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This week, Ameri-cans, especially chil-dren, are encouraged to turn off televisions, computers and video games. Organizers said Screen-Free Week is a chance for children to

read, play, think, create, be more physically active and spend more time with friends and family. Mary Smith, health educator for the R-P-M Health District, said, “Now, more than ever, it’s imperative that we help chil-dren discover the joys of life beyond screens.”

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Polk crash fatalities rise in 2011DOT details crash data statewideby Leah Justice

While statewide vehicle fatalities have decreased significantly over the past few years, Polk County’s increased from one death in 2010 to five deaths in 2011.

The North Carolina Department of

Transportation (DOT) releases crash data and tracks it throughout the year statewide and by individual counties. The data includes the number of crashes, number of fatalities, number of injuries, vehicle miles traveled and crash, fatality and injury rates.

So far in 2012 (through Febru-

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Sign for the Saluda Mountains Passage, a section of the Palmetto Trail that opened recently. The trail leads from Orchard Lake Campground in Saluda to Talisman Camp near Zirconia, N.C. (photo by Steve Collum)

New section of Palmetto Trail now open to hikersby Samantha Hurst

The Palmetto Conservation Foundation (PCF) Saturday, April 28 opened to the public the new 9.1-mile Saluda Mountains Passage segment of the Palmetto Trail.

This new segment, the second phase of the Poinsett Reservoir Passage, runs from Orchard Lake Campground to Talisman Camp near Zirconia, N.C.

Hikers can now start at the Blue Wall Preserve near Lake Lanier, take the Blue Wall Pas-sage to Vaughn’s Gap and con-tinue to Orchard Lake Camp-ground on the Poinsett Reservoir Passage, where they can connect to the Saluda Mountains Passage.

This new moderate to strenu-ous hiking trail includes trail-heads at Orchard Lake Camp-ground in Saluda and Vaughn’s


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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities in-clude Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 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.

Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri-days, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.

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

Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congrega-tional Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Female Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 828-894-2340.

PCHS V. softball at Swain, 4:30 p.m.

Male Domestic Abuse Inter-vention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

PCHS JV softball at Swain, 6 p.m.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities include 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, Columbus.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nursery rhymes, action poems and short books. Sto-rytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschool-ers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.

Polk County Historical Asso-ciation Museum, open Thursdays, 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 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Polk County Republican Women’s Club, Thursday, May 3, 11:30 a.m., Tryon Estates. Judge Peter Knight will be the guest speaker. For reservations, 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.

National Day of Prayer obser-vance, Thursday, May 3, 12:20-12:40 p.m. on the Polk County

courthouse lawn. Nondenomina-tional. This year’s theme is “One Nation Under God.”

Friends of Polk County Public Library (FOPCPL) book sale, Thursday, May 3 from 4-6 p.m. for FOPCPL members (you can join at circulation desk); Friday, May 4, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., and Saturday, May 5, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hardbacks, paper-backs, CDs and DVDs available.

East Side Citizens Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, May 3 at 6 p.m. at Roseland Com-munity Center. 828-859-2804.

“The Mind of a Sculptor,” part of the “Explore the Arts” series at Tryon Fine Arts Center, Thursday, May 5. Sculptors Dale Weiler and Stoney Lamar will take you through the creation of a sculpture, while Dale McEntire and Jean Pet-tigrew moderate. Refreshments at 6:30 p.m.; program at 7 p.m. 828-859-8322.

Columbus Lions will meet Thursday, May 3 at Calvert’s Kitchen at 6:30 p.m. 828-894-2505.

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.

NAMI support group, Thurs-days, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828-817-0382.

Polk County Democratic Party Executive Committee, Thursday, May 3, 7:30 p.m. at the Democratic headquarters in Columbus.

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

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

FridaySaluda Center Friday events:

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

Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.

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

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Map showing the Saluda Mountains Passage section of the Palmetto Trail. The Saluda Mountains Passage starts at Orchard Lake Campground in Saluda and ends at Talisman Camp near Zirconia. Hikers can start at the Blue Wall Preserve near Lake Lanier and hike the Blue Wall Passage to Vaughn’s Gap, continue on the Poinsett Reservoir Passage to Orchard Lake Campground and then connect to the Saluda Mountains Passage.

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chard Lake Campground, said his campground was glad to be a local starting off point for both segments of the trail.

“We were happy to provide parking because we are all hikers ourselves,” Hall said. “The only thing is that I am surprised its not as well known in North Carolina as it is in South Carolina – [The Palmetto Trail] is a beautiful hike.”

Hall said he regularly hikes a mile or two from his campground to a church along the way of the Poinsett Reservoir Passage. And he said in the wintertime hikers can catch really nice views of Hogback Mountain.

Hall said parking for hikers interested in tackling either end of the trail is now located at the rear exit of Orchard Lake Camp-ground. For safety and property


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maintenance, hikers are asked to park only in designated lots.

The Poinsett Watershed is a 19,000-acre tract of property that includes the entire watershed feeding the Poinsett Reservoir of Greenville Water. The trail heads west along Orchard Lake, Mine Mountain and Mountain Page Roads for 2.8 miles to the trail kiosk at the NC/SC state line. It turns north and enters the forest for 1.6 miles, climbing 500 feet up the ridgeline through a series of switchbacks and stairs. Merg-ing onto the unpaved Heatherly Heights Road, where it travels southwest for 0.9 miles before it reenters the forest. For the next 3.5 miles the trail follows the ridges southwest through the Saluda Mountains along the SC/NC state line until it reaches Old US Highway 25. The Talisman Camp parking area is a 0.4-mile walk along Gap Creek and An-ders Roads.

The Greenville Watershed, according to the PCF, is one of the most significant wilderness areas in South Carolina and a unique natural habitat for rare plants and animals. The water-shed property was acquired by

Greenville Water in the 1950s and has been protected since then as a principal water source for the system. In 1993, Greenville Water conveyed an easement on the property to The Nature Con-servancy. The commissioners of Greenville Water have granted permission for this hiking trail along the northern perimeter of the watershed.

The opening of the Saluda Mountains Passage was made possible by support from Duke Energy, REI, Greenville Water, South Carolina State Parks, The Cliffs Communities, The Graham Foundation and the Daniel-Mickel Foundation. Founded in 1989, the Palmetto Conservation Foundation’s mis-sion is to conserve South Caroli-na’s natural and cultural resourc-es, preserve historic landmarks and promote outdoor recreation through trails and greenways. The non-profit organization also works to protect natural areas through land trust assistance or local government programs, pre-serve Revolutionary War battle-fields and develop greenways and the Palmetto Trail.

For maps of the new passage and all other passages of the Pal-metto Trail, visit PCF’s website at www.palmettoconservation.org.

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Sheriff, Tryon PD make arrest following foot chaseSuspect was out on bond at time of arrestby Leah Justice

The Polk County Sheriff’s Of-fice and Tryon Police Department arrested a Tryon man Monday, April 30 following a foot chase in Columbus on firearm charges.

Gary Lee Thomas, 32, of 27 Fred Lyles Circle, Tryon was ar-rested and charged with two counts of felony possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of felony possession of a stolen firearm, misdemeanor resisting a public officer and driving while license revoked, according to sheriff’s of-fice reports.

Thomas was out on bond from the Polk County Jail on charges of possession of firearm by a felon and cocaine charges following a Janu-ary arrest, according to reports.

Narcotics officers from the sheriff’s office and Tryon Police Department noticed Thomas driv-ing, and they knew his license had been permanently suspended. The officers initiated a traffic stop along U.S. 74 near Columbus and Thom-as came to a stop just before exit 162, according to sheriff reports.

Thomas ran from the vehicle, carrying a box. The sheriff’s officer secured another subject in the ve-


ary), the DOT has recorded 63 crashes in Polk County with no fatalities and 30 injuries, although Polk County had one death from a one-vehicle ac-cident in Green Creek in April. (See chart above for Polk’s crash data since 2000.)

Statewide, crashes have seemed to remain constant since 2000, but fatalities have been on a steady decline, especially since 2007, according to the report.

There were 232,600 crashes in North Carolina in 2011 with 1,208 fatalities and 106,423 injuries. In 2010, there were 237,652 statewide crashes, with 1,323 total fatalities and 109,067 injuries.

In 2007, there were 241,947 crashes statewide with 1,702 fatalities and 120,093 injuries.

Polk County’s total crashes

have also remained steady, with fatalities ranging from zero to nine in each year since 2000. Polk’s worst year for crashes since 2000 was 2010, when there were 445 wrecks. The 2010 crashes included one fatality and 182 injuries.

Polk’s worst year for fatalities since 2000 occurred in 2008, with nine total fatalities. 2008 was also the second worst year in total crashes, with 431 accidents resulting in 182 injuries, accord-ing to the report.

Polk County has only had one year in the past 12 years with no fatalities from crashes. That oc-curred in 2000, when there were 349 crashes with no fatalities and 227 injuries. Polk has had a few years with one fatality, which occurred in 2001, 2004 and 2010. There were seven fatalities from crashes in 2002, which was Polk’s second worst year for fatalities.

Polk County crash dataYear Crashes Fatalities Injuries2000 349 0 2272001 362 1 1892002 349 7 2212003 350 3 1872004 383 1 1902005 357 2 1982006 338 2 1482007 395 3 2362008 431 9 1822009 388 2 1582010 445 1 1822011 390 5 1652012 63 0 30* Note: 2012 data is as of Feb. 29, 2012.* Source: https://apps.dot.state.nc.us/dot/dashboard/safer.aspx

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hicle and the Tryon officer pursued Thomas on foot. Thomas dropped the box, which was retrieved by officers. Thomas was later appre-hended by another sheriff’s officer exiting the woods along Peake Street in Columbus, according to sheriff’s office reports.

The box contained two hand-guns, one of which was reported stolen from a Polk County resident, according to the police report.

Thomas is a convicted felon, officers said, and is not allowed to own or possess firearms.

Thomas was given a $51,000 bond and as of Tuesday, May 1 was still being held at the Polk County Jail.

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Lady Wolverines softball grabs three wins in two days

Polk’s Jamie Hrobak crosses home plate after hitting a home run in a game Friday, April 27 against Hendersonville. Hrobak scored a home run in both games of Polk’s double-header against Hendersonville. Polk shut out the Bearcats in both games. (photo by Gwen Ring)

by Samantha Hurst

The Polk County Lady Wolverines posted solid back-to-back-to-back shutouts Fri-day, April 27 and Monday, April 30 in a double-header against Hendersonville and a single game against Mitchell County.

The team is now 17-2 overall, with a 10-1 record in the WHC.

“I feel like we have a very mature team. Our girls understand how to play together,” said Coach Jeff Wilson.

Wilson said he’s not sur-prised but exceedingly pleased with the team’s performance in all three games.

The Wolverines downed the Bearcats 11-0 in the first and second games Friday night, with starting pitcher Jamie Hrobak hitting 3-3 and grab-bing home runs in both games.

In game one against Hen-dersonville, Shalyn Brown

went 2-2 and Amber Lynch 2-3. Yancy Pace came in as the relief pitcher for Hrobak.

In game two bats remained hot, with Alyssa Montgomery hitting 4-4 and Brittany Jones

3-3. Katie Ruff came in as re-lief pitcher.

W h e n i t c a m e t i m e to f ace o ff against Mitch-ell County, the Wo l v e r i n e s

kept the heat alive, scoring nine runs in the first inning.

“I believe it could be the most runs we’ve scored in an inning this year, especially top of the first,” Wilson said.

Shalyn Brown went 3-4 on the evening, while Shea Wheeler had 2-2 with three runs batted in and Megan Li-eberman went 1-1 with an RBI.

Polk County ended the game 15-0 over Mitchell. The Lady Wolverines will play Swain today, Wednesday, May 2.

“I feel like we have a very mature team. Our girls understand how to play together.”

-- Coach Jeff Wilson

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Slow Food Foothills to hold fundraiser May 20

On Sunday, May 20, all are invited to join in a fundraiser for Slow Food Foothills, a.k.a. Slow Polks, at Overmountain Vineyards & Winery from 4-8 p.m. Local wine, seasonal food and Americana music will be featured. Tickets for the event are available on Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertick-ets.com).

Overmountain Vineyards & Winery (www.overmoun-tainvineyards.com) is nestled on 75 acres on Sandy Plains Road in Green Creek. Origi-nally a tobacco and cotton farm in the 1920s and 30s, the land was purchased in the early 1990s. Overmountain Vineyards, recognized as one of North Carolina’s signature vineyards and wineries, was established in 2002 as a com-mercial vineyard.

Stone Soup Restaurant (www.stonesouplandrum.com), will cater the May fundraiser with a seasonal, casual buffet highlighting local food. Owned by Suzanne Strickland, Stone Soup is located in Landrum. Strickland named the restaurant after the fairy tale, which is a story of a community coming together. She said she thought it was a perfect name for a res-taurant that she hoped would become a gathering place for the community.

Entertainment will be pro-vided by Gigi Dover (www.gigidover.com) and her band,

The Big Love. The Big Love is primarily the creative partner-ship of singer/songwriter and guitarist Dover and multi- in-strumentalist Eric Lovell, whose bag of tricks includes vocals, guitar, pedal steel, sitar, tambu-ra, melodica, ukulele, mandolin and even a glockenspiel. Their music is a little bit country and a little bit rock and roll. Their new CD was expected to be released on April 20.

The media sponsor for the event is WNCW (www.wncw.org) one of the local public radio stations.

In addition, a silent auction will be on site.

For more information about Slow Food Foothills, contact Carol Lynn at [email protected] or Mindy Wiener at [email protected]. – article submitted by Jo Rytter

Threlfall servicesVisitation for R. Gorden

Threlfall will be held Thursday, May 3 from 5 - 8 p.m. at Shuler’s Funeral Home in Hendersonville.

Visitation at Trinity Lutheran in Tryon will be held Friday, May 4 from 9:30 - 11 a.m., with services starting at 11 a.m.

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Be careful on our roadways Last year was a deadly year on Polk County roadways with

five fatalities being reported from car crashes in the county. While the overall number of crashes did decline from the

prior year, from 445 total crashes in 2010 to 390 in 2011, the percentage of deaths in relation to those crashes increased.

One wreck in Mill Spring took the life of a 28-year-old who was driving at an excessive speed and not wearing a seat belt. Another took the life of a 37-year-old, also speeding and not wearing a seat belt.

Tragedies such as car wrecks can strike any of us at any time, but we all need to take every precaution we can to pro-tect ourselves and our loved ones from such ends. The roads throughout Polk County and the Landrum area are often wind-ing, with poor visibility. We encourage everyone to take their time and be vigilant defensive drivers.

There is nowhere you could be going that is worth risking your life to get there by driving faster.

— Editorial staff, Tryon Daily Bulletin

Vote against the constitutional amendment

To the editor:The amendment on our primary

b a l l o t s t a t e s : “Cons t i t u t i ona l A m e n d m e n t to p rov ide tha t marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State.”

Then you vote “For” or “Against.”

So what are you actually voting for?

The one-sentence amendment is all there is – this is not a bill with 400 pages behind it. If you read it, you aren’t actually voting about marriage, which has already been defined as only between a man and a woman by state law, but rather you are voting whether a marriage between one man and one women should be the “only domestic legal union” that shall be valid or recognized in this state.

So what is a “domestic legal union?” It is not a marriage, and no one really knows what it is as it has not been defined and this term has never been used before in North Carolina law.

This means the courts will have to decide what it means and they have nothing to base a decision on other than the three words. What we do know is that the language of this amendment would restrict protections for all unmarried couples – whether they are straight or same-sex.

The exact consequences are unknown until the legal decisions are made but they could be very far reaching and hurt many North Carolinians. They would almost certainly eliminate domestic partner insurance benefits.

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They would probably also invalidate domestic violence protections for all unmarried partners; undercut existing child custody and visitation law that is designed to protect the best interests of children; prevent

the state from giving c o m m i t t e d c o u p l e s protections that help t h e m o r d e r t h e i r relationships, including the right to determine

the disposition of their deceased partner’s remains; to visit their partner in the hospital in the event of a medical emergency; to make emergency medical decisions for their partner if their partner is incapacitated and to make financial decisions for their partner. It may also invalidate trusts, wills and end-of-life directives by one partner in favor of the other.

It is impossible to predict definitively how broadly courts would interpret the amendment’s prohibitions, given its vague and untested language.

However, two things are clear: First, it will take courts years of litigation to settle the amendment’s meaning. Second, when the dust clears, unmarried couples will have fewer rights over their most important life decisions than they would have had otherwise.

The legal opinions I’ve stated here are from the University of North Carolina School of Law website.

Please go there for additional information about the potential consequences of this amendment.

If you don’t think this will affect many people, please consider that the 2010 Census reported 222,800 unmarried couples in North Carolina.

Please vote no on Amendment One.

– Jerry Hardvall, Tryon

Uphold marriageTo the editor:I think all citizens, including

policymakers, should do their part to uphold the institution of traditional marriage because it provides the best environment for having and raising children – who are the future of our society.

Strengthening and protecting marriage creates a stronger foundation for the family – which is a basic social building block for the human family. A stronger family foundation produces a stronger


nation that benefits many future generations.

Marriage is already defined in North Carolina as the union of one man and one woman, but is on thin ice. Voting for the Marriage Protection Amendment puts this definition into our state constitution

where it will be safe from being redefined by activist liberal judges and politicians.

I encourage everyone to vote for the Marriage

Protection Amendment on May 8. Traditional marriage should be protected and reinforced – not attacked and redefined.

– Bob Wolfe, Tryon

opinion

Flower pot thiefTo the editor:How can anyone en joy

something they have stolen?

Between 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24 and 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 someone stole two newly planted ceramic pots from in front of the FENCE


Equestrian Comfort Station. To the thief, I am “channeling”

1,000 fire ants to attack your arms and legs! To avoid this

fate, please return, unharmed, our pots; no need to again drive into the property, please just put them outside the gates of FENCE.

– G r e t c h e n Ve r b o n i c , FENCE volunteer

Michael Gage for commissioner

To the editor:W h e n v o t i n g ,

p l e a s e v o t e f o r M i c h a e l G a g e f o r c o u n t y commissioner.

Mike is a free thinking, issue-oriented vs. a politically oriented candidate.

He has a good record as a Columbus town councilman, who does his homework on any issue he is facing. I am very proud to back such an honest family man


and entrepreneur. Michael is a self-made individual, owning his own business and still active

in church and h i s children’s activities, in and out of school.

Here is a young man whom deserves your vote.

I t i s n ’ t e v e r y election day you have a chance to vote for a respected young man of his caliber. Do not forget Michael Gage for Polk County commissioner when you go to the polls.

– John Dalgren, Columbus


Walend not a career politician

To the editor:I am offended that Chris

Whitmire, the challenger, would call Trudi Weland a “career politician.”

Trudi is a citizen legislator and has done an excellent job f i gh t ing fo r ou r conservative values both as a county commissioner and as a state legislator, the opposite of a “career politician.”

Before Trudi ran for office, she raised three children to adulthood, had a career in public health, directing Women’s, Infant and Children’s Programs, and created and worked to build a small manufacturing business and a Macintosh computer service business. While raising her children she was a school volunteer, Cub Scout leader, Girl Scout leader and was active in her church.

Af te r do ing a l l o f the above, Trudi was drafted to run for Transylvania County commissioner and served two

years. When Representative Bill Ives decided to retire, he and many supporters encouraged Trudi to run for the state house. Trudi served 10 years as a part- time legislator in the N.C. House.

There is no equal to Trudi’s response to quer ies f rom consti tuents. She was our representative when we lived

in Flat Rock and I could always depend on her to re turn m y p h o n e c a l l s with information I requested.

If all government officials were as honest and as forthright as Trudi Walend, our country would be in magnificent condition.

If Mr. Whitmire wants to represent us in the state house he would be well advised to convince voters of his own qualifications and not resort to untrue negative statements about a fellow Republican. Republicans, bring as many like-minded friends and neighbors as possible to the polls on May 8 and vote for Trudi Walend as our representative in Raleigh.

– Annette Koluch, Columbus

What a treat To the editor:The Greensboro (N.C.) Youth

Orchestra celebrated the joy of music with an appreciative crowd Saturday afternoon at the Tryon Fine Arts Center… for free!

The crowd rewarded the young players with a standing ovation which they deserved. There were a few missed notes, but their program was quite ambitious and they executed difficult music attentively and with professional grace beyond their years.

We were particularly struck by their mature demeanor and by their talent, most evident in the allegro vivace movement of the Ibert flute concerto performed by Allison Baker.

Additional kudos are due


c o n c e r t m i s t r e s s H a n n a h Walser and harpist Taylor Ann Fleshman.

The performance provided a perfect opportunity for us

t o i n i t i a t e o u r g r a n d d a u g h t e r s Isabella, 5, and Olivia 3, into the pleasures, both aural and visual, of a full orchestra.

Under the able baton of music director Nathaniel Beverluis, the young musicians charmed us all.

And afterwards, we got a hands-on close-up look at a cello and a bass fiddle, courtesy of the mom of one performer who was sitting behind us. Super bonus!

Much appreciation to the crew at Tryon Fine Arts Center for scoring this opportunity for our community. Greenville Youth Symphony, please come back to see us.

– Mary Ann and Olin Sansbury, Tryon

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Ferullo Fine arT sTudio, 140 Pacolet St., Tryon. Open for Art Trek Tryon: Foothills Open Studios on Satur-day, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, May 6 from noon to 5 p.m. Currently conducting an ongo-ing class in expressive 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. Art quilts of Greer, S.C. artist Beth Andrew on display for Tryon Gallery Trot May 12, 5-8 p.m., through mid-May. Gal-lery hours are Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information, call 828-859-8316.

saluda cenTer, 4 Greenville St., Saluda. Works of students of Bill Jameson on display. 828-749-3455 or 828-749-9245 for more information.

skyuka Fine arT, 133 N. Trade St., Tryon. “Cooley-McNamara,” a show of paintings by Gary Cooley and Michael McNamara. The show will run through May 31.

Tryon arTs & craFTs school, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon. Art Trek open house May 5-6. Reception for members’ show, “Flights of Spring,” Friday, May 11, 6-8 p.m. Show continues through June 15.

Tryon Fine arTs cenTer, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. May 5, 1-3 p.m., musical improv workshop with Darlene Cah and Pam McNeil. Kindermusik classes Saturday mornings, 10 a.m. Tango classes taught by Larry Gant, five weeks, first and third Mondays starting May 7. Art in Bloom, May 12-13, TFAC, Tryon and Landrum.

Tryon painTers & sculpTors, 26 Maple St., Tryon. Members’ show, sculpture only, May 5 through June 16. New classes offered in introduction to drawing, sculpture, oil painting and figure drawing. Contact Christine Mari-otti at [email protected] or 828-859-8392.

upsTairs arTspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. The annual Art Trek Tryon is Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, May 6, 12-5 p.m. with 34 local artists opening their studios to the public. An exhibit of participating artists’ work opens Friday, May 4 with a Preview Party, 5-8 p.m. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Contact: 828-859-2828 or visit www.upstair-sartspace.org.

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MoviesTryon TheaTre, 45 S. Trade St., Tryon.

May 2 - 6 Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax May 9 - 13 Mirror Mirror May 16-20, Hunger Games

Elmo’s Night Shift Zenzera Project XThe Party Place & Event Center The Lisa Price Band

Sun. May 6Larkin’s in Columbus Fred Whiskin at 7 p.m.

TueS. May 8Zenzera Open mic night

Thur. May 10Purple Onion Moors & McCumber

Fri. May 10Purple Onion Wendy Haynes

Wed. May 2 Elmo’sOpen mic session 7:30 p.m.

Thur. May 3Purple Onion Beaucoup BlueZenzera Jim Peterman

Fri. May 4Elmo’s Southern ExposurePurple Onion Fred Whiskin at 7 p.m.Zenzera Blind Vision

SaT. May 5Purple Onion Deep River

Live Music

Music VenuesEl Chile Rojo - 209 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 864-457-5977Elmo’s - Trade Street, Tryon, 828-859-9615.Larkin’s - 155 W. Mills St., Columbus, 828-894-8800.Melrose Inn - 55 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-0234.Purple Onion - 16 Main St., Saluda, 828-749-1179.Party Place & Event Center - Friendship Rd., Saluda, 828-749-3676. Tryon Fine Arts Center - 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322.Ultimate Basement – 5965 N.C. 9 North, Mill Springs. 828-989-9374.Wine Cellar - 229 Greenville St., Saluda, 828-749-9698.Zenzera - 208 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 864-457-4554.

Live TheaterTryon liTTle TheaTer, 516 S. Trade St., Tryon. Audi-

tions for “Seussical the Musical,” the summer youth mu-sical for ages 10-18, Sunday, May 20 from 2-4:30 p.m. and Monday, May 21 from 5-7:30 p.m. at TLT’s Work-shop (address above). Performance dates July 19-22.



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HOUSES FOR SALE

2700 sq. ft. home on 1.40AC. Located in SunnyView. 6 bdrm, 3 full baths,fireplace, front porch &back deck full length ofhouse, paved parking.Creek & great mtn. views.Just remodeled inside &out. Some appliances.$ 1 7 9 , 9 0 0 C a l l864-978-7983 and leavecall back information.

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For Rent: 1 BR on PrivateHorse Farm in GreenCreek. Completely Fur-nished, Beautiful Setting,No Smokers, Gentle PetsOk. $650/month, $500 de-posit, includes utilities,satellite. 828-863-4363

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1 or 2 Horse Carriage,with harness, holds 6 peo-ple, needs work. Call828-243-8264

Connemara TB cross, 9yrs, gray, 16.1, ProjectHorse. Price Reduced.864-770-5478

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LEGAL NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE INTENDED LEASE OF

TOWN PROPERTY

The BOARD OF COM-MISSIONERS OF THETOWN OF TRYON,NORTH CAROLINA, in-tends to enter into a leaseo f t h e f o l l o w i n gtown-owned property:

Portions of that certainpiece, parcel or lot of land,situate, lying, and being inTryon, in the County ofPolk, in the State of NorthCarolina, being the prop-erty of Town of Tryon, alsoknown as Tax Parcel No.T16-E7, and being morefully shown and desig-nated on the “Lease Site,and Access, Utility, &Maintenance EasementExhibit,” prepared by StarSurvey, Inc., dated Febru-ary 14th, 2005, and havingthe following metes andbounds to wit:

PARCEL NO. 1 (LEASEAREA)Starting at a 1” open topiron found towards theeastern most corner prop-erty described above, withstate plane coordinates ofN:545625.2198 andE:1029431.2729, thenceN50∞46'57"W for a dis-tance of 18.69 feet to apoint, said point being theTrue Point Of Beginning ofthe Lease Area, thenceN83∞07'14"W for a dis-tance of 80.00 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eN06∞52'46"E for a dis-

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tance of 80.00 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eS83∞07'14"E for a dis-tance of 80.00 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eS06∞52'46"W for a dis-tance of 80.00 feet to apoint, said point being theTrue Point Of Beginning ofThe Lease Area, contain-ing 6,400 square feet /0.15 acre in area.

PARCEL NO. 2 (20' AC-CESS, UTILITY, & MAIN-TENANCE EASEMENT)Starting at a 1” open topiron found towards theeastern most corner prop-erty described above, withstate plane coordinates ofN:545625.2198 andE:1029431.2729, thenceN50∞46'57"W for a dis-tance of 18.69 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eN83∞07'14"W for a dis-tance of 80.00 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eN06∞52'46"E for a dis-tance of 80.00 feet to apoint, said point being theTrue Point Of Beginning ofThe 20' Access, Utility, &Maintenance Easement,thence N00∞05'26"W fora distance of 20.15 feet toa point, thence for a curveto the right for an arclength of 32.60 feet, a ra-dius of 20.00 feet, for abearing of N50∞10'50"Efor a chord distance of29.11 feet to a point,thence N03∞28'55"E for adistance of 182.10 feet toa p o i n t , t h e n c eS68∞10'15"E for a dis-tance of 21.07 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eS03∞28'55"W for a dis-tance of 217.91 feet to ap o i n t , t h e n c eN83∞07'14"W for a dis-tance of 40.00 feet to apoint, said point being theTrue Point Of Beginning ofThe 20' Access, Utility, &Maintenance Easement,containing 4,923 squarefeet / 0.11 acre in area.

The Town intends to leasethe property to SBA Tow-ers II LLC (SBA) for a pe-riod of six (6) years com-mencing February 6,2016, said term being anextension of the currentlease between the Townand SBA which expires on

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February 5, 2016. Thelease fee shall increase bythree percent (3%) eachyear during the term of thelease as it does during thecurrent lease. The annuallease fee as of April 2012is $14,328.72, payable inequal monthly install-ments.

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this lease are invited to at-tend the meeting of theBoard of Commissionersto be held at the TryonFire Station, W. HowardSt., Tryon, NC, at 7:00p.m. on Tuesday, May 15,2012. At that time, theBoard intends to authorizethe lease of the propertydescribed above.

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Dated: April 17, 2012Town of Tryon, NorthCarolina301 N. Trade StreetTryon, NC 28782

Tryon Daily Bulletin05/02/12

PUBLIC NOTICE

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice to Creditors

Having qualified on the18th day of April, 2012,as Administrator of theEstate of KENNETH RAYMORRIS, deceased, lateof Polk County, NorthCarolina, this is to notifyall persons, firms and

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corporat ions havingclaims against the estateof said decedent to ex-hibit them to the under-signed Administrator onor before the 24th day ofJuly, 2012, or this noticewill be pleaded in bar oftheir recovery. All per-sons, firms and corpora-tions indebted to the es-tate will please make im-

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mediate payment.

This the 25th day ofApril, 2012.

Estate of Kenneth RayMorrisRobin Lynn Morris, Ad-

ministrator139 Westbrook DriveTryon, NC 28782

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

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Liberty United Methodist to hold spring festival May 5Liberty United Method-

ist Church in Landrum will hold its spring festival on Saturday, May 5 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

There will be live music, a yard sale, a bake and craft sale, a silent auction and BBQ. Face painting, a bounce house and other activities for children

will also be available. All proceeds will go to local

church mission projects.Liberty UMC is located at

4276 Highway 414 in Lan-

drum, approximately ¼ mile from Hwy. 14 between Lan-drum and Greer, S.C.

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Also featured will be the Sam-my Glass Family, a southern gos-pel music group.

The service will start at 11 a.m. and last until approximately 12:30 p.m., with a covered dish luncheon to follow.

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Based on the opening lead, a quick assessment of your winners reveals you have 3 Clubs, 3 or 4 Diamonds, 1 or 2 Hearts and 1 or 2 Spades for a total eight to 11 possible tricks. Since you need 9 tricks to make your contract you must play carefully and see how things progress. East wins the open-ing lead with the Ace and returns a Heart. You play the Jack, which is covered by the Queen, and you play low from the dummy. West continues with another Heart, which you win in the dummy. Life would be easy if the Diamonds split 3-2 but when you test the suit they don’t and you are limited to only

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I will teach a 10-week course on “Mod-ern Day Bridge Bidding” at Isothermal Community College - Columbus Campus starting May 14. A major portion of the course will be on the Two-Over-One Bid-ding System. The course schedule provided in the Isothermal catalog is incorrect. The course will be held on Mondays starting on May 14 at either 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. or 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and will end on July 16. Enrollment should be made directly with Isothermal.

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County Chamber of Commerce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy. 108), Tryon. 828-894-0293.

Art Trek Tryon: Foothills Open Studios, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 5, 6 and 7. Preview party Friday, May 5, 5-8 p.m. at the Upstairs Artspace in Tryon. Open studios for 34 artists on Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sun-day, May 6, noon to 5 p.m.

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 Senior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.

saTurdayPAC Run, PAC Walk, Sat-

urday, May 5 at Tryon Estates. Check-in for the run is 7:30 a.m. Check-in for the walk is 9-9:45

a.m. Choose Sam White Stroll, a 3/4-mile walk around the lake, or the 2-mile walk by the lake and through the woods. Complimentary lunch and awards presentation at approximately 11:30 a.m.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m.

PCHS Outdoor Track 2A West Region at PCHS, 9 a.m.

Lanier Library, Book Lovers will meet Saturday, May 5 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss books members have enjoyed. Open to all book lovers. 828-859-9535.

Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

May Fellowship Day, Saturday, May 6, Tryon Methodist Church. Presented by Church Women United. Registration at 9:30 a.m. and the pro-gram at 10 a.m. Light refreshments will be provided at registration. All women are invited. The program is “Listening to My Sisters.”

Kindermusik class, Saturday, May 5, 10 a.m., Tryon Fine Arts Center. 859-8322.

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

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

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Tryon daily bulleTin / The World’s smallesT daily neWspaper page 19

Weiler, Lamar present sculpting program May 3Well-known local sculptors Dale Weiler and Stoney Lamar will present “The Mind of a Sculptor,” one of the Explore the Arts programs offered by Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC), on Thursday, May 3. The discussion will be moderated by Dale McEntire and Jean Pettigrew and will address the creative process of bringing a block of marble or a piece of wood to life. A modest admission is collected at the door. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m., with the program beginning at 7 p.m. TFAC is located at 34 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-859-8322 or visit www.tryonarts.org for more information. Shown here is “Bayou Phantom,” by Dale Weiler. (photo submitted by Karen Dow)

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