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Vol. 84 / No. 233 Tryon, N.C. 28782 Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Only 50 cents

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Tryon Daily Bulletin

Tryon will hold its quarterly test of the emergency alert siren Jan. 7 at noon. The test will last for four minutes.

***Harmon Field has

received a PCCF grant to create a master tree plan at the park. Officials will hold a meeting to get community input for the plan Jan. 11 from noon-1:30 p.m. at the Harmon Field cabin. A light lunch will be served; those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by calling 828-859-5784 before Jan. 6.

Vaughn Creek purchase completedTryon Town Manager Justin Hembree

and Tryon Mayor J. Alan Peoples recently jointly announced the acquisition of 24.72 acres of land on Vaughn Creek from Donald Lewis Smith and Robert Lewis. This effort had been a project of the Tryon Parks Committee since October 2005.

Funding for the project came from grants from the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund and the

Marjorie M. & Lawrence R. Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Com-munity Foundation. Tryon Mayor Peoples signed the transfer documents at Tryon Town Hall on Nov. 22, 2011.

The property, which contains an exist-ing trail along the creek, is to be used as a permanent public greenway.

(Continued on page 3)

New Polk Republican headquarters taking shapeBuilding should be complete by Feb. 1by Leah Justice

Construction of the new Polk County Republican headquar-ters building, located on Peak Street in Columbus, is moving along, with Republican officials saying it should be complete by Feb. 1.

Polk Republican officials broke ground on the property on Sept. 27, 2011, and construc-tion of the steel framework of the building began in October 2011.

Original estimates were that the building would be complete by the end of the year, but con-struction was delayed several times by weather, mainly heavy rains.

(Continued on page 4)The front of the new Polk County Republican headquarters being constructed in Columbus. Brick work on the front began this week. (photo by Leah Justice)

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Today: Mostly sunny, with no chance of rain. High 49, low 29.

Thursday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 55, low 30.

Monday’s weather was: High 46, low 20, trace of snow.

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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities 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 assistance 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 Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

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

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities 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 discus-sion are “Gilead” and “Home,” both by Marilynne Robinson. 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, Columbus.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute ses-sion for young children and care givers includes music, nursery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.

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

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

Saluda Community Library, will have preschool story time ev-ery 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 Cal-vert’s Kitchen in Columbus. District Governor Randy Champion 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.

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, Thurs-days, 8 p.m., CooperRiis, Mill Spring. 828-859-7099.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Thurs-days, 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.

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Tryon Mayor J. Alan Peoples signs documents to acquire land for Tryon’s Vaughn Creek Greenway, while Rebekah Robinson of Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Lynn Cox, the closing attorney, look on. (photo by Meg Rogers)

In addition, the Town of Tryon was also awarded a grant of $95,000 from the North Carolina Division of Water Resources that will permit improvements on the Vaughn Creek trail to begin in 2012.

The acquisition is the culmina-tion of several years of planning and effort by the volunteers of the Tryon Parks Committee, with as-sistance from Jon Calabria, former member of the North Carolina Co-operative Extension Service Water Quality Group, and the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy.

The proposed greenway will begin near the bridge over Vaughn Creek on New Market Road and end at the Norfolk Southern Rail-road property behind the Old Mill Market Square complex.

Hembree said the new walking/running path will complement other facilities in the area and provide alternatives to other sites, like Har-mon Field.

• Vaughn Creek(Continued from page 1)

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Columbus appoints Williams to ABC boardColumbus Town Council during its Dec. 15 meeting appointed Devin Williams to the ABC board. Williams will replace Shane Blackwell, who recently resigned.

Columbus moves forward with WWTP rehabColumbus Town Manager Jonathan Kanipe told council engineers working on the wastewater treatment plant rehab are close to the final design process. Some changes will be necessary, Kanipe said, but officials are working to ensure the changes do not exceed the project budget. Council will be further updated on the project this month.

Columbus, Saluda and Tryon work on final water line agreement

Columbus, Saluda and Tryon are working on an agree-ment that will allow the towns to share ownership of a joint water line that was constructed between Tryon and Saluda along Howard Gap Road. Columbus Town Manager Jonathan Kanipe told council on Dec. 15 that the agreement is ready for council review, with the line expected to be fully operational now.

Columbus invites others to training sessionThe Columbus Planning Board will receive training from the N.C. Division of Community Planning on Thursday, Jan. 12 from 1–5 p.m. Columbus has invited the plan-ning boards of Tryon and Saluda to join, as well as any area council members and the general public.

Tryon receives used leaf machine while awaiting new machine’s arrival

The Town of Tryon has received a used leaf machine while waiting on the arrival of its new machine ordered this past summer. Public works director Joel Burrell updated council at its Dec. 20 meeting that crews were working on collecting leaves on the main roads. The town completed six roads in the first six days.

• Republican(Continued from page 1)

The building is 2,400 square feet and is made of steel, but the exterior is being made to look like other buildings in Colum-bus. Brickwork on the building began this week.

The new building is placed more centrally on the lot than the previous building, with service and emergency vehicles

having a large access area to the left of the building.

Parking for the Republican Headquarters will now be in the rear of the building.

The former building was torn down last year after the roof collapsed from a snowstorm in December 2009. The original building was initially built to house the Columbus Post Office in the 1950s or 1960s.

John Vining, chairman of the Tryon Parks Committee, said he remembers walking the trail as a kid. Vining said the property is an oasis in the woods. Walkers could get the feeling they were strolling along a mountain stream.

The path would run along the opposite side of the creek from all adjoining private property on Vaughn Creek.

The property is also valuable to the town since it is currently used as an existing sewer right-of-way.

Currently the Tryon Parks Committee is looking for volun-teers who may wish to help with the improvements along the trail. There are several exotic plant species such as kudzu and privet that need removal. Anyone inter-ested should send their name and email address to John Vining at [email protected].

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Map showing the Tryon-Greenways master plan. The Vaughn Creek Greenway is shown on the right below Ziglar Field.

• Vaughn Creek(Continued from page 3)



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Walend appointed to fill Guice’s seat in N.C. Houseby Leah Justice

Polk County and District 113 have a new state representative who is no newcomer to the job.

Trudi Walend was appointed to replace former state Rep. David Guice, who resigned last month after being selected by Gov. Bev-erly Perdue to run the state’s new probation system.

Walend said she is looking forward to serving Polk County residents again, saying she really enjoys Polk County and the people who live there.

“I will be involved in Polk County,” Walend said by phone yesterday. “I’m very thankful and proud and honored to be coming back to represent Polk County.”

Walend, of Brevard in Transyl-vania County, served 10 years in the state house prior to resigning in 2009. Guice was elected to fill her seat.

The N.C. House District 113 executive committee appointed Walend to replace Guice during a special meeting Monday, Jan. 2 at the home of Jim Meyer, chair of both the District 113 Executive Committee and the Transylvania County Republicans.

The District 113 Republican Executive Committee is made up of executive committees from Polk, Henderson and Transylvania counties. The Republican execu-tive committees were charged with selecting a replacement for Guice, a Republican. Gov. Perdue was scheduled to sign Walend’s ap-pointment Wednesday, Jan. 4.

Walend said she was most impressed with the turnout at Mon-day’s meeting, given the holidays and the weather and the work it took for area Republicans to ap-point a new member in the couple of weeks ahead of the meeting.

“I came away from that (meet-ing) thinking this is America work-ing,” Walend said. “They were prepared and ready. Those people were voting on behalf of the 75,000 (residents in the district) and they realized the importance of that. It was a great thing to see.”

Walend was selected among four candidates for the position. Also in the running were former Henderson County Commissioner Grady Hawkins, Transylvania County School Board Chairman Chris Whitmire and Polk County resident Ted Beddingfield. A can-didate was required to receive 50 percent of the votes to be appointed to the seat.

On the first vote, Walend barely missed the 50 percent needed, re-ceiving 49 percent of the delegate votes. In a runoff between Walend and Hawkins, when all Transylva-nia delegates voted for Walend, she was appointed with 61.7 percent of the votes. The votes from Hen-derson and Polk delegates did not change in the runoff. Henderson County had 10 votes for Hawkins and one vote for Walend, while Polk County submitted four votes for Hawkins and five votes for Walend. The number of allocated votes per delegate was weighted based on population in the county the delegate represents.

Polk County Republican Com-missioner Ted Owens, who did not vote but attended Monday’s meet-ing, said he feels Walend will do a good job for the district because she has experience.

“She has 10 years there and that gives her seniority,” Owens said.

Owens said Walend’s seniority should give her advantages with regard to which committees she serves on.

Guice’s term is up this Novem-ber, when Walend will have to run to be elected for a two-year term.

Walend was leaving yesterday, Jan. 3, to go to Raleigh, where she said it is urgent to be at a floor meeting to override a veto from Gov. Perdue of the Racial Justice Act. Democrats approved the act in 2009 and Republicans later repealed it.

Walend can be reached at Guice’s old state phone number at (919) 715-4466. She said she hopes sometime today, Jan. 4, to have a state email address for residents to contact her.

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The Tryon Daily BulletinThe World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper

Betty Ramsey, Publisher

Send your thoughts: Bulletin, 16 N. Trade St., Tryon, NC 28782 or by email to [email protected].

Editor Samantha HurstManaging Editor Barbara TillyGraphic Designer Gwen RingReporter Leah JusticePressroom Mgr. Tony Elder

Seniority makes Walend good choice to replace David Guice

Six terms might sound like a lengthy run in the state legislature, especially with many in this country raising concern toward the election of “career politicians,” but much can be said for seniority within a governing body.

Seniority gives a representative clout in the legisla-ture. Seniority gives one more control over the commit-tees he or she might serve on during their time.

Seniority can play in a district’s favor when issues more directly affecting the area come up for discussion.

And seniority is something of which Trudi Walend, the newly appointed representative for District 113, has in plenty.

Walend was selected to replace outgoing Republican Rep. David Guice by the local Republican Executive Committee. While Walend is only guaranteed to be in the legislature until the end of this year with the seat is up for election in November, she said she hopes to ac-complish much in that time.

The important thing for Polk County and District 113 residents to do is to keep their concerns and opinions in Walend’s ear and email inbox.

Representatives are meant to work for the people and so the people must serve their role - as the representa-tive’s boss - to ensure they are being properly repre-sented.

To do your part you can contact Walend at Guice’s old state phone number at 919-715-4466. Walend hopes to soon have a state email address where she can also be reached.

— Editorial staff, Tryon Daily Bulletin

Letters to the Editor

Thank a board member

To the Editor:Have you thanked

a s c h o o l b o a r d member lately?

S c h o o l b o a r d members exemplify local citizen control and decision making in education. They volunteer hundreds of hours and an immeasurable amount of energy to assure that our schools are providing the best education possible for the children of our community.

That is why we are taking this opportunity to recognize them during School Board Appreciation Month in January.

School board members are citizens whose decisions affect our children – what they learn, who

will teach them, and what kinds of facilities house their classrooms.

Our school board is one of more than 100 such boards across the state.

With the advice a n d c o u n s e l o f t h e e d u c a t i o n a l professionals they hire, our school board has an impact on virtually

every aspect of our schools. This is a huge responsibility and

one that should not be taken lightly.They represent you, and they

take this responsibility seriously by a t tending meet ings and conferences where they broaden their knowledge about education.

Too often we neglect to recognize the dedication and hard work of these men and women who represent us.

Polk County by the numbers 2006 2011 Change Population 19,207 20,588 Up 7.2 percent

County Employees 155 167.9 Up 8.5 percent

School Enrollment 2,472 2,355 Down 4.8 percent

School Employees 366 350 Down 4.4 percent

Numbers from new perspective

To the Editor:I was very pleased and relieved

to see Leah Justice’s article in the 12/30/11 Bulletin.

She reduced the 2011 employee totals for the County and the School system, reported in the 12/22/11 Bulletin, by adjusting for part-time employees; as was done when producing the totals for 2006.

This resulted in growth or decline in the county and school

system employees from 2006 to 2011 that were very much in line with the changes in county’s population and school enrollment.

The growth percentages in my previous letter to the editor in the 12/28/11 Bulletin were based on the 12/22/11 Bulletin article and should be ignored.

Unlike our national government, Polk County has kept its foot off the throttle of growth in the governmental sector of our local economy. Well done!

– Bill Ennis, Mill Spring

(ConTinueD on page 9)

THE PEG SUS GROUP

The staff and students of our school district are asking all local citizens to take a moment to tell a school board member “thanks for caring about our children’s education.”

We salute the Polk County Board of Educat ion whose dedication and civic responsibility make local control of public schools in our community possible.

We applaud them for their vision and voice to help shape a better tomorrow.

Geoff Tennant – chairSherry Page - vice chairCindy Allen

Rick CovilJim CowanJudy JacksonMelanie Talbot

- Bill Miller, superintendent

• Board members(ConTinueD from page 8)

“We salute the Polk County Board of Education whose dedication and civic responsibility make local control of public schools in our community possible.”

-- Bill Miller

N.C. Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin recently announced that almost $1.5 million in grant fund-ing has been awarded to rescue and EMS organizations across the state. Five local organizations were among those to receive grant funds.

The Polk County Rescue Squad received $24,994.08, the Green Creek Volunteer F i re Depar t -ment received $3,965, the Mill Spring Volun-teer Fire Depart-ment received $ 1 1 , 9 8 9 . 7 0 , and the Sunny View Fire and Rescue received $15,000, and the Tryon Volunteer Fire Department received $30,000.

The funding is provided by the Volunteer Rescue/EMS fund, which was created by the North Carolina General Assembly to financially assist North Carolina’s volunteer emergency personnel. Under the direction of Insurance Commissioner Goodwin, the fund program helps rescue/EMS orga-nizations purchase equipment and make capital expenditures. Rescue organizations may apply for up to $25,000 in dollar-for-dollar

matching grants per fiscal year, and rescue organizations having cash assets of less than $1,000 may apply for non-matching grants up to $3,000.

“Rescue and EMS organizations selflessly serve our communities large and small, and their budgets don’t always match the magnitude of their responsibilities,” Goodwin

said. “It is impor-tant that our state helps support them by provid-ing the means by which they can obtain the best equipment to do their jobs safely and effectively.”

T h e s t a t e received 160 Volunteer Res-

cue/EMS Fund applications for the 2011 program, which had $1,460,764.27 available for the grants. Of those applications, 136 were approved for a total distribu-tion amount of $1,456,049.12. The surplus money will be placed in the 2012 Volunteer Rescue/EMS fund for distribution to future applicants.

The Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund has disbursed more than $27 million since 1989.

– article submittedby Lizz Wall

Local rescue, EMS organizationsreceive grants from state

“Rescue and EMS organizations selflessly serve our communities large and small, and their budgets don’t always match the magnitude of their responsibilities”

-- Wayne Goodwin

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

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

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

Skyuka Fine art, 133 North Trade St., Tryon, “Peace, Joy and Paint,” now through January. For more information: [email protected] or 828-817-3783.

tryon Fine artS center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Kindermusik Classes for students 0 - 6 begins Jan. 7, 2012. Call 828-859-8322 for information.

tryon painterS & SculptorS, 26 Maple St., Tryon. Jan. 7 - 21, Instructors’ Show featuring works by Bill Ryan (painting), Margie Davis (painting), Lalage Warrington (sculpture) and Dick Neff and Michael McCarthy (life drawing).

upStairS artSpace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. The gallery is closed until January 27 when the 2012 season begins with new exhibits, “The Fine Art Ramblers” and “The Innovative Camera.”

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New promotional video coming to Landrum’s websiteby Leah Justice

The City of Landrum is cur-rently working on a video for its website centered on the city’s slogan, “There’s more to do in Landrum.”

Landrum City Council dis-cussed last week a video to be placed on the city’s website at www.cityoflandrum.com. The video will focus on the city's beauty and attractions and will be designed to draw more visi-tors.

City administrator Steve Wo-lochowicz said the video will

show a lot of illustrations of the town and the area, with cameos from residents.

The video, which will be ap-proximately three to five minutes long, will cost the city $2,500. The money will come from hospitality tax funds.

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OFFORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA,POLK COUNTY

Under and by virtue of aPower of Sale containedin that certain Deed ofTrust executed by KATH-ERINE M. PFAFF toPRLAP, INC., Trustee(s),which was dated Febru-ary 8, 2006 and recordedon February 17, 2006 inBook 337 at Page 2240,Polk County Registry,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-

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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 all of Tract (A)containing 25.00 acres,and all of Tract (B), con-taining 0.39 of an acre,and being shown and de-lineated on that cetainplat entitled "Shelley L.Dayton, Columbus Twp.,Polk Co., No.Car." DatedSeptember 10, 1991, re-vised February 2, 1994and prepared by ButlerAssociates, RegisteredLand Surveyor, said platbeing duly recorded inCard File C at Page 50,in the Office of the Regis-ter of Deeds for PolkCounty, North Carolina;reference being made tosaid recorded plat for afull and complete metesand bounds description ofsaid property pursuant toNorth Carolina GeneralStatutes 47-30(g).

SAVE AND EXCEPTthat 5.00 acre tract con-veyed by John G. Perryand Wife, Ellen L. Perryto Brent P. Seagle in aDeed dated June 15,2004 and recorded inBook 315 at a Page 791of the Polk County Regis-try.

The above describedproperty is conveyed sub-ject to those certain re-strictions and protectivecovenants set forth indeeds recorded in Book190, Page 1812; Book190, Page 1814; andBook 194, Page 509,Polk County Registry, ref-erence made to said re-corded restrictions andprotective covenants as iffully set forth herein.

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

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record.

Said property is com-monly known as 1906Landrum Road, Colum-bus, NC 28722.

Third party purchasersmust pay the excise tax,and the court costs ofForty-Five Cents (45¢)per One Hundred Dollars($100.00) pursuant toNCGS 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 priorliens, 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 Katherine M.Pfaff.

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 after

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October 1, 2007, may, af-ter receiving the notice ofsale, 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 believethe challenge to havemerit, may request thecourt to declare the saleto be void and return thedeposit. The purchaserwill have no further rem-edy.

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Reading bridge columns where all four hands are shown often results in the reader missing some of the finer points of the lesson. Quite often the solution on how to play a particular suit to maximize your chances for success is overlooked.

The key to both good declarer play and defense is having a good understanding of card combinations. When analyzing card combination play in a particular suit you must first determine your objective, specifically how many tricks you need in the suit. The following examples, specifically on declarer play, are provided with defined objectives and preferred so-lutions. The thought process associated with these solu-

tions can be applied to other card combination situations.

1. You have a suit with K10932 opposite A4 and need four tricks to make your contract. The preferred way to play this combination is to cash the Ace and lead the four to the King, then play the 10 or 9. This way you get four tricks if the suit breaks 3-3 or the Queen or Jack is doubleton.

2. You need all six tricks in the following suit with no entry problems, AKJ1032 op-posite 65. The preferred way to play this combination is to lead the five toward the dummy and finesse for the Queen on the very first round by playing the Jack or 10. If this wins, come back to your hand and finesse

again.

3. In this next situation you have a side suit with A1098 opposite Q432 and, with no clues from the bid-ding on who has the King or Jack, you need to take three tricks.

The preferred way to play this combination is to lead the two toward the dummy and if left hand opponent follows small, finesse the 10. If this loses to the Jack, next time lead the Queen for a finesse against the King. If the first finesse loses to the King, when you get in later cash the Queen. If the first finesse won, you then lead low from the dummy, in case left hand opponent has the King - Jack fourth.

Bridge Players Cornerby Karl Kachadoorian

Foothills duplicate bridge results for Dec. 30

Morning restricted pairs North-South1. Barbara Schuvart - Sally

Huffaker2. Eilene Morgan - Evalynn

HyraEast-West1. Edward Krainer - Jack

DePriester2 . P a u l M a d a r - N a n

Halbach-Merz

Afternoon open pairsNorth-South1. Marian Unger - Donna

Lohr2. Richard Long - Karl

KachadoorianEast-West1. Marian Unger - Donna

Lohr2. Richard Long - Karl

Kachadoorian– article submittedby Marily Williams



Major (P) Richard B. Dav-enport recently came home to Campobello on leave from his Afghanistan position and spent time with his family; father, Cary, and stepmother, Bridget at the family farm. Davenport’s wife, Mary Catherine, and their five daughters all joined the fam-ily for outings.

Davenport is a U.S. Army master sergeant. Currently he is assigned as a security officer advisor to the Afghan National Army (ANA) 4th Brigade 203rd Corps, which is commanded by BG Raziq. Davenport has been assigned to this post since Sept. 24, 2011, when he arrived at the FOB Shank, which is in the Logar Province in Afghanistan. Davenport is the psychological operations officer assigned to BG Raziq by the Third Army U.S. Central division.

BG Raziq is in charge of the 4th Brigade 203rd Corps, which

has six battalions and 4,500 Af-ghan soldiers. The corps covers both Logar Province and the Wardak Province (just south of Kabul). The people of Afghani-stan respect BG Raziq because of his success against fighting the Taliban and the Soviets when he was a Mujaheddin com-mander, Davenport said. Raziq is a religious Muslim Mullah. Davenport said the civil leaders in the Karzai government, such as the ministry of defense and ministry of information, often communicate with Raziq to resolve issues. The elders of the local villages also respect him because he is a Pashtin and a Mullah. The military, the BDE and especially the corps listen to Raziq’s advice, Davenport said.

“The most rewarding aspects of my job are the relationships that are made, especially with Richard Davenport and his wife, Mary Catherine, on his recent visit

home to Campobello on leave from Afghanistan. Davenport is a U.S. Army master sergeant and chief military advisor to an Afghan general. (photo submitted by Barbara Childs)

Davenport home on leave from Afghanistan

(ConTinueD on page 15)

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Davenport graduated from the University of Alabama ROTC program, receiving a bachelor of arts degree in 1993. He also studied Chinese at the language institute at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Following his infantry assignments, Davenport spent five years commanding two psychological operations detachments and one psycho-logical operations company with the 4th Psychological Opera-tions Group. After completing Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., he was assigned to the Third Army Central, where he

has served as information opera-tions directorate since January 2009.

Davenport’s awards include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritori-ous Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Commen-dation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the Army Superior Unit Award, the National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, the Af-ghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the War on Terrorism Global Medal, the Korean Defense Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon, the Air Assault Badge, the Combat Action Badge, the Expert Infan-try badge, the Master Parachutist badge and the Ranger Tab.

Davenport is married to the former Mary Catherine Hanson. They have been married for 14 years and have five daughters: Hanson, 13; Parker, 8; Patterson, 7; Kate, 5, and Olivia, 3.

- article submittedby Barbara Childs

Richard Davenport and his father, Carey Davenport, on a recent visit home to Campobello on leave from Afghanistan. Davenport is a U.S. Army master sergeant and chief military advisor to an Afghan general. (photo submitted by Barbara Childs)

• Davenport(ConTinueD from page 14)



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The North Carolina Value-Added Cost Share (NCVACS) program, administered by N.C. MarketReady, is now accept-ing applications for the 2012 equipment cost share funding cycle. The program, funded by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission, provides up to $50,000 to agricultural produc-ers and processors seeking to purchase specialized equipment to start or grow a value-added operation.

A value-added agricultural product is a raw, agricultur-al commodity that has been changed in some manner so that it no longer can be returned to its original state. This change

results in increased market value, allowing the producer to receive a higher price for these value-added products compared to the original commodity. Cheese (from milk), wine (from grapes) and bread (from grains) are a few examples.

The NCVACS program works hand-in-hand with the USDA Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) by reducing the costs of equipment purchases that are not funded by the USDA grant. The 2012 cost share cycle allows value-added producers and processors to apply for funding to purchase new or used equipment. Equip-ment cost share awards will

vary from 25 to 50 percent of the total cost of the equipment, up to a maximum of $50,000.

Continuing from the 2011 funding cycle, the program’s expanded guidelines for value-added products include non-standard production methods (such as organic), physical product segregation – keeping genetically modified (GM) corn separate from non-GM corn, farm-based renewable energy and some locally produced food products.

Examples of equipment pre-viously funded include an aging cooler for meats, pasteurizing machinery for goat milk, a sea-soning applicator for roasted soybeans and fermentation tanks for producing wines.

Applications for the NC-VACS 2012 equipment cost share are available online at

plantsforhumanhealth.ncsu.edu/extension/cost-share. Ap-plications are due by March 1, 2012. Guidelines and a list of frequently asked questions can be found on the website.

NCVACS is coordinated by N.C. MarketReady, the Coop-erative Extension outreach of the N.C. State University Plants for Human Health Institute, located at the N.C. Research Campus. Funded by the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commis-sion, the cost share program was launched in 2009 and will have provided nearly $1 million in direct cost share assistance to value-added producers and processors throughout North Carolina by the end of 2012. Learn more at plantsforhuman-health.ncsu.edu.

– article submittedby Justin Moore

State funding available for value-added agricultural operations

White Oak Village Apartment residents visit Helen, Ga.Residents of White Oak Vil-

lage Apartments recently took their annual trip to Helen, Ga.

Organizers said everyone

had a wonderful day visiting the village shops, eating at The Troll restaurant and enjoying the scenic drive there and back.

Residents who participated were Roberta Hensley, Edith Larsen, Trudi Hipple, Paul Nelson, Alicia Kreps, Jeanne

Helms, Walt Ray and Pearl Gritton.

– article submittedby Faith Ross

Morning restricted pairsSection A: North-South1. Jackie Caldwell - Donald

Eifert2. Silvia Crouse - Carolyn

Jones3. Barbara Schuvart - Evalynn

HyraEast-West1. Robert Palmer - David Hart2. H. Ingram Willis Jr. -

Andrea Kahn3. Lois Merrill - Yinghan DingMorning restricted pairsSection B: North-South1. Margaret Kennard - Jane

Janke2. Barbara Clegg - Betsy Carr3. Richard Belthoff - Marily

WilliamsEast-West1. Ken Yeager - Charlie

Stratford

2. Jean Stratford - Kenneth Foster

3. Yoshikazu Kinoshita - Virginia C. Davis

Afternoon open pairsNorth-South1. Silvia Crouse - Karl

Kachadoorian2. Linda Sherer - David

Bonner3. Donna Lohr - Al Howard4. Marian Unger - Ivalee

RymerEast-West1. H. Ingram Willis Jr. -

Andrea Kahn2. Chris Ter Kuile - Robbie

Ter Kuile3. Marily Williams - Sally Jo

Carter4. Donald Eifert - Jim Jackson

– article submittedby Marily Williams

Foothills bridge results for Dec. 29

Mildred Price Cochran

Mildred Price Cochran, 70, of Mill Spring passed away Monday morning, Jan. 2, 2012 in the Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum.

Born in Polk County, she was the daughter of Jannie Mathis Price of Mill Spring and the la te Calvin Birch Price and widow of Calvin Cochran, who died in 2000. She taught at East Rutherford High School for 27 years before retiring in 1993. Mrs. Cochran was a member of Pea Ridge Baptist Church where she played the piano for sev-eral years.

Surviving in addition to her mother is one son, Chris-topher Cochran (Melena) of Mill Spring and one brother, Wayne Price (Shirley) of Mill Spring. Also surviving are a

Obituaries special son, Scott Jones (Niki) of Lynn, and several nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Timothy Cochran, who died in 1973.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, with Rev. Wil-liam Kanupp, Rev. John Ed-wards and Rev. Bobby Capps officiating.

Burial will be in Polk Me-morial Gardens, Columbus.

The family will receive friends prior to the service Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the funeral chapel.

Memorials may be made to Pea Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 8732 Hwy. 108 East, Mill Spring, N.C. 28756.

An online guest register is available at www.mcfarland-funeralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Winter jazzseries opens

The Western Carolina Clas-sic Radio Club will meet Mon-day, 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,” will be presented. Burns, who did live to 100, advises viewers on how to fulfill their New Year’s resolutions. Bob Hope, a guest on the show, adds his own brand of advice and humor.

Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, toured England in 1929, doing a vaudeville act, and first appeared on the BBC. They per-formed on American radio from 1932 to 1950 and then turned to television, where their success-ful show ran from 1950 to 1958.

At about 3:05 p.m., the

WCCR presents‘How To Live To Be 100’

WOTJ Winter Jazz Series will open with what some have said is the greatest jazz concert ever. “The Quintet at Massey Hall,” featuring Dizzy Gillespie, Char-lie Parker, Bud Powell, Charlie Mingus and Max Roach, is the only time this group recorded together.

All are welcome, and there is no charge.

- article submitted



The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will hold its first service of the new year on Jan. 8. The group meets at the Tryon Youth Center on Rt. 176 N. at 10:30 a.m.

The speaker will be Reverend Jean M. Rowe, whose topic will be “What Do We Want? Free-dom! When Do We Want I t? Now!”

“ F r e e d o m and equality lie at the heart of our identity as a country,” Rowe said. “In fact, freedom is seen as a God-given right. It is part of the essence of being human, and this country was explicitly founded on that be-lief – a religious belief, as stated clearly in the Preamble to the U. S. Constitution: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator

with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights, govern-ments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.’”

The struggle to preserve and enhance democ-racy, liberty and freedom is in the forefront of national politics once again. But Rowe said there

is a huge gulf in the arguments of the right and left in the causes of threats to democracy, liberty and freedom. She said the arguments have their roots in opposing reli-gious beliefs.

Come early for refreshments and fellowship. For information, call 828-894-5776 or visit www.uutryonnc.org.

– article submittedby Dan Dworkin

Caroline Worthington, 6 years old, and Jackson Winn, 3 years old, drop letters to Santa in the box by the Rotary clock tower in downtown Tryon before Christmas. The two are grandchildren of Kim and Susan Luedi and great-grandchildren of Elsbeth Luedi of Tryon. (photo submitted by Elsbeth Luedi)

Sending letters to Santa UU Fellowship service Jan. 8

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Bill and Harriett Terwilliger celebrated their 69th wedding an-niversary Christmas Eve.

They were married in front of the Christmas tree in the home of Harriett’s parents in DeKalb, Ill., in 1942.

Long-time residents of Hunting Country, Bill and Harriett celebrat-ed this year with a quiet evening at home with their daughter, Cynthia.

They related their traditional tale of driving into Chicago on a beautiful wintery night with the moonlight gleaming off the snowy fields, staying at the Palmer House and waking up to find out their car had been stolen from the hotel parking lot. This year they are happy to report all of their cars are still in the garage.

– article submittedby Cynthia Terwilliger

Right: Bill and Harriett Terwilliger, who celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary on Christmas Eve. (photo submitted by Cynthia Terwilliger)

Terwilligers celebrate 69th wedding anniversary

St. Luke’s sponsors blood drive Jan. 5Many Americans nationwide

have been donating blood to en-sure a sustained a n d s e c u r e blood supply for everyone. Together with The Blood Con-nection, these donors are en-suring that the safest possible blood is readily available when-ever and wherever needed, ac-cording to the American Red Cross.

“We all expect blood to be there for us, but barely a fraction of those who can give do,” Red Cross officials 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 H o s p i t a l i s helping make sure that blood i s a v a i l a b l e by sponsoring a blood drive

with The Blood Connection on Thursday, Jan. 5, from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Call 828-894-2408 to schedule 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

Want to go? What: Blood drive

When: Thursday, Jan. 5 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Where: St. Luke’s Hospital

Meeting Place bridge results, Dec. 28The results of the Wednesday

afternoon bridge played at the Meeting Place on Dec. 28 were as follows: First: Morton Poliakoff

Second: Margaret KennardThird: John MiscencikFourth: Jeanne Helms

– article submitted



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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.

Condolences may be left at www.pettyfuneralhome.com.

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John Hanley GibbsJohn Hanley Gibbs, 87, of

Columbus died Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Forest City, N.C.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Callaway Bur-gin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WWII, hav-

ing served in the U.S. Army, a member of the VFW Post 10349 and the Woodmen of

the World. Mr. Gibbs was the husband of Omie Lee Laughter Gibbs, who died in 1986.

Survivors include one daugh-ter, Patsy Gibbs Toney (Dean) of Rutherfordton, N.C.; son, Harold Gibbs of Rutherfordton, N.C.; one sister, Alvah Gibbs of Columbus; and a brother , Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring. Also surviving are five grandchil-dren, Randy Toney (Kimberly), Marc Toney (LeeAnn), Lora Brock (Jeff), Jeffrey Gibbs (Col-leen) and Elizabeth Gibbs and six great-grandchildren, Mason Toney, Kevin Gibbs, Anthony Brock, Bryan Gibbs, Nick Gibbs and Zane Gibbs.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 16, in the McFar-land Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Burial was in Polk Memo-rial Gardens, Columbus, with military rites by the Polk County Memorial Burial Squad.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P. O. Box 336, Forest City, N.C. 28043 or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

The family will be at the home of his daughter, Patsy Gibbs Toney, 400 Radar Rd., Ruther-fordton, N.C.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Dorothy Waymon Simmons

Rev. Dorothy Waymon Sim-mons, 82, formerly of Tryon, died June 13, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.

Memorial service noon, July 30 at Columbia Senior Residenc-es at MLK Village, 125 Logan St. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30312. Contact sister: 678-862-3800.

Survivors are three sons, Al-len (Rudy) Waymon of Syracuse, N.Y., Kenneth Simmons of Hous-ton, Texas, and Lovell Simmons (Andrea) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; one sister, Frances Fox of River-dale, Ga.; three brothers, John Ir-vin Waymon of Antelope, Calif., Carrol Waymon of San Diego, Calif., and Samuel Waymon of Nyack, N.Y.; a host of grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by both parents, Mary Kate and John D. Waymon; son, Van Waymon; sisters, Lucile Waddell and Nina Simone (Eunice) and brother, Harold Waymon Sr.

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Ambrose Mills tells children about area historyAmbrose Mills portrays his

ancestor, Col. Ambrose Mills, for an audience of students from the Polk County Recreation De-partment. Mills told the children about the Polk County Histori-cal Museum, located on Walker Street in Columbus.

In 2011, Mills said, more than 800 people visited the Polk County history museum from nearly half the states in the United States, as well as from Toronto and British Columbia in Canada and Liverpool, England. The museum is open Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., the same hours as the newly opened House of Flags Museum in Columbus.

– article submittedby James Metcalf

Ambrose Mills portraying his ancestor, Col. Ambrose Mils for an audience of Polk County Recreation Department students. (photo submitted)

The 2NC Mounted Infantry, along with elements of the Char-lotte Marines, will be camping at Harmon Field from Friday, Jan. 21 through Sunday, Jan. 23.

This is an instructional 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.

– article submitted by Lorna Rae Dever

Mounted infantry plans winter drill at Harmon Field

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