02-29-12 Daily Bulletin

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Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:

Businesses and non-profit organizations still have time to become banner sponsors of this year’s Blue Ridge Barbecue and Music Festival.

The early bird special has been extended to March 7 to give groups more time to catch a discount on the sponsorships and be able to use the opportu-nity to advertise themselves to thousands of visitors to the fes-tival. This discount is available to both new banner sponsors and repeating banner sponsors.

The application is avail-able on the BBQ website or for more details, call Christina 822-859-7427 or Kim at Tryon Mountain Hardware at 828-859-9223.

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Election filing period ends today at noonDemocratic primary needed for board of commissionersby Leah Justice

Polk County residents have until noon today to file for 2012 elections.

The most recent candidates to

file locally have been Ritchie L. “Bubba” Greene (D) and Emily Hyder Bartlett (D) for Polk com-missioner; Rhonda Early for the Polk school board for the Saluda Township; incumbent Cindy Al-len for the White Oak Township of the Polk school board and Phil Feagan (D) for the 47th N.C. Sen-ate District seat.

Seats are open this year for the Polk County Board of Commis-sioners, the school board, Polk County Clerk of Superior Court, Polk County Register of Deeds, N.C. Senate District 47 and N.C. House of Representatives District 113.


Singers steal show at Polk’s Got TalentStaley, Stockdale take top honorsby Samantha Hurst

The Polk’s Got Talent compe-tition held at Polk County High School (PCHS) Monday night bestowed more than audience eyes could behold as 11-year-olds tapped across, sumo wres-tlers danced across and teachers jammed across the stage.

“You’d be hard pressed to find that diverse a collection of talent and individuals in one place,” said judge Aaron Greene. “Yes, the event was a fundraiser but I think people in the audience probably got a really great show out of it.”

Audience members and judges ended the entertaining evening by proclaiming 9-year-old Ki’Yon Staley the winner of the junior Polk’s Got Talent judge Susie Kocher with Ki’Yon Staley, the winner of the

junior division Monday night, Feb. 27. PCHS alumnus Noah Stockdale won the open division. (photo by Samantha Hurst) (Continued on page 3)

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Today: Cloudy, with 80 percent chance of rain. High 67, low 52.

Thurssday: Par t ly cloudy, with 30 per-cent chance of rain. High 75, low 48.

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The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ce-ramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assistance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001.

Saluda Center Wednesday activities, Trash Train, domi-noes game, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-749-9245.

Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congre-gational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Female Domestic Abuse Intervent ion Program, Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Male Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Wednes-days, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.

Saluda Center Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.; 828- 749-9245.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-

894-0001. House of Flags Museum,

open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Colum-bus.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nurs-ery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.

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

Saluda Community Library will have preschool story time every Thursday 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.

Polk Republican Women’s Club will hold a luncheon meet-ing Thursday, March 1 at 11:30 a.m. at Tryon Estates. Keith Hol-bert, candidate for the office of Polk County commissioner, will be the guest speaker. For reserva-tions or additional information, call Opal Sauve at 828-863-2437.

Polk County Public Library, free yoga class (bring your own mat) every Thursday from noon - 1 p.m.

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd.

Daffy-Jills Garden Club will meet Thursday, March 1 at 1:30 p.m. at the Landrum Library. Kathy Johnson Zimmerman will present a program about hillside gardening and stormwater con-trol. Members should contact Marcia Burrus or Margaret Ken-nard if they are unable to attend.

Columbus Lions Club will meet Thursday, March 1 at 5:15 p.m. at the House of Flags Mu-seum in Columbus. Dinner at Calvert’s Kitchen will follow the program presented by Bob and Judy Lair. Information: 828-894-2505.

Tryon Fine Arts Center,

“Explore the Tango,” with Larry Gant of Tango Asheville. Part of the Explore the Arts series of pro-grams at TFAC. 828-859-8322.

Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus.

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

Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098.

Polk County Democratic Party executive committee will meet Thursday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. at the Democratic headquar-ters in Columbus.

AA’s Sobriety and Beyond, Thursdays, 8-9 p.m., Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, 1024 W. Main St., Forest City. 828-863-1313.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., CooperRiis, Mill Spring. 828-859-7099.

FridayPAC Hike will take place

at Paris Mountain State Park Friday, March 2. Hikers will meet at the Gowensville Spinx at 8:30 a.m. to carpool for the 30-minute drive to the park. Four-mile moderate loop hike. Bring a lunch, water, snack and any needed medication. Dress appropriately. Will return no

later than 2 p.m.Saluda 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.

saTurdayColumbus Town Council

will hold a budget retreat Satur-day, March 3 in council chambers at Columbus Town Hall, located at 95 Walker Street. The retreat will be from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Public invited.

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.

division and PCHS alum Noah Stockdale the champion of the open division.

Staley wowed the crowd, and judges, with the range of his voice as he sang an a cappella rendition of the song “Jesus Loves Me.” Stockdale, meanwhile, performed an original song.

Stockdale, currently a senior at UNC-Asheville, plans to put his winnings – $500 – to use in the production of his first album.

“Thank you for coming out… this was a great program and I had a lot of fun tonight,” Stockdale told the crowd after he was named winner of the open division.

Others gaining recognition from the crowd included 17-year-old Cassie Couch and 16-year-old Mollie Nelson, who were second place junior division winners. Couch and Nelson performed an elaborative dance in sumo wrestler costumes to a mix of hit music from the last three or more

decades. Receiving second place in the

open division was Project X, a rock band with plenty of enthusi-asm and a few familiar faces; sev-eral of the members are currently teachers in Polk County schools.

Third-place winners in the junior division were 13-year-old singers Keileigh McMurray and Lauren Stratman, while The Fox Chasers – including PCHS student Austin Freer – grabbed third in the open division. Also receiving honorable mention in the junior division were 10-year-old clog-ger Madison Yellen, 14-year-old singer Mia Brown, 11-year-old tap dancers Meredith Gillespie and Brianna Richardson and singers Daniel Macias and Talia Petoia.

Receiving nods in the open division were singers Cade Un-derwood, Madison Alexander and Cole Pellat, Celtic duo Two Folks from County Polk and the band Blues Underground.

Judges for the evening were Greene, Brook Hannon and Susie Kocher.

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The evening was hosted by the Patrons for the Performing Arts, a group of parents aimed at support-ing the fine arts in Polk County and in particular local schools. Funds raised will help to defray costs of the PCHS Vocal Impres-sion’s trip to Festival Disney – an

international competition for high school choruses in Orlando, Fla. over spring break. Choral teacher Anna Marie Kuether said the trip will be especially important for Vocal Impressions members

Noah Stockdale won the open division of the Polk’s Got Talent competition finals held Monday, Feb. 27. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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On the first day of filing, Feb. 13, Rick Covil filed to keep his seat representing Tryon Township on the Polk County school board, incumbent county commissioners Tom Pack (R) and Renée McDer-mott (D) filed to keep their seats and commissioner challengers Mi-chael Gage (R), Keith Holbert (R) and Russell Meirop (D) also filed. Also filing on the first day were incumbent Polk County Register of Deeds Sheila Whitmire (R) and Pam Hyder (D) and Marche Pitt-man (R) for Polk County Clerk of Superior Court.

No challengers had filed as of Tuesday morning, Feb. 28 for the Polk County Board of Education seats, with seats open in Saluda, Tryon and White Oak townships.

At least a Democratic primary will be needed for the Polk County Board of Commissioners. The pri-mary election will be held on May 8.

The seat of the Polk County Clerk of Superior Court is currently held by Hyder (D). Hyder was appointed last year to fill the unex-

pired term of former clerk Charlene Owens, who retired. Whoever is elected this year to the clerk posi-tion will serve the remainder of Owens’ term until 2014 and can run again for a four-year term in 2014.

The register of deeds will serve a four-year term and the top two vote-getters for commissioner will serve four-year terms with the other winner serving a two-year term.

Feagan filed as a candidate for the N.C. Senate District 47 seat, which is currently held by Ralph Hise Jr. (R). The N.C. House of Representatives District 113 seat is currently held by Trudi Walend (R), who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of David Guice after his resignation last year to take the director’s position of the commu-nity corrections division of the new state department of public safety.

The N.C. House and Senate seats are elected for two-year terms.

Any interested residents who wish to file have until noon today, Wednesday, Feb. 29 to file. Filing can be done at the Polk County Board of Elections Office located on the second floor of the Womack building in Columbus.

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Polk County candidates as of Feb. 28Polk commissionersEmily Hyder Bartlett (D)Keith Holbert (R)Michael Gage (R)Ritchie L. “Bubba” Greene (D)Renée McDermott (D) (incum.)Russell Mierop (D)Tom Pack (R) (incumbent)Clerk of courtPam Hyder (D)Marche Pittman (R)

Register of deedsSheila Whitmire (R) (incumbent)Board of educationRhonda Early – Saluda TownshipRick Covil – Tryon Township (incumbent)Cindy Allen-White Oak Township (incumbent)N.C. Senate Dist. 47Phil Feagan (D)

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this year as it will be the first year they have competed against other choral groups from around the country. Last year the group made the trip in order to receive comments and information on how they could improve.

Sponsors for the Polk’s Got Talent event included Freer Equine Mobile Veterinary Ser-vices, Millard & Company, Bon-nie Brae Veterinary Hospital,

Computer Direct Outlet and Elken Studio.

Polk’s Got Talent raised about $3,000 during the event, but it will cost more than $20,000 for the 31 Vocal Impressions students to travel to Florida. Organizer Bibi Freer said students’ families will have to cover whatever is not raised. For more information, or to donate, visit www.patronsfor-performingarts.com.

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Bids in White Oak foreclosure sale reach $4.725M10-day upset bid date now March 8by Leah Justice

Two companies are currently in a bidding war to purchase White Oak Golf & Equestrian Community, which is in fore-closure.

So far Tryon Equestrian Prop-erties LLC and Overmountain Trace Holdings LLC have sub-mitted two bids each.

Overmountain Trace Holdings submitted the latest bid for the 941-acre subdivision on Feb. 27 in the amount of $4,725,000.

The bidding began at an auc-tion held at the Polk County Courthouse on Feb. 1, when Roger Smith, representing Tryon Equestrian Properties LLC, made the sole bid of $3,675,130.34.

During the initial 10-day upset bid process, Overmountain Trace Holdings placed an upset bid for $3,858,88.86, which was fol-lowed by an upset bid from Tryon Equestrian Properties on Feb. 17 for $4,500,000.

The current bid of $4,725,000 held by Overmountain Trace Holdings is the highest so far. The 10-day upset bid process has been

extended until March 8 at 5 p.m.All bids made so far on the

property have been the mini-mums needed. The next upset bid will have to be a minimum of $4,961,250 with a minimum de-posit of $248,068 or five percent of the bid.

Attorney William A. McFar-land Jr. of Tryon is representing Tryon Equestrian Properties and attorney Lora T. Baker of Colum-bus is representing Overmountain Trace Holdings.

Overmountain Trace Holdings was formed as a limited liability company with an effective date

of Feb. 8, 2012, according to the N.C. Department of the Secretary of State.

Baker is listed as Overmoun-tain Trace Holdings’ principal of-ficer and Feagan Law Firm at 60 Walker Street, Suite F, Columbus is listed as the address.

White Oak Development Part-ners is listed on bid documents at the courthouse as the mortgagors/grantors with Tryon Equestrian Properties listed as the mort-gagee/secured party.

Also listed on bid documents is Stratford Realty Capital L.P. as the holder of security interest.

Rape, other charges dismissed for Taylor HutchersonSentenced on four alcohol countsby Leah Justice

Charges of second-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping,

first-degree sexual offense, sim-ple possession of a schedule III controlled substance and pos-session of drug paraphernalia were dismissed against Taylor Hutcherson during Polk County Superior Court held the week of

Feb. 20.Hutcherson, who was 22 at the

time of his arrest in July 2010, pled guilty to four counts of mis-demeanor providing alcohol to persons under age 21. Four other charges of providing alcohol to

persons under 21 were dismissed, according to court records.

Hutcherson was sentenced to 18 months supervised probation for one count of providing alcohol


Super Saturday Ticket Order for March 17, 2012

All students in Tryon, Landrum, Saluda, Campobello, Sunny View, and Holly Springs Elementary Schools must order tickets through their school representatives on March 6th.

Only persons in the community who have no children in the above mentioned schools will be allowed to purchase tickets directly from the Children’s Theater Festival Committee at the

annual ticket round robin held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center Tuesday, March 6th at 8:30 a.m.

Tickets will be available to the general public at the Tryon Fine Arts Center box office

March 7, 8, 9, 15 & 16 10 a.m.— 2 p.m. Info: (828) 859-8322, ext 301

Name ____________________________ Address ____________________________________________ Email address ________________________ If the box office needs to contact someone about this order from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, please call: at home phone ________________ at work phone _________________

For more info on performers, go to tryonsupersaturday.com

____ 9:30 Princess Katie & Racer Steve - music Tryon Movie Theater ____ 9:30 Ivan Pecel, “Making Juggling Tolerable” Tryon Fine Arts Center ____ 9:30 Doug Berky, blend of physical comedy & commedia dell’arte Episcopal Parish Hall ____ 9:30 Grey Seal Puppets, “Tangle of Tales” Congregational Church

____ 10:45 Billy Bob Steinberg, “Comedy Spectacular” Tryon Movie Theater ____ 10:45 Al Simmons, “Sounds Crazy” Tyron Fine Arts Center ____ 10:45 Tarradiddle Players, “Commedia Cinderella” Episcopal Parish Hall ____ 10:45 Queen Nur, “Sweet Potato Pie and Such” Congregational Church

12:15 Parade on Melrose Avenue. Line up at 12:00 at the Congregational Church to participate!

____ 1:15 Princess Katie & Racer Steve - music Tryon Movie Theater ____ 1:15 Al Simmons, “Sounds Crazy” Tryon Fine Arts Center ____ 1:15 Doug Berky, blend of physical comedy & commedia dell’arte Episcopal Parish Hall ____ 1:15 Grey Seal Puppets, “Tangle of Tales” Congregational Church

____ 2:30 Billy Bob Steinberg, “Comedy Spectacular” Tryon Movie Theater ____ 2:30 Ivan Pecel, “Making Juggling Tolerable” Tryon Fine Arts Center ____ 2:30 Tarradiddle Players, “Commedia Cinderella” Episcopal Parish Hall ____ 2:30 Queen Nur, “Sweet Potato Pie and Such” Congregational Church

All tickets are $2.00 Total Tickets ordered ____ x $2 = ______ amount enclosed Checks payable to Children’s Theater Festival or CTF

Your tax deductible donation will help ensure that this fabulous day continues for years to come. Donation amount _____________ Total amount enclosed __________

Please check the blanks below and fill in the appropriate information:

I can attend _____ only in the morning _____ only in the afternoon _____ all day If any of the shows I have chosen are sold out, please substitute tickets for:

__________________________, or _________________________, or _________________________ Make NO substitutions ___(Send tickets for available shows and refund money for shows that have sold out)

Mail orders: Children’s Theater Festival, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, NC 28782

Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope or pick-up your tickets at the box office.



Gardner, Bush perform in organ concert March 8

Foothills Music Club (FMC) member John Gardner (above) and Lesley Bush, minister of music at Tryon Presbyterian Church (below), are among the organists who will perform on March 8 at Tryon Congregational Church at 3 p.m. The public is invited. (photos by Eleanor Roemer, submitted by Ellen Harvey Zipf)

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to persons under 21, 120 days in jail with credit for 120 days for another count of providing alcohol to persons under 21 and 18 months supervised probation, 25 hours of community service, a $250 fine and court costs for another count. The fourth count was consolidated into another sentence.

Judge Sharon T. Barrett pre-sided last week. Verbiage included with the second-degree rape

dismissal stated that the “victim of charges has made the decision not to testify.”

Hutcherson’s attorney Sean Devereaux said the dismissals and pleas were not the result of a plea bargain.

“Mr. Hutcherson was not guilty of the felony rape, sexual assault and kidnapping charges, nor the drug offenses,” Devereaux said. “He was prepared to go to trial on those charges had they not been dismissed. He was guilty of the relatively minor alcohol offenses.”

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LEAP offers sustainable farming workshop March 2-3

Lee Mink works at his Mill Spring farm, LEAP Farm. Mink will give a workshop on a high-yield system of growing using organic methods on Friday and Saturday, March 2-3. (photo submitted by Carol Lynn Jackson)

LEAP Farm of Polk County will offer a sustainable farming workshop for the home garden-er and the market grower Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3.

Lee Mink of LEAP Farm in Mill Spring will be the instruc-tor for the workshop. The focus will be on a high-yield system of growing using organic meth-ods. Some of the topics will include:

• Bed making• Composting• Soil amendments• Soil block• What and when to plant• Irrigation• Row covers• Seed savingMink said he believes in

teaching growers to become “dirt farmers” first, and offers a great deal of information on the importance of preparation and sustainable irrigation.

As one workshop attendee put it, “I appreciate the enthusi-asm and vast knowledge of the instructors. It’s also been great

to have established a network with other local growers.”

The morning of each work-shop will be held at the new Manna Cabanna shared-use farm kitchen and event space at 835 N. Trade St. in Tryon.

Field time (weather permit-ting) will be on LEAP Farm in Bright’s Creek Development in Mill Spring. The workshops’ timeframe is from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Class sizes are small. Binder workbooks, local foods refreshments and lunches gift bags will be provided.

The new community kitch-en will cater the event with local, vegetarian fare; this weekend will be the kitchen’s first public workshop. This event is supported by Slow Food Foothills.

For workshop fees and fur-ther information or to register, call Carol Lynn Jackson at 828-817-2308 or e-mail [email protected].

– article submitted by Carol Lynn Jackson



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Editor Samantha HurstManaging Editor Barbara TillyGraphic Designer Gwen RingReporter Leah Justice

Letters to the editor

Commending writers for thoughts

To the Editor:The recent letter from Bill

Holcomb, Feb. 23, 2012, is right on target and a s k s s o m e v e r y valid questions that ought to be asked of Ni America, by the Tryon Town council.

Those answers should be shared with the public at a pub-lic forum and published in the Bulletin for those who may be unable to attend such a forum.

I commend Mr. Holcomb for his questions which are prob-ably on the mind of all who get their water from Tryon.

As one who gets their water

from Tryon, I know they’re on Anna’s and my mind. The history of privatized water systems in the U.S. is not an especially good one for the people who end up paying for this daily necessity for life.

I also thank the Very Reverend Dr. Michael Doty, who put facts before ide-ology and shared t h o s e f a c t s w i t h

readers of his column in the Feb. 23 issue of the Bulletin.

It seems the saying “We are all entitled to our opinions, but not to the facts,” is the principle on which this column is based.

Thank you for publishing both of these.

– Neb Conner, Tryon

True heroes To the Editor:There have recently been

several articles published in a nearby newspaper a b o u t t h e B o i l i n g Springs fireman who has been disgraced for his misrepresentation of himself as a hero of the 911 terrorist attack on New York City.

This should be a loud wake up call to other so-called “heroes.”

I’m referring to those few low-life’s who have conveyed to people their “heroic” achieve-ments during times of war. They even proudly display their med-als to confirm their fictitious war stories.

The Federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law on Dec. 20, 2006, makes it a misdemean-or to falsely represent oneself as having received any U.S. medal or decoration.

The cons t i t u -tionality of this law is currently being debated in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Regard less of the outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision, however, those who lie about their military service face the wrath and con-demnation of their friends and neighbors should the truth ever emerge.

This has occurred regarding the fireman in Boiling Springs and that’s the way it should be.

– Otis Livingston, Columbus


Comments on www.tryondailybulletin.com

Tryon Daily Bulletin on Feb. 23 published, “Tryon resident paid town sewer fees without service for more than 20 years”

d.mfincher replied:“After reading this article

I am appalled that the city of Tryon would allow some-thing like this to happen.

This is my grandmother and I feel that if it were one of the council person’s family members they would have made sure that their family member received all that they were owed. I don’t care about the state statutes, you have a moral responsibility to give her back what she is owed in full.

I know that she said it is not worth the fight, that is only because she is elderly, bu t i f you can s leep a t night knowing that she paid $8,400 and you only gave her $1986.89 (not even a third of what she paid) then you have no moral con-science at all. She deserves to get back all that she paid and then some.

2 1 y e a r s c o m e o n , please!!”

Tryon Daily Bulletin on Feb. 23 published, “Tryon resident paid town sewer fees without service for more than 20 years”

Carol Cox replied:Mrs. Cunningham, and

any other Tryon resident in the same or similar situa-tion, should be totally re-imbursed for the money she paid to the Town of Tryon. As a resident, she can then decide what to do with her money. If she decides to pay the Town of Tryon to hook her up to the sewage system, then it is her decision and it is her money to spend. It sounds like this woman already has damage to her house and grounds that will cost her to have repaired and made livable again!

Tryon Daily Bulletin on Feb. 24 published, “Over-mountain Trace Holdings makes upset bid of $3.858M for White Oak Development”

towo17 replied: “Does anyone know if there was another upset bid, yester-day?

And if so, how much?thx”

Finn Feral-Savage re-sponded to our post “Ag center auditorium under renovation” with, “Come see The Art Farm

Comments on our facebook pageperform at the newly renovated Ag Center on School Rd March 16 at 7 p.m. www.facebook.com/events/107326822728732/”.

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Tryon water system To the Editor:For several weeks I’ve been

following the discussion about the possibility of the Town of Tryon selling its water and sewer system, and in particular, some of the comments offered by the mayor and a couple of the council members.

The prevailing defense of the status quo seems to re-volve around some nebulous benefit of having the water and sewer system in the hands of people who sleep in this county. It’s as if there is something magic about water and sewer services, or that somehow local residents can be more effective and efficient than outsiders.

I should give council mem-ber Roy Miller some credit, however. He has noted that Tryon water rates are among the highest in the state though I expect in making that obser-vation Mr. Miller is not even considering the exorbitant rates paid by those water customers like myself who live outside Tryon’s town limits.

Outsiders control our electric services, our road repairs, our phone, cable TV and Internet services and on and on. This is just my opinion, grant you, but the water service is about the only reason for Tryon to even have a town government, and perhaps that’s the real issue here.

By owning the water system, the town government has a reason to exist… and a reason to have a bunch of people on the town (read that taxpayers) payroll. If the water system were sold, people might start wondering what they are getting for their property taxes.

As for the continued exis-tence of the Town of Tryon, that question should generate as much discussion as does the possible sale of the water sys-tem. Frankly, in my view, there is no real reason for the Town of Tryon to exist as a separate corporate entity.

Police services could and should be merged into a county-wide law enforcement agency, thus saving everyone some money and likely not diminish-ing the quality of the services. What that means is that if wa-ter and sewer were to become private and if the county were to form a county-wide law enforcement agency, the town government might as well mail its charter back to the state gov-

ernment. The town government would have nothing left to do.

The residents of an unincorporated

“Village of Tryon” would be free of most local property taxes and free from ever-increasing water and sewer rate increases as the town’s utility service chases the holy grail of break-even.

Some folks may think I make this proposal in jest but actually, I’m dead serious. In fact, if one considers that less than 15 per-cent of eligible Tryon voters put the current mayor and council into office last year, you might get the impression that the vast majority of Tryon residents have already declared the town gov-ernment to be irrelevant.

True, I do not live in the town limits (yet) but I am affected by the punitive and ever-increasing water rates and live under the threat that someday the town will annex me and force me to pay taxes for… what? … law enforce-ment services that I already have, water service that I would still pay for and what else?

See my point? As noted, I do not live in the

town but I do have Tryon water and thus feel I have the right to at least offer my opinion on the proposal from Ni-America.

It’s entirely possible that the town should not sell the water and sewer systems but the reasons ought to be much more tangible than the most prevalent argument…. that we want to keep control of the wa-ter system in local hands.

– Ted Hiley, Tryon



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LEGALS

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Pursuant to the power ofsale contained in thatDeed of Trust executedby Charles W. Cline,dated the 23rd day ofApril, 2010, and recordedin the Office of the Regis-ter of Deeds for PolkCounty, North Carolina,in Book 380, at Page282, and because of de-fault in the payment ofthe indebtedness therebysecured, and pursuant todemand of the owner andholder of the indebted-ness secured by saidDeed of Trust, the under-signed Substitute Trus-tee will sell at public auc-tion to the highest bidderat the usual place of salein the Polk County Court-house, Columbus, NorthCarolina, at 2:00 o'clockp.m. on the 8th day ofMarch, 2012 the followingdescribed real property,including all improve-ments thereon:

ADDRESS OF PROP-ERTY:60 Birch Lane, Colum-

bus, NC 28722.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:See Exhibit A attached.

PRESENT OWNER(S):Charles W. Cline

The terms of the sale arethat the property will besold for cash to the high-est bidder and a cash de-posit not to exceed thegreater of five percent(5%) of the amount of thebid, or Seven Hundredand Fifty Dollars ($750)may be required at thetime of the sale. Theproperty to be offeredpursuant to this Notice ofSale is being offered forsale, transfer and con-veyance "As Is, WhereIs". Neither the Substi-tute Trustee nor theholder of the Note se-cured by the Deed ofTrust being foreclosed,

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nor the officers, directors,attorneys, employees,agents or authorized rep-resentatives of either theSubstitute Trustee or theholder of the Note makeany representation orwarranty relating to the ti-tle or any physical, envi-ronmental, health orsafety conditions existingin, on, at or relating to theproperty being offered forsale, and any and all re-sponsibilities or liabilitiesarising out of or in anyway relating to any suchconditions are expresslydisclaimed. The propertywill be sold subject to re-strictions and easements

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of record, any unpaidtaxes, prior liens and spe-cial assessments, anytransfer tax associatedwith the foreclosure, andthe tax of forty-five cents(454) per Five HundredDollars ($500.00) re-quired by N.C.G.S. '7A-308(a)(1). The salewill be held open for tendays for upset bids as re-quired by law.

If the real property to besold pursuant to this No-tice of Sale is residentialproperty with less than 15rental units then: (1) anorder for possession ofthe property may be is-

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sued pursuant toN.C.G.S. § 45-21.29 infavor of the purchaserand against the party orparties in possession bythe clerk of superior courtof the county in which thereal property is sold; and(2) Any person who occu-pies the property pursu-ant to a rental agreemententered into or renewedon or after October 1,2007 may, after receivingthis notice of sale, termi-nate the rental agreementupon ten (10) days' writ-ten notice to the landlord,and upon termination of arental agreement, thetenant is liable for rent

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due under the rentalagreement prorated tothe effective date of thetermination.

This the 16th day of Feb-ruary, 2012.

G. Robert Turner, IIISubstitute Trustee

EXHIBIT A

Being all of that certaintract or parcel of land inthe City of Columbus,County of Polk, State ofNorth Carolina, contain-ing 1.472 acres, more orless, and being shownand delineated on that

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certain plat entitled Sur-vey for Gary F. and LisaWallace, Lot 106 of Mor-gan Chapel Village, PlatSlide A-126-64, Colum-bus Twp, Polk Co, NC,dated September 27,1995 and prepared by K.Scott Walker, RegisteredLand Surveyor and re-corded in Map Card FileC, Page 631, in the officeof the Register of Deedsfor Polk County, NorthCarolina, reference beingmade to said recordedplat for a full and com-plete metes and boundsdescription of said prop-erty pursuant to NC Gen-eral Statutes 47-30G.

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The above describedproperty is conveyed sub-ject to a Declaration ofRestrictions and Cove-nants applicable to Mor-gan Chapel Village re-corded in Book 159 atPage 2267, and asamended by Book 170 atPage 324, Polk CountyRegistry.

Parcel #P61-31.

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Bravo Marketplace, 83 Palmer St., Tryon. Collec-tion includes works by Diana Gurri, Linda Hudgins, Bob Neely, Jim Shackelford, Ford and Mara Smith and J.T. Cooper. Gallery open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Ferullo Fine art Studio, 140 Pacolet St., Tryon. Currently conducting an ongoing class in expres-sive watercolor, the non-traditional approach, each Thursday from 2 - 4 p.m., with open studio from 4 – 5 p.m.

kathleen’S Gallery, 98 N. Trade St., Tryon. Gallery hours are Monday - Saturday 10 - 5 p.m. For more information, call 828-859-8316.

Skyuka Fine art, 133 North Trade St., Tryon, Now - Friday, March 23 “Showing Off Saluda,” featuring works by Saluda artists: Bonnie Bardos, Jim Carson, Marguerite Hankins, William and Anne Jameson, Dale McEntire, Beverly Pickard, Bill Ryan and John Waddill. For more information: [email protected] or 828-817-3783.

tryon artS & craFtS School, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon. Now through Friday, March 2. Earthen Creations Show. Wood and pottery from regional artists. March 16 Opening reception for Stitches.

tryon Fine artS center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. March 10 QuinTango. March 17 Super Saturday Children’s Festival. March 22 I Musici de Montreal.

tryon painterS & SculptorS, 26 Maple St., Tryon. New classes offered in introduction to drawing, sculpture, oil painting and figure drawing. Contact Christine Mariotti at [email protected] or 828-859-8392.March 20, 4 p.m. Art, Wine & Cheese. March 3 - 31, Green Piece, dwindling the landfills.

Upstairs artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. Two weeks remain for two major exhibits, “The Fine Art Ramblers” and “The Innovative Camera.” “Ramblers” features six well-known Greenville artists in a colorful display of painting, monotype, mixed media, instal-lation and decorative stoneware. “Camera” presents four fine art photographers whose work challenges and broadens expectations of the medium. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 6 p.m., Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m. Contact: 828-859-2828 or visit www.up-stairsartspace.org.

Exhibits/Events

Moviestryon theatre, 45 S. Trade St., Tryon.

Feb. 29 - March 4 War Horse

Chinese teacher Liang Lianhong and Dr. Barros watch as Tameeia Goodlet-Brown tests her hand strength using a device brought to Polk County Middle School’s Career Day by Dr. Gina Barros from Well Being Chiropractor. Barros talked with students about careers in chiropractic health care. Goodlet-Brown won the hand strength competition for the girls. (photo submitted by Langlee Garrett)

Health care atPolk Middle’s Career Day

Suzanne ‘Suzy’ L. Miller

Suzanne “Suzy” L. Miller, 65, of Columbus passed away Satur-day, Feb. 25, 2012 of lung cancer.

She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on Nov. 15, 1946, daughter of the late Warren and Evelyn Miller. Suzy graduated in 1964 from Highland Park High School in Chicago, Ill. She is survived by her companion, Janice Dumas,

Obituaries and her family. She was beloved “Nana” to six grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother, Michael Miller of Chicago.

Suzy enjoyed gardening, cook-ing and quilting and was a member of the Quiet Quilters. There will be a celebration of Suzy’s life on Thursday, March 1 at 5 p.m. at her home, 181 Lower Ridgeview Road, Columbus.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Foothills Humane Society, P.O. Box 126, Tryon, N.C. 28782.

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Tuesday, december 13, 2011 Tryon daily bulleTin / The World’s smallesT daily neWspaper page 15

Betty Marie StuartBetty Marie Stuart, 89, of Co-

lumbus passed away Tuesday morning, Feb. 28, 2012 in St.

Obituaries Luke’s Hospital, Columbus.Arrangements will be an-

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McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.



At the annual convention of Lions Clubs International in Seattle in July 2011, Dr. Wing-Kun Tam, International president, charged Lions around the world to plant a tree for each club member. That would mean 1.3 million trees would be planted in 207 nations to help replenish the forests lost in the past few years. So far 6.8 million trees have either been planted or plans for planting are under way.

The Columbus Lions Club is planting wild dogwood trees at the Howard B. Greene Build-ing (DSS) in honor of visually impaired persons (VIPs) in the area. Trees will also be planted at Stony Knoll Community Center.

The Lions are the world’s largest volunteer service orga-nization. The Columbus Club tries to live up to the Lions’ motto, “We Serve,” through its

medical equipment loan pro-gram, by sending a VIP to Camp Dogwood and another to a fishing tournament at the Outer Banks each year. The club also hosts a luncheon for local VIPs each spring and visits them with gift bags at Christmas time. Li-ons help provide eyeglasses for those who cannot afford them and recycle used eyeglasses.

Columbus Lions meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Calvert’s Kitchen in Columbus. For more information, call president Fran Goodwin at 828-894-2505.

– article submittedby Fran Goodwin

Columbus Lions plant dogwood trees at DSS

Howard Greene (left) and Garland Goodwin add a little dogwood tree given by Columbus Lions to the landscape at the new Polk County Department of Social Services building named for him. (photo by Fran Goodwin.)

Trees are planted in honor of visually impaired persons that live in the area.

Since Feb. 7, 2011, the Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC) “Kudzu Warriors,” a group of volunteers, have been meeting every other Monday for a two-hour effort to eradicate the non-native and inva-sive kudzu (Pueraria lobata) taking over the native flora of the PAC protected Norman Wilder Forest off Hwy. 176 in the Pacolet Valley.

According to the group, there has been a huge improvement in the area where kudzu and thick, massive mats of kudzu vines have been removed. In fact, after remov-ing the mat of kudzu in one area, the group was greeted in the spring of 2011 by Sweet Betsy Trillium, Solomon’s Seal and Jack-in-the-pulpit (to name a few), which had been waiting in the soil for the opportunity to emerge from the ground.

Initially, the vines were loaded into a trailer and hauled to the dump. However, because of the enormous amount of old kudzu vines at the site, the Kudzu War-riors have decided to pile up the vines and leave much of it to de-compose naturally, providing nitro-gen to the soil and providing shelter for animals in the meantime.

There have also been efforts to eradicate other non-native and invasive plants on the property, such as tree-of-heaven (Ailan-thus altissima), Chinese privet

(Ligustrum sinense), Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), American bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) and princess tree (Pau-lownia tomentosa), as well as some of the poison ivy from along the

trail edge. Several trailers full of tree-of-

heaven have been hauled away, but many of the trees are going to be left in piles to decompose on site.

For more information or to get

involved, call PAC at 828-859-5060, e-mail [email protected] or visit the website at: www.pacolet.org.

- article submittedby Pam Torlina

The same site, a year later (Feb. 20, 2012), after the PAC “Kudzu Warriors” have removed mats of Kudzu vine and other non-native invasives from the site. (photo submitted)

Jan. 28, 2011: Kudzu at the site before any physical removal efforts began. (photo submitted)

Progress made in kudzu war in Norman Wilder Forest



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Outside of the Heart suit the play should be quite straight for-ward. Declarer wins the Diamond Ace, draws trumps, cashes his 3 Club winners discarding a Heart from his hand and trumps a Dia-mond in dummy.

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by Rodney Gibson

I have watched the change of the political season for the last few years wondering what good and what bad would likely come from the change in leadership in our area. There have been a few things that have been encouraging and we should all recognize that change can help us meet the future. Change can also take us backwards. One of the current popular political phrases is “take our country back” and has been met with the counter-phrase “take our country back to the 16th century.” Both amusing, but sometimes going back is not a good thing. In Saluda, I have been disappointed by the inability of our leadership to see long-term and to act accordingly. The inability to see and act long-term is a lack of leadership and government budgets are all about long-term. Progress that was long in coming has been discarded and the proof is that the mayor and city council are now considering a $0.10 (~25 percent) increase in the tax rate. The fact that such an increase is being considered is a serious sign of weak leadership, vision and understanding of how the burden of government should be managed. At the risk of being redundant, I am going to “plagiarize” from my own article a couple of years back (you’ll have to figure out what part is “plagiarized”).

The traditional approach to gov-ernment budgeting is to go year-to-year. This approach creates annual havoc and political grand-standing, which is not at all in the public interest. It only benefits the “few” and mostly the wrong “few” (you know, the 1 percent). Gov-ernance is 99 percent about infrastructure and most public infrastructure is-sues are long-term and perpetual, not annual events. Planning steps and phases over a 10-year window helps to reduce cost, not increase it. (I’ll have to explain this to the “time is money” crowd)

Time for a story. When I was growing up in a small commu-nity in West Virginia, one local politician decided that he wanted a tribute to his greatness. He strong-armed and threatened until he got a new county courthouse to replace a perfectly good historic court-house. The historic courthouse was demolished and the new one was built over a couple of years by one of the politicians big sup-porters. Unfortunately everything about the new one was a lesson in how not to build a public project. Within five years, the building was settling with large cracks appearing in the brick walls, a heating/ air

conditioning system that was woe-fully inadequate, doors leaking air, windows leaking water (you get the picture). Years later, you still have a building that is a money pit. The historic building had stood the test of time and only needed some renovation. The whole idea was a bad use of the public dollar.

By planning expenditures long-term rather than year-to-year, it minimizes one of the worst causes of public dollar waste that exists, the starting and

stopping of infrastructure projects. There are costs to starting and stopping projects. It’s not an on/off switch that can be flipped at any time without consequences. The key is to minimize disruption of on-going efforts. Once you start a project, it should have a clear and definite end-point that both the government and those that are pro-viding the services can reasonably anticipate. Year-to-year budgeting is not conducive to sensible long-term projects like upgrading infra-structure or repairing a “city hall.” It is disastrous to cost containment and the cost of governance. (Why? That’s another subject requiring me to explain the differences between public and private projects) Multi-year budgeting allows for sensible transitions between benchmarks in project execution.

But one of the most important

Governance backsliding benefits (and there are others) is the ability to predict the level of taxa-tion years in advance to match up with the services that are demanded by the public. Governing cannot be like private ventures that can “change on a dime.” Why? Sim-ply, that governing is a process that involves the public – it is not and will never be autocratic in a democ-racy. If it is, it is not a democracy. It takes time to come to a consensus about what should be done.

So why is predicting and an-nouncing the need for revenue changes so important? Simply that the value is that the public does not get the annual “spring” surprise of an increase in their tax rate with very little notice; payable in a short time window. If you are on a fixed income, the inability to absorb and respond to tax burden changes is directly related to the “time-frame” that they are implemented. If you know three, four or five years in advance, you can plan and adjust for it. If it’s six months in advance, you may lose your home.

The fact that a $0.10 increase is being floated by our current leader-ship shows a lack of understanding of governance and their obligation to the public. We worked for years to establish a long-term budgeting “psychology” and process that seems to have been dismantled without regard to the interest of the public.

We have clearly started “back-sliding.”

Here are the results of the Carolina Keglers bowling on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

Women’s high game: Phyllis Ruegg - 156 Connie Knirk - 152Women’s high series: Phyllis Ruegg - 426 Connie Knirk - 325Men’s high game: Mike Davidson - 214 Jack Knirk - 200Men’s high series: Jack Knirk - 502 Mike Davidson - 496Most pins over average: Jack Knirk +46 Mike Davidson +46

Connie Knirk +37The Keglers have room for

new bowlers. This is a low-key fun league for adults over 50 who want a little recreation. The group bowls on Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m. at Autumn Lanes in Forest City.

Anyone wishing to join the Keglers should contact Mike Davidson at 828-894-5823 or email [email protected].

Members are asked to please contact Davidson when they cannot bowl.

– article submittedby Mike Davidson

Carolina Keglers bowling results, Feb. 15

On Feb. 20 the members of the Men’s Monday Afternoon Duplicate Bridge Club met in the home of Charlie Stratford for their weekly duplicate bridge tournament.

At the end of the afternoon’s play the partnership of Charlie Stratford playing with Jack Saunders was determined the winning team. There was a tie for second and third place between the teams of Ken Yeager playing with Mickey Brandstetter and David Hart playing with Bob Palmer.

This meeting concluded the winter series of tournaments. The member accumulating the most points during the previous 11 weeks of play is Charlie Strat-ford. Following Charlie with the second most points is David Hart. In third place for points was Bruce Fritz, followed by Mickey Brandstetter in fourth place.

The club starts its spring se-ries of tournaments on Feb. 27 at Tryon Estates hosted by Ben Woodward.

– article submittedby Jack Saunders

Men’s Monday AfternoonDuplicate Bridge Club results, Feb. 20



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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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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.

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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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