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Thursday Men’s Prayer Breakfast will meet Jan. 26 at 8 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe, 456 S. Trade St., Tryon. All are welcome.

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

If you or someone you know is an outdoors enthusiast, mark your calendar for Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10:30 a.m. That’s when naturalist and story-teller Doug Elliott will present ‘Woodslore and Wildwoods Wisdom: Stories, Songs and Lore Celebrating the Natural World’ at the Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve.

The event is sponsored by Pacolet Area Conservancy. For more information, call 828-859-5060.

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$500k stolen in Silver Creek break-ins$5k reward offered for informationby Leah Justice

Polk County has had a rash of break-ins since last weekend, and three that occurred during the night of Monday, Jan. 23 ended with a Silver Creek Road family

missing more than $500,000 in cash.

Polk County Sheriff’s Office Detective Michael Capps said all three break-ins occurred along Silver Creek Road in Mill Spring within a mile of one another.

William Arledge said he kept cash in a safe in a building that

he normally had secured. Owner of a grading company, Arledge said the money was earned over 42 years. He did not turn on the security system Monday night.

“It really makes me feel bad,” Arledge said on WLOS 13 news


Connor McCarthy and Frederick Veser collaborate on a short essay assignment using a Chromebook during Jeanne Burgin’s 9 a.m. class at Polk County Middle School. Polk County Schools administrators are looking at purchasing more of the devices to better connect students with technology in the classroom. (photo by Samantha Hurst)(Continued on page 5)

Polk Schools eyes Chromebooks as option to better connect students with technologyby Samantha Hurst

Shiny, black devices known as Google Chromebooks sat open on almost every desk in Polk County Middle School (PCMS) teacher Jeanne Burgin’s class on Wednesday, Jan. 25.

The Google Chromebooks are Internet-based portals to re-sources and several Polk County Schools administrators said they would like to put them in every classroom within the next year.

“It’s really helped us become a global classroom and so much more technologically literate,” Burgin said. “The sky is the limit, really.”

Eighth-graders in the class paired up to write a short essay about what their lives would be like if another Civil War broke out in America now.

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Creative Change film series will continue with “Everyday Creativity” Thursday, Jan. 26 at 9:30 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. at the Tryon Fire Department, 423 N. Trade St., Tryon. Pre-register at 828-894-2408 or [email protected]. Sponsored by the newly reorganized wellness coalition now known as Polk Fit, Fresh and Friendly (PF3).

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

House of Flags Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Colum-bus.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nurs-ery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.

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

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preschool story time, normally held every Thursday at 10:30 a.m., will not be held Jan. 26. It will resume Thursday, Feb. 2.

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.

Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus.

Mill Spring VFW Post 10349, bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098.

Polk County UDO Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Polk County library, 1289 W. Mills St., Columbus. Public is welcome.

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

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

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

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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.

Polk County DSS offices will be closed Friday, Jan. 27 from noon to 1:30 p.m.

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.

Upstairs Artspace will hold an opening reception for a show of work by the Fine Arts Ram-blers Friday, Jan. 27 from 5-8

p.m. An exhibit of “HeArts” created by local artists will also be displayed. Bids will be taken for the HeArts at the opening and through Valentine’s Day in a silent auction to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters.

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.

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Party Men’s Club will meet Saturday, Jan. 28 at 8 a.m. at the Democratic Headquarters in Columbus. Everyone welcome.

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

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.

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Wisdom’ presentation, Saturday, Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m. at the Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve. Natural-ist and storyteller Doug Elliott will present “Woodslore and Wildwoods Wisdom – Stories, Songsand Lore Celebrating the Natural World.” Sponsored by Pa-colet Area Conservancy. For more information, call 828-859-5060.

Thermal Belt Friendship Council will hold its monthly luncheon Saturday, Jan. 28 at 11:45 a.m. at Mr. Juan’s Res-taurant in Tryon. All are invited. More information: 864-457-2426 or http://friendshipcouncil.home-stead.com.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, “Chase Away the Blues,” Sat-urday, Jan. 28, 4-10:30 p.m. Performers include Shane Pruitt Band, Dr. Blues Chuck Beattie, Rudy Blue Shoes Wyatt, Jim Pe-terman Quartet, Daryle Ryce, Za-taban, Citizen Mojo and Tommy Lytle. Proceeds benefit TFAC Arts in Education programs. For more information, call 828-859-8322.

Tryon Painters and Sculp-tors, reception for show of work by Jamison, Kompathoun, Lom-bardo and art students, Saturday, Jan. 28, 5-8 p.m.

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St. Luke’s prepares to start renovating new buildingT im Dunn with American Designs adds a temporary banner to cover outdated signage on the hospital’s new medical office building at 89 West Mills St., Columbus. Plans are under way to rename and renovate the hospital’s new building to accommodate the growing orthopedic practice of Brian Rosenberg, MD, and relocate and expand Foothills Medical Associates, the family practice of Dr. Jeff Viar and Janet Howell, PA. St. Luke’s officials negotiated to purchase the 9,100 square foot, six-year-old building for $1.1 million and financed the sale through Tryon Federal Bank. Some renovations are necessary to accommodate advanced radiology equipment and reconfigure medical office space, according to St. Luke’s CEO Ken Shull. Renovations and infrastructure for information technology will begin within the month. (photo submitted by Kathy Woodham)

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cameras. “I’m mad, aggravated at myself for not turning the se-curity system on in the building.”

Arledge also said on camera that he felt like whoever broke into his building knew exactly where to go.

Cash, guns and ammunition and Arledge’s work truck were also stolen from the property.

The work truck and a small amount of cash was later re-covered along the Polk/Ruth-erford County line, according to Capps.

The other two break-ins along Silver Creek Road in-volved the larceny of tools.

Calvin Bradly said he bought his building in 1950 and un-til Monday had never had a break-in.

His building was locked, but

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the suspect(s) tore a section off the door to gain entry and stole tools.

Another six break-ins oc-curred in Polk County over the weekend, but the Polk County Sheriff’s Office is not linking those to the Silver Creek Road break-ins.

Arledge is offering a $5,000 reward to anyone with informa-tion leading to a conviction in the case.

Capps asked anyone who notices someone acting out of character, such as spending unusual amounts of money, to contact authorities.

The sheriff’s office does not yet have any suspects.

Anyone with information regarding any of the recent break-ins is urged to call the Polk County Sheriff’s Office at 828-894-3001.

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Polk charges Bowlin to collect taxes by all means necessaryby Leah Justice

The Polk County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Jan. 23 charged tax collector Melissa Bowlin with collecting property taxes by any and all means.

The current total for delin-quent taxes for real property in Polk is $1,547,830, according to Bowlin. The total for delinquent taxes for motor vehicles for all years is $225,312.

Bowlin said the county’s cur-rent tax collection rate is between 88 and 89 percent, about the same as at this time last year.

Polk County Manager Ryan Whitson told commissioners the tax collector has several means for collecting taxes, including garnishing wages and foreclosing.

The first step for Polk County is to garnish wages of any county employee who has not paid their taxes. The county currently has eight employees who are late on their taxes.

“I don’t think the tax collector has any right to garnish wages if our own house isn’t clean first,”

Whitson said.Whitson said the county will

garnish employees’ wages in February.

Bowlin reminded residents that the county is always willing to set up payment plans to get taxes current. Property owners can call or visit the Polk County Tax Office to set up a plan.

Polk County also has seven tax foreclosures that are in pro-cess with Feagan Law Firm, which handles foreclosures for the county. Bowlin said no one has been living in these homes for several years, and no tax pay-ments have been made. Bowlin said once she has exhausted all means and has tried to contact the families she sends the process to the attorney.

Feagan Law deals with the foreclosures and adds in fees when the properties go for sale, Bowlin said, so it doesn’t cost the county any money in attorney fees.

The Polk County Tax Office can be reached at 828-894-3301 ext. 2.

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Then Burgin asked students to open their Chromebooks and a document of essay questions related to the Civil War. Included in the document were links to a History Channel essay about the lives of Civil War soldiers. Above on the projector, Burgin started a short documentary about the same topic.

“[The Chromebooks have] re-ally helped open doors for what we can research and what we can learn,” Burgin said. “In this unit, for example, they can learn the differ-ence between primary and second-ary sources, and put them to use.”

Her sixth-graders, meanwhile, have collected postcards from dif-ferent countries and sent emails to Chinese pen pals via the Chrome-books.

Polk County Schools placed about 50 Google Chromebooks in the hands of students back in October to test the devices’ abil-ity to assist teachers in integrating technology into their instruction.

“We want them to have one

more opportunity to use technology daily as part of their learning,” said Polk County Schools Technology Director Dave Scherping.

This is not the first time Polk County Schools has tried to put technology more directly in the hands of students. About 15 years ago Polk County Schools attempt-ed a laptop program; providing laptops to as many students as possible.

“We were one of the original 100 schools systems that Micro-soft identified for its program nationwide,” said Polk Schools Superintent Bill Miller.

Polk County Schools did not en-courage families to buy their own laptops, Miller said. Instead the system purchased large numbers of laptops, about 100 a year.

Issues with the laptops were nu-merous – short battery life, jungles of power cords crisscrossing class-rooms, software malfunctions and breakage.

“I don’t think there’s any ques-tion it has affected mine and Dave’s view on the one-to-one (one laptop per one child) model,” Miller said

of the system’s first run at providing in-dividual computer systems to students.

Miller said the laptops allowed the students to type a paper or create a PowerPoint presen-tation, but he said they never “went to the point where you could drive learning in your classroom.”

But Miller and Scherping agreed that over the last few years they’ve been frustrated that they weren’t doing something more as they watched technology advance all around the system’s students.

It’s not that the school system hasn’t worked to connect students with technology, Scherping said. When Polk County Middle School was built, computer labs were in-corporated in the design for each grade level, and at Polk County High School the media center has grown to include 40 computers.

There are also small locations around both of the schools with smaller numbers of computers that students can access. Every class-room has also been made digital with smart boards available to teachers and rolling carts of laptops still available.

Superintendent Miller, how-ever, said he wants to see teachers moving their instruction more


Grace Marshall and Caroline Greene look up links related to a Civil War assignment in Jeanne Burgin’s eighth-grade class. (photo by Samantha Hurst)



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toward the digital age to help pre-pare students for college and the working world.

“A big piece of this is not the technology,” Miller said. “It’s the way in which it could change the classroom.”

High school teacher Tawana Weicker said she sees the im-portance of the devices in her classroom.

Weicker currently has a set of 10 Chromebooks on hand. She said she sees the biggest advantage in preparing students for research work and software competency at the college and workforce levels.

“It’s preparing them for the 21st-century world,” Weicker said. “Our students are now using Google docs, which professors use all of the time, and it mimics what’s already going on in the business world.”

Weicker said she has even been able to use a system known as Moodle that professors also use to provide students with access to course materials outside their text-books. She said she knows of many students who have come back to her after their first semester in col-lege and talked about the struggles they faced simply learning their way around such programs.

“There’s a learning curve we can take care of on the high school level,” Weicker said.

Weicker also uses these content management tools to provide her students with links to videos, lec-tures, literary analyses and more that she said enriches their learning of the content she teaches in the classroom.

As she and students work on a unit related to the Vietnam War, Weicker said she has supplemented her lessons by connecting students with sources, such as a lecture given by Tim O’Brien, author of “The Things They Carry,” a book related to Vietnam War soldiers.

“It brings the world to the class-room,” Weicker said.

Weicker said it also prevents a student who gets sick with mono, for example, from completely missing lectures or assignments.

“Pretty much everything I teach I find a way to get online. That way a student who is missing a week of

class still has access to some pretty powerful material,” Weicker said.

Administrators said they also think Chromebooks could be a solution because they aren’t like a typical laptop. The Chromebook has no hard drive, so documents and programs cannot be stored on the devices, Scherping said. Instead, students save documents to the Google “cloud,” a browser-based service that allows documents to be stored and accessed via the Internet.

“We’re starting to see students working in the cloud, or in other words, being able to seamlessly work from school to home to grand-ma’s house to wherever,” Scherping said. “Even the teachers can respond to the students’ work in real time.”

Miller and Scherping agree that the Chromebooks are not necessary for all classes all of the time. Burgin said she uses them with at least one of her classes a day. So the system is leaning toward providing portable sets of the devices to core subject classrooms and then allowing the sets to be loaned out between classes as needed.

Miller said if the system were to buy MacBook Airs, which cost around $1,000 a piece, for approxi-mately 800 students, the system would be looking at a bill of almost $1 million. Purchasing Chrome-books on a ratio of one device per two students, at $400 per device, the system might spend $160,000 to $200,000.

The latter estimate sits better with Miller, who said he’d rather spend less now, knowing new tech-nology could be right around the corner, than more now and be left with no funds to work with down the road.

Scherping said though the de-vices are just a year old, Google expects users to get three to four years out of them.

Miller and Scherping said they would like to see a larger number of the devices in students’ hands potentially before the end of this school year.

“Our school system will have a technology expense in its budget every month of every year, but we have to decide what is the best use for our money now,” Miller said.

“This is going to allow the class-room to become wherever those students are,” he said.

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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.

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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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Must 7/18/11

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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First of all, let me thank everyone who has warmly welcomed me to the area as the vicar of St. Luke’s Anglican Church. It is lovely to be here and it is lovely here!

On Feb. 2, the church has historically celebrated an event known by three names: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple and The Purifica-tion of Mary and Candlemas. This last is that Old English way of saying, “mass for [fill in the blank].” “Christmas,” of course, refers to the mass in honor of the birth of Christ. “Candlemas” is known as such because the candles which would be used in the church building during the year were blessed on that day, because Simeon referred to Christ at the Presentation as one “To be

a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel” (Luke 2:32).

Like the “Churching of Women” or “Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth,” which was a rite celebrated by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans and, more marginally, Methodists and Lutherans, celebration of this event has gone by the wayside and perhaps for the same reason. It is largely, I think, misunderstood in our time.

I understand that it was not unusual before the Second Vatican Council, which had far-reaching implications beyond Roman Catholicism, for Roman Catholic women to

be seen being “churched” (not excommunicated – rather the reverse), being reintegrated into the church after their absence during their delivery and confinement. The service of Churching of Women is, indeed, a purification rite and a New Testament continuation of Old Testament practice (Leviticus 12).

But it is perhaps more the modern mind that thinks that childbirth makes a woman un-clean, spiritually or physically. It is modern culture, keeping childbirth (as well as death) far from the home, which may allow it to become associated with impurity.

“One goes to the hospital when one is sick, therefore, pregnancy must be a form of sickness because one goes to the hospital” would be an oversimplified form of this false logic.

‘Churching of Women,’ a purification rite

• Churching of women(continued from page 8)


However, as Richard Hook-er, the Anglican Apologist, said in defense of the practice more than 400 years ago, “It is nothing but an overflowing of gall to interpret a woman’s absence from church during the time of her pregnancy in such a way as to judge her unholy or excluded from God’s House according to some ancient Levitical law.… She is not forbidden from entering because of any sup-posed unholiness, although it is sensible for her to stay away from public gatherings and remain in her own abode for a time.”

Before antibiotics, it was simply safer for women to stay home for a period of time during and after delivery. The Law of Moses was there for the protection of women and motherhood, not for alienating them for any impurity.

Like much of the Law of Moses, in which the physical becomes a sign of the spiritual,

the Purification of a woman after childbirth is exactly as it is called now in the Chris-tian Church, a Thanksgiving. This is because if someone does not acknowledge from whence a blessing comes, one is spiritually impure. The lack of acknowledgment of God’s providence is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual illness, which is “dis-graceful.”

The Law of Moses’ require-ment to present the child and make sacrifice in the temple, and the historic church’s ful-fillment of that law, required the woman to acknowledge from whence came the child. This was and is a spiritual safeguard against the woman (and her whole family) becom-ing spiritually impure by not returning thanks to God.

– The Rev. Fr.Peter A. Geromel

Vicar, St. Luke’s Anglican Church, meeting at Landrum

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Obits - page 66

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.



Obituaries

Must 7/18/11

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.

Obituaries

Must 7/19/11

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First of all, let me thank everyone who has warmly welcomed me to the area as the vicar of St. Luke’s Anglican Church. It is lovely to be here and it is lovely here!

On Feb. 2, the church has historically celebrated an event known by three names: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple and The Purifica-tion of Mary and Candlemas. This last is that Old English way of saying, “mass for [fill in the blank].” “Christmas,” of course, refers to the mass in honor of the birth of Christ. “Candlemas” is known as such because the candles which would be used in the church building during the year were blessed on that day, because Simeon referred to Christ at the Presentation as one “To be

a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel” (Luke 2:32).

Like the “Churching of Women” or “Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth,” which was a rite celebrated by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans and, more marginally, Methodists and Lutherans, celebration of this event has gone by the wayside and perhaps for the same reason. It is largely, I think, misunderstood in our time.

I understand that it was not unusual before the Second Vatican Council, which had far-reaching implications beyond Roman Catholicism, for Roman Catholic women to

be seen being “churched” (not excommunicated – rather the reverse), being reintegrated into the church after their absence during their delivery and confinement. The service of Churching of Women is, indeed, a purification rite and a New Testament continuation of Old Testament practice (Leviticus 12).

But it is perhaps more the modern mind that thinks that childbirth makes a woman un-clean, spiritually or physically. It is modern culture, keeping childbirth (as well as death) far from the home, which may allow it to become associated with impurity.

“One goes to the hospital when one is sick, therefore, pregnancy must be a form of sickness because one goes to the hospital” would be an oversimplified form of this false logic.

‘Churching of Women,’ a purification rite

• Churching of women(continued from page 8)


However, as Richard Hook-er, the Anglican Apologist, said in defense of the practice more than 400 years ago, “It is nothing but an overflowing of gall to interpret a woman’s absence from church during the time of her pregnancy in such a way as to judge her unholy or excluded from God’s House according to some ancient Levitical law.… She is not forbidden from entering because of any sup-posed unholiness, although it is sensible for her to stay away from public gatherings and remain in her own abode for a time.”

Before antibiotics, it was simply safer for women to stay home for a period of time during and after delivery. The Law of Moses was there for the protection of women and motherhood, not for alienating them for any impurity.

Like much of the Law of Moses, in which the physical becomes a sign of the spiritual,

the Purification of a woman after childbirth is exactly as it is called now in the Chris-tian Church, a Thanksgiving. This is because if someone does not acknowledge from whence a blessing comes, one is spiritually impure. The lack of acknowledgment of God’s providence is an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual illness, which is “dis-graceful.”

The Law of Moses’ require-ment to present the child and make sacrifice in the temple, and the historic church’s ful-fillment of that law, required the woman to acknowledge from whence came the child. This was and is a spiritual safeguard against the woman (and her whole family) becom-ing spiritually impure by not returning thanks to God.

– The Rev. Fr.Peter A. Geromel

Vicar, St. Luke’s Anglican Church, meeting at Landrum

Presbyterian Church

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Rose White-Hearn, who works as an advocate for victims of crime in N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office, spoke to the Tryon Kiwanis Club on Dec. 21 about identity theft and scams. She explained that taking a per-son’s identity is a felony, but it is a crime that is becoming more frequently committed.

According to White-Hearn, the best ways to protect your identity are to:

· Watch your credit report – you can receive free copies each year from each of the three nationwide credit bureaus. Go to www.annualcreditreport.com or call 1-877-322-8228 to get your free reports.

· Get free security freezes to stop credit reporting agencies from releasing any informa-tion about you to new creditors without your approval. To do this online, go to www.ncdoj.gov. To get a security freeze by phone,

Kiwanis Club learns about identify theft and scamscontact the three major credit bureaus – Equifax Security Freeze at 1-800-685-1111, Experian Se-curity Freeze at 1-866-997-0418 and TransUnion Security Freeze at 1-888-909-8872.

· On your checks, only put your initial for your first name and do not include your address, phone number or driver’s license number. If your checks are stolen, the thief will have little informa-tion about you.

· Monitor your finances by checking all charges on your credit card bills for unauthorized charges, limit the number of credit cards you carry and make copies of all credit cards (front and back), keeping the copies in a safe place in case a card is lost or stolen.

· Use automatic deposit for payroll, social security or other federal benefit checks.

· Protect your social security

(ConTinueD on page 14)

Kiwanis Club President Kathy Woodham (left) and club member Marjie Neff (center) thank Rose White-Hearn for speaking to the club about identify theft and other scams. (photo submitted by Lynn Montgomery)

Polk Central School teachers recently named their choices for Terrific Kids for January.

Terrific Kids is a program spon-sored by the Tryon Kiwanis Club to honor and recognize students who are respectful, kind and re-sponsible. Each month a different character trait is emphasized at the school. For January the trait is integrity. School counselor Susan Howell visits each classroom during the month to talk to the students about the ways character counts.

The following Polk Central stu-dents were chosen by their teachers as Terrific Kids for January 2012:

Ms. Johnson – Julian LuckMs. McFarland – Grant JonesPre-KindergartenMs. Hathaway – Ava BradyMs. Thompson – Yoana

DominquezMs. Whittemore – Sharen

ResendizKindergartenMs. Edwards – Clay Davis

Ms. McCormick – Damian Junge

Ms. Tanko – Alexis FalcettiFirst gradeMs. Bame – Ethan GillisMs. Cox – Raegan JacksonM s . P o w e l l – D a v i d

Nava-ChavezSecond gradeMs. Dotson – Aslynn KemptonMs. Fowler – Nathlie RamirezMs. Walters – Nicholas CoxThird gradeMs. Carlson – Madison TowneMs. Ford – George BradleyMs. Siegel – Tyler StaleyFourth gradeMs. Arledge – Joshua LawterMs. Davis – Issac Medford

Ms. Wilson – Dylan RobertsFifth gradeMs. Hardin – Sam Campuzano-

GomezMs. Smith – Kalob JacksonMs. Walter – Claire Packer,

Natalee Davis– article submitted

by Lynn Montgomery

Polk Central School fifth graders Sam Campuzano-Gomez, Kalob Jackson, Natalee Davis and Claire Packer (left to right) show off their Terrific Kids certificates on Jan.18. (photo submitted by Lynn Montgomery)

Polk Central School names Kiwanis Terrific Kids for January

4-H is starting a new club for “cloverbuds,” which includes youths ages 5 - 8.

Meetings will take place on the third Thursday of each month, with the first meeting starting on Feb. 16 at the 4-H Center from 4-5:30 p.m.

The members will vote on subjects of interest and those

subjects will be taught at their monthly meetings.

The club is intended to be a fun way for 5-8 year-olds to get out and socialize and participate in hands-on learning of topics of interest. Sign up by calling 828-894-8218.

– article submittedby Helen Clark

Dr. Jeremy Mays will min-ister at Renewal Pt. Church in Columbus on Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. Covered dish to follow. The church is located at 141 Peak St., across from the fire department.

“Dr. Mays memorizes every scripture and has a spiritual insight as to the need of the

congregation,” organizers said. “Those who are struggling with … an obstacle to a fulfilled life, Dr. Mays inspires. He cannot see with his natural sight, but serves God by seeing with his heart. All are welcome.”

– article submittedby Steve and Karen

Henderson

New 4-H club for youth ages 5-8Mays to speak at Renewal Point



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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 EverE. Perez and Dixie Perezto William R. Echols,Trustee(s), which wasdated October 12, 2006and recorded on October17, 2006 in Book 346 atPage 1859, Polk CountyRegistry, North Carolina.

Default having beenmade of the note therebysecured by the said Deedof Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC, havingbeen substituted as Trus-tee in said Deed of Trust,and the holder of the noteevidencing said defaulthaving directed that theDeed of Trust be fore-closed, the undersignedSubstitute Trustee will of-fer for sale at the court-house door of the countycourthouse where theproperty is located, or theusual and customary lo-cation at the countycourthouse for conduct-ing the sale on January31, 2012 at 11:30AM,and will sell to the highestbidder for cash the follow-ing described propertysituated in Polk County,North Carolina, to wit:

BEING all of that certaintract or parcel of land

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containing 13.97 acres,more or less, as shownand delineated as Tract#1 upon a plat entitled,"Ever E. Perez, WhiteOak Township, PolkCounty, North Carolina",dated April 28, 2006, pre-pared by Langford LandSurveying, which plat isduly recorded in Card FileE at Page 1369, in theOffice of the Register ofDeeds for Polk County,North Carolina; referencebeing made to said re-corded plat for a full andcomplete metes andbounds description ofsaid tract, pursuant toNorth Carolina GeneralS t a t u t e s , S e c t i o n47-30(g).

The above describedproperty is conveyed TO-GETHER WITH a perpet-ual right of way and ease-ment for twenty (20') footwide private drive runningover and across the landsnow or formerly belong-ing to Frank McCraw andothers, leading fromNorth Carolina StateRoad #1328, into theproperty acquired by EverE. Perez and wife, DixiePerez, by that certaindeed from Elizabeth L.Steinman, unmarried,dated May 12, 2004, andrecorded on May 19,2004, in Deed Book 314at Page 526, Polk CountyRegistry. Said right ofway and easement is fur-ther described by refer-ence to the above-men-tioned survey, followingthe southeastern bound-ary of that property ac-quired in the aforemen-tioned deed, continuing tothe southernmost cornerof Tract #1, and providingaccess to both Tract #1and Tract #2 thereon.Maintenance of saidtwenty (20') foot wide pri-vate drive is shared by allparties having a legalright to use the same,with all parties bearingequal responsibility forthat portion of the drivebenefitting their respec-tive properties.

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that property conveyed toEver E. Perez and wife,Dixie Perez, by that cer-tain deed from ElizabethL. Steinman, unmarried,dated May 12, 2004, andrecorded on May 19,2004, in Deed Book 314at Page 526, Polk CountyRegistry.

LESS & EXCEPT:Being all of Tract #2 con-

taining 1.96 acres, asshown on a Plat entitled"Survey for Ever E.Perez" prepared by Lang-ford Land Surveying,dated April 28, 2006 andbearing Job No. 202706and recorded in the Of-fice of the Register ofDeeds for Polk County,North Carolina at CardFile E, Page 2157, refer-ence to which is herebymade and incorporatedherein for a greater cer-tainty of description bymetes and bounds.

Being a portion of thesame property as con-veyed in a deed to EverE. Perez and wife, DixiePerez recorded May 19,2004 in Deed Book 314,Page 526, Polk County,North Carolina Registerof Deeds Office.

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

Said property is com-monly known as 184 RedRock Lane and, 290 RedRock Lane, Mill Spring,NC 28756.

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-

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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 Ever E. Perezand wife, Dixie Perez.

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

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the 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.

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

Services of Carolina, LLC5431 Oleander Drive

Suite 200Wilmington, NC 28403PHONE: (910) 392-4988FAX: (910) 392-8587

File No.: 08-02757-FC02

Tryon Daily BulletinJanuary 19 and 26, 2012

FC/ PEREZ, EVER E.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OFFORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA,POLK COUNTY

Under and by virtue of aPower of Sale containedin that certain Deed ofTrust executed byKERRY B CEHEN ANDANGEL CEHEN toWESTWOOD ASSOCI-ATES , Trustee(s), whichwas dated April 21, 2005and recorded on April 26,2005 in Book 326 atPage 1454, Polk CountyRegistry, North Carolina.

Default having beenmade of the note therebysecured by the said Deedof Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC, havingbeen substituted as Trus-tee in said Deed of Trust,and the holder of the noteevidencing said defaulthaving directed that theDeed of Trust be fore-closed, the undersignedSubstitute Trustee will of-fer for sale at the court-house door of the county

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courthouse where theproperty is located, or theusual and customary lo-cation at the countycourthouse for conduct-ing the sale on January31, 2012 at 11:30AM,and will sell to the highestbidder for cash the follow-ing described propertysituated in Polk County,North Carolina, to wit:

LEGAL DESCRIPTIONFOR DEED OF TRUSTFROM KERRY B. CE-HEN AND ANGEL CE-HEN, HUSBAND ANDWIFE, TO WESTWOODASSOCIATES, TRUS-TEE FOR WMC MORT-AGE CORP.

BEING all of Tract 1A,containing 7.00 acres,more or less, and beingshown and delineated onthat certain plat entitled,"Final Plat: ProposedConveyance to Kerry &Angel Cehen, CoopersGap Township, PolkCounty, North Carolina,"dated October 20, 2004and prepared by TyroneCantrell, True North Sur-veying & Mapping, Regis-tered Land Surveyor, saidplat being duly recordedin Card File E, Page 949,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 tracts pursuant toNorth Carolina GeneralStatutes 47-30(g).

The above describedproperty is conveyed sub-ject to and together withthat certain right of wayand easement heretoforereserved in that certaindeed recorded in Book185, Page 106, PolkCounty Registry, and be-ing shown and desig-nated as "Cricket KnollDrive Private AccessRoad" on the plat herein-above referred to, refer-ence being made to saiddeed and plat for the ex-act location of said rightof way and easement.

The above described

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property is further con-veyed subject to and to-gether with that certainperpetual right of wayand easement, 45 feet inwidth, leading fromCricket Knoll Lane overand across Tract 1B andTract 1A and beingshown and designated as"45' Access Easement"on the plat hereinabovereferred to, reference be-ing made to said plat forthe exact location of saidright of way and ease-ment.

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

Said property is com-monly known as 234Whispering Ridge FarmLane, Mill Spring, NC28756.

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-

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brances or exceptions ofrecord. To the best of theknowledge and belief ofthe undersigned, the cur-rent owner(s) of the prop-erty is/are Kerry B. Ce-hen and wife, Angel P.Cehen.

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

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

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Suite 200

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File No.: 11-10036-FC01

Tryon Daily BulletinJanuary 19 and 26, 2012

FC/ CEHEN, KERRY B.

LEGAL NOTICE

Having qualified on the4th day of January, 2012,as Executor of the Estateof Rolland H. Bushner,deceased, late of PolkCounty, North Carolina,this is to notify all per-sons, firms, and corpora-tions having claimsagainst the decedent toexhibit the same to theundersigned Executor, onor before the 12th day ofApril, 2012, or this noticewill be pleaded in bar oftheir recovery.

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

This the 12th day ofJanuary, 2012.

H. Emerson Duke, Ex-ecutorEstate of Rolland H.

Bushner2037 Gap Creek RoadGreer, SC 29651

R. Anderson HaynesAttorney At LawP. O. Box 100Tryon, NC 28782

Tryon Daily BulletinJan. 12, 19, 26 and Feb.

2, 2012

EST/BUSHNER,ROLAND H.

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Michael Preston McKaig

Michael Preston McKaig, 43, husband of Paula Bruce McKaig of 1969 Red Fox Rd., Tryon, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 in Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, N.C.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Juanita Lewis McKaig. He was a l986 graduate of Tryon High School and had worked for Bom-mer Industries in Landrum for approximately 10 years. Michael was an avid golfer and devoted father. He was a member of Mid-way Baptist Church, Mill Spring.

Surviving beside his wife of 21 years are: a daughter, Michaelle McKaig, and a son, Charlie McKaig, both of the

Obituaries home; two sisters, Susan McKaig of Woodruff, S.C. and Debra Siemski (Eddie) of Landrum; and a brother, Rodney McKaig (Audrea) of Columbus. Also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27 in the Midway Baptist Church, 2101 Hwy. 108 East, Columbus, with Rev. Gary Lockee officiat-ing.

Family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday night in the McFarland Funeral Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 120 Executive Park, Building 1, Asheville, N.C. 28801.



Thermal Belt Friendship Council will hold its monthly luncheon this Saturday, Jan. 28, at 11:45 a.m. at Mr. Juan’s Res-taurant in Tryon. All are invited.

The Friendship Council is ac-tive in bringing peoples of vari-ous races and ethnic backgrounds together in the various events it sponsors, such as the annual Friendship Picnic at Harmon Field in June, Christmas caroling and potluck and the annual Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Commemora-tion held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center every year in January.

The Friendship Council has no membership requirements

and no dues and there is never a charge for its events. Council “members” meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Roseland Community Center located on Peake Street in Tryon (except June, July and August) to plan activities. 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 friendshipcouncil.homestead.com on the web, or by calling 864-457-2426.

– article submittedby Lynnea Stadelmann

Friendship Council meets Jan. 28

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· Shred “pre-approved” cred-it card applications, old bank statements, insurance forms and any unneeded papers that include your personal information.

White-Hearn’s presentation pointed out the importance of being diligent about controlling access to one’s own identity.

Kiwanis Club President Kathy Woodham and club member Mar-jie Neff thanked White-Hearn for coming. The children’s book “The One and Only” will be donated to a local school in her honor.

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Principle – 1. A basic truth, law, or assumption. 2. A rule or standard. 3. A fixed or predeter-mined policy or mode of action. 4. A rule or law concerning the functioning of natural phenomena or mechanical processes.

It’s pretty clear from the defi-nition of “principle” that it is not something that varies with the wind (or political aspiration). A principle has to be based on facts, not opinions. When you say that a person is principled, it means that the person bases their actions and opinions on facts and truths. A principled person pursues the “truths” of living, politics, science, religion or whatever endeavor they pursue in life and applies what they’ve learned to their general principles. Unfortunately, no one person is able to be clearly principled in everything that a complex world has to offer, and no one is perfect in their own field of endeavor much less one where they are a novice.

If you’re human then you are a novice in many areas of life. Your ability to be principled is limited to those areas where you know the facts and truths. The facts and truths that you can base your prin-ciples on don’t change with time because they are fundamental. Of course, you can become more gen-eral, often referred to going to the “50,000 foot” (altitude) level, to establish your principles. The “Ten Commandments” come to mind and they are best for establishing moral principles for daily living.

A politician that becomes an elected official has to deal with working for the “common good” (I know, I know, many of them are just there working for themselves – especially when they become “po-litical consultants or lobbyists”-remind you of anyone?). My point is that we seem to have too many

politicians that claim they have principles that won’t allow them to solve problems once they are in office.

“Read my lips, no new taxes” is an example of a foolish declara-tion of principle. Saying you won’t raise taxes is like a businessman saying, “Read my lips, we will never raise prices.” Taxes are a tool of “governance” that provide resources to accomplish societal priorities. Sometimes they need to go up and sometimes they need to go down, and sometimes they just need to be re-aligned. If you limit your options, you limit your solutions and the China train keeps leaving us further behind.

“No compromise” is another foolish declaration of principle. Sounds good for a sports event or war, but is an unworkable principle in politics. Politics is the process of compromise. Without it, there is no governance, just uncertainty. Uncertainty in politics is harmful to the economy – as was demonstrated all during 2011 with our new slate of “principled” legislators. People in power that hang on to foolish principles and cause everyone else to suffer don’t need to be in politics. They should be in jail.

I fear today’s “Principled Poli-tician” more than any other type because they tend to ignore funda-mental truths and facts when they don’t serve their purpose. They should not to be taken seriously.

One test for a principle is whether or not it is really just an individuals’ opinion. Just because you can “think it” or “rationalize it” doesn’t make it a principle or a

Leading with principles truth. Just because a “Super-PAC” says it over and over again on a political TV commercial, doesn’t make it fact or truth, but it could qualify as propaganda. An opinion not fully supported by fact or truth is not a principle, it is rhetoric. The primary intent is to deceive.

We have these people publicly proclaiming that their leadership will be based on “so or so” prin-ciple and they will never waiver. Unfortunately for us, their prin-ciples are based on popularism. Popularism is not all bad, but it’s like eating too much cake – it needs to be taken in moderation. The downside is that people be-lieve this stuff because of our “other national deficit;” critical thinking.

Personally, I look for leaders that have broad principles like democratic governance of a capi-talistic economy. I don’t look for leaders with rhetorically popular “sound bites” trying to give instant gratification. But most of all, I look at their records and how they’ve governed or managed a busi-ness. I also look at their personal lives. There is much to be learned by how they’ve treated people, how they’ve managed the power that was given to them and who (people and corporations) they are influenced by.

One of the most important roles of our Democracy is to manage our capitalistic economy to ensure the benefits of its success fairly reach all who contributed. If the principle adopted by a politician, President or legislator doesn’t ensure this, then most of us will be on the losing end. And no “Al-ice,” there is no hidden hand of capitalism that keeps everything in balance. It still, and has always taken, democratic governance to counter-balance the “greed and power” aspects of capitalism. It is not a perfect system, but when it has been given a chance to work for us all, it has.

Tryon Second Baptist Church to host singing Jan. 29Tryon Second Baptist Church

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lunch will be served in the fel-lowship hall.

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Painters participating in this invitational exhibition are Mar-guerite Hankins, Dale McEn-tire, Jim Carson, Anne Jameson, William Jameson, Bonnie Joy Bardos and Caroline Young (who also resides in Raleigh).

For more information, con-tact Abby Adamson of TAG at 336-887-2137 or Anne Jameson at 828-749-3101.

– article submittedby William Jameson

Seven Saluda artists in exhibit in High Point, N.C.

Wheat Creek Baptist Church will hold its third annual wom-en’s conference on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. and Sunday, Jan. 29 at 4 p.m.

The theme this year is purity.

Speakers on Saturday will be minister Felicia Cureton, min-ister Penny McSwain and evan-gelist Loretta Martin. Sunday’s speaker will be minister Cecilia Miller.

Wheat Creek Baptist hosts annual women’s conference Jan. 28Appetizers will be served

on Saturday, and dinner will be served at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

All ladies are asked to wear white on Sunday, if possible.

– article submitted

There are still spaces open for the free 4-H sewing class for youth ages 9 - 18. Classes are held at the 4-H Center in Columbus on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 - 5:30 p.m. Sewing machines and individual instruction are provided. The class ends in March with a fashion show of all the students and the garments that they made. If you are interested in participating please call 828-894-8218 to sign up. (photo submitted by Helen Clark)

Spaces still available in free 4-H sewing class

01/26/12 Daily Bulletin

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