Joe’s beer at the festival and, in a break between bands, I’m going to make sure everybody knows to get a glass of “Blackalachian” to toast Joe.

Q: How many beers will be featured at the festival?

Answer: We’re going to have anywhere from 100 to 135 beers available.

It’s kind of what we’ve trended towards in the last few years. They will range from Imperial chocolate stouts to Pilsners and everything in between. What we’re going to do is to get the initial 75 to 85 percent of the beers defined and get the breweries on our website updated and get Untappd to push out notifications of the beers that we know initially. On Untappd, you can check in that you have tasted a beer, letting your friends know where you are and gather more people in.

just working their keesters off for four hours or so. Then on Sunday afternoon, we’ll have a volunteer party with brats and kegs that we tapped but hadn’t finished under the tents at the Depot.

Q: Food and games at festivals are a must-have. What do you have lined up?

Answer: Manna Cabanna is going to be doing a German potato salad, sauerkraut, brats and pretzels. We’ll have a number of different vendors.

Buck’s Pizza will be back as they always are, and we’re looking at other vendors to do German-style food. One of the things that we’ve always done is had games so that people have something to Q: What breweries will be invited to do. So, Tim Daniels found this thing a sell their beers? couple years ago called “HammerschlaAnswer: Local crafts and regional gen.” The object of it is, with a railroad breweries will be the main focus of man’s hammer, you take a 16-penny the festival. Winding Creek is a pernail, tap it into a log just enough to fect example of that in Columbus and get it started. People pay a buck, six to they’ve only got a three-barrel system so eight people around the nail, and you they are about as micro as you’re going take turns tapping the nail in with the to get. Our focus is on those types of pointed side of the nail and the first one breweries and we’re only going to sell who taps it all the way in wins. Great 1,200 tickets. We made the conscious game, and when people are slightly decision that, though the Depot might supercharged, it gets really loud and be able to handle 2,000 people, 1,200 everyone has a good time. tickets is all we’re going to sell.

Q: With a festival of this size, you’re going to need volunteers for the Q: What will you be using to festival, correct? spread the word about the festival Answer: Yes, absolutely. We need this year? about 130 volunteers. It’s never difficult Answer: There’s a social media app to find volunteers to work a beer fest, that we decided to use this year called but it is difficult to find volunteers who Untappd. It lets us set up as a physical want to work second shift because what The Beer Fest will take place on Saturday, entity on Untappd as a bar, even though people want to do is work first shift, Nov. 5 in downtown Tryon at the Tryon we’re just a one-day festival. The nice have their armband and T-shirt and go Depot Plaza from noon until 6 p.m. and will thing about this social media app is that the rest of the day. With second shift, feature 100 to 135 beers, German food in the you, or somebody that is an Untappd that’s different. As an enticement -- I Oktoberfest tradition and an oyster roast at subscriber, can get an email service and guess you can call it that -- we want to 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance and within a 40-mile radius of the Tryon give volunteers who work second shift $40 the day of the festival. For more informaBeer Festival, a social media update gets the opportunity to sit down, have some- tion and to order tickets (which Terry said are pushed out and you’re reminded of the thing to eat, drink a beer or two if they going fast) visit tryonbeerfest.wordpress.com. beer festival in whatever category the want to for a few hours because we’re person might like whether it be band, going to be pulling our permit from beer or food. noon until 8 p.m. and they have been LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS October 2016

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Proper staging, so that all rooms have a purpose and logical flow, is helpful when readying a home for sale.

FROM “FOR SALE” TO “SOLD!” Tips for home staging WRITTEN BY GILLIAN DRUMMOND PHOTOS BY GRACE SEIDMAN PHOTOGRAPHY

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ven though I have been a design professional for many years, I still find that I learn my best lessons by going through the same design dilemmas that my clients experience. I currently have my house on the market and am in the middle of planning all the work that must be done on my new home in a condominium.

You will have noticed that I have used both the words “house” and “home” in the above statement. There is a definite psychological reason for this and it is the start of where you need to be in order to let go of your home and to sell it as a house and move on.

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broken, rotten or not in pristine condition. Touch up the wood work where it is chipped or dirty. Take down any wallpaper or wallpaper borders, and paint rooms that really need it.

On a recent house that I helped the owners sell, I realized on my first visit that none of the downstairs rooms functioned in a way that made any sense in the overall plan. The family room was where the dining room should have been. To go to the dining room from the kitchen you had to go through the family room or the library and the foyer. The living room, which was seldom used, had the best view with doors leading out to a beautiful patio and the pool.

My solutions to these problems were to move the family room and make this room into the dining room.

The old living room became the family room. The family room rug was cut to fit the room and the walls painted to give the room some warmth and character, then the furniture moved over. The old dining room became a more formal living room with the added advantage of being able to be used together with the family room for a larger group of people. Then we accessorized, added pillows to a window seat to make it look cozier, and re-hung all the pictures.

In my own house I went through the hard process of putting away all the precious things that make my house into my home. I cleaned out closets and gave things to charity.

At the realtor open house one of the realtors mentioned that there was nowhere for a breakfast table, so my

Country Living living room was rearranged to incorporate one in front of my bay window with a gorgeous view. Now, my living room is not my living room the way I love it so my mind has turned towards planning my new home.

I visited an empty house with a realtor the other day and as soon as you walked through the door you could feel the dead energy in the house. This house needed to be refreshed with some paint and staged with some furniture. It needed to be felt loved and cared for as you walk through the door. Many owners or heirs who inherit a house don’t think it is worth putting the money into doing the necessary things. Then the house sits empty, buyers think there must be something wrong because it hasn’t sold and it starts looking and feeling uncared for. Money spent on making a house alive and livable will only make you more money in the sale. Many

buyers have neither time nor vision to see the potential in a dead, messy or dirty house.

Small houses are very popular at the moment. These have to be carefully styled and staged if they are empty.

Correctly furnished small rooms look much larger. A buyer walking into a small room that is empty and trying to envision their furniture in it are probably immediately going to think, “Oh my, my things won’t fit in here.” However, if beautifully staged, they will walk in and think what a lovely small cozy home this could be for me.

The next lesson I learned from my experience selling my house is the importance of proper marketing. Professional photography is a must. I work with Grace Seidman Photography.

Together we create a wonderful presentation for the seller. All buyers now comb through the Internet, therefore your presentation is paramount.

The pictures should be on the listing starting with the front of the house, then through the front door, and then leading you through the house in an orderly fashion. This presentation is what lures them to see your house and then to go back to it after they have seen it to remind them of what they love.

We all want the highest price possible for our houses, this takes time and care and professionals to achieve.

A really good, experienced and positive realtor, the advice of a good professional home stylist or stager, even if it just for a consultation and a professional photographer is the recipe for achieving a faster sale and a higher selling price.

Drummond House design studio is located in downtown Tryon, N.C. You can see her website at www.drummondhouseco.com and reach her at info@drummondhouseco.com or 828-859-9895.

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The Huntsmen and the Hounds

The Huntsmen

WRITTEN BY JUDY HEINRICH PHOTOS SUBMITTED orse people are almost always dog people, too, even as we readily admit that both species add a lot of work as well as joy to our lives.

But just imagine keeping your one or two or a few horses while raising your canine quota to somewhere north of 50. That’s more than 50 active dogs of assorted ages that you are responsible for breeding, feeding, care giving, training and exercising…

LOTS of exercising. And, oh yeah, in addition to your own property you’ll be responsible for monitoring thousands of acres of fields and trails on

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land that you don’t own, doing what’s necessary to keep them in good shape so you can lead enthusiastic parties of riders across them a couple of times a week for many months each year.

Those are only parts of the job assumed by Huntsmen, the backbone of foxhunts in our country and around the world. Polk County is lucky to have two longtime foxhunts, Tryon Hounds and Green Creek Hounds, which are 90 and 27 years old, respectively. We’re pleased to highlight the Huntsmen of both, the people who do so much to ensure that foxhunting will be part of the Foothills tradition for decades to come.

Tot with his Crossbred Pack Class Champions at the 2015 Virginia Hound Show.

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AND THE HOUNDS Polk County is lucky to have two longtime foxhunts, Tryon Hounds and Green Creek Hounds, which are 90 and 27 years old, respectively.

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Tot and Colleen with Green Creek Bankrupt, Grand Champion of the 2015 Carolinas Hound Show.

TOT GOODWIN Green Creek Hounds Jefferson “Tot” Goodwin grew up on a farm in Columbus, Ga., where his family worked the land with mules and raised cotton and corn. Horses were not a part of his childhood but hunting and hounds definitely were. “Everyone hunted with packs of hounds for coons and rabbits,” he says. “I’ve been hunting since I could walk, and had my own pack of beagles when I was 8 years old.”

One day Tot was following a hunt on foot that was being led by Ben Hardaway, the legendary Master of Georgia’s Midland Hounds. “Mr. Hardaway was walking across a big cornfield but I could see that some of his hounds were about to follow the fox across a highway. I was able to stop them and probably kept them from being killed.”

Mr. Hardaway asked Tot’s older brother, who worked at his Ford

dealership, if Tot might want to come work with his hounds and horses. Tot started in September 1964 and the following year Hardaway’s trainer taught him to ride. He was soon helping break and train young hunt horses and eventually became an expert Whipper-in, responsible for helping the Huntsman by keeping the pack together on the hunts. “I took to it right away,” Tot recalls. “It’s like I was born to do it.”

During 20 years with the Midland Hounds, Tot rode with hunts across the U.S. and even in England and Ireland, where he was the first black man to ever foxhunt.

Tot had transitioned into the logging business when he got a call from Polk County horsewoman Peg Secor, who wanted to start a new foxhunt.

She knew Tot’s reputation and asked if he would come teach her how to get started. He came in 1989 for what he thought would be four weeks and has been here ever since.

He was named Green Creek Hounds Huntsman in 1990, the same year the hunt was recognized by the Master of Foxhounds Association. In 1997, Secor named him a Master of the hunt, an unusual honor for a Huntsman. Tot still serves as both Huntsman and Joint Master today, with fellow Joint Masters Kem Ketcham, Deborah Bundy and Christi Fowler.

The Huntsman’s Job A Huntsman is not only responsible for training the hounds and controlling them in the field on hunt days, he or she provides all of their care and conditioning throughout the year, and is also responsible for monitoring and maintaining the land in the foxhunt’s territory.

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The Huntsmen and the Hounds one”), a cross of English, American and July hounds. Tot takes them out everyday for an hour of exercise. “You have to stay close to your hounds and spend every minute you can with them,” he says. “There’s just a knack to making hounds like you – everybody ain’t got it, no matter how hard they try.”

Once the hounds are taken care of, a typical non-hunt day will have fields to be mowed, jumps to be repaired, trees to get off the trails, and something somewhere that needs fixing. “Plus you have to spend an hour at Cocula,” Tot laughs about his favorite local lunch spot.

GCH has several seasons each year. In the spring, “cubbing” rides combine young hounds and young horses with riders new to the sport so all of them can learn in a less stressful atmosphere.

GCH has an early season from mid-July up to the November opening of the traditional hunt season, which lasts through February with hunts every Thursday and Sunday, weather permitting. There are also numerous social events throughout the year, from hunt breakfasts and dinners to an annual ball and other gatherings, with Tot an important part of all.

“Being a Huntsman isn’t really a job, it’s a lifestyle,” Tot says.

He’s also been known to only-halfkiddingly refer to the challenge of keeping hounds, horses, hunters, and landowners safe and happy as “a nightmare, a real nightmare to keep it all going!” But it’s a nightmare he relishes: “It gives you a good feeling that you can accomplish that. You have to be very good to accomplish all of it together. And I assure you it didn’t come overnight either, it’s years of knowing how to deal with all that stuff.”

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Tot and Colleen Goodwin on their wedding day in March 2008.

ent “fixtures” or hunt meet sites, on land that is mostly owned by Roger Smith.

Roger, himself a former GCH Master, has known Tot for years. “He is a hunting genius, the way he controls and leads his hounds,” he says of Tot. “And he can outride anybody in the field. Try to keep up with him and you’ll understand what I mean.

On top of that, he’s a hard worker and a very nice man. I’m glad our paths crossed.”

Now 72, Tot says he plans to stay on as Huntsman as long as he’s able. He and Colleen are both tough enough to keep going. “In 27 years of hunting I’ve only seen him fall off three times,” she says. He’s seen her fall on occasion himself. Fortunately Green Creek’s Territory they both share the same philosophy GCH hunts on a territory that runs from the Shiloh area of western when that happens: they slow down Rutherford County all the way to the enough to shout, “You okay?” and if they get a nod, they take back off Chesnee Highway. Those thousands of acres encompass five or six differ- running. his first day with Peg Secor, a young Canadian transplant named Colleen Wilson. After 19 years of working together as Huntsman and Kennelman, Tot and Colleen were married on March 27, 2008. In addition to the hunts, the couple shows GCH hounds on the April-May Hound Show circuit most years, and have won numerous championships and other high placings. In 2015, Green Creek Bankrupt was the Grand Champion of the Carolinas Hound Show and they won the Crossbred Pack Class Championship at the prestigious Virginia Hound Show, two accomplishments they’re especially proud of.

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Beth with Tryon Hounds’ pack of American Foxhounds.

(Photo by Don West)

BETH BLACKWELL Tryon Hounds In August, Tryon Hounds announced the appointment of Beth Blackwell as its new Huntsman. While Beth is new to Tryon, she’s not new to the sport, the South, or the Carolinas.

Beth was born in Ozark, Ala., and spent her early childhood there before moving to Charleston, where her father was a professor at the College of Charleston. She began riding at 9 years old and was lucky enough to ride with the college kids at Middleton Place Equestrian Center, adjacent to the National Historic Landmark Middleton Place plantation (circa 1600s).

Beth competed in Hunter/Jumpers for many years and started giving lessons and training horses at the age of 16.

Her career as a professional rider and trainer took her to many different parts of the country.

“At one point I had a little pony barn in northwest Florida and was looking for a show circuit for the kids I was teaching,” she remembers. “Someone suggested the Auburn University Show Circuit, so I started taking them up there.” It was not only a good suggestion for the riders, it would ultimately set Beth’s equestrian life on a totally new course.

It was through the Auburn Show Circuit that she met Herb Schneider, who ran the hunt seat program for Auburn University’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Team. He was also Master of the Cedar Way Bassets, a foot hunting pack for rabbit and small game. He introduced Beth to hunting, first on foot hunts with the bassets and then by inviting her to go on a mounted foxhunt in rural Alabama in 1999. She’s been hunting on foot and horseback ever since.

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Beth with some of her hunting Bassets. (Photo by Don West)

foxhounds professionally at Tennessee Valley Foxhounds in the Knoxville area and De La Brooke Foxhounds in Maryland.

Here Come the Bassets!

When Herb Schneider died in 2004, Beth inherited the Cedar Way Bassets and a horn. She has continued breeding, hunting, and caring for the pack, which has now relocated with her to the Tryon Hounds kennel. Hunting Bassets are not the typical heavy English or American types most commonly seen as family pets. Beth’s pack is bred as ¾ French Bassets and ¼ Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, or PBGV. Their coats can be smooth, coarse, or somewhere in between.

Beth will be working with the Tryon Hounds board to formalize a foot hunt program for members. “We’re really excited about the basset hunts,” said Rebecca “Becky” Barnes, president of the Tryon Hounds board of directors. “It’s fun to be adding something completely 48

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new in our 90th year. The basset hunts are something we can do when our mounted hunts get weathered out. And our social members, who don’t do the mounted hunts, are really excited about this new opportunity.”

Choosing Tryon Hounds About accepting the Tryon Hounds position Beth says, “The fact that it was Tryon was the only reason I was willing to move. There’s a wonderful network of people in the hunt world who are dedicated to helping you get into the spot that will fit you. That’s important because changes in Huntsmen and staff can be extremely traumatic on a pack of hounds, so you want to be sure it’s a good fit. I kept getting calls saying, ‘Tryon is the place you need to go.’”

Becky Barnes says Tryon Hounds board members were getting calls themselves. “We had many people calling us to say, ‘Beth is the person you need to get.’ We actually looked at seven or eight candidates but wanted Beth because of

her experience and the fact that she’s used to hunting land similar to ours.

“Hunting huge tracts of undeveloped land is different than our situation where we have developments and roads all around our territory. Our hounds have to be very well trained for this kind of situation.”

Season and Territory The Tryon Hounds begin their cubbing season in September, followed by the traditional hunt season opening on Thanksgiving Day and running through Mid-March. Prior to that Beth will be working with the pack and learning the territory with the help of longtime Joint Masters Louise Hughston, Bonnie Lingerfelt and Dean McKinney, and honorary Whips Reed McNutt and Kasey Minnick. Tryon Hounds also has a crew of “road whips” who follow the hunts by car, communicate with hunt staff, and alert traffic.

Tryon Hounds is lucky to have a large and diverse hunt territory in both

The Huntsmen and the Hounds North and South Carolina, according to Becky Barnes. “It extends essentially from Highway 9 westward to the Blue Wall, including Caroland, Gowensville, Green Space and Golden Hills of Fairview, and places on the Collinsville trail system.

“We added Walnut Creek Preserve last year and just added 4,000 acres of private land called Tyger Ranch down in Union County. We’re now working to open 1,000 acres in North Greenville County that back up to the Blue Wall Preserve.”

Tryon Hounds also enjoys an annual hunt at Good Hope Plantation, a private 13,000-acre hunting plantation in Beaufort County, S.C. Taking the Reins If assuming the Huntsman role for a hunt with that much territory, more than 200 landowners, and a total of 164 active riding and social members sounds like a challenge, it undoubtedly is. But

Beth Blackwell (left) and Becky Barnes, with two of Beth’s horses. (Photo by Don West)

one of the things that attracted Beth to the Tryon position is what she descries as the unique support system in the Carolinas.

“The group of Huntsmen in the Carolinas is a tight group, very different than in some other parts of the country,” she

says. “Hunts here are very supportive of each other. I really like that sort of community among hunts because as Huntsman you rely on so many other Huntsmen for advice and solutions. And I’m very excited to be back in the South and in the Carolinas.” •

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Parting Glance

PHOTO BY VINCENT VERRECCHIO

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he rails passing through Landrum and Tryon climbing to the crest at Saluda are quiet and little noticed by those stepping or driving across. But for some living along the tracks, one rail is the mythical wall at the end of their world.

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