03-08-11 Daily Bulletin

TodayPolk County Mobile Re-

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

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

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

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.

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 - Fri-day. Pet therapy is scheduled

Home invasion in Landrum Saturday, March 5According to the Landrum

Police Department, on Saturday, March 5, a home invasion oc-curred at a residence in the 100 block of S. Edgewood Avenue in Landrum. Investigators from the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office Violent Crime Unit have

been called in to assist with the investigation.

A sketch artist from the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) was also called in to assist and has produced a sketch of a white female 16 – 25 years of age wearing some type

of covering on her head.SLED artist’s sketch of the

suspect in a home invasion that took place in Landrum on March 5.

Authorities are asking for the

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

Arrests made in Lake Lanier, Tryon break-insby Leah Justice

Law enforcement officials credit area residents with helping to solve several area break-ins that have occurred over the past few weeks in the Lake Lanier and Gillette Woods area.

The Greenville County Sher-

iff’s Office arrested John Jacob Kessler, 42, of Hendersonville, on March 1 on charges of grand larceny, three counts of second-degree burglary and one count of petit larceny.

Also last week, the Hender-son County Sheriff’s Office ar-

rested Karen Phillips Byrd, 38, of Chesnee, S.C., in connection with the break-in that occurred in Tryon.

Tryon Police Chief Jeff Arro-wood said the two are accused of


Students from Illinois State University work to construct a pavilion for a new outdoor barbecue at the Mill Spring Agricultural Development Center. The students volunteered their spring breaks to help with community service projects around the area. The barbecue was donated by Costco. See p. 3 for another photo. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

Pavillion going up at Polk ag center


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Local Weather

Today: Partly cloudy, with 10 percent chance of rain. High 60, low 42.

Wednesday: Cloudy, with 70 percent chance of rain/thunderstorms. High 53, low 52.

Friday’s weather was: High 50, low 39, 0.06 inches of rain.

Saturday’s weather was: High 55, low 44, 3.6 inches of rain.

Sunday’s weather was: High 55, low 34, 0.77 inches of rain.

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every Tuesday. An opportunity for participants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info.

Polk County Library Pre-school Storytime, “Lots of Hats,” Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and care-givers welcome. Caregiver must remain with child.

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

Teen Character/Skills Build-ing Group, Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Al-Anon Family Group, meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Sa-luda Senior Center, 64 Greenville 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 a regular scheduled meet-ing on Tuesday, March 8 at the McDowell County Health De-partment, 408 Spaulding Road, Marion, N.C. at 7 p.m. The pub-lic is invited to attend. Contact Brenda Green at 828-287-6101 for more info.

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

WednesdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include 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 assis-tance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001.

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 Anger Management/Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Male Anger Management/Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednesdays, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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

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.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; story-time, 10:30 a.m.

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

Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies and Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m.

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, 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 Road.Green Blades Garden Club,

will meet March 10 at 1:30 p.m., at the home of Carolyn Jones. The featured program speaker will be Bill Jones from Carolina Native Nursery who will speak on “Gath-ering, Growing and Selling Na-tive Plants.” Inform co-hostesses June Current or Shelvie Foust if you cannot attend.

Foothills Music Club, will present its annual organ concert Thursday, March 10 at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of the Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon.

Columbus Planning Board meeting will be held Thursday, March 10 at 5 p.m. at the Bryant Womack Justice & Administra-tion Center, 40 Courthouse Street in Columbus.

Parenting Education Pro-gram, beginning Thursday, Feb. 10 from 6 - 8 p.m. (continuing for 12 weeks), Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

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., Immacu-late 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, 10 a.m.; Trash train, 10 a.m.

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Friday activities include Movie Matinee, 10 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Upstairs Artspace, exhibits “Brainstorm: Opening Minds, Embracing Change” and “Alex Irvine: Contemporary Face Jugs” run through March 26. More info: 828-859-2828.

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.

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.

OBITUARIESDorothy Gunning Edwards, p. 4

Earl Dean Ford, p. 14Ruby Lee Laughter Fortenberry, p. 6

Vera Helton, p. 4

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Meredith Strow, a sophomore at Illinois State University, saws through a 2” x 4” during a construction project at the Mill Spring Agricultural Development Center. Strow and a group of other Illinois State University students volunteered their spring breaks in an effort to help rural communities with community service projects. They spent Monday, March 7 working on projects at the ag center, including building a pavilion for the center’s new outdoor barbecue, replanting flower beds and painting inside the center. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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Dorothy Gunning Edwards

Dorothy Gunning Edwards, 81, of Hendersonville, N.C., went to be with the Lord, Friday, March 4, 2011. A native of Polk County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Blanche John-son Gunning and was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas, who died in 1985.

She was of the Baptist faith and an avid reader. Dorothy had strong faith in her Lord and will be greatly missed by all.

She is survived by one daugh-ter, Cathy Ann Williams; two

Obituaries grandchildren, Joshua Worthing-ton and wife, Jen, and Mercedes Williams; three great-grandchil-dren, Sierra and Sabrina Roach and Blake Worthington; one sister, Betty Caroway, and three nieces and nephews, Beverly Whitaker, Brian Caroway and wife, Esther, and Teresa Lyons and husband Tommy. She was also preceded in death by her brother-in-law Sam Caroway.

A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 6 at Polk Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Ron Nelson will officiate. To read more and sign the online register book, please visit www.shulerfuneralhome.com. Shuler Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements.

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Vera HeltonVera Marie Helton, age 70,

of 444 Helton Lane, Mill Spring died March 5, 2011 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Vera was a native of Polk County, daughter of the late Carl and Mary Lou Burgess Gilbert and widow of the late William Helton.

Survivors include daughters Trina Burnett of Mill Spring and Lisa Wilson of Woodburn, Ore.; sons Don Wilson of Sherwood,

Obituaries Ore., and Mike Wilson of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; sister Sandra Gilbert of Mill Spring and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Baptist Church in Mill Spring, with Rev.Warren Elliott officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, and burial will follow in the church cemetery. A reception will fol-low at 4:30 p.m. at the Cooper’s Gap Baptist Church social hall.

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breaking into one residence inside the Tryon city limits where jewelry was stolen. Officials say they also know of two other incidents in the Gillette Woods area outside of the Tryon city limits.

The Lake Lanier area and Dug Hill Road, both located in Green-ville County, S.C., perhaps had the most incidents in the case. At-tempts to contact an officer with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office to know the exact number of homes involved were unsuccessful as of press time.

Victim Linda Clark said on Feb. 22 she was away from her residence between the hours of around noon to 5 p.m. She said her wedding ring, two gold chains and her husband’s prescription medica-tion were stolen.

“I didn’t realize anything had happened until the next day,” said Clark.

She said they took prescription medication from her husband, but instead of taking the whole bottle, they just took about half the pills out. She said she knows they were stolen because the prescription had just been filled a couple days prior and she had cleared off the counter before she left. She said something was on the counter that would have had to be moved to get to the cabinet.

Chief Arrowood said several victims did not realize their homes had been broken into until later because of the manner in which the suspects robbed homes. The crimes occurred during the day when no one was home. The homes were left seemingly un-touched.

Arrowood said some victims reported one of the subjects came to their door days before the rob-bery was discovered and asked for directions.

Neighbors began talking about

the break-ins, Arrowood said, and a description of a suspicious ve-hicle was determined. Arrowood said neighbors came up with a silver Honda with different license plates, from California. He said one victim knew Kessler and ran his name in pawn shops and some of the stolen items were discovered.

Arrowood said area residents had a big part in solving the case.

John JaCoB Kessler Karen phillips Byrd

“The neighbors called each other and between Dep. Cordell in Greenville County and the neigh-bors, they came up with a suspect,” Arrowood said.

Kessler is being held at the Greenville County Detention Cen-ter under over $55,000 in bonds. Byrd is being held at the Hender-son County Detention Facility under a $15,500 bond.


Ruby Lee Laughter Fortenberry

Ruby Lee Laughter Forten-berry, 83, of Early Rd., Saluda died Saturday, March 5, 2011 at her home.

Born on May 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Gen-eral D. and Sally Staton Laughter. The widow of Earl J. Fortenberry, who died in 1991, she was a life-time resident of Polk County and a homemaker.

Survivors include two sons,

Obituaries Leland Fortenberry (Paula) of Campobello and Earl Gene Fortenberry (Joyce) of Mill Spring, and three daughters, Pa-tricia Lawson (Ronnie) of Converse, S.C.; Car-olyn Byers (Steve) of Mill Spring and Helen Tucker of Saluda. Also surviving are six sis-ters, Barbara Clontz of Columbus; Nettie Lou Thompson of Inman, S.C.; Glenda Silvey of Inman, S.C.; Kathy Hall of Landrum; Betty Short of Lenoir, N.C., and Nola Champion of Saluda; as well as two brothers, Albert Laughter of Green Creek and

Dewight Laughter, also of Green Creek. She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 34 great grand-children and seven great-great

grandchildren. She was preceded

in death by two daugh-ters , Sal ly Louise Fortenberry and Shir-ley Garland; two broth-ers, Jerry Laughter and Edwin Laughter; one sister, Evelyn Robert-son, and a grandson,

Robert Earl Fortenberry.Funeral services will be held

at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in the McFarland Funeral Cha-pel, Tryon, with the Rev. Hubert

Street officiating.Burial will be held at Moore

Church of Christ, Moore, S.C.Visitation was held from

6:30 – 8 p.m. Monday, March 7, 2011 in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

The family will be at the home of her grandson James Fortenberry, Old Melvin Hill Rd. Campobello.

Memorials may be made to Four Seasons Hospice of Hender-sonville, N.C., 571 South Allen Rd. Flat Rock, N.C. 28731.

An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

‘Our Leading Lady’ auditions March 9Rutherford Community The-

atre recently announced audi-tions for “Our Leading Lady” by Charles Busch. Roles are available for five women and four men (various ages).

Auditions will be held Wednesday, March 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the county office build-ing, located at 289 N. Main Street in Rutherfordton.

If you are interested in par-ticipating but unable to attend the audition contact Les Beale for an audition/tech appointment at 828-755-4519 or on line at [email protected].

Performance dates will be May 13, 14 and 15 at Union Mills Learning Center Audi-torium.

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Letter to the Editor

Protect tourism interests for better future of county

To the Editor: I am a Polk County property

owner, and interact with Polk County Travel & Tourism, as the landlord of a seasonal rental house. I encourage their efforts to remain as an independent group, separate from the cham-ber of commerce.

In Aiken, S.C., the Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce

operated a tourism initiative for a time, but realizing in-evitable conflict of interests, the chamber stepped away from Tourism.

Now, Aiken County as well as the cities of Aiken and N. Augusta, each has their own tourism department.

Perhaps even more impor-tantly, it is possible, and not unlikely, for a local chamber of commerce, in response to national business trends and U.S. Chamber of Commerce directives, to lose sight of deli-cate local issues, which should guide in the protection of an area such as Polk County.

Polk County’s unique, un-spoiled countryside, and quaint villages continue to draw prop-erty owners such as my own

family, who continues in the fifth generation to invest and spend time in the Saluda area, as well as repeat “visitors” who appreciate the charm of the area.

Depending on “tourism” dollars leaves any area vulner-able to over development, and without stakeholder representa-tion, it is too easy to lose the goose that laid golden egg.

As a Polk County property owner, who would not be in-clined to join the chamber of commerce, I appreciate having Polk County Travel & Tourism at the helm.

I believe their effort toward “eco-tourism,” is the safest way to draw the right visitors to Polk County.

–– Jenne Stoker


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We have something for everyone

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Ten things you may not know about Buck’s Pizza

1. We make our dough fresh every day; from scratch.

2. We use as much locally-grown produce as we can.

3. A large one-topping pizza is just $9.99 every day.

4. We don’t make a thing until you order it.

5. Our new and improved salads are incredible. Try one!

6. We give you choices! You can try marinara, garlic butter, Alfredoor BBQ sauce on your pizza, with a hand-tossed, thin or thick crust.

7.

8.

We offer special prices for fundraising and re-sale.

We cater!

9.

10.

We deliver! And, if you’re outside our delivery radius, we’ll meetyou!

We have awesome employees who are just as dedicated to youas we are.

We purchased Buck’s Pizza last year and couldn’t be happier! We want to thank our customers and the community for your support.

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A SpeciAl ThAnk You To All our SponSorS!

FAmouS ASTronAuT Word SeArch

Circle the names of the famous American astronauts in the puzzle below.

Hidden Words:Alan Shepard, Buzz Aldrin, Charles

Boldin, Christa McAuliffe, Dick Scobee, Fred Haise, Gene Cernan, Guion Blu-ford, Gus Grisson, Jack Swigert, Jim

Lovell, John Glenn, Judith Resnik, Ken Mattingly, Laurel Clark, Mae Jemison, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Ron-

ald McNair, Sally Ride

nASA croSSWord

Solve the puzzle using the clues

provided.

GalileoSpace Probe

AcroSS clueS:Design your own logo, such as the NASA logo above, for the astronaut.Then draw your face in

the

face mask and finish

coloring the astronaut.

ASTronAuTcolor iT!

SpAcemAzeHelp the shuttle find its

way out from the middle of the maze.

3. The second man to walk on the moon.4. The head of NASA is called the what?9. Probe scheduled to reach Mercury’s orbit.10. State where the shuttles are launched.

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Did you know that a

spacesuit weighs 280 lbs.

in Earth’s gravity?

In space the suit is weightless.

A to Z Kid’s News would like to formally apologize for the ‘Color It’ segment included on the Transpor-tation page. In no way was it meant to highlight an

infamous figure during a terrible period of history, nor was it meant to downplay those awful events. Our

intent was solely to comment on a portion of the his-tory of transportation. We realize the insensitivity of the matter and send our regrets to anyone to whom it may have caused distress. Educating our children about positive events in history is our ultimate goal. We also apologize for the error of the picture that was shown. It was not, of course, a Volkswagen

Beetle. -A to Z Kid’s News

7. Famous space mission that went wrong. 8. Which President challenged the United States to reach the moon?

13

7

4 5

2

68

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10


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Wolverines blank West in baseball season opener 9-0by Daniel Hecht

It wasn’t exactly the way Polk County baseball coach Ty Stott planned to fill out the opening day lineup card, but there it was – Wolverine ace pitcher Lucas Cash penciled in as DH in the #5 spot.

Cash, who suffered an injury to his throwing arm in a preseason scrimmage versus Brevard, would not be taking the hill to open the season against the Falcons of West Henderson.

“I felt good throwing to the first three (Bre-vard hitters), but after a couple of pitches to the fourth bat-ter, (my arm) started to hurt and I took myself out of the game,” Cash said at the season opener Thursday, March 3 versus the West Henderson Falcons. A doctor’s visit confirmed what Cash (and the rest of the Wol-verine coaches and players) had hoped to hear – the diagnosis was likely a mild bout of tendonitis, a condition requiring a relatively short rest.

“The doctor said that since (my arm) didn’t hurt after I stopped throwing, it was probably just tendonitis and not something more serious like ligament damage,” said Cash. “I’m taking it one day

Polk sophomore Alec Philpott (#9) confers with catcher Rooster Ross Thursday, March 3 versus West Henderson. (photo by Daniel Hecht)

at a time, but I hope to be back for either Madison or Mountain Heritage.”

Polk is scheduled to play Madison at home on Tuesday, March 15 and travels to Mountain Heritage the following Friday, March 18.

Undaunted by the absence of their ace hurler, the Wolverine pitching staff combined for a solid opening day performance, allowing just five hits and shut-

ting out a Falcon team that has struggled in the early going this season. Dakota Turner started for the Wolver-ines and pitched a solid 3-1/3 in-

nings, giving up just three hits and walking two.

In the top of the fourth, with one out and Falcon runners at the corners, Stott tapped Alec Philpott to relieve Turner. The sophomore, pitching in his first varsity contest for the Wolverines, came up huge, striking out the final two batters to end the inning. Philpott went on to allow just two more hits.

Roberto Taft took the mound to close out the seventh, striking out two of the final three batters and preserving the 9-0 shutout.

Polk’s offense, expected to be a strong point this season, did not

disappoint. With the Wolverines up 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, Joel Booker went yard on West’s Mi-chael Perry, driving a fastball over the 345-foot sign in center field. Booker finished the game 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs.Catcher Rooster Ross went 2 for 4 with a double, and Alec

Philpott helped his own cause at the plate with two hits and two RBIs, including a double to the gap in left center in the bottom of the fourth.

The Wolverines are back on the diamond Tuesday, March 8, host-ing the defending 2A state cham-pion East Rutherford Cavaliers.

Polk softball chalks up season’s second win at Asheville, 6-1by Daniel Hecht

The Lady Wolverines took their show on the road for the first time this season, heading up I-26 to square off against Asheville High on Thursday, March 3.

Despite the chill of a late winter mountain afternoon, Polk’s bats stayed hot, and Coach Jeff Wilson’s squad handed the Lady Cougars

their first loss of the year in the non-conference contest.

The ladies of Polk drew blood in four different innings, led by Amber Lynch, who went 2 for 3 and scored twice on the afternoon. Cavin Richards, Brittany Jones, Kara Garvin and Jamie Hrobak each contributed a hit to the well-distributed Wolverine offensive

attack, and leadoff hitter Shayln Brown worked Asheville, pitch-ing for two walks and scoring a run as well.

Ace hurler Hrobak notched her second win of the season and earned her 31st career victory for Polk County, giving up no walks and allowing just two hits in anoth-er impressive complete game out-

ing. The 12-strikeout performance brought her season total to 28, as opponents continue to struggle to solve the dominant junior pitcher.

The Lady Wolverines played host to unbeaten Pisgah High on Monday afternoon, March 7. The Lady Bears routed AC Reynolds in their season opener by a score of 11-3.

“I’m taking it one day at a time, but I hope to be back for either Madison or Mountain Heritage.”

-- Lucas Cash

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Workshop on English country cottages and gardens set for March 26

“English Country Cottages and Gardens: A Design Work-shop” will be held on Saturday, March 26 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Derbyshire, an English-inspired residential community located at 400 Landrum Road in Columbus.

English cottage decorating, the interior design portion of the workshop, will be led by Gillian Drummond of Drum-mond House Interiors in Tryon. Participants will explore Eng-lish country style and how to add beauty and comfort to their homes.

English cottage gardening will be led by Linda Cobb, a master gardener from Spartan-burg, S.C. Cobb will lead par-ticipants through garden design, plant selection and techniques for creating their own English country garden.

A luncheon for all partici-pants will be held after the first portion of the workshop. Fol-lowing the design workshop, Derbyshire will host a dessert reception at the Wisteria Cot-tage.

A registration fee includes the design workshop, luncheon and dessert reception.

For further information, contact Jennifer Dennis at [email protected] or call 828-863-2660.

Participants are asked to register no later than Monday, March 21.


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Concert to benefit Rotary Club of Tryon scholarships May 1Gorden Threlfall, chairman

of the Rotary Club of Tryon Scholarship Committee, an-nounces that ticket sales for the Community Chorus Spring Concert will benefit the five college scholarships awarded each year. The concert will be given Sunday, May 1 at Polk County High School.

Two of the scholarships, totaling $6,000 ($1,500 per year), are awarded to gradu-ating seniors at Polk County High School who are beginning a four-year college program. Two other scholarships are awarded to Polk County High School seniors beginning a two-year college program. One pays $2,500 ($1,250 per year) and the other pays $1,200 ($600 per year). The Frank Or-tiz Service Above Self Award is for $1,000.

Two of the recent scholar-ship recipients have given an update to let the community know how they are benefiting from the Rotary scholarships they received.

Evan Fitch is the son of Robert and Theresa Fitch and is a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. He received his initial scholar-ship in 2010 from Rotary Club of Tryon. Evan says he is grate-ful for the $1,500 scholarship he received. He is currently ac-tive in extracurricular activities such as playing intramural soc-cer and participating in fund-raisers such as the UNC Dance Marathon, which benefitted UNC Children’s Hospital.

In addition to his studies, Evan has been able to cultivate a love for the arts by attending concerts, art shows, films and plays. He said he looks forward to the day when he can serve

in his own local Rotary Club and give scholarships to other young students.

Evan’s sister, Maggie, re-ceived her initial scholarship in 2008 and she wrote to give information about some of her interests and accomplishments over the last three years.

Since her arrival at UNC, she has benefitted from the Ro-tary Club of Tryon’s David A. Wells Memorial Scholarship. She said, “Coming from our small, tight-knit community in Polk County, I have been pleasantly surprised to find myself wholly immersed in a whirling confluence of cultures and communities, the diversity of which surpasses anything I had previously experienced.”

She has been able to par-ticipate in one of two women’s club soccer teams on campus (the Heels) since her freshman year. She is now co-president of her team. The Heels compete nearly every weekend against teams from North Carolina and surrounding states.

She has also become in-volved in the Newman Catholic Student Center. Through her work at the Newman Center she joined her friends in min-istering to the mentally handi-capped orphans of Jamaica’s Mustard Seed Community (Montego Bay) and the home-less of Washington, D.C.

In the spring of 2010, Mag-gie took the opportunity to study abroad in Costa Rica. She spent five months living and learning with her now-beloved host family and acquiring a more critical perspective of American culture and ideas in her Spanish-taught classes at the Universidad Nacional in

Heredia. After returning from Costa Rica, she began volun-teering on a regular basis with a nearby Spanish-speaking community and has added a Spanish major. This spring she will return to Central America (Honduras) as part of a Habitat for Humanity team that will construct houses in a region where extreme poverty bars ac-cess to decent living conditions for many families.

In part because of the Rotary Club of Tryon, Maggie said she has been afforded the chance to expand her mind, open herself to transformative relationships with God, friends, classmates and mentors and lead others to begin their own self-discovery and self-growth. Maggie con-cluded her update with these words:

“I cannot thank you enough. Que Dios les bendiga. (May

God bless you.)”The spring concert will be

held on May 1. The concert will be provided by up to 80 sing-ers from Polk and Rutherford counties and Upstate South Carolina while helping provide scholarships for area youth.


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In addition to his wife he is survived by a daughter: Shelly Martinets of Columbus; a step-daughter, Tammy Lewis (Alvin) of Campobello; a son, Chris Ford (Pam) of Gaffney; a step-son, Johnny Cantrell (Terrie) of Campobello; three sisters, Christine Drake of Inman, S.C., Nancy Fowler of Inman and Ann

Obituaries Parker of Landrum; four brothers, J.R. Ford of Inman, Jerry Ford of Campobello, Chet Ford of Well-ford, S.C., and Michael Ford of Reidville, S.C.; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

He was formerly employed at Carmet, Inc. and was a member of Little Mtn. Baptist Church.

The family is at the home and will receive friends today 2 - 3 p.m. at Little Mtn. Baptist Church. A memorial service was held at Little Mtn. Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Monday, March 7, with Rev Terry Pleasant and Rev. An-sel Norris officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Little Mountain Baptist Church Building Fund, 1302 Mt Pil-grim Rd, Inman, S.C. 29349. Seawright Funeral Home & Crematory, www.seawright-funeralhome.com.

If you are planning a home garden or would like to be part of a community garden the Mill Spring Agricultural Center would like to help. The ag center is currently seeking locations and people that want to participate in a community garden. The ag cen-ter can offer some seeds, starts

Ag Center offers gardening helpand labor, as well as preserving and canning classes.

If you want to be part of a community garden, or if you need help starting your own, email [email protected] or stop by the ag center on 156 School Road in Mill Spring.


Shull to speak at Polk Retired School Personnel luncheon

St. Luke’s Hospital Adminis-trator Ken Shull will be the guest speaker for the Polk County Re-tired School Personnel luncheon held to be held Monday, March 14. The meeting will be held at the Columbus Presbyterian Church at noon.

New business includes voting on NEA delegates and discussing plans to attend a spring confer-ence Friday, April 15.

Make luncheon reservations to Mary O. Cochran or Evange-lena Barber by Thursday, March 10.

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Holy Cross in Tryon holds Shrove Tuesday pancake supper today

The Holy Cross Episcopal Church will hold its annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Tuesday, March 8 at 6 p.m. The event will be held in the Parish Hall on the lower level. Dona-tions are requested to support the

church’s youth mission trip.Holy Cross Ash Wednes-

day services will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. This service of penitence begins the season of Lent. All are welcome.


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EXECUTOR'S NOTICEHaving qualified on the 3rd day of February, 2011, as Executor of the Estate of HELEN WATKINS HANNUM, deceased, late of Polk County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Executor on or before the 22nd day of May, 2011, or this notice will be pleaed in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the estate should make immediate payment.This the 22nd day of February, 2011.First Citizens Bank & Trust CompanyEstate of Helen Watkins HannumEstate Settlement ServicesP.O. Box 29522100 E. Tryon Road (DAC61)Raleigh, NC 27626R. Anderson HaynesAttorney At LawP. O. Box 100Tryon, NC 28782adv. 2/22;3/1,8,15

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Perhaps you’ve never heard of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), or know why it’s an important organization.

ERBI is a private, nonprofit re-search institute based in Washing-ton, D.C., that focuses on health, savings, retirement and economic security issues.

EBRI does not lobby and does not take policy positions, but it does do research and provides some interesting information.

In January 2011, ERBI re-leased a troubling report regarding Baby Boomers, stating that de-pending on your age and level of income, you could be among the 4-14 percent of Americans, who due to the 2008-2009 recession and the accompanying housing and financial crisis, may not have adequate income to cover basic expenses in retirement.

The reason ERBI states you “may not have adequate income” is because there are a lot of vari-ables.

The most significant among those are the size of your retire-ment savings account balance, and even more important, how close are you to retirement age?

I’m defining retirement age as at least 66, because while you could take a reduced amount of Social Security as early as age 62 – reduced as a penalty for tak-ing it early – or await turning 66, the minimum age you must attain to receive full Social Security benefits.

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years you have left in which to add to your existing savings.

There are other factors that determine the financial success of your retirement. They include the amount of money you’ve been earning during your peak earning years and your financial health.

Did you set up a 401(k) with your employer, open either a Traditional or Roth IRA, or in-

vest money in equities or cre-ate some other form of a “stash of cash” for the future?

And one of the biggest series of questions has to do with how much you owe in credit card debt, monthly overhead and whether your current budget, assuming you have one, is being met with the income you generate today, or are you already dipping into savings?

The answers to these questions will contribute the resulting an-swer of will I have enough money in retirement.

To recover from the losses sus-tained by many Americans, ERBI came up with a mathematical model to determine the percent-age of additional savings people would have to add to their cur-rent nest eggs to have either a 50 percent, 70 percent or 90 percent probability of having sufficient retirement income to meet basic retirement expenditures and any uninsured health care costs for their full retirement.

I won’t bore you with those numbers, but suffice it to say the required additional savings ranged from saving an extra 3– 4 percent

of your total annual compensation each year until you retire, with the higher percentage needed for those closest to retirement.

That’s bad news for a whole lot of boomers.

Did you know that the average Social Security check is about $1100/month - about $13,000 per year?

The balance of your financial needs must be met through your own personal savings. And that’s another tragic story because only 50 percent of Americans have a 401(k), and the median balance for 401(k) savings in America – that means half are higher and half are lower than the median number of $20,000.

The average 401(k) balance – the total amount of money in all 401(k) plans divided by the number of people with a 401(k) plan – is $60,000. Again, it’s not a lot for your retirement if you live for another 15-30 more years.

The intent of this column isn’t to spread doom and gloom. It’s to serve as a wake-up call, sort of a printed version that a new TV show called “Beyond Scared Straight.”

Take an inventory of your finances, and if necessary seek the assistance of a reputable pro-fessional. It’s up to you to do the best you can to secure that future.

Ron Kauffman is a Geriatric Care Manager and Certified Senior Advisor. He is the author of Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Disease, available at www.seniorlifestyles.net. He can be reached by email at [email protected].

The Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry (TBOM), supported by Manna FoodBank of Asheville, will distribute perishable veg-etables March 9 from 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. The food is free of charge and must not be resold.

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Hands of Change, a group of Polk County School students who work on service projects in the area, recently came to Pearsons Falls to pick up wood for delivery to Ther-mal Belt Outreach Ministry. The Tryon Garden Club, the owners and operators of Pearson’s Falls, donated the wood to Outreach.

This is just one example of the manner in which these students work on service projects within Polk County organizations as well as work with the assisted living centers.

Hands of Change meets Thurs-day afternoons when Polk County schools are in session. Possible service sites include the American Red Cross, FENCE, Harmon Field, White Oak Assisted Living Center, Bridge Wood House, Pacolet Nature Conservancy and others.

Past service projects of Hands of Change include painting, yard work, passing out flyers, trail maintenance and clean up, reading and social activities with residents at assisted living centers.


Hands of Change gathers wood for Thermal Belt Outreach

Donated firewood from Pearson’s Falls is loaded for delivery to Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry to help heat homes of those in the area who need help. Polk HIgh students in a group called Hands of Change picked up the wood as one of their service projects. (photo submitted)

District One kindergarten registration March 10District One Schools will

hold registration for five-year-old kindergarten stu-dents on March 10 in all elementary schools.

Registration will be held from 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. in each school.

Registration for screening for four-year-old programs will also be held the same day and time.

Students must meet eligi-bility requirements in order to be served in four-year-old programs.

To register a child for kin-dergarten, the following must be met and/or provided:

• The child must be five years old by Sept. 1, 2011.

• Must provide verification of a birth certificate supplied by the state in which the child

was born. A hospital birth certificate is not acceptable. (A copy of the original birth certificate will be made and returned at registration.)

• Must provide a com-pleted immunization cer-tificate from the state of South Carolina or a medical exemption certificate. Pink immunization records are not acceptable documents.

• Must provide proof of residency, which must be documented using one of the following: tax receipt, rental receipt, deed to property, lease or realtor contract.

To register a child for four-year-old screening:

• The child must be four years old by Sept. 1, 2011. Based on screening results, the child may or may not be

placed in the four-year-old program.

• Must provide verification of a birth certificate supplied by the state in which child was born. A hospital birth certificate is not acceptable. (A copy of the original birth certificate will be made and returned at registration.)

• Must provide an up-to-date or completed immuniza-tion certificate from the state of South Carolina or a medi-cal exemption certificate. Pink immunization records are not acceptable documents.

• Must provide proof of residency, which must be documented using one of the following: tax receipt, rental receipt, deed to property, lease or realtor contract.


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