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Polk deer hunting season not extended two weeks, page 4

Tryon Daily Bulletin

If you’re thinking about competing in Polk’s Got Talent, take note: The deadline to register to participate is Jan. 20.

The preliminary phase of the competi-

tion takes place Feb. 6. Individuals wanting to participate can do so in two categories: Junior (up to 18 years of age) and Open (any age).

To sign up, visit www.patronsforperformingarts.com or call 828-894-2627.

Tryon Town Clerk Susan Bell swears in Joey Davis as interim town manager for Tryon. Town council voted Thursday, Jan. 11 to fire former manager Justin Hembree. (photo by Leah Justice)

Tryon town council officially fires manager HembreeJoey Davis appointed as interim managerby Leah Justice

Tryon Town Council members admitted in front of a small crowd Thursday, Jan. 12 that they made a procedural mistake on Jan. 3 by not taking a vote in open ses-sion to fire town manager Justin Hembree.

On Thursday, council listened to a number of public comments and then entered closed session to discuss a personnel issue.

When council members re-turned to open session, they voted to terminate Hembree’s employ-ment. They then appointed fire chief and planning and zoning administrator Joey Davis to serve as interim manager and interim

(Continued on page 4)

UDO meeting to focus on ridgeline protection, table of permitted usesSaluda officials urge residents to attendby Samantha Hurst

Two items occupy the agenda of the Tuesday, Jan. 17 Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) meeting – the table of permitted uses and the mountainside

ridgeline protection ordinance, the lat-ter of which has caused a stir among Saluda officials.

Saluda Mayor Fred Baisden, at Sa-luda City Council’s meeting Dec. 12, urged residents to attend the next UDO


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Local Weather

Today: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 44, low 26.

Saturday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 46, low 30.

Sunday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 50, low 27.

Monday: Partly cloudy, with 20 percent chance of rain. High 51, low 34.

Wednesday’s weather was: High 55, low 42, 1.00 inches of rain.

Forecast: Today Tomorrow

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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 bin-go at 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Saluda Community Library will hold preschool storytime each Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. Storytime is open to all area preschoolers and caregivers.

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 Museum, 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.

Singing for Soldiers will be held at Sunny View Elementary School Friday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m.

Michael Upright, Soldiers of the Cross and the Green River Boys will perform. Admission is a small bag of personal items for soldiers in Afghanistan, such as small containers of toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shaving cream, black watch caps, razors, etc.

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

SaTurdayGrassroots Art Project

holds art classes to benefit Len-nie’s Fund and the Humane Soci-ety, 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, Colum-bus.

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 Mu-seum, open Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-290-6600.

Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration program, Sat-urday, Jan. 14, 7 p.m. at the Tryon Fine Arts Center on Mel-rose Avenue in Tryon. Sponsored by the Thermal Belt Friendship Council, the event will feature “Women of the Civil Rights Movement.” The Eternity Dance Group of Asheville, N.C. will perform, the Unity Choir will provide musical selections, and the Bunton Institutional CME Church (BIC) Mime Ministry will also perform. Free. 828-421-7580 or [email protected].

SundayFENCE Family Concert,

Sunday, Jan. 15, 4 p.m. Angela Easterling, an Americana-roots singer/songwriter from Green-ville, S.C., will perform. FENCE Great Room. Free and appropri-ate for all ages.

MondayColumbus Town Hall will

be closed on Monday, Jan. 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holi-

day. There will be no changes in trash pick-up schedules.

Polk County government offices will be closed on Mon-day, Jan. 16 for the Martin Lu-ther King Jr. holiday. The offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Saluda City Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 16 in ob-servance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. City hall will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8:30 a.m. Garbage service will run as usual.

Tryon Town Hall will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holi-day. There will be no changes in trash pick-up schedules.

Polk County Mobile Recy-cling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.

Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m., bridge, 10 a.m., 828-749-9245. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

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 dis-

cussion of relevant issues; inter-denominational.828-859-5051.

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, first and third Mondays of each month, 7:30 p.m., Tryon Fed-eral Bank, Columbus. Visitors welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyterian Church.

TueSdayPolk County Mobile Re-

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

Please submit Curb Reporter items in writing at least two days prior to publication. Items must include a name and telephone number of a contact person. Items will be printed in order by date of event, as space allows.

Here’s a list of upcoming meet-ings and events for area non-profit community and govern-mental organizations:

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PCHS students donate winter clothing to OutreachPolk County High S c h o o l ( P C H S ) C u l t u r e C l u b members recently c o l l e c t e d a n d donated winter coats, gloves, hats and scarves to Thermal B e l t O u t r e a c h Ministr y. Pictured here are ( left to r i gh t ) : Ou t reach Executive Director C a r o l N e w t o n ; Ou t r each C l i en t Services Coordinator M iche l l e Reedy ; PCHS student Diego Gut ie r rez ; PCHS student Diana Silua; PCHS ESL Instructor Rachel Hal l and P C H S s t u d e n t s Savannah Marino and Eder Santibanez. (photo submitted by Wendy Thomas)

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finance officer.The vote to fire Hembree was

unanimous, with yes votes from councilmen Doug Arbogast, George Baker and Roy Miller. Councilman Wim Woody did not attend as he is out of town.

Baker said there was no mal-ice in Hembree’s firing, with Mayor Alan Peoples adding if a vote had been originally taken the result would be the same. Peoples said the town made a proce-dural mistake and he accepts that. Peoples explained that during the emergency meeting on Jan. 3 he asked if a vote was needed and the consensus was “no.”

“Not taking a vote in open session – that is the only reason we’re here,” Baker said. “There was no malice.”

Citizens at the meeting Thurs-

day asked council members sev-eral questions, but council was unable to answer most of them because the termination was a personnel issue.

“I know nothing of what the facts are as to why you want to fire Justin,” said Katharine Smith, “however, I have great concerns about the process.”

Mary Prioleau said it is her understanding that Hembree’s contract reads that if six months’ notice was given by either Hem-bree or the town to not extend the contract, he could leave and the town would owe him noth-ing. The town paid Hembree five months’ severance and four weeks’ vacation pay per his con-tract. When Hembree was hired in 2009, he was given a $75,000 annual salary, according to his contract.

Town attorney Bailey Nager

• Hembree(Continued From page 1)


Polk deer hunting season not extended two weeksRequest for extension not yet heardby Leah Justice

The Bulletin’s Thursday, Jan. 12 front-page article regarding Polk County’s deer season being extended two weeks this year was incorrect.

The N.C. Rules and Review Commission did change Polk County to moderate deer season classification from conservative classification, but the change ap-proved for this season only allows gun hunters to take a doe during the first six days of the season on private lands, as well as the already allowed last six days of the season on private lands. All other dates gun hunters can only take bucks.

“The only difference will be that the first week of the gun deer season will be either-sex on pri-vate lands and the last week will continue to be either-sex on pri-vate lands as before. The new law

allows for 6 additional either sex opportunity days to harvest deer,” said Toby Jenkins, North Carolina Wildlife Officer for Polk County. “The either-sex season for game lands will remain the last day of season, Saturday only.”

It was assumed that the change to moderate season would give Polk County the same rules as Rutherford and Cleveland coun-ties, which allow hunting an ad-ditional two weeks in December.

“Cleveland and Rutherford, although in the Western Deer season, have a special extended season,” said N.C. Rules Biologist Kate Pipken.

This extended season does not yet apply to Polk County, however.

N.C. Wildlife Resources Com-mission Legislative Liaison Chris Dillon said Polk County commis-sioners’ request to give Polk the same special two-week extension as Rutherford and Cleveland coun-ties can be looked at for the next season. Commissioners made the request to the state in October 2011.



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said on Thursday that he could not say until he thoroughly reviewed the contract whether giving six months’ notice would have meant the town would not have owed severance.

“Why was it an emergency?” asked Linda Byington.

“If I answer that we get into personnel,” answered Peoples.

“Did Justin do anything il-legal?” Byington asked.

“We can’t answer that. You cannot discuss personnel,” Peo-ples responded.

Smith then asked what is the town’s definition of an emer-gency.

“Again, you’ve asked a ques-tion that deals with personnel,” Peoples said. “That’s all we can tell you.”

Former Tryon councilman Austin Chapman said it was stated in the Bulletin that the town wants to go in a new direc-tion. He said a new direction is not personnel.

“I’d like to know what the new direction is,” Chapman said.

Emily Clark also asked about the town’s new direction.

“I’m going to be impacted by that new direction,” Clark said.

Council members said the statement about going in a new direction was stated to a reporter by one councilman, not the ma-jority of the board. Miller said saying the town wanted to go in a new direction was a portion of what he said to the reporter.

“There’s new things that come on our desk every day,” said Miller. “There are new things that this board wants to do and basically that’s it. “

Happy McLeod said it is her job to sell the community and she feels like there is a stone-wall between the town and its residents.

“You can call it a procedural error, but it’s a black eye,” said McLeod.

Baker said people can keep fishing for answers but there’s no fish in the water.

“You can keep throwing bait in the water all you want, but

there’s no fish in it,” Baker said. “We’re here as volunteers. None of us wanted this job when we graduated from high school…. Now, thank you for electing us, I think.”

Baker also said that’s why he had a problem with the Bul-letin’s initial article regarding Hembree’s termination, which he said included the phrase “possible illegal meeting.”

The Bulletin’s initial article on the issue said, “The legal-ity of the emergency meeting was questioned by the Bulletin, because no notice was given. According to town attorney Bailey Nager, the town can hold an emergency meeting as long as everyone on council is aware of the meeting.”

The town’s closed session emergency meeting was legal, but the action taken was not valid, because a vote was not taken in open session. State stat-utes require that terminations of managers be done by an open session vote.

Comments ended Thursday with Smith telling council, “You all work for us; we don’t work for you.”

Davis was sworn into office as the town’s interim manager and finance officer. Council members said they would dis-cuss issues such as handling of duties and salary arrangements at council’s Tuesday, Jan. 17 meeting.

Davis has been Tryon’s fire chief since April 2007. A na-tive of Shelby, Davis graduated in 1997 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in geography. He holds a master’s degree in pub-lic administration from Colum-bia Southern University, where he is also seeking a doctorate in business administration.

Davis was given the title of planning and zoning administra-tor in September 2010.

“I’m appreciative of the vote of confidence from the town council during this interim pe-riod,” Davis said. “I have always





said that Tryon is fortunate to have a great staff and council to work with. We have several issues that we have been work-ing on that we will continue to move forward with. While this is obviously a time of transition, I

intend for it to go as smoothly as possible. I appreciate all the kind words of support I’ve received so far.”

Davis said he will continue to handle his duties as the town’s full-time fire chief and plan-ning and zoning administrator while he serves as the interim manager.


meeting in an effort to sway com-mittee decisions regarding the Mountain Ridgeline Protection Ordinance (MRPO).

“They are imposing a restric-tion on part of the county, i.e. Saluda and Saluda Township, that they are not putting on other parts of the county,” Bais-den said in an interview Jan. 12. “If citizens want to have their voice heard, they need to be at this meeting.”

Findings of the Mountain-side Ridgeline Protection Or-dinance, or MRPO, state, “The mountainsides and ridgelines of the mountainous region of Western Polk County are characterized by steep slopes and thin soils. Land-disturbing activity on these steeper-sloped, thin-soiled mountainsides and ridgelines potentially threatens the public health, safety, wel-

fare and economic progress of Polk County.”

UDO committee and Polk County Commission member Renée McDermott said the MRPO seeks to address the following con-cerns:

“• Unregu-lated develop-ment of our m o u n t a i n s takes place at the expense of environmental concerns.

• It can im-pair groundwa-ter recharge.

• I t c a n eradicate unique vegetation and wildlife communities.

• Our mountains have aes-thetic and economic value to Polk County as a whole, includ-ing the Towns of Tryon and Columbus, not just the City of

Saluda. The economic value is illustrated by the ‘First Peak of the Blue Ridge’ slogan of the county’s tourism development effort.

• Vegetation clearance and landform grad-ing, as well as the bulk, shape and height of buildings ma-terially alter t h e v i e w s -cape.”

McDermott said the cur-ren t MRPO also combines a steep slopes approach with

an altitude approach and that “steep slope” proponents over-look the protections provided by the MRPO. She said all they can see are roadblocks for what they would like to happen in Saluda.

“The development propo-nents’ steep slopes proposal would affect the entire MRPO district in Saluda, Tryon and Columbus townships (not just the environs of the City of Saluda) and would eviscerate MRPO,” McDermott said. “The Saluda development propo-nents don’t seem to understand the full extent of the objectives/concerns.”

Baisden said the MRPO disregards the fact that all of Saluda is above the 1,650-foot cap for development.

“We’ve invited the chairman of the UDO to see that not ev-erything on top of the mountain is at a steep slope; there are flat

places where you can build,” Baisden said.

Baisden said he feels the UDO committee has painted a picture in which the residents of the county are going to have to bear the burden of taxes, because in his opinion, few places have been left open for the potential of industry.

“We need to have the oppor-tunity in the future to have some sort of industry that could be low impact and provide income to this town,” Baisden said.

The mayor mentioned hope of small industry, such as a business providing parts to BMW, for example, locating off Howard Gap, where there is a new water line.

“If we have an opportunity for growth, that [Howard Gap] is where we need to grow,” Baisden said.

Saluda resident Jim Car-son served as chairman of the county’s 20/20 Vision Plan and is now also a member of the UDO committee.

“I don’t think we will con-tinue with the ordinance as it currently exists in that there will be no commercial devel-opment, but at the same time we don’t want to just allow anything,” Carson said. “Those of us who worked on the 20/20 Vision Plan also don’t want to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It’s a matter of how we weave our way between not allowing any development, which is not right, and allowing anything that would want to come along.”

• UDO(Continued From page 1)


“They are imposing a restriction on part of the county, i.e. Saluda and Saluda Township, that they are not putting on other parts of the county. If citizens want to have their voice heard, they need to be at [the UDO meeting Jan. 17].”

-- Saluda Mayor Fred Baisden

McDermott recently dis-persed to UDO committee members suggested amend-ments to the ordinance that would include Highway Com-mercial (HC) and Neighbor-hood Commercial (NC) on the list of areas that could supersede the MRPO overlay.

Baisden, however, doesn’t believe these changes will solve his concerns with the ordinance.

“What Renée has put to-gether does absolutely noth-ing for the City of Saluda,” Baisden said. “You can leave the areas that McDermott is talking about as they were, but also what they need to do is to look at Howard Gap, which is currently multi-use, and multi-use would allow for us to have low-impact industries that might require, for example,

a warehouse. What we have suggested in the past, but they have not listened to, is leaving that corridor down Howard Gap open for development.”

An area along Ozone Drive is currently zoned Highway Commercial, while other ar-eas, such as land located along Howard Gap, are not currently zoned for commercial uses and would have to go through the typical rezoning process to make that change.

“I surely do hope that the proposed solution I circulated

• UDO(Continued From page 8) “I surely do hope that the proposed solution I

circulated will fix the problems seen by the Saluda business people. But we all need to remember that the business people do not speak for all Saluda residents. I have heard from some residents who are quite concerned about commercialization of more of their beautiful, quaint area.”

-- Renée McDermott

will fix the problems seen by the Saluda business people,” said McDermott. “But we all need to remember that the business people do not speak for all Saluda residents. I have heard from some residents who are quite concerned about commercialization of more of their beautiful, quaint area.”

Carson said there are al-ways two sides of every issue and he thinks the committee should hear both sides before making any decision. He said he does, however, think it is

important for the UDO com-mittee to move forward with its efforts.

“This is the actual commit-tee that is going to try and put into place the comprehensive land plan. I commend the county commissioners for assigning a committee to go through the process of actu-ally implementing the 20/20 plan,” Carson said. “That’s something a lot of counties don’t have in place.”

During the Jan. 17 meeting there will be times for public comment after each issue is discussed. The available slots for comment will be limited to 10 minutes each.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at the Polk County Library. The agenda for the meeting can be found at http://www.polknc.org/departments/development/unifieddevelop-mentcommittee.php.



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Polk district court resultsIn Polk County District Court

held on Wednesday, Jan. 4 with Judge Mack Brittain presiding, 71 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):

Johnny Dean Belcher was convicted of driving while li-cense revoked. Belcher was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $200 fine and court costs.

J e r e m y Keith Hembree was convicted of harboring a fugitive. Hembree was sentenced to 14 days in jail.

Donald Eric Ingram was convicted of speeding 96 mph in a 65 mph zone. Ingram was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $96 fine and court costs.

Brandon Cody Jackson was convicted of driving after con-suming under age 21. Jackson was sentenced to one year unsu-pervised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Morgan Nicole Lovelace was convicted of consumption of alcohol by under 19 year old. Lovelace was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation, a $50 fine and court costs.

Mandi Raye Metcalf was convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia. Metcalf was sentenced to 24 hours of com-munity service, a $100 fine and court costs.

Dewayne Earl Mitchell was convicted of speeding 99 mph in a 65 mph zone. Mitchell was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $99 fine and court costs.

Anthony Tyler Price was convicted of speeding 100 mph in a 65 mph zone. Price was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Matthew William Rice was convicted of driving after con-

suming under age 21. Rice was sentenced to one year un-

supervised probation, three days in jail with credit and court costs.

Jesse Lee Ruff was convicted of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Ruff was sentenced to 120 days in the N.C. Depart-ment of Corrections with 55 days credit and $2,581 in restitution.

Colby Robert Scales was convicted of driving after con-suming under age 21. Scales was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, a $100 fine and court costs.

Jeffrey Wayne Warren was convicted of level 5 driving while impaired. Warren was sentenced to one year unsuper-vised probation, 24 hours of community service, a $100 fine and court costs.

Michael Nelson Wilkin was convicted of level 5 driving while impaired. Wilkin was sen-tenced to one year unsupervised probation, 24 hours in jail, a $100 fine and court costs.

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AmeriCorps volunteers to spruce up Stony Knoll Library Jan. 16

Stony Knoll Community Li-brary will get a facelift on Mon-day, Jan. 16. Volunteers with AmeriCorps will make repairs and do some landscaping tasks at the library, located off Fox Mountain Road near Mill Spring.

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A glance at some of the latest news in the area.

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Polk CDBG applications due March 30Isothermal Planning and Development Commission’s Paula Kempton told Polk commissioners on Monday, Jan. 9 that Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) applications are due by March 30. Polk County is eligible for $400,000 for low-income home repair. If the grant is approved this year, notices will be posted in the newspaper and through-out the community regarding the assistance.

Tryon approves closing Cherry StreetTryon Town Council during its Dec. 20 meeting approved closing Cherry Street, located below Tryon Elementary School. The road was formerly used to access Duke Pow-er’s maintenance yard and has been used as a driveway. The road is not used by the general public.

Tryon police to purchase new Chevy TahoeTryon Town Council approved the police department pur-chasing a new Chevy Tahoe for $33,907. The department is purchasing the Tahoe to have 4WD capabilities. The Tahoe will replace a police vehicle that was totaled during a chase last year. The town will finance the purchase from BB&T at 2.43 percent over five years.

Polk to request bids for auditor Polk commissioners agreed to request bids to find an audi-tor for the county’s 2011-12 financials. The county received a $52,000 proposal from Gould Killian, which has been the county’s auditor the past four years. It is customary to change auditors at least every five years. Commissioners said Gould Killian could win the bid for another year.

Polk to meet Jan. 23 at Womack Building After previously stating the desire to hold the county’s Jan. 23 meeting and workshop at the new department of social services building, commissioners announced Jan. 9 that the next meeting and workshop will be held at the Womack building in Columbus. The change was made to avoid possible client confidentiality issues. Com-missioners will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.m. followed by a workshop to discuss the next budget.

Landrum Police Department report Landrum Police Chief Bruce Shelnut presented a December report to Landrum City Council Jan. 10. The report showed the department handed out 56 citations and made three arrests. Speeding accounted for 16 of the citations, while arrests were made for driving under the influence and driv-ing under suspension. The department also worked on 15 criminal cases involving open containers, possession of drug paraphernalia and shoplifting. It also conducted nine separate criminal investigations.

Landrum Fire Dept. December report The Landrum fire department answered 25 calls in De-cember, making the total calls for 2011 at 271. The final number was an increase of seven calls over 2010. The department currently has one member in nighttime rookie school to obtain firefighter 1 and firefighter 2 standards.

Kathleen GoodwinKathleen Helen Goodwin,

86, passed away Tuesday morn-ing, Jan. 3, 2012 at St. Luke’s Hospital.

Born Jan. 16, 1925 in Silver-cliff, Colo., she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lucy Wil-

Obituaries liams. She was predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Jesse Andrew Goodwin.

She was also predeceased by her brothers, Kenneth, Don and Keith Williams.

Survivors include her daugh-ter, Andra Tucker and husband, Jerry Sr., of Landrum; grand-daughter, Amanda Edwards and husband, Tucker, of Spar-

tanburg, S.C. and grandson, Jerry Jr. of Landrum. She was also survived by four great-grandchildren, Cristin Henson, Joey Henson, Jordan Henson and Isabelle Edwards of Spar-tanburg, and numerous nieces and nephews.

There will be a memorial ser-vice Jan. 14 at Southside Baptist Church in Landrum at 2 p.m. by

Dr. John Fortner. The family would like to thank

all the staff of White Oak Manor, Tryon; Hospice of the Carolina Foothills; St. Luke’s Hospital emergency room and ICU.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a charity of choice.

Petty Funeral Home & Cre-matory, Landrum.


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Leonard Rizzo

Before I begin this week’s tale ,I must get something off my chest. Recently someone went to the vet and had a growth removed from their dog. When it came time to pay the bill they said, “Lennie said he would handle it.” When I finally reached these people they didn’t know me, but their neighbor said I would do this. I paid the bill, not wanting the vet’s office to handle it, they do enough for me. Had I been prop-erly contacted I probably would have helped anyway, but I would have evaluated the situation and made that choice. Those who do-nate to my cause do so in good faith and I am expected to choose wisely and fairly how their money is spent.

Last week I received a call concerning Brinks, a beautiful 2 ½ year old red Doberman. The story involving Brinks and his family’s problem unfortunately is not all that unusual, but sad nonetheless. A young man without a job and a young wife working three jobs to hold things together. A divorce is eminent and an angry young man backs out the drive and hits their dog. Many things ensue until I finally get the call from an older relative who now has the dog but doesn’t have the money to help him.

“I think he’s sprained his right hip, Lennie and he has trouble put-ting his leg down.”

“Okay,” I reply “get him down to Landrum vet first thing and I’ll see he’s looked at and taken care of.”

They promise to help with the bill as best they can and I thank

them for trying.The next morning I visited

Brinks for the very first time and could tell the boy was in obvious pain. He was sweet, trusting and gentle as I reassured him things will get better. I learn from Dr. Donna Raines that he’s had the injury since Thanksgiving and I am furious.

I’ve come across this scenario all too often, people have problems and the animal who doesn’t have a say in the mat-

ter, suffers.Subsequently the ball joint from

Brinks’ hip was removed, he’s re-ceived a full bank of immunization shots and is recovering nicely. He receives daily antibiotics for joint relief and will need two weeks of R&R before he’s released. He will go to the responsible older relative and I have been assured from a family member I trust implicitly, that she will take him should any problems arise.

I visit Brinks daily and each time I arrive at his pen, his little nub tail wags with excitement. “How’s my boy, Brinks?” I say as I open his cage door and sit in with him. He’ll lay his head on my lap and close his eyes with contentment as I constantly stroke him and speak words of encouragement. I weep from the folly of it all and at times I feel like the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dike.

I kiss Brinks between his eyes and rise to leave.

“I’ll see you tomorrow dear boy, it certainly has been an honor and a privilege to know you.”

Thanks for listening.

And they just keep cominglennie anD Brinks

FriDay, January 13, 2012 Tryon Daily BulleTin / The WorlD’s smallesT Daily neWspaper page 15


It’s that time of year again. Time to celebrate a new year. Folks have practiced this for thousands of years. For the western world, it started back in Roman times.

In fact, the word January was actually derived from the word Janus. Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and endings. Every January, millions vow to finally lose weight and get in shape. Al-though this custom is nothing new, most people don’t succeed to the degree they would like, because they don’t have the proper plan.

As the old adage goes , “people don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan. I’m going to help you with that. The first thing to remember is that you can succeed. I’ve had clients lose 50, 65, 72, even 108 pounds. The thing is though, we can up that with the proper fitness/diet strategy.

When clients first come to me, I require they keep a food journal. Even before they start recording their eating habits, I tell them that in the front of their journal I want them to write an entire page of what it will cost them in the near and distant future in terms of health, money, relationships, self esteem and anything else they can think of if they do not make the health changes they need to their body. I tell them this is the only time I want them to feel bad, but I really want them to get those feelings.

Next, I want them to get out of that bad emotional state and write an entire page of what they will gain in those same areas if they make the healthy changes they should. This is often referred to as

“the carrot and the stick.”Remember, everything we do

in life, we do for only one of two reasons. To either gain pleasure or avoid pain. Here’s the thing though. Most people will do much more to avoid pain, than they’ll do to gain pleasure. In other words, when someone smokes, for ex-ample, they choose to focus on the pleasure they get from the cigarette.

If they focused on the pain that would come later, they would

probably never smoke, so by writing these two pages, the

person not only gets it clear in his or her mind what they need to do, but why they need to do it. Always remember, the why is even more important than the how.

In this column I’ve described why it’s important to have clear strategies for getting fit, losing fat and making the changes you’ve really wanted and needed in your body. In my next column I’m going to show you how to make those changes.

Diet or fitness question? Email me at [email protected] or visit fitness4yourlife.org. David Crocker of Landrum has been a nutritionist and personal trainer for 25 years.

He served as strength direc-tor of the Spartanburg Y.M.C.A., head strength coach for the SC state champion girls gymnastic team, USC-Spartanburg baseball 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.

Diet & Exercise by David Crocker

The results of Meadowbrook Seniors golf played Monday, Jan. 9 were as follows:

1. Lionel Gilbert, +82. Three-way tie: David Fore,

Curt Gladson and Larry Ware, +5

5. Tal Holloman, +46. Ron Greene, +37. Three-way tie: Roger Bai-

ley, Hugh Bishop and Jerry Dowis, +2

– article submittedby Walter H. Wease Jr.

Meadowbrook Seniors golf results

Gain pleasure or avoid pain

Residents of White Oak and Oak Hill Apartments held their evening Christmas party Dec. 19, 2011. Musical entertainment for the evening was the local group made up of Woody Cowan, Sue Wilson and Robert Brock. (photo submitted by Faith Ross)

White Oak residents celebrate Christmas

T h e P o l k County Center of the N.C. Co-operative Ex-tension Service will sponsor a bus trip to the Southern Spring Home and Gar-den Show on March 1 in Charlotte.

Organizers say the trip offers participants a day of flowers, exotic plants, display gardens

Polk Extension offers bus tripto Spring Home and Garden show

and the latest in home furnish-ings.

S p a c e i s limited on the bus and pre-reservations are required. For more informa-tion or to re-

serve your seat, call Polk County center at 828-894-8218.

– article submittedby Jimmi Buell

On Jan. 9 the members of the Men’s Monday Duplicate Bridge Club resumed their du-plicate bridge play in the home of Mickey Brandstetter.

At the conclusion of the afternoon’s play Don Eifert and Don Iaffaldano were de-termined the winners. Placing

second was the David Hart and Mike Verbonic partnership. Finishing in third place was the team of Ken Yeager and Jack Saunders.

The club next meets Jan. 16 in the home of Bruce Fritz.

– article submittedby Jack Saunders

Duplicate Bridge Club results, Jan. 9

Want to go? What: Southern Spring Home and Garden Show

When: March 1

Where: Charlotte, N.C



Editor’s note: This column is a fictional story Lennie Rizzo wrote as a compilation of many of the sad situations he has been faced with in his efforts. This story also ran in the Landrum Leader, but Uncle Lennie asked that we share it with our readers as well.

Old man Joe and I lived in a nice quiet house on the top of a hill. We were the best of friends ever since he brought me home from the shelter as a puppy, four years ago. I’ve been told that my mom was a Chocolate Lab and my dad was a Collie, so Joe named me Colaberator but everyone calls me Cola.

Joe used to say I was his pro-tection but I used to say the same about him. I loved everything about Joe, especially his laugh which somehow used to fill me up with pride. It all began when he started teaching me things: “sit Cola, shake hands, roll over, go fetch.” Each time I obeyed his commands he would let out this wonderful laugh. Every morning after our walk Joe would sit in his favorite chair with a cup of cof-fee and read from a large black book. It was the only time during the day he totally tuned me out. He said he was reading about his very best friend, which I thought I was. Still I’d like to meet this friend of his one day, if Joe loved him I bet I would too. When Joe read too long I would bring him my favorite toy and then go through the repertoire of all the tricks he taught me. Joe would put the book down and let out that beautiful laugh that filled me with pride. “Okay Cola, I guess you earned a treat.”

My next favorite thing was when the grand kids came to visit. They would spend the whole day hugging me, playing with me and climbing all over me and I loved every minute of it. They would give me treats all day long as I did my tricks and I even invented a few new ones just for them.

“Don’t give him too many,”

Joe would say but he didn’t mean it, cause he just laughed when they slipped me another one.

A few months ago I noticed that our morning walks were getting shorter and Joe was spending a lot more time read-ing about his best friend. Then one morning Joe would not get out of bed no matter how much I coaxed him. That afternoon the grand kids mom came in with a whole bunch of strange people. She was crying as she took me in her arms, “Don’t worry Cola, pop is going to see his very best friend.”

“Can’t I go too,” I thought. “The kids would love to have you,” she said, “but I just don’t have the time, money or the proper facilities for you.”

They carried Joe away that night and the next morning the kid’s dad came over with the grand kids. I only met him a few times but I liked him, he smelled a lot like Joe. He was wearing his Army uniform and everyone was hugging him and crying. No one played with me but that’s okay, everything just felt different and I wasn’t in the mood anyway. Then the kids’ dad hooked up my leash and took me for a walk.

“Pop’s gone big fella but he told me about a good friend of his that I should call in case anything happened to him. You were the best thing he had at the end of his life, thank you, so I know he’s put you in good hands.”

He knelt down, wrapped his arms around me and wept. I didn’t know what to do, so I in-stinctively licked his face.

“Everyone calls him Uncle Lennie,” he went on, “and he promised he’d find you a good home.”

A short while later a man drove up and came into the house and after everyone hugged and cried some more, he put me in his car. Somehow I remembered Uncle Lennie’s sound and smell, I think from when I was a pup.

The Colaberator

(ConTinueD on page 19)

As we drove away he kept speak-ing softly to me and rubbing my ears. I was a bit confused but somehow I felt safe.

“I promised Joe I’d find you

a good home,” he said sooth-ingly, “and I always keep my promises.”

I remember when Joe told me that his best friend had a house for him and he prayed that one day there’ll be room in it for me. In the meantime, I hope this new home has grand kids.

• Colaberator(ConTinueD From page 18)

October 2011 river and climatological observations

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Polk County High School played Avery High School Jan. 11. The varsity girls lost 37-46 and varsity boys won 68-60. The two top scorers for the varsity girls were Kara Overholt and Savannah Deaver. The two top scorers for the varsity boys were Alec Philpott and Anthony Carson. There was a special half time show given by the Polk County Recreation Deptartment The fifth and sixth grade boys from Tryon and Sunny View played a shortened game of basketball for fans. (photos by Virginia Walker)

Varsity player Makenzie White goes after the ball against Avery.Varsity player Alec Philpott dribbling the ball down court.

Above: PCHS varsity player Joel Booker No. 20 racing for the ball.

Polk County High School basketball

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The Lake Lure Classical Academy inaugural basketball season has been abbreviated to only one remaining game that has been rescheduled to Jan. 18 against Mountain Community School. Below are the scores from the last few games:

Nov. 17: LLCA vs. Trinity Christian

Girls: LLCA – 15 Trinity – 10Boys: LLCA – 23 Trinity - 37

Lake Lure Classical AcademyRaptors basketball scores

Dec. 7: LLCA vs. Brevard Academy

Girls: LLCA – 10 Brevard – 25 Boy: LLCA – 12 Brevard – 24

Dec. 8: LLCA vs. Trinity Christian

Girls: LLCA – 8 Trinity – 6Boys: LLCA – 8 Trinity – 34

- article submittedby Robin Lancaster

Polk County High School wrestler Alex Metcalf (weight 132) won by pin against Owen. (photo by Virginia Walker)

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Eighth graders at Polk County Middle School experienced cultures around the world during Culture Day. They rotated through classes learning about Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, France, Egypt and the Czech Republic. At each stop, they had their passports stamped. Culture Day promotes PCMS’s School Improvement Plan of raising global awareness. Above: Science teacher Greg Robinson shows Jacob Morse (front), Lucas Ewing and Dillon Hayes where England is on the globe, tells them how long it takes to travel there and explains about the time zones. Below: Social studies teacher Matt Roberts stamps Moenasia Miller’s passport after talking with the students about New Zealand. (photos submitted by Linda Herbert)

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Monday we will honor an iconic figure in our nation’s history, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A great preacher, orator and inspiration to people of all walks of life, his words and teachings continue to inspire us today. One of my personal favorite teachings of Dr. King is:

“All I’m say-ing is simply this, that all life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. What-ever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Warren, Mervyn A.; Taylor,

Gardner C. (2008). King Came Preaching: The Pulpit Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Inter-Varsity Press. p. 174.

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Polk County North Carolina. If you would like to attend a meet-ing and see what it’s all about they meet the second Tuesday of every month at the Roseland Community Center in Tryon at 10 Peake St. at 7 p.m.

Lynnea Stadelmann, vice president of the council says “membership is free and open to all, there are no dues or fees and meetings are very informal.”

The Thermal Belt Friendship Council will present its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Com-memoration on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Tryon Fine Arts Center.

Publisher’s Notebookby Betty Ramsey

‘Whatever affects onedirectly affects all indirectly’

A workshop on cultivating gourmet mushrooms will be offered at the Mill Spring Agri-cultural Development Center on Jan. 21 from 10 a.m. – noon and Jan. 22 from 2 – 4 p.m.

Topics in this hands-on work-shop will include installing a

home mushroom garden, har-vesting, production methods and inoculating oak logs.

For more information or to register, visit www.polkcounty-farms.org.

– article submittedby Vaughn Loeffler

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Landrum Library to offer coupon classThe Landrum Library will

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Sheesh, don’t you hate it when people decide to move to another country and make no effort to respect its culture or learn its language?

This is why I can no longer watch HGTV’s ‘House Hunters International.’

In the beginning, this show was an evening ritual for me. Paul and I recorded all episodes and heartily enjoyed sinking back into our sofa, Shiraz in hand, and vicariously lapping up real estate in foreign locales.

I f y o u haven’t seen t h e s h o w, i t generally goes like this: a per-son or couple, usually Ameri-can, for either their job or sim-ply for a romantic whim, decide to uproot themselves and even their family and move to a dif-ferent country: Switzerland, Turkey, Costa Rica, you name it. They then sit down with a real estate agent and are ques-tioned about what’s on their dream list. This usually goes something like this:

“At least three bedrooms, close to the beach, near the shops, and I really want the house to be authentic in its architecture (which means, if its England, a thatched roof cottage; in Barcelona, gothic splendor; in Paris, tall ceilings and deep sash windows.)”

“And what is your budget, please?”

This is where I first be-come annoyed. Because these neophytes are generally fresh-faced and young, in their early 30s.

“Oh, about $700,000.” they reply.

“What??” I bark, nearly spilling my wine. “Who has that kind of money at that age? What are they, drug dealers?”

“Just watch and stop yell-ing.” Paul reminds me and rewinds what I’ve just an-noyingly talked over to watch again.

To be fair, there are buyers on this show that have only around $100,000, but they’re usually looking in the coun-tryside of Bulgaria, although I immediately pounced on-line upon hearing that one can buy a brand new condo on the Aegean in Turkey for that sum, and for far less, a remote farmhouse in Normandy. Never mind that I already have a mortgage and 3,700 cats, dogs and horses to feed, it’s just the idea of it, you see.

Now comes the fun part: as viewers, we get to watch our potential buyer visit three dif-ferent homes.

Some are dumps, some are just drop-dead fabulous. Take, for example, the wealthy San Di-ego couple who wanted a place in Italy. Striding inside a reno-vated home which had once, in its 400-year history, been a monastery, we are treated to exposed rock walls, gleaming hardwood floors, arched door-ways, tall windows set within 4-foot thick walls. Just perfec-tion, I tell you, and then:

“Well, it doesn’t have cen-tral air, and this area is so re-mote that I don’t think anyone here speaks English.” whines the wife to the realtor.

“And I don’t see a place for a hot-tub,” agrees the husband.

“What the hell do you want a hot-tub for?” I explode. “You’re in Italy, for heaven’s sake! You can stroll through the lemon groves and walk into the village and sit at an outdoor cafe and have a glass of wine! You can.”

“Shh!” said Paul, rewinding once again.

“Is it possible to put in cen-tral air?” asks the wife.

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“Oy,” sighed Paul, getting up to refill his glass.

This particular episode end-ed with the couple deciding to buy, for $1 million dollars, an ancient ruin on top of a hill, overlooking the Amalfi Coast. With no interior and crumbling outer walls, it would require at least as much to renovate. And to top it off, I called out to Paul, who had now retreated to his office to read a good book, how could they be so stupid as to fail to realize that the only access to the ruin was 300 steps straight up from the narrow winding road, far, far, below?

“How do they think they’re going to get supplies carried up there? There’s no driveway, no possible other route. Do they have any idea what it’s going cost to haul concrete and lum-ber and heavy equipment up there? Talk about more money than sense. These people are out of their minds!”

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• I’m Just Saying(ConTinueD From page 25)

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will have its service on Jan. 22 at 10:30 a.m. at the Tryon Youth Center on Rt. 176 N. The speaker will be Lackey Rowe. His topic will be, “An Important Life Lesson Learned While in Marine Corps Boot Camp at Parris Island.” Below is an excerpt from this topic.

“The setting is Parris Island, June 1, 1956, the date I arrived at boot camp at the tender age of 16 years. The recruits in my platoon were comprised of Marine Corps Reserves, about 50 percent from Rome, Ga. and the other 50 percent from New Jersey; a reenactment of the Civil War was created between the Rebs and the Yanks. The

focus is on one of the boys from New Jersey – Delmond. Del-mond was a loud mouth from the Bronx. He was a bragger, he was uncoordinated, he was slow and he couldn’t keep up with the physical pace the Ma-rine Corps demanded. Because of these factors, he slowed the progress of the entire platoon.”

Lackey graduated from the University of Mississippi and immediately joined the Peace Corps where he served two

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship meeting Jan. 22years as a teacher in the Philip-pines. He was with one of the first groups in the Peace Corps and went directly from the Peace Corps into the University of Mississippi in 1963.

Upon graduation from law school he went to work as a civil rights lawyer in Jackson, Miss. for three years, then was hired by the Lawyer’s Com-mittee For Civil Rights to be executive director of the Urban Areas Project in Memphis,

Tenn. Lackey went into real estate

for eight years and followed that by being a director of human resources for Marriot Hotels for 12 years. He is now retired and living in Brevard with his wife, Jean Rowe, a retired Unitarian Universalist minister. For information call 828-894-5776 or visit uutry-onnc.org.

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Saluda artist, Bill Jameson, stands in his studio with paintings that will be featured in “Woodland Textures,” a solo exhibit at the Burroughs-Chapin Museum in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (photo by Bonnie J. Bardos)

“Wherever I turn, is a paint-ing.” ~ Bill Jameson

Even on a frost-kissed January morning in Saluda, artist William (Bill) Jameson’s studio blooms with lush green life and verdant woodland tex-tures of moss, stone, sky, leaf and branch.

As a life-long lover of nature, Jameson paints the connection he feels with the earth—each leaf, each branch an elegant dance forever captured in the stroke of a brush. His hand is tender, yet the strokes bold and sure: light and shadow flit together.

The art studio, tucked in a low-slung rusty-red wood building, consists of two cozy rooms: one for Jameson, one for artist wife, Anne. Both studios are filled with large canvases depicting Southern Appalachian landscapes, even a magnificent 5’ x 12’ triptych. Ever-patient

Anne will get her own space back soon, luckily she knows how to share! The two work together seamlessly, both as artists and supporters of one another.

These paint-ings are being prepared for t r a n s p o r t t o Myrtle Beach, S.C. for a solo exhibit “Wil-liam Jameson:

Woodland Textures” at the Bur-roughs-Chapin Museum. It’ll take a large rented trailer to haul them all- no small feat with packing, carrying and unloading. The museum is located at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard (across from Springmaid Pier) Myrtle Beach, S.C. in a historic house that has been moved from its original site.

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Originally from Honea Path, S.C., Jameson’s journey as an na-tionally-known artist started with study at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Fla., then down to study at the prestigious In-stituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Over the years, he’s traveled far and wide, and presented workshops in Mexico,

Italy, Arizona, Charleston, and Saluda.

Often when out in the natural world he loves, he’ll work on smaller studies on site, then pro-duce much larger paintings in the studio. Jameson said, “I love the land for its history, its harshness and its beauty.”

The love and beauty shows. Want to know more? For

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Results of recent golf activi-ties at Tryon Country Club (TCC) are as follows.

Weekend dogfights, Jan. 7-8 Jan. 7: First team was a tie.

Tommy Gardner/Russ Walker and Steve Walker/Bill Sitton

Individual winner: Hub Arledge.

Closest to the hole winners: Hole five, Vernon Dusenbury; hole nine, Fred Edwards Jr.; hole 14, Gary Laughter; hole 18, Steve Walker.

Jan. 8: First team, Butch Kennedy/Fred Edwards Jr.

Individual winner: Craig Culbreth

Closest to the hole win-ners: Hole five and nine, Craig Culbreth; hole 14, Fred Edwards Jr.; hole 18, Butch Kennedy.

Men’s Monday play day, Jan. 9

Format: Blind Bogey/Low net First: Walt Flaschar (23)Second: Bill Kelly (30)Third: Bill Basye (31)Closest to the hole winner:

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Jeans and Hat Day, a fundraiser held recently by students at the Polk County High School Virtual Early College, raised funds for Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry. From left: Outreach Client Services Coordinator Michelle Reedy, Brandy Smith, Virtual Early College student representative and Outreach Executive Director Carol Newton. (photo submitted by Wendy Thomas)

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Computer brain gamesDear Savvy Senior,Can you recommend some

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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.

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Obituaries

Must 7/14/11

John Hanley GibbsJohn Hanley Gibbs, 87, of

Columbus died Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Forest City, N.C.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Callaway Bur-gin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WWII, hav-

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.

Obituaries

Must 7/18/11

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.

Obituaries

Must 7/19/11

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EDTC to produce home and garden source bookIn an effort to promote local

construction trades and services, Polk County Economic Develop-ment is producing a source book for home and garden, a direc-tory of construction, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, roofing, grading, landscaping and other allied services. The directory will be mailed to non-resident property owners to encourage the use of local businesses.

Craig Hilton, EDTC chair commented, “We are aware that we have approximately 3,000 out-of-county property owners here. We’d like to put this Source Book in their hands with the in-tention that when it comes time to build, remodel or repair, they will turn to Polk County building professionals first.”

Businesses that provide con-struction and related services are encouraged to send their business card to the EDTC office, Box 308, Columbus, NC 28722 by Jan. 30 in order to be included. There is no charge to be included.

– article submittedby Libbie Johnson

The Polk County EDTC is producing a source book for home and garden businesses to encourage the use of local businesses. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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