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Harmon Field board considers dog park proposal, page 5

Tryon Daily Bulletin

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The 2NC Mounted Infantry, along with el-ements of the Charlotte Marines, will be camp-ing at Harmon Field from Jan. 21 through Jan. 23. This is an in-structional time for the

soldiers, covering topics of camp life, military maneuvers and strategy, firing drills, and in all likelihood, active skirmishing with opposing forces. The public is invited to view all aspects of the weekend at no charge.

Historic Saluda Committee launches new website

Top: One of the historical photos of Saluda on the new website launched by the Historic Saluda Committee. Above: The home page of the website, located at www.historicsaluda.org.

Site features people, places of historic townOn Christmas Day, 2011, the Histor-

ic Saluda Committee launched its new website at www.historicsaluda.org.

The committee created the website to feature the people and places of historic Saluda, specifically the com-pilation of oral histories of Saluda’s citizens. Sales from the oral history film documentary, “Home, Hearth and History: Stories of Old Saluda,” re-

leased in the spring of 2011, helped to finance the creation of the website.

The website features film snippets from the DVD and never-before-seen footage of the interviews conducted during the making of the DVD. Since the oral history project is ongoing, more interviews have been conducted

Tryon fires town manager HembreeTown expects to hire interim manager soonby Leah Justice

The Town of Tryon is currently without a manager as town council terminated Justin Hembree’s employ-ment during an emergency meeting Tuesday, Jan. 3.

Mayor Pro-tem Roy Miller said the new town board wanted to go in a new direction.

Miller also said the town plans to have an interim manager employed within a week to 10 days.

The legality of the emergency meet-ing was questioned by the Bulletin,


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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.

Crossings book study group will meet Thursday, Jan. 5, 12, 19 and 27 at 10 a.m. at Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. The books under discussion are “Gilead” and “Home,” both by Marilynne Rob-inson. All are welcome. Call 828-859-9741 for more information.

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.

St. Luke’s Hospital will sponsor a blood drive Thursday, Jan. 5, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. All donors receive a long sleeve T-shirt or a pair of movie tickets.

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.

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

Columbus Lions will meet Thursday, Jan. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Calvert’s Kitchen in Columbus. District Governor Randy Cham-pion will present the program. 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.

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.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Thursdays, 8 p.m., Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

FridaySaluda Center, Friday events:

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

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

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

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

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

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

SaTurdayGrassroots Art Project holds

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

Lanier Library, Book Lovers will meet Saturday, Jan. 7 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss books members have enjoyed. Open to all book lovers. 828-859-9535.

House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

33 Gibson Street, Columbus. Polk County Historical As-

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

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

MondayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and dis-cussion of relevant issues; inter-denominational. 828-859-5051.

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

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

Western Carolina Classic Radio Club will meet Monday, Jan. 9 at 2 p.m. in Studio 118 on the ICC Polk campus. A George Burns TV special from 1984, “How To Live To Be 100,”

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

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Corrections/ClarificationsThe article on p. 14 of the

Jan. 4 Bulletin about Richard Davenport’s recent visit home on leave from military service in Afghanistan should have given his title as Major (P) Richard B. Davenport; he is not a master sergeant.


since the documentary was completed and these are being archived on the website, as well.

The site will also archive hundreds of old and new pho-tographs, provide information about the progress on the res-toration of Saluda City Hall, feature information about the annual Historic Tour of Homes and provide information about Saluda’s history, the railroad, historic homes and inns and pictures of Saluda’s people from the past and present. The com-mittee said this is designed as a living website that will grow as the years go by while continu-ing to archive the information collected.

The DVD “Home, Hearth and History: Stories of Old Sa-luda” is now available for sale and can be purchased at local re-tailers in Saluda or on-line at the Saluda Mercantile at saludalife-styles.com or by accessing the

website at historicsaluda.org. The Historic Saluda Com-

mittee was formed by a group of concerned citizens who wished to preserve the historical integ-rity of the town. The grassroots effort spawned interest from Sa-luda City officials. In June 2010, the Saluda city commissioners voted to make the committee an advisory committee to the city and committee members were appointed.

Lynn Cass was appointed chair and Cindy Stephenson Tuttle was appointed co-chair. Other committee members include Gloria Testerman, Jack Coates, Martha Ashley, Char-lene Pace and Greaton Sellers.

The first official meeting of the committee was held July 9, 2010. Major projects of the committee include the oral history project and restoration of Saluda City Hall. For more information email [email protected].

• Saluda website(Continued from page 1)

Students at Saluda School in the 1950s in one of the historical photos on the new website launched by the Historic Saluda Committee (www.historicsaluda.org).(Continued on page 4)

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During the last Saluda Board of Commissioner’s meeting Cass talked about the Historic Saluda Committee’s excitement about having the website up and running.

“This all originated from

• Saluda website(Continued from page 3)

the website Clark Thompson had before and donated to the Oral History Project,” Cass said. “We are so thankful to have something like this that will let people know about the rich history we have here in Saluda.”

– article submitted by Cindy S. Tuttle

because no notice was given.According to town attorney

Bailey Nager, the town can hold an emergency meeting as long as everyone on council is aware of the meeting.

No explanation was given as to what the emergency was that caused the meeting to be called.

Attending the meeting were Tryon Mayor Alan Peoples and council members Miller and George Baker. Baker was sworn into office in December, replacing former councilman Austin Chapman, who chose not to seek re-election last year.

Councilmen Doug Arbogast and Wim Woody were not pres-ent at the emergency meeting, according to Nager.

Hembree has been with the town for three years. The town hired Hembree in January 2009 as an interim manager and hired

• Hembree fired(Continued from page 1)

Justin hemBree

him as the permanent manager in June 2009.

Prior to Hembree, Tryon’s town manager was Dr. Jack Miller, who stayed only a few months prior to resigning. Miller replaced Jim Fatland, who served as Tryon’s manager for about five years until he resigned in December 2007.

Prior to Hembree’s employ-ment with Tryon, he served as an assistant Henderson County manager.

St. Luke’s blood drive todayMany Americans nationwide

have been donating blood to ensure a sustained and secure blood supply for everyone. To-gether with The Blood Connec-tion, these donors are ensuring that the safest possible blood is readily available whenever and wherever needed, according to organizers.

“We all expect blood to be there for us, but barely a frac-tion of those who can give do,” organizers said. “Yet sooner or later, virtually all of us will face a time of great vulnerability

in which we will need blood. And that time is all too often unexpected.”

St. Luke’s Hospital is help-ing make sure that blood is available by sponsoring a blood drive with The Blood Connec-tion on Thursday, Jan. 5, from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Call 828-894-2408 to sched-ule a time convenient for you. Free pizza will be served, and donors can choose to receive a free T-shirt or movie tickets.

– article submittedby Jennifer Wilson

Harmon Field board considers dog park proposalby Samantha Hurst

Members of the Harmon Field Board of Supervisors plan to take the next month to study the pos-sibility of constructing a dog park at Harmon Field.

Ellen Thomas of Tryon pre-sented the proposal for a dog park to the board Monday, Jan. 2, along with 236 signatures; she said more petitions continue to float around the community.

“I have been traveling around this area and in Florida over the holidays to take pictures of vari-ous dog parks because I think this is some-thing that could be very useful here,” Thomas said. “I have no doubt that residents would ap-preciate it.”

Harmon Field supervisor George Alley suggested taking a month to look into the specifics of such a project – cost of fencing, the correct type of ground cover to use, signage regulations, etc.

“There’s no question that it’s [people walking their dogs] the biggest use of the park,” Alley said. “I’m not against the idea. I just think we need to make sure we have all of our questions an-swered.”

Thomas said she has gotten a quote on a 1/4–acre fenced area for $2,713.86, but she said she thinks that is too small an area. She said at least a half-acre would be best. Thomas has asked that the board consider placing a fenced park area at the eastern end of Harmon Field across from Tryon Presbyterian Church.

She said she would like to see separate sections for large and small dogs, water spigots and bowls, as well as gravel at the entry way and around water sources.

Steve King, a board member of the Foothills Humane Society, cau-tioned supporters to make sure they did proper research on the right

materials to use before moving forward. He said there are animal health concerns related to areas where large numbers of animals congregate, especially in regard to the ground cover.

“The concern is not often for the dog owners themselves but for the dogs. If the area is not well-kept and not covered with the proper material, there is a concern that disease could spread,” King said.

F r e d S e y -farth spoke in favor of the idea.

“It’s a proven fact that single dog households o r t w o d o g households get ve ry aggres -sive unless they are socialized,”

Seyfarth said. “It really helps the dogs a lot.”

Dog owner Sandra Warren spoke to the truth of that statement.

“We have a dog that has social-ization problems around other dogs when she is on a leash and she has really benefited from the kind of atmosphere a dog park provides,” Warren said. “We would love to see a park here.”

Thomas said the Friends of Harmon Field have offered to serve as the 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization for collecting funds for the project. In the meantime, the effort needs people willing to donate materials, skills, time and funds to show support in the process of seeking a larger grant, Thomas said.

If you are interested in making a donation to the effort, you can write a check labeled specifically for the “Dog Park” to Friends of Harmon Field at P.O. Box 44, Lynn, N.C. 28750.

Other inquiries can be sent by calling Thomas at 828-859-8325 or emailing her at [email protected]. You can also contact George Alley at [email protected].

To learn more about the pro-posal made by Thomas, visit prop1.org/dogpark.

“… I think [a dog park] is something that could be very useful here. I have no doubt that residents would appreciate it.”

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will be presented. The WOTJ Winter Jazz Series will open at 3:05 p.m. with “The Quintet at Massey Hall,” featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus and Max Roach. All welcome. Free.

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

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

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

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

TueSdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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

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

American Legion Auxil-iary meets on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Tryon.

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

Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

LIFECare of Polk County/Adult Day Health Care pro-vides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy every Tuesday is an opportunity for partici-

pants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info.

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

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

Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tuesdays, conference room, Congregational Church.

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

Al-Anon Family Group meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Sa-luda Senior Center, 64 Green-ville Street, Saluda, one half block off Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 176 S.), 828-749-2251 (Saluda) or 1-800-286-1326.

Rutherford-Polk-McDowell District Board of Health will hold its regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Jan.10 at 7 p.m. at the McDowell County Health Department. Public wel-come. 828-287-6101 for more information.

Thermal Belt Friendship Council meeting, second Tues-day of every month at 7 p.m. at the Roseland Community Center.

Horse Creek Masonic Lodge #719, will meet Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 p.m. at 60 Court House Street in Columbus. An open installation of lodge offi-cers will be conducted. Dinner at Calvert’s will precede the meeting at 5:30 p.m.

WedneSdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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.

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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.

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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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Whether we are wak-ing in the middle of the night, traveling around the world or worrying about making an appoint-ment, time matters.

Time passes, some-times slowly, sometimes more quickly than we would like. For many of us the holiday season is like a blur. Sometimes we lose track of time. Sometimes we waste it. Sometimes time is an incredible gift.

Time is a good topic for reflection in the New

Year. What has happened in your life during the last year? What lies ahead?

The Hebrew word for time (Ayth) is more fo-cused than our English word. Time in the Hebrew extends beyond our usual categories of “past,” “present” and “future.” It refers to the instant or actual duration during which something occurs. That is why the writer of Ecclesiastes can write:

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven

What time is it? • Time(continued from page 8)


a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

Time, as we experience it, is always in the pres-ent tense. What time is it in your life now? What unique calling might God

have for your life in 2012? Where is your energy drawing you forward?

Good questions for re-flection, at any time, but

especially at the begin-ning of a new year.

- Dent Davis, PastorTryon Presbyterian

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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.

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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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How many times do you and I ask that ques-tion?

Whether we are wak-ing in the middle of the night, traveling around the world or worrying about making an appoint-ment, time matters.

Time passes, some-times slowly, sometimes more quickly than we would like. For many of us the holiday season is like a blur. Sometimes we lose track of time. Sometimes we waste it. Sometimes time is an incredible gift.

Time is a good topic for reflection in the New

Year. What has happened in your life during the last year? What lies ahead?

The Hebrew word for time (Ayth) is more fo-cused than our English word. Time in the Hebrew extends beyond our usual categories of “past,” “present” and “future.” It refers to the instant or actual duration during which something occurs. That is why the writer of Ecclesiastes can write:

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven

What time is it? • Time(continued from page 8)


a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)

Time, as we experience it, is always in the pres-ent tense. What time is it in your life now? What unique calling might God

have for your life in 2012? Where is your energy drawing you forward?

Good questions for re-flection, at any time, but

especially at the begin-ning of a new year.

- Dent Davis, PastorTryon Presbyterian

Church

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The House of Flags Museum is developing its plans to complete the remodeling of the museum’s upstairs space, which will include a presentation room, library and conference room.

The Timken, Wal-Mart and Duke Energy Foundations plus the Polk County Community Founda-tion, have provided grant money for the project. House of Flags officials said they have cost esti-mates from the major contractors who can begin work in January: new windows, partition walls, ceilings, insulation, electrical, wheel chair lift, furnace and air conditioning.

However, some costs need to be shaved from the overall project to get it completed this year, according to the House of Flags. This is where local vol-unteers have been helpful in the past, working on the ground floor project.

If you are able to volunteer your time as a rough or finish carpenter, painter, dry wall in-staller/finisher, oak flooring repair/restorer, electrician or a skilled (or semi-skilled) helper, House of Flags officials would like to hear

from you. You can email Robert Williamson at [email protected], indicating what skills you have and about how many hours you would be willing to con-

House of Flags seeks volunteers for upstairs remodeling project

The House of Flags Museum in Columbus held a grand opening in its new building on Nov. 11. 2011. (photo by Chris Bartol)

tribute in the first quarter of 2012. Your financial support would

also be greatly appreciated, mu-seum officials said. House of Flags is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organiza-

tion, so your donations will most likely be tax deductible (consult your tax professional).

– article submitted by Robert Williamson

“The American Book of Dy-ing – Lessons in Healing Spiritual Pain,” “The Hospice Movement – A Better Way of Caring for the Dying” and “How We Die – Reflections on Life’s Final Chapter” are in the collection of the Lanier Library. Each book deals with death from a different perspective.

“The American Book of Dy-ing – Lessons in Healing Spiri-tual Pain,” by Richard F. Groves and Henriette Anne Klauser, is a helpful book if you have someone in your life who is “ap-proaching their final weeks or days.” The authors outline how you can become a “soul friend” to someone who is dying. They write of different people who died and how friends and fam-

ily members helped them to die peacefully. At the end of the book is a “too chest” of techniques and resources that can be of use in this endeavor.

“Dying, like birthing, is a pro-cess requiring assis-tance,” according to Sandol Stoddard, author of “The Hos-pice Movement – A Better Way of Car-ing for the Dying.” In this book, Stod-dard gives the early history of the hospice movement and then writes of people he interviewed in various Hospice Houses. One woman describes her experience of feeling as it she’d arrived at a place where people were actually

waiting for her to come. In the appendix of Stoddard’s book is a list of medications for common symptoms.

Sherwin B. Nu-land is the author of “How We Die – Reflections on Life’s Final Chap-ter.” This book of-fers a description of various life-ending diseases and what to expect from our body if we are af-

flicted with one.He discusses how some peo-

ple die of “old age,” others of cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, etc. He says he wrote the book with hopes that if we become more familiar with how

we die, then perhaps death will “become less frightening, and perhaps those decisions that must be made can be sought out in an atmosphere less charged with half-knowledge, anxiety and unjustified expectations.”

These are just a few of the books that are written on the topic of death. If you are interested in reading any of these books, you can find them at the Lanier Library, which is located at 72 Chestnut Street in Tryon. The library is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., on Wednesdays and Satur-days from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays.

For more information, call 828-859-9535 or visit www.lanierlib.org.

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LEGAL NOTICE

11 SP 94NOTICE OF

FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA,POLK COUNTY

Under and by virtue of aPower of Sale containedin that certain Deed ofTrust executed byPAULA G. RICHARD-SON f/k/a/ Paula R.McCown and W ERICEDWARDS to CHRISTO-PHER REDDICK, Trus-tee(s), which was datedAugust 25, 2005 and re-corded on August 31,2005 in Book 331 at41, Polk CountyRegistry, North Carolina.

Default having beenmade of the note therebysecured by the said Deedof Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC, havingbeen substituted as Trus-tee in said Deed of Trust,and the holder of the noteevidencing said defaulthaving directed that theDeed of Trust be fore-closed, the undersignedSubstitute Trustee will of-fer for sale at the court-house door of the countycourthouse where theproperty is located, or theusual and customary lo-cation at the countycourthouse for conduct-ing the sale on January10, 2012 at 2:00PM, andwill sell to the highest bid-der for cash the followingdescribed property situ-ated in Polk County,North Carolina, to wit:

Being Lot Number 4,containing 6.38 acres, asshown and delineatedupon a plat entitled "FairLane Estates, Subdivi-sion of Property Belong-ing to Alfred H. Schmitt,Vic, of Tryon, N.C.",made by A.G. McMurray,Surveyor, recorded inMap Slide A-77, Page 40,Polk County Registry,and more particularly de-scribed by metes andbounds as follows:

BEGINNING at a point in

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the center of the roadwaythat leads from NorthCarolina Highway Num-ber 108 into Fair LaneEstates Subdivision, saidpoint being a corner com-mon to lot numbers 3, 4,and 10 as shown upon arecorded plat hereina-bove referred to, said lotnumber 10 having beenconveyed to H.G. Coff-man and Mary Gail T.Coffman, his wife, byLena P. Schmitt, awidow, by deed datedAugust 5, 1963, recordedin Book 127, Page 143,Polk County Registry,and running thence fromsaid BEGINNING pointSouth 53 degrees 45minutes West (crossingan iron pin at 25 feet)385.9 feet to an iron pinin the center of a servicedrive; thence South 37degrees 54 minutes West267.9 feet to an iron pin ,a corner common to lots2, 3 and 4, as shown onthe above referred to plat;thence South 0 degrees37 minutes West (cross-ing an iron pin at 120.4feet) 401 feet to an ironpin the line of the prop-erty now or formerlyowned by Newman;thence with the Newmanline North 59 degrees 47minutes West 443.2 feetto an iron pin, a cornercommon to the propertynow or formerly owned byW.M. Newman and theproperty now or formerlyowned by J.C. Williamsand to lots number 4 and5 as shown upon theabove referred to plat,said iron pin being lo-cated on the westernbank of Skyuka Creek;thence North 35 degrees58 minutes East 575.2feet to an iron pin in thenorthern margin of saidservice road; thenceNorth 17 degrees 12 min-utes East 161.1 feet to aniron pin; thence North 37degrees 58 minutes East280 feet to a point in thecenter of the roadwayleading from North Caro-lina Highway 108 into theFair Lane Estates Subdi-vision; thence with thecenter of said roadwayeight (8) calls as follows:

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South 26 degrees 10minutes East 37.8 feet;South 15 degrees 48minutes East 31.2 feet;South 12 degrees 34minutes East 49.2 feet;South 18 degrees 24minutes East 36.3 feet;South 67 degrees 11minutes East 33.1 feet;South 81 degrees 37minutes East 193 feet;South 52 degrees 45minutes East 30.8 feet;and South 34 degrees 55minutes East 20.3 feet tothe BEGINNING.

The above metes andbounds description wastaken from the plat here-inabove referred to, towhich reference is herebyhad in aid of the descrip-tion.

There hereinabove de-scribed property is con-veyed subject to thoseprotective covenants asset forth in deed fromLena P. Schmitt, widow,to George R. Simpsonand wife, Margaret S.Simpson, dated April 16,1958, recorded in Book111, at Page 6, PolkCounty Registry.

The above describedproperty is identical tothat conveyed to Paula R.McCown by that certaindeed from Frederick G.Seavers and wife, EvelynP. Seavers recorded onOctober 27, 2000, inBook 266 at Page 1889,Polk County Registry.The said Paula R.McCown has since re-married and thereforesigns this Deed of Trustas Paula G. Richardson.

Save and except any re-leases, deeds of releaseor prior conveyances ofrecord.

Said property is com-monly known as 277 Fair-lane Road, Columbus,NC 28722.

Third party purchasersmust pay the excise tax,and the court costs ofForty-Five Cents (45¢)per One Hundred Dollars($100.00) pursuant to

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NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). Acash deposit (no personalchecks) of five percent(5%) of the purchaseprice, or Seven HundredFifty Dollars ($750.00),whichever is greater, willbe required at the time ofthe sale. Following theexpiration of the statutoryupset bid period, all theremaining amounts areimmediately due and ow-ing.

Said property to be of-fered pursuant to this No-tice of Sale is being of-fered for sale, transferand conveyance “AS ISWHERE IS.” There areno representations ofwarranty relating to the ti-tle or any physical, envi-ronmental, health orsafety conditions existingin, on, at, or relating tothe property being offeredfor sale. This sale ismade subject to all prior

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liens, unpaid taxes, anyunpaid land transfertaxes, special assess-ments, easements, rightsof way, deeds of release,and any other encum-brances or exceptions ofrecord. To the best of theknowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the prop-erty is/are Paula RMcCown.

An Order for possessionof the property may be is-sued pursuant to G.S.45-21.29 in favor of thepurchaser and againstthe party or parties inpossession by the clerkof superior court of thecounty in which the prop-erty is sold. Any personwho occupies the prop-erty pursuant to a rentalagreement entered intoor renewed on or afterOctober 1, 2007, may, af-ter receiving the notice of

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sale, terminate the rentalagreement upon 10 days’written notice to the land-lord. The notice shallalso state that upon ter-mination of a rentalagreement, the tenant isliable for rent due underthe rental agreement pro-rated to the effective dateof the termination.

If the trustee is unable toconvey title to this prop-erty for any reason, thesole remedy of the pur-chaser is the return of thedeposit. Reasons ofsuch inability to conveyinclude, but are not lim-ited to, the filing of abankruptcy petition priorto the confirmation of thesale and reinstatement ofthe loan without theknowledge of the trustee.If the validity of the sale ischallenged by any party,the trustee, in their solediscretion, if they believe

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the challenge to havemerit, may request thecourt to declare the saleto be void and return thedeposit. The purchaserwill have no further rem-edy.

Trustee Services ofCarolina, LLCSubstitute TrusteeBrock & Scott, PLLCAttorneys for Trustee

Services of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive

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File No.: 11-05945-FC01

Tryon Daily BulletinDecember 29, 2011 and

January 5, 2012

FC/RICHARDSON,PAULA

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LEGAL NOTICE

Having qualified on the8th day of November,2011, as Executor of theEstate of Ruth P. Casey,deceased, late of PolkCounty, North Carolina,this is to notify all per-sons, firms, and corpora-tions having claimsagainst the decedent toexhibit the same to theundersigned Executor, onor before the 29th day ofMarch, 2012, or this no-tice will be pleaded in barof their recovery.

All persons, firms, andcorporations indebted tothe Estate should makeimmediate payment.

This the 29th day of De-cember, 2012.

R. Anderson Haynes,ExecutorEstate of Ruth P. Casey

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Tryon Daily BulletinDec. 29, 2011, Jan. 5,

12 and 19, 2012

EST/CASEY, RUTH

LEGAL NOTICE

Having qualified on the23th day of November,2011, as Executor of theEstate of Catherine CoxePage, deceased, late ofPolk County, North Caro-lina, this is to notify allpersons, firms and corpo-rations having claimsagainst the decedent toexhibit the same to theundersigned Executor onor before the 31st day ofMarch 2012, or this no-tice will be pleaded in barof their recovery. All per-sons, firms, and corpora-tions indebted to the es-

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tate should make immedi-ate payment. Thomas N.Page Executor, Estate ofCatherine Coxe Page,585 Willow Knoll Dr SE,Marietta, GA 30067.

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A benefit singing will be held at Green Creek Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, Jan. 8 for Jessie Staley.

Staley is currently dealing

with a medical condition that will send her soon to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. The benefit singing will help support her medical expenses,

as well as the cost of travel and lodging associated with her outpatient treatment at the Mayo Clinic.

The singing will be held in

the church’s family life center from 3-6 p.m. Sunday. The church is located on Coxe Rd. in Green Creek.

– article submitted

Benefit singing Green Creek Missionary Baptist for Staley Jan. 8

The Rutherford-Polk-Mc-Dowell District Board of Health will hold its regular scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the McDowell County Health

Department at 7 p.m. The public is invited to at-

tend. Individuals needing as-sistance should contact Brenda Green at 828-287-6101 within

a reasonable time prior to the meeting. Access to the building for individuals with disabili-ties is available. Participation in public meetings is without

regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability.

– article submittedby Brenda Green

Rutherford-Polk-McDowell District Board of Health to meet Jan. 10

Bradley offers classes in making skin care products at Ag CenterJune Ellen Bradley will of-

fer “Winter Recipes for Radiant Skin,” two classes on making skin care products, in January

at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center.

On Jan. 7, “Radiance Basics – Simple, Effective Recipes for

Happy Skin” will be offered. “Hands-On Potion Making for

Glowing Skin” will be offered on Jan. 21.

Both classes will be held from 2 - 4 p.m. For more information, contact Bradley at 828-899-2787.

– article submitted



Just in time to welcome the New Year, the community is invited to attend and discuss a series of free films designed to inspire and encourage creativ-ity in solving problems and creating vision. The film series is sponsored by the newly reor-ganized well-ness coalition, now know as Polk Fit, Fresh and Fr iend ly (PF3).

The films in the series were created to help people look at the ordinary and see the extraordinary. Created, narrated and produced by De-witt Jones, an award-winning photographer with “National Geographic,” the series is in-tended to provide inspiration for a new vision for oneself, orga-nizations or even communities, and the creative thought to de-velop a new vision into reality.

The films will be followed by group discussion to brainstorm

ideas and expound on creative change to improve the health and wellness of the community.

The first film of the series, “Celebrate What’s Right with the World,” will be shown Thursday, Jan. 12 at 9:30 a.m.

and again at 7 p.m. at the Tryon Fire De-partment, lo-cated at 423 N. Trade Street in Tryon. Jones’ m e s s a g e through th is f i lm focuses on the power

of vision and how vision can inspire us to see the opportuni-ties that can come from change.

Pre-registration is requested by calling 828-894-2408 or by emailing [email protected].

Future films will be shown at the same location and times:

Jan. 19: “Focus Your Vi-sion”

Jan. 26: “Everyday Creativ-ity”

Feb. 2: “For the Love of It”“We are excited to host these

films again to engage our com-munity in helping to shape a healthier future for Polk Coun-ty,” said Anne Britton, a com-munity volunteer serving on the PF3 board of directors. “While each film can be viewed on its own, participants will prob-ably find the entire series more meaningful in helping us shape a vision for a flourishing and healthy community.”

“Polk Fit, Fresh and Friend-ly: A Coalition For Wellness Promotion” (PF3) is the new message for the former Polk County Wellness Coalition, a consortium of volunteers dedi-cated to making a difference in the health and wellness of Polk County. The new name reflects the mission of a broad-based group of community leaders, health professionals and con-cerned community members working together to plan and implement effective strategies to promote wellness in our community.

PF3 presents free ‘Creative Change’ film series begins in January

“Polk Fit, Fresh and Friend-ly” recognizes that wellness is more than absence of disease and requires more than access to medical care. Wellness in-volves thriving and emphasizes such factors as physical activity, healthy eating, spiritual comfort and positive, supportive rela-tionships.

For more information about PF3 or the “Creative Change” film series, please email [email protected]; [email protected] or [email protected].

– article submittedby Kathy Woodham

Want to go? What: First film of series

When: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 9:30 a.m.

Where: Tryon Fire Department

Hendersonville Chamber Mu-sic recently announced its 2012 concert schedule. The season features four quite different per-forming groups.

March 4 – Fire Pink Trio. Just as each instrument has its unique voice, each member of the Fire Pink Trio, Jacquelyn Bartlett on harp, Sheila Browne on viola and Debra Reuter-Pivetta on flute, brings to the group a multitude of accolades including top prizes in international competitions, con-certo performances and critically acclaimed recordings.

March 18 – Bill Gerhardt Trio. A modern jazz icon, pianist, arranger and Down Beat Magazine award winner, Bill Gerhardt per-forms regularly in New York clubs and Europe but now calls Asheville home. Joining Gerhardt are Mike Holstein on bass and Justin Watt on drums.

April 22 –Kontras String Quartet. Winners of a highly coveted Chamber Music America residency. The group has an inter-national flavor: violinist Dmitri Pogorelov is Russian, violinist Francois Henkins is South African, violist Ai Ishida is Japanese and cellist Jean Hatmaker is American.

May 6 – Pan Harmonia. Awarded an NEA Grant for Artistic Excellence in 2010, Pan Harmonia offers a selection of world music, mixing genres, styles and flavors from Baroque times to the 21st century. The group features flutist/artistic director Kate Steinbeck, harpsichordist Barbara Weiss, percussionist Byron Hedgepeth and bassoonist-bagpiper Rosalind Buda.

Hendersonville Chamber Mu-sic Concerts take place at the First Congregational Church on the corner of Fifth Avenue and White

Pine in Hendersonville, N.C. Performances are all on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m.

For more information, visit

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– article submittedby Robert Wiley

Fire Pink Trio to lead off Hendersonville Chamber Music series. (photo submitted by Robert Wiley)

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Finding just the right gift for someone at Christmas time has always been very difficult for me. Allen nearly always gives me exactly what I wanted, without even knowing it; yet I more often than not am clueless about what to g ive h im un-less he told me exactly what to get, which of course removes the whole ‘sur-prise’ thing.

We want to give something that will last, that will be cher-ished and kept for a long time, with the memory of who gave it to the owner years later. Yes-terday I was thinking of what makes a lasting gift. It should be something that is useful. It must interact with us humans in some way, to do something that the owner needs done, or gives pleasure to the owner.

It should improve with time, or produce something that the owner wants or needs. More importantly, it should help the owner improve him/herself by stimulating the brain or body. Games do that, and Legos, and Lincoln logs, and crossword puzzles, and yarn for knitting, or a whittling knife (that’s what Allen gave me this Christmas).

The perfect gift is more about who gets the gift than the gift itself. In all honesty, it has a lot to do with the giver. None

of us like being unappreciated when we give a gift, which means that we really do want something in return, like love or gratitude.

So, what does this have to do with conserva-tion?

Upon read-i n g a b o o k d e d i c a t e d t o

BIG, treasured trees in North America, a certain fact leapt out at me, maybe because I live in the woods and am used to be-ing surrounded by large trees. The largest, oldest trees in this country are in residential neigh-borhoods. They have survived the logging and paper mills for centuries because they were im-portant enough to someone to be allowed to live out a full life. The shade or beauty that they provided for the owner were greater than the money the tree would bring if it were cut. It’s sort of like the owner gave the tree the gift of life in exchange for the gifts the trees gave back to the owner. And, luckily, those trees were fortu-nate enough to have a series of owners who valued the mature tree, as it stood.

What about those forests that surround us? Yes, there are big

trees around here, but very few were here before the civil war. Just about every forest in west-ern NC was cut to the ground between 1870 and 1920. Most were cut again before WWII. We have been building houses and making paper with those trees. We’ve valued the product the tree can produce more than the tree itself. It sort of seems like our main concern is what the trees can do for us. After all, it all revolves around us.

There was a 250-year-old poplar in front of Saluda School that few people remem-ber, except the hundreds of children who sat under that tree to read or play or just sit. It was cut because the architect

sited the new school addition such that the tree had to be cut. The build-ing could have b e e n m o v e d over 10 feet ,

but that was too much trouble, so the tree was cut.

We showed very little grati-tude for the gifts that tree had given to us, freely, for it’s entire life. We would be wise to ask for forgiveness, and even wiser to be grateful for the hundreds of gifts given to us all day, every day, by Mother Nature, in return asking only to be al-lowed to live.

Conservation CornerBetsy Burdett

A lasting gift, asking only to be allowed to live

Mike Lively, owner of Garden Gate Nursery in Hendersonville, N.C., will be the first speaker of 2012 for the Green Blades Gar-den Club. His work was featured

at last year’s Designer Show House in Flat Rock.

The meeting will be held Jan. 12 at 1:30 at the Tryon Fine Arts Center on Melrose Avenue in

Tryon. Hostesses for the event will be Lynette Conrad, Judy Brubaker and Jane Hughes.

– article submittedby Judy Brubaker

Lively to speak at Green Blades Garden Club Jan. 12

The results of Meadow-brook seniors golf played Dec. 26 were as follows:

1. Alan Wagner, +172. Gerald Sparks, +03. Marvin Harvey, +8

4. Jim Donlan, +55. Bill Renniger, +46. Harry Drake, +37. Tie between Bob Bolenand Bob Cardwell, +28. Six-way tie:

Jerry Dowis, Bob Harley, Eddie Joden, John Lanford, Ken Miller and Larry Ware, +1

– article submittedby Walter H. Wease Jr.

Meadowbrook seniors golf results for Dec. 26

The largest, oldest trees in this country are in residential neighborhoods.

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The Upstairs Artspace ended 2011 with the election of a new board of directors approved at the non-profit gallery’s annual membership meeting on Dec. 8.

Following that meeting, new officers were elected by the new board for 2012. They are Karen Jones, president; Rob Fuller, vice president; Catherine Gurri, secretary; and Paul McMinn, treasurer.

The new board plans to begin 2012 with a membership drive.

“The first priority will be to reach out to past members who are already familiar with the Upstairs and all it has to offer,” Jones said. “There are so many people in Polk County who enjoy the contemporary,

sometimes cutting edge, art the Upstairs brings to Tryon. With new membership incentives, we hope to give them more reasons than ever to show their support by becoming members of the gallery.”

The new board will also focus on fundraising, through a capital campaign to begin build-ing an endowment, and through a series of fundraising events and grant proposals to cover the costs of hosting exhibits and new education programs in 2012.

The gallery’s new leader-ship kicked off those efforts in December with its “Very Sedaris Christmas” fundraiser, featuring a sold-out performance by local

actor-director Chris Tinkler of humorist David Sedaris’ one-man play, “Santaland Diaries.” The event, along with the tra-ditional “Presents of Art” sale in the gallery, made December a banner fundraising month for the Upstairs, Jones said.

The other board members serving with Jones are Rob Fuller, Paul McMinn, Mary Prioleau, Margaret Curtis, Keith Spencer, Christy Souther, Har-riet Peoples, Catherine Gurri, Kimberly Childress Ward, Jean Pettigrew, Rick Dunn, Alan Peoples and Harold Maass.

For more information, con-tact Karen Jones at [email protected].

- article submitted

Attendees study work at the Upstairs Artspace during an artists’ talk given in connection with the gallery’s last show of 2011, “Lines and Lives of the Face.” (photo by Keith Spencer)

Upstairs Artspace elects new board for 2012

The N.C. Division of Aging and Adult services recently issued an alert about an official-looking, end-of-year mailing directed to seniors that appears to concern Medicare benefits. According to Debbie Brantley of division of

aging, the postcard-size mailing is actually from a private firm that appears to be building lead lists for sellers of insurance products.

Brantly said filling out the mailing and returning it very likely will result in telemarket-

ing calls, visits from sales agents or invitations to estate planning presentations where annuities and other insurance products will be pushed.

– article submittedby David Kirkman

State warns of Medicare-related scheme targeted at seniors

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