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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.

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

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

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

Your “tweens” – children in grades 3-6 – can enjoy a little Halloween fun tomorrow, Oct. 18, at the Landrum Library. The program, which starts at 5 p.m., will challenge kids to perform some tricks and will reward them for their efforts with treats.

Call the library at 864-457-2218 for more information.

Polk visitor spending up by 6.5 percent

McRostie named Polk Teacher of YearTeachers of Year also named at each Polk schoolby Samantha Hurst

Susan McRostie denounces the idea that art is a “fluff” subject.

Step inside her art room at Saluda Elementary School and you’ll see why.

The Polk County Teacher of the Year’s art lessons all involve language, math, science and his-tory learned through crayons and acrylic paint.

“It makes such sense to re-inforce what they are learning throughout the day, especially in these little ones,” McRostie said. “Many students need that sort of tactile learning to help

Susan McRostie, art teacher at Saluda Elementary School, was recently named Polk County Teacher of the Year. (photo by Samantha Hurst)(Continued on page 3)

by Samantha Hurst

Spending by visitors to Polk County increased 6.5 percent from 2009 to 2010, according to the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development.

This meant $20.26 million in spending – the highest impact for the county since tracking began in 1991, said Melinda Young of

Polk County Travel & Tourism. “We had a huge jump in 2007

and we really haven’t lost much of that momentum,” Young said. “Polk County saw its impact from tourism jump as much as 11.5 percent in 2002, with tax revenues of $15.12 million. By 2007, that number had grown to


“We had a huge jump [in the economic impact from tourism] in 2007 and we really haven’t lost much of that momentum.”

-- Melinda Young Polk Travel & Tourism

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T u e s d a y : P a r t l y cloudy, with 60 per-cent chance of rain. High 74, low 46.

Thursday’s weather was: High 70, low 56, 0.05 inches of rain.

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OBITUARIESKaren Marie Northrup, p. 6Joyce Elaine Painter, p. 9

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

TuesdayPolk County Mobile Re-

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Annual Polk 4-H board meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 9 a.m. Located at the end of Locust St. in Columbus. All are welcome.

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 informa-tion, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000, 800-617-7132 or [email protected].

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American Legion Auxiliary meets on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Tryon.

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

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

Lanier Library, presentation by artist Hedy Lonero of her four historically accurate maps of nearby Earle’s Fort/Four Col-umns area from 1776 to the pres-ent at Lanier Library on Tuesday, Oct. 18. All are welcome to this free program at noon.

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

Landrum Library will have a Halloween program for chil-dren in grades 3-6 or tweens, on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 5 p.m. Tweens will attempt some fun tricks and receive treats for their efforts.

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 Greenville Street, Saluda, one half block off Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 176 S.), 828-749-2251 (Saluda) or 1-800-286-1326.

WednesdayFriends of Ag Breakfast,

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

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Foothill’s Parkinson’s Sup-port Group meets Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the Lan-drum Library. The speaker will be a physical therapist from St. Luke’s Hospital. Call 864-457-4419 for more information. All are welcome.

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concepts sink in.”During a recent first-grade session,

McRostie worked with students who were learning about the African country of Zimbabwe. The students crafted compass roses to learn about directions and in the meantime practiced spelling t-i-n-t and g-l-i-t-t-e-r. They also discovered that mixing dark blue paint with white paint creates a baby blue tint, that there are three points on a triangle and that violet, blue and green are considered cool colors.

Saluda School Principal Ronette Dill said McRostie is a very strong advocate for the arts.

“The way she integrates the different grade-level subject matter really helps make connections for kids. It’s also made a huge difference in our school climate,” Dill said. “Now, you’ll hear kids in class say, ‘Hey, I know what that is - we made one in art class.’”

Dill said she wished more educators grasped the need for the arts as an integral part of learning the way McRostie does.

“I think if people will understand the importance of the arts and how they can

be used to teach children we could do great things in education,” Dill said. “I think she would be a great advocate for that at the state level, if given the chance.”

McRostie said being named Teacher of the Year for the county means a tremendous amount to her.

“It’s an extraordinary honor because it draws some much needed respect and attention to the arts and arts education,” McRostie said.

Timing could not have been more perfect for the honor, McRostie said, as the first class of preK students she taught at Saluda will graduate from fifth grade this spring.

Dill said McRostie’s ability to commu-nicate with students at all levels is another aspect of what makes her worthy of the Teacher of the Year honor.

She maintains a packed day, splitting her schedule between the elementary school and teaching art 1 to 10th-12th grade art students at Polk County High School.

“She has an amazing ability to communi-cate with them all at their level,” Dill said.

McRostie began working in Polk County in 2006 after a brief “retirement.” Before then she had spent 10 years as an elementary Susan McRostie illustrates a concept for students

in one of her art classes at Saluda Elementary. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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Teachers of the Year by schoolPolk Central Elementary – Gail Spitznogle

Gail Spitznogle received her master’s of education in learn-ing disabilities from Western Carolina University in May 2011. She earned her learning disabilities certification from Converse College in 1997 and a bachelor’s in elementary educa-tion from the University of S.C. Upstate in 1990.

“Our job as educators is not to just feed our students facts or steps to solve a problem, but our job should be to teach our students to think and problem solve,” Spitznogle said. “It is key that we help guide our stu-dents in realizing their strengths and then use those strengths as the building block to all other learning.”

Polk County High School – Katherine McCraw

Katherine McCraw attended Gardner-Webb University for a bachelor of arts degree with a focus in political science, journalism and art. She began her career teaching English and social studies at East McDowell Junior High and McDowell High School before moving to Polk County High School in 2003.

Since coming to PCHS she has taught civics and economics, world history, U.S. history and introduction to journalism.

“I love getting the kids who no one else can reach; getting that spark of interest that turns into a fire and watching them become more successful and confident,” McCraw said. “To me it is a challenge and I like challenges.”

Polk County Middle School – Kenneth Alexander

Kenneth Alexander has been a math teacher in Polk County for the past 10 years. He ob-

tained his degree in mathemat-ics from The University of the South in 1989 and continued his education through Gardner-Webb University and Central Piedmont Community College to obtain N.C. teacher certifica-tions. Alexander also taught at Deer Creek School in Missis-sippi for two years.

“As a teacher, I strive to guide my students through the curriculum in such a way that requires them to think,” Alex-ander said. “I make the lessons interesting by presenting the information in a variety of ways to address the different learning styles.”

Sunny View Elementary – Richard Davis

Richard Davis received his master’s degree in administra-tion and supervision from the University of Phoenix in 2009 and a bachelor’s degree previ-ously in physical education from Western Carolina University.

He has worked at Sunny View Elementary since 2009 and has also worked at Polk County High School, Cher-ryville High School and Crest Middle School most recently. Davis has been in the education field since 1985.

“After having taught public school for the past 24 years, I can say that my greatest con-tributions to the profession is the fact that I truly care and have cared about the future of every student I have taught,” Davis said.

Tryon Elementary – Jessica Wilkins

Jessica Wilkins obtained her M.E.D. in special education LD from Converse College, after earning a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the University of South Carolina Spartanburg. She began her teaching career in 2003 at Tryon Elementary.

“I believe that kindergarten can make or break a child when it comes to them liking school,” Wilkins said in her biography. “I strive to give them the best experience possible.”

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lated? A Travel Economic Impact Model or TEIM is used to study the impact of tourism on an area by focusing on the state sales and excise taxes and taxes on personal income from travel-generated and travel-supported businesses.

This means the study looks at tax receipts in 16 categories from retail, which includes sport-

ing goods stores, jewelry stores and pharmacies to automobile transportation, which can include gas stations, rental cars and even tire stores.

Young said because of the current economic state many people have taken to day trips, traveling from 50 miles or more away. This, in particular, benefits retail, restaurants, gas and entertainment attractions. A total of $1.13 million was generated in Polk County through state sales and excise taxes,

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and taxes on personal and cor-porate income. Approximately $1.21 million in local taxes were generated from travel-related sales and property tax revenue. While in total tourism revenue Polk County ranked 81st state-wide, it ranked 53rd in percent-age of increase for the year. Young said the important thing for residents to understand is the impact tourism has on the county. The tax funds collected funnel back into the state and local general funds, representing a

$113.66 tax saving to each county resident, Young said. The study does not include occupancy tax numbers, which are also directed back to the local entity. Data f rom the s tudy also shows the tourism industry creates more than 170 jobs in Polk County; a total generat-ed payroll of $2.91 million. Gov. Beverly Perdue announced in March that visitors to North Carolina spent a record $17 bil-lion in 2010, an increase of 9 percent from 2009.

Karen Marie Northrup

Karen Marie Northrup, 46, of Smith Dairy Rd., Colum-bus died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 in Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, S.C.

Born in Margaretville,

Obituaries N.Y., she was the daughter of Doris Mattice Hosier of New Kingston, N.Y., and the late Cornelius Hosier. Mrs. Northrup moved to Polk County in 1999, having come from Upstate New York.

Surviving beside her moth-er are her husband, Marvin L. Northrup of the home; two daughters, Megan Brooks (Josh) of Asheville, N.C.,

and Katelyn Northrup of the home; two sons, Ryan and Kevin Northrup, both of Co-lumbus; two brothers, David Hosier (Denise) of Deptford, N.J., and James Hosier (Mi-chelle) of Jarrettsville, Md.; one granddaughter, Sarah Brooks. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, 2011 in the

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

She will be sent to Hynes – Miller Funeral Home, 48 Walnut St., Margaretville, N.Y. 12455 for burial in New Kingston Valley Cemetery, New Kingston, N.Y.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfar-landfuneralchapel.com.

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Workshop on making quick Shibori scarves at Tryon Arts and CraftsChristine Mariotti will

teach a class on creating quick shibori silk scarves on Satur-day, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Tryon Arts and Crafts.

Shibori is the Japanese technique of manipulating fabric by tying, twisting, scrunching and preparing the fabric for dyeing in numer-ous other ways. The results are colorful patterns that are repeated throughout the sur-face and are used in silk scarf designs.

Mariotti has come up with some simplified Shibori tech-niques that will work in a short workshop time and permit the student to make several scarves in one day.

Mariotti has been a textile instructor and professional fiber artist for more than 30 years and has exhibited her

silk scarves in many local gal-leries around Tryon, including the gift shop at Tryon Arts and Crafts.

There will be a small ma-terials fee per person for this workshop to cover the cost of scarves and dyes.

Advance registration for all workshops is required. For more information about the in-structor or workshop, includ-ing tuition and supply costs, please contact Tryon Arts and Crafts School (TACS) at 828-859-8323 or by email [email protected].

More details and examples of projects are available on the TACS website, www.Tryon-ArtsandCrafts.org.

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Christine Mariotti will teach a workshop on making quick shibori scarves similar to this one at Tryon Arts and Crafts on Oct. 29. (photo submitted)



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Joyce Elaine Painter

Joyce Elaine Painter, 46, of Mill Spring died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011.

She was the daughter of the late Betty Lou Wilson Laughter and the late Joe Junior Laughter.

She is survived by her son, Bobby Justin Painter of Sunny View, two brothers, Clarence Junior Laughter of Mill Spring and Joe Larry Laughter of Lake Lure, N.C.; three sisters, Patsy Arrowood and husband Verno of Union Mills, N.C., Betty Jo Ow-ensby of Mill Spring and Sharon

Obituaries Kay Laughter of Sunny View, and several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was predeceased by her parents and a sister, Judy Elaine Laughter.

A funeral service was held Saturday, Oct. 15 at Mtn. View Baptist Church; burial was at Coopers Gap Cemetery. The Reverends Bobby West, Warren Elliott and Ansel Pace officiated. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

The family has set up a fund at Mountain First in Columbus to help pay funeral expenses.Condolence cards may be sent to the family at www.jackson-funeralservice.com or P.O. Box 945, Hendersonville, N.C. 28793.

Pianist Paul Kenyon to perform at BRCC Oct. 18

The Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC) concert series presents pianist Paul Kenyon on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Thomas Auditorium.

The program features a pre-lude and fugue by Bach, a sonata by Haydn, two concert etudes by Liszt and several character pieces by the French Languedoc composer Déodat de Séverac, as well as American composer Charles Tomlinson Griffes.

Paul Kenyon is currently a member of the piano faculty and chair of the music depart-ment at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, Calif. Born in upstate N.Y., he earned a doctor of musical arts in piano performance from Michigan State University, where he studied piano with Deborah Moriarty and Ralph Votapek.

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Random Arts reopens in new location in Saludaby Robin A. Edgar

Random Arts of Saluda is back.

After closing their success-ful retail space on Main Street in 2009, owners Jane Powell and husband, Paul Aabye, fi-nally found the right location to reopen their business of “assorted goods for creative mindfulness.”

They fell in love with a restored, historic, Craftsman Style bungalow at 481 Louisi-ana Avenue, just two blocks off of Main Street, that has a large off-street parking area, three retail areas and a studio/class-room space that can accom-modate up to 18 students. The business opened on Sept. 22.

“There is room to grow our space with outdoor classroom space and additional parking,” said Powell. “With the help of jewelry artist Louise McClure, this huge white canvas of an interior became a plethora of

wall art and eye candy serving as inspiration in itself for the creative soul.”

Originally from Chicago, Ill., Powell studied business at Purdue University in Ham-mond, Ind., and worked in the mortgage banking business while Paul ran his own automo-tive machine shop.

When they unexpectedly drove through Saluda in 1994, they decided to leave the big city and move to the quaint little town.

“We were enamored enough to go back, quit our jobs, sell our house and become trans-plants to Saluda,” recalls Pow-ell.

Since they are also creative artists working in mixed media, primarily with paper and tex-tiles, the couple opened their first retail art space in the shop of another artist in 1995.

After a year, they felt confi-dent that their business would

be a success and dec ided to go out on their own, opening the first Random Arts on Main Street. The business thrived in that location, Powell and Aabye said, and they built a strong fol-lowing.

Random Arts also offered class-es with a variety of internationally known instruc-

tors, who would return to Sa-luda year after year from as far away as California to teach in the studio, such as Michael deMeng, Jane LaFazio, Lesley Riley and Helen Shafer Garcia. Students also began showing up from as far away as Colorado, Florida, Ohio and everywhere in between.

When the rent more than Jane Powell and her husband, Paul Aabye, reopened Random Arts in Saluda in September. (photo submitted)

The new home of Random Arts is a restored Craftsman-style bungalow on Louisiana Ave. in Saluda. (photo submitted)

doubled in December 2009, the couple decided it was time to look for another space in town.

“During that time, which took about a year, we continued to hold workshops in a tempo-rary location to keep that energy flowing,” says Powell.

Open Thursday, Friday and


Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., in addition to the classes, the new Random Arts space car-ries a variety of art supplies, including: Golden Paints and mediums, artist brushes, Ran-dom Relics, found objects, handmade papers, fibers and ribbons, as well as craft sup-plies for every imaginable

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project. There is also an ample sup-

ply of unique jewelry, findings, charms, antiques and vintage goods.

When asked her advice for aspiring artists or gallery own-ers, Powell replies, “Be pre-pared to work hard and don’t give up. Follow your dream.”

To learn more about Random Arts, go to www.randomarts-now.com.

Advent Internal Medicine welcomes new physician assistant

Milliken acquires SiVance Milliken & Company recently

announced it has completed the acquisition of SiVance, LLC, a privately held provider of specialty silane, silicone and siloxane intermediates located in Gainesville, Fla.

SiVance, which will become a subsidiary of Milliken & Com-pany, will complement Milliken’s existing portfolio of specialty performance chemicals.

About 150 employees are joining Milliken following the

acquisition. “The acquisition of SiVance

gives Milliken new technical and innovation capabilities and will enable us to deliver additional products that bring value to cus-tomers,” said John Rekers, presi-dent of Milliken’s chemical divi-sion. “These specialized silicone-based technologies will expand and enhance our current offerings and market applications.”

Milliken operates a plant in Columbus.

Advent Internal Medicine welcomes Jeremy Pettit as its new physician assistant.

Pettit has a background in sports medicine, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery and more than 20 years of wellness and preventive medicine experience. Pettit created and directed a hos-pital corporate wellness program, integrating some of the latest developments in wellness and preventive medicine.

Pettit has a decade of experi-ence in investigative literature research in the field of integra-tive medicine, especially phy-tochemistry and nutraceuticals. He has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and lectured at national conventions.

For more information, call 828-859-7659.

– article submitted by Meghan Yarboro

Rhone wine tasting at Purple OnionThe Purple Onion will host a

Rhone wine tasting on Tuesday, Oct.25 at 6:30 p.m..

Seven wine selections from the northern and southern Rhone valley will be offered along with foods typical of the region’s

cuisine but featuring ingredients from local farms.

The Purple Onion said its wine tastings are typically casual and informative.

For more information, call the Purple Onion at 828-749-1179.



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NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF POLK

NOTICE OF SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE'S SALEOF REAL ESTATE

11-SP-0080 UNDER AND BYVIRTUE of the power andauthority contained in thatcertain North Carolina RealEstate Deed of Trust, Exe-cuted by Bright's Creek Lot71, LLC, to Joseph D.McCullough, Trustee for theBeneficiary, Capital Bank,N.A., dated October 4, 2006,and recorded in Book 346,Page 2094, in the PolkCounty Public Registry, re-placing the lien of the re-corded Real Estate Mortgagedated May 8, 2006, and re-corded in Book 341, Page962, in the Polk County Pub-lic Registry, as corrected byCorrective or Scrivener's Af-fidavit dated May 4, 2011,and recorded in Book 386,Page 2425, in the PolkCounty Public Registry, andbecause of default in thepayment of the indebtednessthereby secured and failureto carry out and perform thestipulations and agreementstherein contained and pur-suant to an Order entered bya Judge of the Superior CourtDivision in and for PolkCounty, North Carolina, andpursuant to demand of theowner and holder of the in-debtedness secured by saidNorth Carolina Deed ofTrust, the undersigned Sub-stitute Trustee will exposefor sale at public auction tothe highest bidder for cashat the usual place of sale inthe Courthouse of PolkCounty, in the City of Co-lumbus, North Carolina, at2:00 o'clock p.m., on Fri-day, the 28th day of Octo-ber, 2011, all of that certainlot or parcel of real estate,including all improvementsand fixtures located thereon,situated, lying and being inPolk County, North Carolina,and more particularly de-scribed in the North CarolinaDeed of Trust as correctedand identified above, whichdescription is incorporatedby reference herein asamended, modified or sup-plemented by other instru-ments, if any, recorded sub-sequent to the North Caro-lina Deed of Trust in the PolkCounty Public Register ofDeeds. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OFPROPERTY: BEING ALL ofLot 71 of BRIGHT'S CREEK,PHASE I, MAP 4 as same isshown on map thereof re-corded in Map Book E atPage 1169 in the PolkCounty Public Registry. P R E S E N T R E C O R DOWNER(S): Bright's CreekLot 71, LLC Should the property be pur-chased by a third party bid-der, that party must pay thecourt costs of Forty-FiveCents (45¢) per One Hun-dred Dollars ($100.00), ormajor fraction thereof, of thefinal sale price as requiredby N.C. Gen. Stat. §7A-308(a)(1) and excise taxof One dollar ($1.00) oneach Five Hundred Dollars($500.00), or fractional partthereof, of the value of theinterest conveyed as re-quired by N.C. Gen. Stat. §105-228.30. The Substitute Trustee re-serves the right to require ofthe successful bidder at suchsale a cash deposit of 5% ofthe amount of the bid or$750.00, whichever isgreater. The real property hereina-bove described will be sold"AS IS", "WHERE IS", subjectto any and all superior liens,encumbrances and restric-tions of record, and any andall taxes and special assess-ments. Substitute Trusteemakes no representations orwarranties whatsoever. Thissale will be held open for ten(10) days for upset bids asby law required. This the _26th__ day of Sep-tember, 2011.

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POLK COUNTY NOTICE OF CURRENT AND

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Animal Cruelty Investigators 1 RegularEconomic & Tourism Development Commission 2 Regular 1 AlternateHome and Community Care Block Grant 2 RegularLibrary Board of Trustees 2 RegularJuvenile Crime Prevention Council 1 RegularMental Health Advisory 3 RegularNursing Home Community Advisory Committee 2 RegularPlanning Board 1 Regular 1 AlternateTryon Fire District Tax Commission 1 RegularZoning Board of Adjustment 3 Alternate

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Drew to speak at AAUW on Oct. 24 on ‘Growth of a Healthy Brain’At the next meeting of the

Polk County American Asso-ciation of University Women (AAUW), Dr. Ruby Drew will review the physical develop-ment of the brain, the diversity of the brain’s functions and ways to keep the brain healthy as we age.

The meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. at

the Tryon Presbyterian fellow-ship hall.

Dr. Drew is a recently retired professor of communi-cation sciences and disorders. She earned her Ph.D from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and concur-rently completed their pro-gram in brain, cognition and memory.

She has taught at Western Carolina University and East Tennessee State University and currently directs the Apha-sia Treatment Group in Ashe-ville, N.C.

Clinically, she has worked with persons with brain injury and disease for 40 years.

A native of Minnesota, Dr Drew moved to North Carolina

with her husband, Gerry, in 1995 and to Polk County in 2007. She is active locally as president of the board for the Tryon Arts and Crafts School and with Steps to HOPE.

AAUW meetings are open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

– article submitted by Audrey Ortiz



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PCMS peer helpers welcome Chinese delegatePolk County Middle School students Anamarie Gundersen, Adriana Talley and Colleen Burke hold a sign reading “Welcome to our school” to greet Fang Yongmei, a member of the visiting delegation from China who toured schools in Western North Carolina recently. The students are peer helpers at PCMS and are learning Chinese in their Mandarin classes at school. PCMS is offering Mandarin for the second year as part of the guest teacher program. This year Liang Lianhong is teaching Chinese culture and Mandarin to students in the middle school. (photo submitted by Carlann Scherping)

Second annual ‘Bark-in-the-Park’ fundraiser Nov. 5

FRC hosts talk on equine and human chiropractic care

On Nov. 5, Gibbs Welding will host Leonard Rizzo’s sec-ond annual “Bark-in-the-Park” at Harmon Field, beginning at noon. The event raises money for Lennie’s Kids, which helps provide care for animals through the Foothills Humane Society.

Food and drinks will be avail-able, and donated items will be auctioned and raffled for Lennie’s

kids, with some neat surprises.Two of Lennie’s latest canine

stars will be attending, Snowy and Jewel.

Everyone is invited. Those who have adopted earlier animals cared for through Lennie’s Kids are encouraged to bring those animals with them if possible.

– article submitted by Leonard Rizzo

Learn about the importance of spinal alignment, for people and pets. Join Foothills Riding Club (FRC) at FENCE House on Wednesday, Oct. 19 for a presen-tation by Dr. Natasha Jaskiewicz and Dr. Sarah Merrison.

Certified by the American Veterinary Chiropractic Associa-tion, Dr. Jaskiewicz offers mobile chiropractic care to dogs and cats, and travels to barns throughout North and South Carolina to ad-just horses.

Open since 2006, Dr. Sarah

Merrison’s practice, Carolina Chi-ropractic Plus, is located in Forest City, N.C., where she works with patients of the two-legged variety.

FRC members attend free. Non-members are welcome and may be charged a nominal fee.

Appetizers and refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m. The presentation starts at 7 p.m.

For more information contact Marilyn Yike at 828-894-3726 or [email protected].

– article submitted by Darlene Cah

Monthly Friends of Agriculture breakfasts to continue Oct. 19

The Friends of Agriculture monthly breakfast will be held Wednesday, Oct. 19 from 7 – 8 a.m. at the 4H center on Locust St. in Columbus.

The breakfast is a monthly event open at no charge to every-one in the immediate region with interest in agriculture. This year, the Polk County Farm Bureau sponsors the breakfast, which continues to serve as a forum for farmers to share ideas. The formal program wraps up at 8 a.m., and all are welcome to stay longer for coffee and conversation with guest speakers and neighbors.

This month, Scott Hamilton, president and CEO of Advantage West, will discuss the economic

trends of Western North Carolina (WNC). Advantage West serves 23 western counties of N.C, including Polk County. It seeks to promote and advocate the creation of improved economic opportunity in the region while encouraging stewardship of the culture, heritage and resources of WNC. Advantage West is cur-rently expanding its agricultural initiatives within the region.

For more information or ques-tions about the Friends of Agricul-ture breakfasts, contact the Mill Spring Agricultural Economic Development Center at 828-894-2281 or visit polkcountyfarms.org.

– article submitted by Laura Brookshire



Boston’s Danielle Miraglia performs at Purple Onion Oct. 20

Danielle Miraglia. (photo submitted by Michelle Fortier)

On Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Danielle Miraglia will cel-ebrate the release of her new record, “Box of Troubles,” at the Purple Onion in Saluda.

Miraglia comes with an old Gibson, stomp-box rhythm and harmonica.

Leicesterbangs.com says “[Box of Troubles] is an assured, confident collection from an artist close to the peak of her powers, willing and able to stretch herself to wherever she wants to be.”

The Purple Onion is located at 16 Main St. in Saluda.

For more information, call 828-749-1179, visit www.pur-pleonionsaluda.com or www.daniellem.com.

– article submitted by Michelle Fortier

Market Place

Friendship council holds monthly luncheon Oct. 22

Thermal Belt Friendship Council (TBFC) will hold its monthly luncheon Saturday, Oct. 22, at 11:45 a.m. at Brother Bill’s BBQ in Tryon. All are invited.

The friend-ship council is active in bring-ing people of various races a n d e t h n i c backgrounds together in the various events it sponsors, such as the annual Friendship Picnic at Harmon Field in June, Christmas car-oling and potluck and the an-nual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration held at Tryon Fine Arts Center every year in January.

The friendship council has no membership requirements, no

dues and there is never a charge for its events.

Council members meet to plan activities at 7 p.m. on the

second Tues-day of each month, except J u n e , J u l y and August . These meet-ings are held at the Roseland C o m m u n i t y Center, located on Peake St. in Tryon. All

members of the community are invited to come and participate in the meetings.

More information on the friendship council can be found by visiting www.friendship-council.homestead.com or by calling 828-457-2426.

– article submitted by Lynnea Stadelmann

Want to go? What: Thermal Belt Friendship Council monthly meeting

When: Saturday, Oct. 22 11:45 a.m. Where: Brother Bill’s BBQ Hwy. 176 in Tryon

TheBird Box

by Simon Thompson

Bald cardinals with somewhat reptilian bare black heads - who ever would see such a thing? Well, welcome to the heat of mid-summer and with it the reports of bald-headed northern cardinals, blue jays and even common grackles.

Every year I get emails and phone calls describing these mu-tant-looking birds that aside from their featherless heads otherwise look exactly like the aforemen-tioned species. I must admit that the first time I saw one of these somewhat bi-zarre looking birds I thought it must have been very sick.

Most birds molt their feathers twice a year, replacing all or most of their feathers over a period of a few weeks to a month or so. This is easily seen in our summer resident scarlet tanagers. The males are brilliantly colored red with black wings and tail when they arrive in the spring. By the time late summer rolls around the males’ red feathers are slowly being replaced by green.

The birds retain this green plumage through the win-ter months on their wintering grounds, only regaining their red coloration before they begin to again move north in our spring. It is the same with indigo bun-tings.

The males lose their bright blue plumage in September and molt to a very even brown before their southbound migration. They then superficially resemble the plainer females and immature birds, but they do retain some blue feathers in their wings and tail.

As in many species, male indigos will molt back into their spring finery before they return north to breed. Even during their spring migration some of the males appear in a rather unusual combination of brown and blue feathers.

Here in the mountains of West-ern North Carolina, many of our

resident birds also molt in late summer, usually after they have finished their breeding season.

With many species, such as tufted titmice, Carolina wrens or Carolina chickadees, it’s not very noticeable, but with others the results can look very peculiar indeed and this is especially no-ticeable in cardinals and blue jays. Annual molting may indeed be part of the “baldness syndrome,” but it also may be a result of

an infestation of feather mites or lice. It seems as if immature birds undergo-ing their first molt may be just as likely as adults to un-

dergo this feather loss and we don’t really understand why they lose all of their head feathers at one time.

Staggered feather replacement is the normal molting pattern and

Molting cardinals surprise some bird enthusiasts

this is where those mites may play a part resulting in the complete loss of the bird’s head feathers. Some recent research has suggest-ed that it could even be a result of a nutritional or environmental factor but I am not so sure about this. To be honest, no one knows for sure, as the condition has not been well studied.

Fortunately for the birds, new head feathers do grow in within a few weeks and the birds look less and less reptilian, obviously

A molting Cardinal perches on a branch. (photo by Todd Arcos)

none the worse for wear after their summer ordeal.

Simon Thompson has lived in WNC for the past 16 years. He owns and operates his own birding tour company, Ventures Birding Tours - www.birdven-tures.com. He and Chris also own and operate the Asheville Wild Birds Unlimited Store. For more information on any of the birding activities in the area, drop by the store or check his website at www.ashevillewbu.com.

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Hospice receives grant honoring 30 years of service

Hospice of the Carolina Foot-hills (HoCF) recently received a grant from The Grainger Foun-dation in recognition of the work Hospice has done in the community. For 30 years, the organization has worked to pro-vide end-of-life care to people in the Carolina Foothills, most recently adding inpatient services to those who need acute care. Since the Hospice House opened, more than 400 patients, and their families, have been served there.

Hospice officials said these funds will assist in providing care to those who seek help.

The Grainger Foundation, an independent foundation based in Lake Forest, Ill., was established in 1949 by William W. Grainger, founder of W.W. Grainger, Inc.

– article submitted by Marsha Van Hecke

Thayer, Kahn win top prizes in TPS members’ showKate Thayer’s “Lovin’ the

Spin” took first prize in the paint-ing category in Tryon Painters and Sculptors’ (TPS’) members’ show, while Aviva Kahn’s “A Sacred Mo-ment” took first prize in sculpture.

TPS held an opening reception for the show Oct. 2. The People’s Choice ribbons were awarded. The second place award for painting was given to Christine Mariotti for her work “Fury,” and third place was given to Pauline Ross for her work “The Grass Is Always Green-er on the Other Side of Uranus.”

Second place winner for sculp-ture went to Jim Greene’s “Ellie the Elf” and third place went to Jerry Perry’s “Abstract in Clay.” Refreshments were provided by Marie King and her committee.

The show will end on Nov. 5. The gallery is open Thursday to Satur-day, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., and is located at 26 Maple St. in Tryon. For more information, call 828-859-0141.

– article submitted by Aviva Kahn Aviva Kahn with her sculpture “A Sacred Moment,” top winner in the TPS members’ show. (photo submitted)



Benefit for Polk Wellness Center features Watson’s RiddleThe musicians of new jazz

fusion group Watson’s Riddle will perform a benefit concert for Polk Wellness Center on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC).

The concert, which will high-light the release of the band’s new CD, includes a pre-concert wine-tasting reception spon-sored by Trio Vintners of Walla Walla, Wash. All proceeds ben-efit non-profit Polk Wellness Center in Columbus.

Watson’s Riddle is a new in-strumental group formed in Up-state, S.C., by veteran guitarist Steve Watson and drummer Paul T. Riddle. Watson has performed on records by B.B. King and Dolly Parton and recorded music for network TV shows and film.

Paul T. Riddle is the drum-mer and founding member of The Marshall Tucker Band and toured with The Allman Brothers Band, winning a Grammy Award

for his contribution to the live album, “2nd Set.”

Watson’s Riddle includes bassist Tim Lawter, formerly

of The Marshall Tucker Band; keyboardist Hazen Bannister of The Swingin’ Medallions; and guitarist Rusty Milner, also a Marshall Tucker Band alumnus.

Watson’s Riddle was con-ceived when cardiothoracic surgeon Douglas Appleby, M.D., encouraged his friend and guitar instructor Steve Watson to write music that was “emotionally en-gaging, relaxing and transform-ing to the human soul.”

Shortly after the CD was recorded, Dr. Appleby attended “The Heart Health Summit” put together by The Renaud Society, an international society of medi-cal professionals with an interest in better health and a passion for wine. There, he met Trio Vint-ner’s owner, Karen LaBonte, and asked her to listen to a rough cut of the new Watson’s Riddle CD.

Inspired by this new brand of jazz, LaBonte bottled a 2009 Mourvedre named after the band. LaBonte is sponsoring the wine for the reception at TFAC before the musicians take the stage.

This show will mark the band’s debut concert featuring original music from their self-titled CD, which is currently climbing the Top 50 Smooth-Jazz.com Chart, as well as the

Top 50 Indie Star Chart. Polk Wellness Center (PWC)

formed in 2008 as a local solu-tion to a national problem: the lack of affordable medical and mental healthcare set against the backdrop of an increasing need for services.

PWC opened its doors to treat patients and clients with insurance and without. Using an integrated care model, Polk Wellness Center offers an ap-proach to treatment designed to empower patients/clients to take control over their health and wellness.

Tickets may be purchased at the Tryon Fine Arts box office at 828-859-8322. Each ticket includes the wine tasting, as well as non-alcoholic beverages and hors d’oeuvres beginning at 6:30 p.m. The concert will begin at 8:00 p.m.

Polk Wellness Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organiza-tion offering family medical care, mental health, substance abuse counseling, patient edu-cation and wellness services to residents of Polk County and surrounding areas. For more information, call 828-894-2222 or visit www.PolkWellness.org.

– article submitted by Scarlette Tapp

Watson’s riddle

Properly establishing goals and objectives

young children in Western North Carolina.”

What is an objective?A goal is only as good as the

objective(s) that follow it. The objective represents the stride or strides toward accomplishing the goal of the program/project/equipment. In contrast to the goal, an objective is contracted, specific, tangible, real and can be measured.

Some tips to help you write the objective(s): state your ob-jective in quantifiable terms, state the objectives in terms of outcomes, specify the end prod-uct of an activity, identify your target audience or the communi-ties in which the grant will be serving, ensure your objectives are reasonable and able of being accomplished within the grant period stated by the funder.

An example of an objective to go with the example goal given above would be: “By the end of year one, provide 224 mothers in Western North Carolina with a one-hour training program that will provide health and nutrition information.”

Some additional tips for you when writing your goals and objectives:

In the last article we shared plans for developing the second step of the proposal – the need statement. In this article we will continue to talk about the steps for writing a successful grant, but focusing on the goals and objectives.

The goals and objectives section for the grant proposal should be written to let the funder/grantee/foundation know what your organization hopes to accomplish with your project/program/equipment. It should also state the specific results or outcomes you plan to accomplish during the funding period stated by the funder.

What is a goal?Goals should be extensive,

universal, intangible and ab-stract. A goal should describe the final impact or outcome that your organization wishes to bring about as a result of the funder providing funds for your grant proposal.

When writing goals for the grant proposal, make sure the goal always reflects and is con-nected to the need statement pre-viously written in the proposal. In writing the goals, try using “creative thinking words” in your goals. Examples would be to… improve, increase, produce, decrease, deliver and develop.

An example of a well-written goal would be: “Decrease the degree of malnutrition among

Nonprofit Leadership

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• Always tie your goals and objectives directly to your need statement

• Make sure to include all the groups and individuals in your target population that you will be serving

• Don’t push yourself or the organization - allow plenty of time to accomplish your objectives

• Remember that objectives are different from your methods (we will discuss this in the next article)

• Spend time thinking about how you will measure the change projected in each ob-jective (keep in mind while thinking, if there is no way to measure the objective it is not an objective and needs to be re-written

• Don’t forget to include in your grant budget a line item for measuring the objectivesThe next article will continue

the steps for writing the grant, focusing on the third step of the proposal – the method section.

Nonprofit Leadership col-umn, written by Melissa Le Roy a nonprofit consultant is aimed at providing guidance from Me-lissa’s perspective as a leader in both the nonprofit and for profit businessworld.

For questions or comments related to this series, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].

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“Our library system would be lost completely if not for our ‘Friends of the Library,’” said Polk County Public Library Director Cindy Nanney. “We have them to thank for our beautiful building. This dedicated group helps to sponsor many wonderful programs

throughout the year and supports us through organizing and running the book sales.”

The staff has written love letters to the FOL members, which will be displayed in the front lobby.

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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.

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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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Local authors Schweitzer, Smiths to speak at Polk County library Oct. 20

Launching the Polk County Writes series, mystery writer Mark Schweitzer and co-authors Mara and Ford Smith will talk about their books in a discussion about murder, suspense and more on Thurs-day, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. at Polk County Library’s community room in Columbus.

Mark Schweitzer (photo submitted by Tracey Daniels)

M a r y H e l e n “Mara” and Shuford “Ford” Smith write together. To date, the couple has published 11 books for houses such as Globe Pe-quot, McGraw-Hill, Peel Publications and their own Smith-wrights.

In 2005, their “ABC: All-Ameri-can Riddles” was se-lected for a national children’s choice award. In the past year, the Smiths have produced their first novel, a suspense titled “Endangered,” and three versions of “Winning Wines.”

The Smiths live and work in Tryon. Visit www.livesim-plywithstyle.com for more information.

Mark Schweitzer is the author of a liturgical mystery series. Titles include “The Alto Wore Tweed,” “The Bari-

tone Wore Chiffon,” “The Tenor Wore Tapshoes,” “The Countertenor Wore Garlic” and published this month, “Dear Priscilla.” Visit www.sjmpbooks.com for more in-formation.

This event is open to the public and all are invited. Light refreshments will be served.

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