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Polk Republicans question candidates to replace Rep. Guice, page 8

The Polk County Middle School peer helpers wish everyone in the community a Merr y Christmas and Happy New Year. Front row: Mireya Casas, Jessica Bentley, Megan Ridings, L a u r e n S t r a t m a n , C o l l e e n B u r k e , Caitlin Britton, Caitlin Edwards and Anamarie Gundersen. Second r o w : N a t e S m a r t , Madi Siegfried, Jordan Mingorance, Savannah Robbins, Rayven Yoder, Harrison Fisher, Fabyana Rivera, Eamon Hennigar, Annica Wilson, Patrick Stimac, Hunter Metcalf, Adriana Talley, Michaela Villecco, Victor Santos and Yvonne Waters. (photo submitted by Langlee Garrett)

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Lanes gift Sunnydale to TLTby Barbara Tilly and Connie Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lane of Tryon and Charleston, S.C., have gifted Sun-nydale, the venerable log cabin building on South Trade Street in Tryon, to the Tryon Little Theater (TLT).

The Lanes restored the building over the past year to its original con-dition, recently being cited by Tryon along with Andy Millard for restoring

buildings that locals have treasured for many years.

“We are very excited about the pos-sibilities this generous gift opens up for TLT and the community,” said TLT President Rebecca Davis. “We look for-ward to bringing life to this wonderful building, which has now been restored

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Today: Sunny, with 10 per-cent chance of rain. High 64, low 40.

S a t u r d a y : P a r t l y cloudy, with 30 per-cent chance of rain. High 58, low 44.

Sunday: Cloudy, with 40 percent chance of rain. High 50, low 37.

Monday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 56, low 36.

Wednesday’s weather was: High 61, low 52, 0.14 inches of rain.

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ObituariesRichard A. Fink, p. 13

Richard Neff Horne, p. 12Raymond Miller, p. 12

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todaySaluda Center Friday events:

chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include movie matinee at 10 a.m. and bingo at 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Com-merce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy 108), Tryon. 828-894-0293.

Tryon Toy Makers Mu-seum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m., 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.

American Legion Post 250, weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free.

Narcotics Anon., Saluda Se-nior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.

saturdayGrassroots Art Project holds

art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society,

Saturdays from 9:30 – noon. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Satur-days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.

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The Meeting Place Senior Center Monday activities in-clude line dancing, 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 11 a.m.; bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. 859-5051.

Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, Laurel-Hurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336.

Saluda Center Monday ac-tivities include line dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit Saluda.com.

Male Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Landrum Library, free yoga classes. 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Limited to first 30 people.

Thermal Belt Stamp Club meets first and third Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tryon Federal Bank in Columbus.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mon-days, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyte-rian Church.

tuesdayPolk County Mobile Re-

cycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda.

Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “We Care” is a weekly informal social group open to women coping with loss. The group meets at 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon and is open to newcomers. For more informa-tion, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000, 800-617-7132 or [email protected].

The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

American Legion Auxiliary meets on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Tryon.

House of Flags Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Tues-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Landrum Library, Book Discussion Group, 4th Tuesday every month, 10:30 a.m. at the library. 864-457-2218.

LIFECare of Polk County/

Adult Day Health Care pro-vides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy every Tuesday is an opportunity for participants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info.

Polk County Library will have preschool story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tues-days, conference room, Congre-gational Church.

PolkFresh Farmers Market, Tuesdays, in the Re-Ride parking lot, crossroads of Landrum and Hwy. 9, 5 - 7:30 p.m., Visa/EBT accepted. Visit polkcountyfarms.org for vendor list or sign-up.

Autism Support Group will meet the fourth Tuesday of ev-ery month at the Polk County Public Library in Columbus at 6 p.m. This month’s speaker is Cara Gregory, M.S. CCC-SLP of Interact Western North Carolina.

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nydale has long been a part of Tryon history, hosting din-ners, dances and receptions, as well as serving as various restaurants through the years (see page 6 for a history of Sunnydale).

The Tryon Little Theater gave performances there after World War II before the Tryon Fine Arts Center became its home. Many local residents remember attending their high school prom at Sunnydale, or having a very special celebra-tory dinner there with family and friends.

Bob and Jackie Lane said they wanted to donate Sun-nydale to a local nonprofit organization that would take over its care and maintenance, and that would make it avail-able for other organizations to use periodically. They turned

Pictured from left to right are Bob and Jackie Lane, Elizabeth Nager from the Polk County Community Foundation, and Susie Kocher and Rebecca Davis from Tryon Little Theater. The group gathered on Dec. 21 to sign documents and celebrate the Lane’s gifting of Sunnydale to Tryon Little Theater. (photo submitted by Noah Wood)

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Theater, now in its 63rd season – not counting TLT’s roots in the Drama Fortnightly which began in 1921, or the Tryon Dramatic Society around the time of World War I.

TLT said it will not give up its current black box theater at 516 S. Trade Street, a few doors down from Sunnydale. Sunnydale does not provide the needed production space for staging full scale theatrical performances, but it can be used by TLT for fundraising events, one-act nights, auditions, re-hearsals, classes, staged read-ings, concerts, dinner theater and similar events. More than one show is often in production at the same time, and rehearsal space is at a premium, TLT said.

In addition to TLT use, Davis said, Sunnydale will be avail-able for community use for par-ties, meetings and other events.

“We want this to be a gift to the entire community,” Davis said. “We hope Sunnydale will eventually be constantly in use, a center of activity for the area.”

The building will be called Sunnydale, Davis said, and it will remain in its current condition.

“An application for listing on the National Historic Reg-ister has already been filed,”

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Davis said. “We’re not going to turn the building into offices or storage facilities or anything like that. We want to keep the building as it is permanently. We’re grateful to Bob and Jackie Lane for their historical research and exacting diligence in restoring Sunnydale, and for entrusting this building that means so much to them to TLT’s care.”

The newly restored Sunnydale building on S. Trade Street in Tryon has just been gifted to Tryon Little Theater by Bob and Jackie Lane. In addition to using the space for fundraising events, one-act nights, auditions, dinner theater and other events, TLT plans to offer the building to the community for parties, meetings, dances and other uses. (photo submitted)

“We’re grateful to Bob and Jackie Lane for their historical research and exacting diligence in restoring Sunnydale, and for entrusting this building that means so much to them to TLT’s care.”

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A history of SunnydaleCompiled by Bob Lane

Sunnydale, the well-known log cabin building on S. Trade Street in Tryon, is a Rustic Revival style de-sign that was popular in the moun-tainous regions of western North Carolina in the early 20th century. It is said to have been designed by local architect J. Foster Searles, who also designed the Lake Lanier Tea House. It was built by local contractor J. S. Kell, who also built the Tea House in the mid 1920s and the clubhouse at the Tryon Country Club in 1921, both examples of the Rustic Revival style.

Harold Shelnutt, who lived in the brick house behind the IGA, had Sunnydale built in 1930 as a dance and recreation center for his daughter and the neighborhood residents. At about that same time, another family built a theater/rec-reation building for their daughter, who was an aspiring actress; that building has since burned down. Shelnutt named the building for his daughter’s friend Dale, who was known for his sunny disposi-tion. He also started construction of a swimming pool where the IGA is but never completed it.

Shelnutt later operated a res-taurant in the building known as Sunnydale Refectory. Almost from the very beginning, Sunnydale was a community gathering place as it hosted dinners, events like wedding receptions, proms, Rotary Club meetings, New Year’s Eve cel-ebrations, and theater in-the-round performances. An advertisement in the Tryon Daily Bulletin indicates that Tryon’s movie theatre showed films at Sunnydale in 1937 while the theatre was being rebuilt after a fire.

Shelnutt served as Treasurer of Jackson & Jackson Cloth of Gold, a local textile manufacturer. His family was known for being up-to-date on popular culture and entertainment, regularly traveling to Spartanburg to see the latest movies. In a dispute with his em-ployers, Shelnutt lost Sunnydale to the owners of Jackson & Jackson in 1938. As a result of the court settlement, the property was sold to local businessman Ernest Kerhulas.

At the time, Mr. Kerhulas op-erated the Trade Street Cafe, a

popular eating establishment and meeting place. In addition to op-erating Sunnydale, he purchased the Lake Lanier Tea House in the 1930s. Before the crash of ‘29, prospective buyers brought to Lake Lanier to look at property had been treated to sandwiches and tea at the Tea House. Kerhulas operated the restaurant at Sunnydale during the winter months, and in the summer months moved his operation to the Tea House.

Advertisements for Sunnydale proclaim “since 1938 a favorite Carolina pleasure retreat special-izing in fine foods” and “catering to parties of all kinds. For reservations call 170.” “Dine & Dance -- where you find good food.”

During WWII soldiers came by train from Camp Croft in Spar-tanburg and other nearby bases to dances held at Sunnydale. Referred to as Tryon’s Night Club, it was the place to be on New Year’s Eve. Many people have fond memories of junior-senior proms, wedding receptions, parties and dances at Sunnydale. By 1948, the Tryon Little Theater presented plays in the round there.

Ernest Kerhulas and his son Theo continued to operate both restaurants until 1971, when Ernest divided his properties, giving the Tea House to Theo and passing Sunnydale to his three daugh-ters. His wife died in 1958, and Ernest died in 1979. Theo, along with his sons, continued to run the Tea House until his death in 2005.

The Kerhulas daughters discon-tinued operations as a restaurant, but continued to rent the build-ing for events such as hunt balls, junior-senior proms, Calcuttas, golf and steeplechase dinners. They then leased the building to George and Maggie Howze and John and Debbie Hoffman from 1976 to 1979, who operated it as the Hearthstone until George opened George’s Restaurant. A few months later Richie Grenemeyer reopened the restaurant as the Hearthstone and ran it from 1979 to 1986.

In 1986 the Kerhulas daugh-




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Polk Republicans question candidates to replace Guiceby Samantha Hurst

Members of the Polk County Republican Executive Committee showered potential appointees for Rep. David Guice’s seat with ques-tions Wednesday, Dec. 21 in an ef-fort to select Polk County’s choice for the nominee.

“We are fortunate enough to have four candidates here today to meet with us and allow us to better understand their intentions were we to nominate them to this important position,” said Debbie Arceneaux, chair of the Polk County Republi-can Party.

N.C. Gov. Bev Purdue an-nounced Dec. 15 that she had selected Guice as the state’s new director of Community Corrections. Guice subsequently resigned from his post as representative of District 113 to take on the role, effective Jan. 1, 2012. His resignation opens a vacancy in the North Carolina House of Representatives that must be filled by appointment until the seat is up again for election in No-vember 2012.

Members of the local executive committee spoke with Ted Bedding-field of Columbus, Grady Hawkins of Hendersonville, Trudi Walend of Brevard and Chris Whitmire of Brevard, all candidates for the ap-pointment. Ted Beddingfield

When asked if the government should be providing subsidies to lure businesses into the 113th District, Beddingfield said he did not believe it was right for the government to use taxpayers’ dollars in such a manner.

“I believe they should keep the money in the peoples’ pockets,” Beddingfield said. “In my opinion

the majority of the deals that have been made… do not accomplish the task. After a few years they pull up and leave, they don’t pay their gift back and the general economy is not often improved.”

In regards to the state budget, Beddingfield was asked how he would approach trying to bring North Carolina into a state of finan-cial prudence.

“I believe a few years back they approved a Balanced Budget Act,” Beddingfield said. “I would hold ev-eryone accountable to that standard. The first thing I would do if I were personally in an economic crisis is lower expenses – I think as a state the government should be held to the same standards. Don’t promise anything if you are not financially able to do it.”

Beddingfield has lived in Co-lumbus for nine years after spending much of his life in Henderson Coun-ty and in the United States Army. His wife is currently a schoolteacher in Polk County and he said he has connections in Transylvania County through prior work experience. Grady Hawkins

Several questions posed to Grady Hawkins came back to a single solu-tion – home rule.

“I think one of the most impor-tant things I would like to see, and I’ve advocated for it for a long time, is home rule,” Hawkins said when asked what his platform would focus on in an election. “I think Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties are probably smarter than most of the general assembly and could do better making their own decisions.”


• Sunnydale history(Continued From page 6)

ters sold the building to Nor-man and Marian Brannon, who opened it as the Vineyard Res-taurant. The Brannons sold the building in 1991, and a series of subsequent owners and eating

establishments – El Jalisco, El Chile Rojo and Plenty of Fish – occupied Sunnydale until 2009, when the building was vacated.

Bob Lane of Lane-Tryon LLC purchased Sunnydale in July 2010 and began a complete rehabilitation of the building, now complete.



Hawkins pointed out that twice while he was a member of the Hendersonville Board of Commis-sioners the state started looking for solutions to solve its budget crisis and found them in the form of hold-ing onto county sales tax dollars.

Another instance Hawkins alluded to in relation to state gov-ernment is the increase of school days to the yearly calendar. He said he felt it was wrong for the state to mandate the addition of five extra days to the school calendar without provid-ing funding to pay for it.

R e g a r d -ing the federal g o v e r n m e n t Hawkins wants to see North Carolina jump onboard with efforts to repeal Obama’s health care package.

“The Obama care is the most egregious thing I’ve just about ever heard of,” Hawkins said. “We need to get on that [voting to speak out against the bill as a state] – that’s one of the first things we need to do.”

Hawkins is a native of Ashe-ville but has lived in Henderson-ville since retirement as a colonel with the Air Force. Hawkins is married with four children and six grandchildren. Trudi Walend

Trudi Walend, a former mem-ber of the N.C. House, said she would take a hard stance on im-migration if appointed.

“I think we should adopt a law similar to what Arizona and Alabama are doing. If we are not going to have a law on the books to fix this problem at the national level, then we need to have some-thing at the state level,” Walend said. “I think the employers should be required to use the computer systems to check everyone out before hiring them to work. Our farmers are saying they’ve got to have some people here to do the seasonal work but they don’t need illegal workers.”

Walend also pointed out to executive committee members that she believes her seniority in the House would do a great deal for the district.

“I have five terms under my belt right now,” she said. “That puts you in position of leadership and a position to get your bills through easier – you have a lot of clout.”

Though questioned about con-cerns over nominating a career politician were raised, Walend said she does believe someone being elected to 15 terms would

be too many but that she would appreciate the opportunity to go back and w o r k a f e w terms under a majority in the House; some-thing she did not experience in her past five terms.

Walend has been a 48-year resident of Brevard. She and her husband have three children and six grandchildren. She said she originally retired from the House back in 2009 to spend more time with family, who have since moved to Raleigh. Chris Whitmire

Chris Whitmire was the final candidate to speak with committee members Dec. 22.

Whitmire talked about Republi-can principles and how they drive much of his decision-making.

As a member of the Transyl-vania County Board of Educa-tion, he said he believes the state and national governments have become too involved in educa-tion. He said education decisions are better handled with the least amount of government and the closest connection with the people affected by those decisions. This includes decisions on items like the Healthy Youth Act – House Bill 88. This bill requires schools to teach age appropriate sexual education material.

Executive committee member Michael Gage said he’s concerned, however, that the bill does not

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trying to oppose that bill,” Whit-mire said, “I can tell you I probably sent 100 emails on that. We fought long and hard and we lost, but what we have as our [Transylva-nia] policy passed legal muster.”

Whitmire said healthcare is another realm where government needs to be reduced.

“I am adamant when it comes to Obama – he’s got to go,” Whit-mire said. “Obama Care doesn’t work and we need to make sure we do anything we can so that when there is a change it’s some-

Polk district court resultsIn Polk County District Court

held Wednesday, Dec. 24 with Judge Athena F. Brooks presiding, 79 cases were heard. Some cases were continued, dismissed or sent to superior court.

The following persons were convicted of a crime (names are given as they appear in court records):

Stephen Francis Breuer was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia and maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance. Breuer was sentenced to 60 days in jail.

Sharon Campbell was convict-ed of simple affray. Campbell was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation and court costs.

Thomas Mich Cunningham was convicted of felony possession of marijuana, maintaining a vehicle/dwelling/place for a controlled substance, possession of drug para-phernalia and simple possession of a schedule IV controlled substance. Cunningham was sentenced to 18 months supervised probation, 10 days in jail with credit for time served and court costs.

Melissa Diana Emkjer was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia. Emkjer was sen-tenced to 24 hours of community service and court costs.

Darell Donell Gary was con-victed of resisting a public officer. Gary was sentenced to 10 days in jail with credit for time served.

Joshua Oren Hardin was con-victed of manufacturing a schedule VI controlled substance and felony larceny. Hardin was sentenced to six to eight months at the N.C. Department of Corrections with 28 days credit.

Walter Durham Harmon was convicted of speeding 70 mph in a 65 mph zone. Harmon was fined $30 and court costs.

Roger Allen Horne was con-victed of a misdemeanor probation violation. Horne’s probation was terminated.

Juan Jarquice-Soriano was convicted of level 2 driving while impaired. Jarquice-Soriano was sentenced to three months in jail with credit for time served.

Deborah Miller Sanders was convicted of level 2 driving while impaired and driving to endanger. Sanders was sentenced to one year supervised probation, 10 days in jail, a $200 fine and court costs for driving while impaired and fined $50 for driving to endanger.

Jeffery A. Simpson was con-victed of three counts of worth-less check simple. Simpson was sentenced to 60 days in jail with credit for time served.

Teresa E. Woodruff was con-victed of two counts of worthless check simple, worthless check on closed account and failure to appear on felony. Woodruff was sentenced to 13 days in jail with credit for time served.

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Whitmire was born and raised in Transylvania Co. He spent 25½ years in military service flying airplanes. He is married with three children.

The Polk County Republican Executive Committee will meet again Thursday, Dec. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at the Polk County Library to vote on who Polk would like to see as the next representative of Dist. 113. Several delegates from Polk County will then attend a Republican district convention in Brevard Jan. 2 to cast the county’s final votes for the representative seat.



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Richard Neff Horne, 51, of Green Creek went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum.

He was the son of Betty Horne Stanley and Cecil Horne.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by two children, Chas-ity Horne and Tyler Horne; two brothers, Roger and Steve Horne; three sisters, Janet Culbreth, Ter-essa Collins and Nicole Horne, and a grandson, Dahntay Smith.

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Obituaries circumstances. If even anything feels remotely like you are not in control of it, bring it to someone’s attention and make changes.

“I ask God, like the Bible says, ‘God grant me the serenity to ac-cept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.’ Before it destroys your life, it’s best to trust the Lord. If you know a situation is not right then ask and figure out a different way.

“It almost cost me my mind and my life. God already had the solu-tion put in my mind; I just didn’t want to accept it. With his help and love, I made it to the end.”

In accordance with Mr. Horne’s wishes, there will be no services for him.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, N.C. 28722.

Raymond MillerRaymond Miller, age 62,

of Plain City, Ohio, “slipped the surly bonds of earth” on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. Ray was born in Virginia Beach, Va. on May 3, 1949.

Ray had a great love for genealogy and history, with a good memory to keep all that information together. He en-joyed traveling with his wife and family, especially to histori-cal places. Ray graduated from Devry in 1986 with a degree in computer programming.

He was preceded in death by parents, Valentine and Sylvia (Bontrager) Miller; brother, Er-nest; sister-in-law, Mary Miller, and two nieces.

He leaves his wife of 39 years, Ruth (Kauffman) Miller, formerly of “Ruth’s Place” in Tryon; three sons, Eric Miller of Columbus, Jared Miller of Pitts-burgh, Penn. and Brent (Brittni)

Obituaries Miller of Abingdon, Va.; nine siblings, Eli Miller of Sarasota, Fla., Sarah (Leroy) Miller of Farmville, Va., Elvin (Annie) Miller of Cross Hill, S.C., Olen (Velma) Miller of Sarasota, Fla., Anna Miller of Prospect, Va., Amos (Friedgard) Miller of Meigs, Ga., Val (Rosie) Miller of Springfield, S.C., Martha (John) Mast of Canon, Ga. and Lavern (Dorcas) Miller of Virginia Beach, Va. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23 at the United Bethel Mennonite Church, 11342 Lafayette Plain City Rd., Plain City, Ohio, where the funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011.

In lieu of flowers, contribu-tions may be made to the Jim Moore Memorial Fund at the United Bethel Church.

Ferguson Funeral Home, Plain City, Ohio is in charge of arrange-ments, (614) 873-8013. Visit www.fergusonfuneralhomeinc.com to share a special memory.

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Richard A. FinkLt. Col. Richard A. Fink, U.S.

Army (retired) of Tryon died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Columbus.

Born and raised in Oak Park, Ill., he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fink. A graduate of Oak Park and River Forest Township High School, class of 1936, he at-tended Lawrence University, attain-ing a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration in 1940. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity.

After a brief stint in the business world he was drafted into military service in January 1942. After basic training he was commissioned as a

second lieutenant in the wartime Army of the United States. He at-tended numerous Army

service schools and graduated from the Army Command and General Staff College in 1957. Following his graduation in 1957, he accepted a commission in the regular U.S. Army.

He commanded troops in North Africa and Europe during WWII and in Korea during the conflict there. In the following years, he served two additional tours in Eu-rope and in the 1960s was stationed in Iran, where he was a member of a group serving as advisors to the Imperial Iranian Army.

Lt. Col. Fink was promoted through the years and at the time of his retirement he was serving as a liaison officer for the deputy com-mander of all U.S. forces in Europe and as such was stationed at SHAPE

Obituaries(Supreme Headquarters Allied Eu-rope). During his military career he was awarded, in addition to numer-ous service medals, the Bronze Star, the Army Commendation Medal, the Purple Heart and the Legion of Merit, which is awarded by the president of the United States.

Lt. Col. Fink was an avid yachts-man. Following his retirement after 28 years of military service he mar-ried Marianne A. Hazle in 1990. The two spent summers on their yacht cruising the Great Lakes from their home port in Saugatuck, Mich.

During the summer of 1990 they took their ship on a “grand voyage,” traveling more than 2,000 miles from Saugatuck, Mich. to George-town, S.C. Upon completing this voyage they gave up their home in Michigan and made Tryon their permanent residence. In the follow-ing years, using Georgetown as a home port, they cruised numerous times down to and around Florida.

Lt. Col. Fink is survived by his wife, Marie A. Hazle Fink of Tryon; one daughter, Suzanne MacDonald of Buena Vista, Colo.; one stepson, Rupert Hazle of Austin, Texas; one stepdaughter, Vana Bolling (Dr. Tom Bolling) of Newport, Tenn.; a step-granddaughter, Victoria Bol-ling, as well as a niece and nephew.

Memorial services will be held in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. in the spring of 2012.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills at 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, N.C. 28722 or to St. Luke’s Hospi-tal at 101 Hospital Dr., Columbus, N.C. 28722.

An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfuner-alchapel.com. McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.


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LEGAL NOTICE

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FORECLOSURE SALEOF REAL PROPERTY

UNDER AND BY VIR-TUE of the power andauthority contained in thatcertain Deed of Trustexecuted and deliveredby Rodney J. Butterfield,dated May 10, 2006 andrecorded on May 17,2006, in Book No. 341, atPage 1084 in the Officeof the Register of Deedsof Polk County, NorthCarolina; and because ofdefault in the payment ofthe indeb¬tedness se-cured thereby and failureto carry out and performthe stipulations andagreements containedtherein and, pursuant todemand of the holder ofthe indebted¬ness se-cured by said Deed ofTrust, the under¬signedSubstitute Trustee willplace for sale, at publicauction, to the highestbidder for cash at theusual place of sale atPolk County Courthouse,Columbus, North Caro-lina on January 3, 2012at 12:00 PM that parcel ofland, including improve-ments thereon, situated,lying and being in the Cityof Mills Springs, Countyof Polk, State of NorthCarolina, and being moreparticularly described inthe above referencedDeed of Trust.

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Address of property:11550 Hwy 108E, Mills

Springs, NC 28756Tax Parcel ID: P112-1Present Record Owners:

Rodney J. Butterfield

The terms of the sale arethat the real propertyhereinbefore describedwill be sold for cash tothe highest bidder. A de-posit of five percent (5%)of the amount of the bidor Seven Hundred FiftyDollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, is re-quired and must be ten-dered in the form of certi-fied funds at the time ofthe sale. In the eventthat the Owner andHolder or its intended as-signee is exempt frompaying the same, the suc-cessful bidder shall be re-quired to pay revenuestamps on the Trustee'sDeed, and any LandTransfer Tax.

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The real property herein-above described is beingoffered for sale "AS IS,WHERE IS" and will besold subject to all supe-rior liens, unpaid taxes,and special assessments.Other conditions will beannounced at the sale.The sale will be heldopen for ten (10) days forupset bids as by law re-quired. If a third party isthe high bidder at thetime of sale confirmation,the third party will havefifteen (15) days followingthe sale confirmation toremit the balance ofhis/her bid to the Trustee.In the sole discretion ofthe Trustee, an extensionmay be granted, but inthat instance, if requiredby the noteholder or loanservicer, the bidder shallbe required to pay perdiem interest at the cur-rent rate on the note se-cured by the deed of trustdescribed herein until theday he/she remits the

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balance of his/her bid tothe Trustee.

If for any reason theTrustee is unable to con-vey title to this property orthe sale is set aside, thesole remedy of the pur-chaser is the return of thedeposit. Furthermore, ifthe validity of the sale ischallenged by any party,the Trustee, in it's solediscretion, if it believesthe challenge to havemerit, may declare thesale to be void and returnthe deposit. In eitherevent the purchaser willhave no further recourseagainst the Mortgagor,the Mortgagee, the Mort-gagee's attorney or theTrustee.

Additional Notice Wherethe Real Property is Resi-dential With Less Than15 Rental Units:

An order for possessionof the property may be is-

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sued pursuant to G.S.45-21.29 in favor of thepurchaser and againstthe party or parties inpossession by the clerkof superior court of thecounty in which the prop-erty is sold. Any personwho occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rentalagreement entered intoor renewed on or afterOctober 1, 2007, may, af-ter receiving the notice ofsale, terminate the rentalagreement upon 10 days'written notice to the land-lord. Upon termination ofa rental agreement, thetenant is liable for rentdue under the rentalagreement prorated tothe effective date of thetermination.

Any person who occu-pies the property pursu-ant to a bona fide leaseor tenancy may have ad-ditional rights pursuant toTitle VII of 5.896 - Pro-tecting Tenants at Fore-

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closure Act which be-came effective on May20, 2009.

Posted:___________Witness:___________

Assistant/Deputy Clerk ofSuperior Court

David A. Simpson, P.C.Substitute TrusteeBy: David A. Simpson,

Attorney6047 Tyvola Glen CircleCharlotte, NC 28217(704) 619-6551

Tryon Daily BulletinDec. 23 and 30, 2011

Accounting ID113473-05971

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice to Creditors

Having qualified on the7th day of December,2011, as AdministratorCTA of the Estate ofDULCIE G. PEARSON,deceased, late of PolkCounty, North Carolina,this is to notify all per-sons, firms and corpora-tions having claimsagainst the estate of saiddecedent to exhibit themto the undersigned Ad-ministrator on or beforethe 14th day of March,2012, or this notice willbe pleaded in bar of theirrecovery. All persons,firms and corporations in-debted to the estate willplease make immediatepayment.

This the 15th day of De-cember, 2011.

Estate of Dulcie G. Pear-son

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Priscilla J. Pearson, Ad-ministrator CTA3164 Pearson Falls

RoadSaluda, NC 28773

A. Bailey NagerAttorney at LawP.O. Box 851Tryon, NC 28782

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2011, and Jan. 6, 2012.

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Polk County Middle School students Dakota O’Sullivan, Seth Hardin, Reagan Waddell and Ulises Salgado show off their storyboard of the myth Orpheus. The sixth graders have been reading and comparing myths from different cultures. After reading the myths, they worked in teams to create storyboards to retell the myths in their own words. (photo submitted by Carlann Scherping)

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Family, friends, teachers and administrators of O.P. Earle Elementary gathered Dec. 14 to watch as the classroom spelling bee winners took part in the spelling bee school finals. Hannah Meredith (left) was the overall winner and will represent O.P. Earle at the next level, which will be held in the spring. Jessica Ravan (right) was runner-up. (photo submitted by Dawn Lynch)

Meredith winsO.P. Earle Elementary spelling bee

Fighting the real war on ChristmasTwo days ago, my niece

emailed a funny photo taken of her twin boys while grocery shopping.

Striking the identical pose made famous by a very young Ma-caulay Culkin of “Home Alone” fame, the boys appeared to be reacting to a dis-play in the candy aisle.

T h i n k i n g they were be-having like any other 8-year-old anticipating a sugar rush, I peered a bit closer and, to my horror, discovered the object of their reaction:

Cadbury chocolate Easter Eggs. Oh, gentle reader, it gets worse: Peeps.

Funnily enough, it’s also gener-ally around this time of year that we hear, blasting from cable news outlets and radio pundits that there is a “War on Christmas!”

“In Rhode Island, citizens are now being duped into using the term ‘Holiday’ tree!’” barked one.

“In the news, a mom sues her

local school for not allowing Na-tivity Scene...” reads another.

However, to me, the biggest ‘War on Christmas’ isn’t being waged by a particular political party or governmental regulation;

it’s being waged by us.

Each t ime we of Chris-tian persuasion smash through doorways at 4 a.m. to elbow

(or pepper spray) our way to a great deal on ‘Black Friday,’ or cave to the demanding tantrums of over-indulged children (and adults) by being willingly led by commercialism, we are the ones that have dropped the gauntlet and effectively slapped Christmas across the face.

We know all too well Christmas is not about the 2012 Audi draped with the enormous red bow in the driveway, despite what it says on TV.

“I’m Just Saying…”

by Pam Stone

(conTinueD on page 17)

We’d like to thank thePolk County and Landrum

residents for their continuedsupport over the years.

Happy Holidaysfrom the Rice Family

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Nor is it about buying your mother more gifts than your sib-lings to prove some sort of point. Or stocking up on Cadbury’s chocolates four months before a sacred, religious mass.

So, exactly when are we going to put our collective foot down?

I keep thinking back to one of the nicest Christmases Paul and I ever had. We swapped in frequent flier miles and flew to Salzburg, Austria. To be perfectly honest, I’m not going to tell you that the swirling snowfall and walking through the old town, blowing on freshly baked gingerbread that kept our hands warm, didn’t cre-ate a wonderful feeling of ‘being in the Christmas Spirit’. It did. It was postcard perfect. But I later recognized it as a thin veneer as soon as I stepped into each shop.

You see, nowhere did I see ‘Santa Claus,’ inflatable snow-men or Rudolf. Anywhere. What I did see was, right by the front door of each place of business, an advent wreath placed upon a table

lit with the appropriate number of candles. And Christmas morning, as we descended downstairs in this modest, 14th century hotel, the dining room was completely dark with the exception of the glow of tiny candles, adorning miniature, individual, advent wreaths on each and every table. The other patrons, adults and children alike, filed in silently and the meal was shared with a communal sense of warmth and reverence.

I’ve tried to bring a bit of that Christmas back with me each year. The true Spirit isn’t really that elusive when it’s made the priority. Admittedly, it’s a little easier because I can’t afford that Audi anyway, so there’s a lot less temptation.

And this might shock you, but I’m actually hoping my church will soon follow what my friend Neal’s church has done the last few years.

Cancel the Christmas morning service. You see, there simply weren’t enough people attending. They’re all volunteering down at the soup kitchen.

Fighting a real war.

• Christmas(conTinueD From page 16)

Kyle Viehman is away from home at Christmas and missing family, friends and Tryon. Viehman grew up in Tryon, graduated from Polk County High School and is currently serving in the U.S. Army as a second Lieutenant. He would appreciate letters or Christmas cards from friends and family.

You can write to him at:

Kyle Viehman

Wilhelm-geyer-weg 6

Stuttgart, Germany 70619.

Remembering soldiersat christmas time



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Next meetingJan. 16

With the rush of the holiday season, the Saluda Dog Society reminds everyone to remember their pets.

Here are some guidelines for dogs during the holidays:

• Be especially patient with your humans during this time. They may appear to be more stressed-out than usual and they will appreciate long comforting dog leans.

• They may come home with large bags of things they call gifts. Do not assume that all the gifts are yours.

• Be tolerant if your humans put decorations on you. They seem to get some special kind of pleasure out of seeing how you look with fake antlers.

• They may bring a large tree into the house and set it up in a prominent place and cover it with lights and decorations. Bizarre as this may seem to you, it is an important ritual for your humans, so there are some things you need to know:

- Don’t pee on the tree.- Don’t drink water in the con-

tainer that holds the tree.- Mind your tail when you are

near the tree.- If there are packages under

the tree, even ones that smell in-teresting or that have your name on them, don’t rip them open.

- Don’t chew on the cord that runs from the funny-looking hole in the wall to the tree.

• Your humans may occasion-

ally invite lots of strangers to come visit during this season. These parties can be lots of fun, but they also call for some discre-tion on your part:

- Not all strangers appreciate kisses and leans.

- Don’t eat off the buffet table.- Beg for goodies subtly.- Be pleasant, even if unknow-

ing strangers sit on your sofa. - Don’t drink out of glasses

that are left within your reach.• Likewise, your humans may

take you visiting. Here your man-ners will also be important:

- Observe all the rules in no. 4 for trees that may be in other people’s houses. (4a is particu-larly important)

- Respect the territory of other animals that may live in the house.

- Tolerate children.- Turn on your charm big time.• A big man with a white

beard and a very loud laugh may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night. Don’t bite him.

The Saluda Dog Society wel-comes suggestions, information and participation. For more infor-mation about the group’s efforts to rescue or assist other animals in the community and to protect and support pets, email [email protected] or call Pat Waring at 828-749-1332.

The next meeting of the so-ciety will be Monday, Jan. 16 at 1:15 p.m. in the Saluda Library.

– article submittedby Linda Holden

Saluda Dog Society offers dog’srules for Christmas

The Meadowbrook Seniors played Age Group Points golf on Dec. 19.

The results were as follows:Age 55-65First: John Jewell, +5Second (tie): Tony Peeler and

Alan Wagner, EAge 66-68

First (tie): Gerald Sparks and Clarence Batchler, +9

Age 70-72First: Henry Lemons, +9Second: Bob Cardwell, +5Age 74-82First (tie): Jerry McCarter and

Stan Kingsmore, +4– article submitted

Meadowbrook golf results for Dec. 19

Varied concert at Foothills Music Club November meeting

Performers at the Foothills Music Club’s Nov. 10 meeting. Front row from left: Jean Carter, Kathleen Foster, Patti Peake and Kathleen Erwin; second row from left: Karen Molnar, Krysti Hamlin and Joe Erwin; back row from left: Mimi Child Traxler, Carole Bartol and Ann Morgan. (photo submitted by Ellen Harvey Zipf)

The November meeting of the Foothills Music Club was held at the home of Joseph and Kathleen Erwin on Thursday, Nov. 10.

Members heard a varied per-formance. Some highlights were Jean Carter, who said she had been singing “The Man I Love” for 75 years, though listeners said her performance belied those years.

Karen Molnar was joined by the flute, oboe, clarinet and French horn through a “Music Minus One” CD for two move-ments of the Beethoven Wood-wind Quintet.

Kathleen Foster explained the pontecello, which is when a cellist draws the bow over the strings very close to the bridge. The technique which creates an eerie effect that she demonstrated in the “Bourree” by W.H. Squire.

According to club members, the most unusual and evocative presentation of the afternoon was the sonnet by Rupert Chawn-ing Brooke, “Blow Out, You Bugles,” set to music by Joseph Erwin. A literary society in Eng-land contacted Arthur Godfrey about setting this sonnet to mu-sic. Godfrey asked Lee Erwin, who was working for him, to set the sonnet, which was about World War I. Lee was too busy, so he passed it on to his brother,

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Joe, who was 25 years old at the time and was teaching at Julliard.

“I had forgotten all about it,” Erwin said, “but Kathleen was going through our old music and found it.”

Patti Peake sang and was joined at the piano by the com-poser to end the program with a big “blow out.”

President Jeanette Shack-elford presided at the club’s business meeting. Plans are under way for the two public concerts and the auditions that will be open for local high school

students to compete for scholar-ships.

The public concerts will be on Jan. 12 at Isothermal Community College and March 8 at the Tryon Congregational Church, both at 3 p.m. The January concert will feature FMC members in vocal and instrumental solos and small groups. The March concert will feature local organists and the recently modified pipe organ and new console installed at the Congregational Church.

Both concerts are free, and there will be an opportunity to leave a donation that will be used for scholarships

– article by ElizabethGardner

Nina Lovern, shown above with Steve Cobb, is an RN at Pardee Hospital and coordinator of the diabetes program. She recently gave a presentation entitled “Why Do You Even Care About Diabetes?” to the Tryon Kiwanis Club. Her answer to that question was that diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in North Carolina. Her first recommendation to prevent diabetes is to “be active.” Meal planning is also very important in the effort to avoid and treat diabetes. Lovern cited the importance of carefully choosing the foods that you eat. She said half of your dinner plate should be composed of non-starchy vegetables like salad and other greens, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, green beans and carrots. One-fourth should contain a starchy food such as noodles, rice, corn or potatoes. Finally, the other one-fourth section is for meat, fish, chicken, eggs or tofu. Adding an 8-ounce glass of milk and a small piece of fruit completes a well-balanced meal. Of course, she said, another component in the fight against diabetes is portion control – do not overeat. Diabetes is also a cardiovascular risk, Lovern said. Everyone should have a blood sugar test annually. Normal blood sugar count is slightly less than 100. Lovern also said you can go to diabetes.org/risktest to calculate your chances for Type 2 or Pre-Diabetes. (photo submitted by Lynn Montgomery)

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Saluda News &

Notationsby Bonnie Bardos

Saluda City Hall: the women behind the scenesDay to day, year-round in the

heart of downtown Saluda, two women work tirelessly with smiles and helpful demeanor to all who enter their realm at Saluda City Hall, based in a historic brick building beside the Saluda Police Department.

Tourists with befuddled ex-pressions, lost dogs, irate water bill customers, people seeking permits, kids. All enter the brass-handled, old green-painted wood doors of city hall to a warm, friend-ly interior. Most of the time, they encounter either Marion or Pace.

Doris has been city clerk and tax collector for the town for 23 years. Having raised son, Paul, as a single mom, she’s now a proud grandmother — she glows when mentioning family. Both women know their way around the books, records, paperwork and computer screens.

Monica has been there for five and a half years, and is administra-tive assistant which encompasses a passel of duties — handling utility billing, permits, event planning and attends board and committee meetings to take minutes.

She has a steady boyfriend (sorry, guys!), works a side job as a chef at Orchard Inn and has gone back to college.

“I love my job because there is never a dull moment! People think that working for a small town is boring, and they can’t imagine what it is that we do all day long at city hall,” Monica said. “We have to provide all the same services and complete all the same paperwork, meet all the same requirements as larger towns - we just have to do it with less staff and funding.

“I coordinate Coon Dog Day, handle utility billing and I also love being able to walk to work, enjoy lunch at the Purple Onion on my break, stop by Thompson’s store to pick up groceries for dinner, and soak up the small town charm all day long with no reason to leave

at all some days.“I was born and raised a Saluda

girl. My grandparents originally ran a dairy farm in Saluda, and my dad grew up delivering milk all over town and to Saluda School.”

“One of the most amusing things that happens on a fairly

regular basis during heavy tourist seasons occurs when out-of-towners (usually of the Yankee persua-sion) come into

city hall to check it out. They always press their faces against the front windows to see inside, and are delighted to find the building open to the public with people inside. Upon entering, they love to examine the many Coon Dog Day posters adorning our walls, as well as our old bank safes we still use on a daily basis to store city documents and photos dating back to our incorporation in 1881.”

“They ask lots of questions and enjoy hearing about Saluda. While they are firing away ques-

tions, inevitably the phone rings or someone comes in to accomplish some official city business, and the guests are blown away. “Oh my gosh- is this the REAL City Hall?!,” they exclaim in their distinctive Northern accents. “We thought it was just like Colonial Williamsburg, but this is the REAL City Hall!” Then they must call in the rest of their travel group to experience the amazement of

small town operations, resulting in an office full of exclaiming visitors explaining to each other that Doris and I are in fact not paid actors, but actual city employees doing official city work all day long in this historic building, and photo taking often ensues. It never ceases to amaze me.”

Stop in and say hello; you’re sure to find a friend behind that counter.

How can we help you? Monica Pace (left) and Doris Marion at work in Saluda City Hall. (photo by Bonnie Bardos)



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Balancing acid versus alkalineWork to find the right acid-alkaline balance

So many folks, theses days are trying to get fit and stay healthy, but there is one aspect many overlook; body P.H. The P.H. scale measures the amount of acid in your body. Technically speaking, P.H. s t a n d s f o r “potential hy-drogen,” and the P.H. scale ranges from 1 to 14.

Anything below 7 is con-sidered an acid, and anything above 7 is alkaline. An acid is a substance that releases hy-drogen “ions,” and an alkaline substance removes hydrogen “ions.” Our stomachs need to be more on the acidic side, but otherwise, the more acidic our bodies become, the more dis-eased they also become.

When our cells undergo res-piration, i.e. everyday living, they give off acids. Our bod-ies do use some of these acids as fuel, but the rest of these acids are actually bad for us. Too much acid in our bodies is called “acidosis.”

An acid-alkaline balance is important, because all bodily functions, including digestion, respiration and metabolism work best at particular P.H. levels. The body does have ways of trying to deal with acidosis. One way is to store the acid in fat cells.

The problem with this is that the body will tend to increase its fat stores.

Another way the body tries to handle too much acid, is to use calcium as a buffer. The problem with this is that the body will actually sometimes pull calcium from its bones, thereby making them weaker. One of the best ways to alkalize your body is through use of your diet.

Some examples of alka-l iz ing foods include pep-pers, carrots, pineapple, eggs, squash, most spices, cher-ries, cucumber, apples, canta-loupe, asparagus and almonds. Some examples of acidifying foods include corn, beef, tuna, most oils, lamb, alcohol and turkey.

Now don’t get me wrong … I’m not say-ing you should

never eat foods that are acidi-fying, I’m saying to eat more alkalizing ones.

In my opinion, the ideal diet would consist of 75 percent al-kalizing foods, and 25 percent acidifying foods. Be careful though. Some foods that are acidic when you eat them, are actually alkalizing once they are digested. For example, or-anges and lemons are “alkaline” foods. Also, apple cider vinegar turns alkaline once it’s digested. Conversely, distilled vinegar stays acidic in our bodies. In fact, consuming lemons and apple cider vinegar are two of the best ways to alkalize your body. Garlic’s great too.

On my website, fitness4y-ourlife.org. I have a list of acidifying and alkalizing foods.

Fitness or nutrition question? Email me at [email protected] or visit fitness4y-ourlife.org.

David Crocker of Landrum has been a nutritionist and personal trainer for 25 years. He served as strength director of the Spartanburg Y.M.C.A., head strength coach for the S.C. state champion girls gymnastic team, USC-Spartnaburg base-ball team, Converse college equestrian team, lead trainer to L.H. Fields modeling agency, and taught four semesters at USC-Union. David was also a regular guest of the Pam Stone radio show.

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The Move It or Lose It fitness class from PRO Physical Therapy enjoyed a Christmas lunch at Larkins in Columbus Dec. 12. (photo by Jeremy Wood)

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Women’s High Game: 1.Karen Andersson - 164 1.Gerri Reitz - 163Women’s High Series: 1.Gerri Reitz - 452 2.Karen Andersson - 435Men’s High Game: 1.Jack Knirk - 202 2.Mike Davidson - 185Men’s High Series: 1.Jack Knirk - 481 2.Mike Davidson - 476Most Pins Over Average: Jack Knirk +51 Bret Diedrich +42 Ellen Harvey +30Anyone wishing to join the

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TAX LISTING FOR POLK COUNTY FOR 2012

NC General Statute 105-274 states: All property, real and personal, within the jurisdiction of the State shall be subject to taxation unless it is: (1) Excluded from the tax base by a statute of statewide application. (2) Exempted from taxation by the Constitution or by a statute of statewide application. All property on hand January 1, 2012 both real and personal is subject to taxation regardless of age and sex of owner. Property required to be listed include all vehicles not licensed on January 1, 2012, all boats, boat motors, jet skis, airplanes, campers, trailers and mobile homes. Vehicles operating with dealer tags for more than one year and multiyear permanent tagged vehicles are to be listed. Other property required to be listed include any personal property used in connection with a business including tools used carpenters or mechanics, all leased equipment, and all furnishings owned and rented by a property owner. Motor vehicles with current license tags should not be listed to prevent being billed twice for the same vehicle. TAXPAYERS SHOULD REPORT ANY NEW BUILDINGS OR ANY IMPROVEMENTS BUILT ON THEIR REAL ESTATE, OR ANY CHANGES TO THEIR REAL ESTATE MADE DURING 2011. Listing will begin on January 3, 2012 in the Tax Assessor’s Office in the Womack Building. Assistance with listing will be available in the Polk County Tax Office during regular business hours of 8:30 to 5:00 Monday through Friday. Listing abstracts will be mailed the last week of December to anyone who listed personal property in 2011. Abstracts must be returned by January 31, 2012 to avoid a 10% late listing penalty. Please return the listing form even if you have nothing to list. If you need to list personal property as indicated above or report changes to real estate and you do not receive a listing abstract, please contact the Polk County Tax Assessor’s Office for the proper forms.

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If you did not receive the exclusion in 2011 but are now eligible, applications for 2012 may be obtained in the Polk County Tax Assessor’s Office located in the Bryant H. Womack Building, 40 Courthouse Street, Columbus, NC. Exclusion applications must be filed by June 1, 2012. If the recipient of the Property Tax Relief is deceased, the Polk County Tax Office must be notified of the death of the recipient. Failure to notify the Tax Office may result in penalties and interest being charged to the heirs. If you received the Property Tax Relief in 2011, you do not need to reapply for 2012. If you 2011 income exceeds $27,100, you must inform the Tax Office to avoid interest and penalties.



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sporTs Cardinals look to Henderson for leadershipby Joey Millwood

Landrum forward Skylar Henderson is tough.

In fact, that might be an understatement. The Landrum senior plays with a ferocious-ness that can’t be taught. She’s on the ground fighting for balls. She’s in the paint battling for rebounds. She’s everywhere and she’s going to war for the Lady Cardinals the entire time.

Where does that edge come from?

“I’m competitive,” she said with a slight smile. “I’m so competitive. I hate losing.”

Landrum is going through a tough early season slump with i ts lone win being a win over Whitmire last Friday night. That’s not necessarily a judge for how their season is going to go, however. The Lady Cardinals have played a tough schedule so far including 3A Greenville twice, 3A Broome, 2A Polk County and just the one 1A school in Whitmire.

“Right now we’re just in a rough spot,” Henderson said. “It’s all about our minds. We have to get our minds right.”

There was a big leadership void left this season after the departures of Jordan Jenkins and Amber Whiteside. The two were the leading scorers for the Landrum offense and were options one and two on

the offensive side of the ball.Henderson is trying to fill

that leadership void. Landrum coach Deon Brice thinks that Henderson could be the one to fill it.

“She brings a working at-titude that helps push the other team members to get better,” the first year coach said. “She is always in a very positive situation.”

Brice can also give testimo-ny to Henderson’s toughness.

“She’s as tough as they come,” he said. “Once she

sets her mind to something, get out of the way.”

F o r H e n -d e r s o n , t h a t toughness be-g ins in p re -game warm-

ups. The senior can’t hear any-

thing once she steps out onto the court.

“When we do our warm-up, I just zone out,” she said. “I zone everything out.”

It’ll take the toughness of Henderson to continue to turn the early season difficulties around, but if anyone can do it, she can, Brice said.

“She is very focused on what she needs to do and encourages others to do their best,” he said.

The Landrum Lady Cardi-nals will face Chesnee in the Battle at the Border Shootout Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. skylar henDerson

“She is very focused on what she needs to do and encourages others to do their best.”

-- Coach Deon Brice

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There are two words that come to mind when Landrum boys’ bas-ketball coach Lyn Smith is talking about his senior point guard Cole McDowell – fearless and fast.

McDowell is fearless on the court as he flies from one end of the court to the other.

And that’s precisely what Smith wants out of McDowell. Landrum basketball, as Smith describes it, is constant speed. McDowell, like his brother Garrison before him, is the perfect spark plug for the Cardinal engine.

McDowell is effortless as he pushes the ball up the court and as Smith says, “he has a really outstanding outside shot and really has a quick first step to the basket.”

But beyond that, McDowell is what a point guard should be – deci-sive. The senior makes up his mind quickly about what he wants to do.

“I’m guaranteed to get a foul or two points out of it,” McDowell said.

McDowell provides senior lead-ership on a team that is primed for success this season. Alongside McDowell are Mark Wilson, Alex Bryant, Truston Whiteside and

newcomer Daniel Bridges. The Cardinals are talented and deep.

“I think we can win it all,” McDowell said. “We’ve got a lot of chemistry. We’ve put in a lot of time, sweat and practice together.”

McDowell is contributing heav-ily to that, averaging 10 points and five assists per game.

The Cardinals are ranked as the No. 2 team in the state in the 1A rankings currently and are compet-ing at a high level.

“We all have the same drive and goals,” the senior said. “We’ve got a ton of athletes.”

Landrum has won three of the last five region championships. Cole and Garrison have been a part of all three. The older McDowell was the point guard in 2007. Cole played on the 2009 and 2011 region championship teams.

Do the two communicate during basketball season?

“After every game and every practice, he calls me,” Cole said. “That’s just what we do.”

McDowell and the Cardinals played in the KSA Tournament in Orlando, Fla. earlier this week. Next week the Cardinals will host the Battle at the Border Shootout.

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Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote to the editor of New York’s The Sun asking for help in answering one of child-hood’s most lingering questions. Francis Pharcellus Church, vet-eran newspaperman at the Sun, penned the paper’s response as an unsigned editorial that pub-lished Sept. 21, 1897.

Since that time, both Virgin-ia’s letter and the newspaper’s response have become part of the American fabric; both are published be-low in their en-tirety. Church’s w o r d s , j u s t as they did in 1897, ring true today.

Dear Editor:I am 8 years old. Some of my

little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.” Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

- Virginia O’Hanlon.115 West Ninety-Fifth Street

Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Vir-ginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measure by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no

poetry, no romance to make tol-erable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would

that prove? No-body sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no San-ta Claus. The most real things

in the world are those that nei-ther children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest man that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

On behalf of my family and all of us at the Tryon Daily Bul-letin, I hope you and your family have a very merry Christmas.

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William Ray Horne

William Ray Horne, 90, of Columbus died July 12, 2011. He was son of the late Jessie Monroe and Cora Collins Horne and hus-band of Mildred Holbert Horne.

He was a member of Mill Creek Church of the Brethren and Mill S p r i n g Ve t e r a n s Lodge. He served in

the U.S. Army as Medic during WWII.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Regina Pate, both of Green Creek. and Laura Saenger of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bak-ersville, N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grand-children, Kim Odel, Kelly Brad-ley, Lee Bradley, Brandon Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebecca Horne, Joseph Pate, Jacob Pate, Miles Saenger and Will Saenger; and five great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellow-ship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made in memory of Brandon Horne to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 4530 Park Rd, #240, Charlotte, N.C. 28209.

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ing served in the U.S. Army, a member of the VFW Post 10349 and the Woodmen of

the World. Mr. Gibbs was the husband of Omie Lee Laughter Gibbs, who died in 1986.

Survivors include one daugh-ter, Patsy Gibbs Toney (Dean) of Rutherfordton, N.C.; son, Harold Gibbs of Rutherfordton, N.C.; one sister, Alvah Gibbs of Columbus; and a brother , Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring. Also surviving are five grandchil-dren, Randy Toney (Kimberly), Marc Toney (LeeAnn), Lora Brock (Jeff), Jeffrey Gibbs (Col-leen) and Elizabeth Gibbs and six great-grandchildren, Mason Toney, Kevin Gibbs, Anthony Brock, Bryan Gibbs, Nick Gibbs and Zane Gibbs.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 16, in the McFar-land Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Burial was in Polk Memo-rial Gardens, Columbus, with military rites by the Polk County Memorial Burial Squad.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P. O. Box 336, Forest City, N.C. 28043 or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

The family will be at the home of his daughter, Patsy Gibbs Toney, 400 Radar Rd., Ruther-fordton, N.C.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Dorothy Waymon Simmons

Rev. Dorothy Waymon Sim-mons, 82, formerly of Tryon, died June 13, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.

Memorial service noon, July 30 at Columbia Senior Residenc-es at MLK Village, 125 Logan St. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30312. Contact sister: 678-862-3800.

Survivors are three sons, Al-len (Rudy) Waymon of Syracuse, N.Y., Kenneth Simmons of Hous-ton, Texas, and Lovell Simmons (Andrea) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; one sister, Frances Fox of River-dale, Ga.; three brothers, John Ir-vin Waymon of Antelope, Calif., Carrol Waymon of San Diego, Calif., and Samuel Waymon of Nyack, N.Y.; a host of grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by both parents, Mary Kate and John D. Waymon; son, Van Waymon; sisters, Lucile Waddell and Nina Simone (Eunice) and brother, Harold Waymon Sr.

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Bowser’s tale began for me about a year and a half ago. Some of you may remember his “Spe-cial Case” but I’ll give a quick review before I continue.

I received a call from some caring people that a Boxer had been raised from puppy hood in a 10x10 foot outside pen.

It was estimated that he’d been there for nearly three years. The owner was poor but did her best and in her own way loved her dog.

It was explained to her that the situation wasn’t good and she was coaxed to turn him over to me if I’d promise to give him a good home. When I met this sweet brindle Boxer for the first time, my heart sank. Bowser was no more than 3 years old and already was graying around his muzzle. I took him for a long walk and talk, promising him life would be better henceforth.

As I sat on the porch explain-ing I would see that Bowser would be properly cared for, he plastered himself against my body with every ounce of force he had, trusting that I would be his savior. I think Bowser con-vinced his owner even more than I could that releasing him to me would be best.

I then had Bowser tested, giv-en all his necessary shots and had him neutered. Shortly after his story came out he was adopted by a dear older lady who had a large fenced in yard with splendid dog houses and a female Boxer for him to stay with every day.

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mind unless I ran into his new owner and was given an update.

Then around a month ago, I received word that Bowser was

getting at his owner’s chick-ens.

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anywhere near the chickens.” But then again, things may

have changed since I last vis-ited. Then the calls came to the vets and FHS that she wanted to give him up. FHS is full and has a waiting list, besides she lives outside our purview. I was frantic for his welfare so I had him brought to Landrum vet and turned over to me.

When he arrived, I learned he had hook and whip worms and hadn’t been vaccinated since I had it done last July. It dawned on me that the poor dear lady was probably overwhelmed. I’ve explained to many prospective owners that love is important and needed but it simply is not enough. Bowser’s worms have been tended to and he’s now up to date on all his shots and is pres-ently at FHS hoping for adoption. I pray this sweet boy finds a good home he so richly deserves.

BoWser anD lennie (phoTo suBmiTTeD)

My dear friends at Dogwood Farms promised they’d make room for him for some R&R even though they are packed for the holidays.

I visit him often at Landrum vet and take him for walks. Af-terwards we sit and talk as he has once again taken up the habit of plastering himself to my body.

On my last visit I jokingly said to him, “Bowser, what am I to do with you? I’ve had to save you twice.”

“I’m sorry, Uncle Lennie,” he said, looking at me with plead-ing eyes.

“Oh no sweetheart, I was just kidding, you haven’t done any-thing wrong.”

The thought occurred to me that we are soon going to cel-ebrate the blessed birth of our Lord. I, who am a perpetual sinner, have been saved by His grace everyday. My sins are my own fault but my kids’ problems stem from no fault of their own. For our own sakes we must never forget the reason for the season. What we do for the least of these is pleasing in His eyes.

From my kids and I, we would like to extend to each of you the merriest of Christmases.

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Polk County Middle School teachers Jeanne Burgin and Dr. Bob Pettis hold up certificates for the grants they received recently from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina. (photo submitted by Bob Pettis and Jeanne Burgin)

Polk County Middle School teachers Jeanne Burgin and Dr. Bob Pettis recently received grants from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

Burgin’s grant, “Cultural Bridges, Ancient and Mod-ern,” supports a project to link students to countries around the world. The students have been participating in a postcard exchange classroom project de-signed to help bridge the gaps between cultures. So far, they have corresponded with Rus-sia, Thailand, Holland, China, Canada, Finland and Poland.

This grant will enable the students to create a labyrinth in conjunction with the postcard exchange for the school and community to enjoy.

The labyrinth is an ancient form that has bridged cultures, religions and the hero’s jour-ney over thousands of years, and it is a path that stands as a metaphor for the journey of the human spirit.

Students will learn about the Pythagorean theorem, as well as

various forms of geography as they build the stone structure.

Pettis’s grant, “Up, Up and Away,” makes it possible for all students in the seventh grade to learn about, build and launch paper hot air balloons in a week-long integrated study. Students in math class will learn how to use triangles to calculate the distance the balloons travel up into the air.

In social studies, class stu-dents will learn about the part hot air balloons played through-out history. In language arts class, students will keep a journal in which they will write about their week-long experi-ence.

During science class, stu-dents will construct paper hot air balloons. On the last day of the project, students will launch their hot air balloons in the morning and then gather in the auditorium in the afternoon to watch the animated movie “Up.”

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Medicare doctorsThe government’s new online

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Doctor’s check upAfter you’ve found a few

Medicare-approved doctors that are accepting new patients, there are plenty of resources avail-able today that can help you research them. Some of the best include HealthGrades, Vitals and RateMDs.

These are free doctor-rating websites that provide important background information as well as consumer comments and rat-ings from past patients. Here’s a breakdown of what each site offers:

Healthgrades.com provides in-depth profiles on around 750,000 U.S. physicians in-cluding their education and training, hospital affiliations, board certification, awards and recognitions, professional mis-conduct, disciplinary action and malpractice records. It also offers a 5-star ratings scale from past patients on a number of issues like communication and listening skills, wait time, time spent with the patient, office friendliness and more.

How to find doctors who accept MedicareSavvy Senior Vitals.com provides some

basic background information on around 720,000 U.S. doctors along with unedited comments from past patients and ratings on things like promptness, bedside manner, accurate diagnosis and more.

Ratemds.com primarily offers ratings and anonymous com-ments from past patients.

It’s a good idea to check out all three doctor-rating sites so you can get a bigger sampling and a better feel of how previous patients are rating a particular doctor.

Fee-based helpAnother good resource to

help you gather information is at angieslist.com (888-888-5478). This is a fee-based membership service that also offers doctors ratings and reviews from other members in your area for $7.60 for one month or $25 for the year.

Or, consider purchasing a copy of the “Consumers’ Guide to Top Doctors.” Created by Consumers’ Checkbook, a non-profit consumer organization, this book will help you find top-rated doctors that have been recommended by other doctors.

Their database lists 24,000 physicians, in 35 different fields of specialty, in 50 metro areas. The cost for this guide is $25 plus shipping and handling (call 800-213-7283 to order a copy), or you can view the information online at checkbook.org/doctors for $25.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

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Christine Mariotti will teach a workshop on the process of creating devore velvet on Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Tryon Arts and Crafts School (TACS), located at 373 Harmon Field Rd. in Tryon.

Devore, from the French de-vorer, meaning to devour or to destroy, is a process in which the cellulose part of a composite fabric is eaten away. In the work-shop, students will etch their own

designs into silk/rayon velvet and use a combination of dyeing and dye discharging to color the vel-vet. The workshop will yield sev-eral samples and one long scarf.

The instructor, Christine Mari-otti, has been a textile instructor and professional fiber artist for more than 30 years and has ex-hibited her silk scarves in many local galleries, including the gift shop at TACS.

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person to cover materials.Advance registration is re-

quired for all workshops. For more information, including tu-ition and supply costs, contact TACS at 828-849-8323 or [email protected]. More details and examples of projects are available on the TACS website, www.TryonArts andCrafts.org.

– article submittedby Julia McIntyre

An example of a devore velvet shawl. (photo submitted by Julia McIntyre)

Devore velvet workshop at TACS Jan. 28

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