04-18-12 Daily Bulletin

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Vol. 85 / No. 56 Tryon, N.C. 28782 Wednesday, April 18, 2012 Only 50 cents

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You can get both a hearty breakfast and a chance to help the fight against cancer this Sat-urday, April 21.

A fundraiser break-fast for Relay for Life will be held Saturday at Mill Spring First Bap-

tist Church, located at 4320 Hwy. 108 E. A full breakfast of eggs, biscuits, gravy, bacon, sausage, homemade jellies and apple butter, coffee and more will be served from 7 - 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.

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‘Knock Knock’ opens April 19 at TLT’s Workshop“Knock Knock,” Tryon Little

Theater’s last show of the sea-son, has been described as a “knockabout farce” and a “miracle play in the absurdist tradition,” or, as director Fran-ces McCain describes it, “Alice in Wonderland meets The Wiz-ard of Oz.”

Written by Jules Feiffer, Pu-litzer-Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author and il-lustrator, the play takes place in a cabin in the woods with two middle-aged bickering recluses (Abe and Cohn). There’s a knock at the door, and in walks Joan of Arc. But that’s not the only odd thing about this play – in fact, the whole thing is absurd. In a good way, of course.

Elvin Clark plays Cohn, an unemployed musician. He’s

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Ready for opening night: Tryon Little Theater’s cast of “Knock Knock.” Seated from left to right: Elvin Clark, Chris Bartol and Lavin Cuddihee. Standing, left to right: Nancy Winker, Lorin Browning, Becky Oliver and Joshua Moffitt. (photo by Carol Browning)

Early voting starts tomorrowby Leah Justice

Polk County residents can cast their votes early for this year’s May primary. Several local and state races will be decided, as well as a constitutional amendment defining marriage.

Early voting begins Thursday, April 19 at three Polk County locations:

• The Polk County Board of Elec-tions Office, located on the second floor

of the Womack building in Columbus, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.

• The Green Creek Family Life Center, Monday through Friday from noon until 7 p.m.

• The Mill Spring Fire Department, Monday through Friday from noon until


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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

Invasive species removal project at FENCE, Wednesday, April 18 at 9 a.m. FENCE is part-nering with AmeriCorps Project Conserve to remove invasive plant species along the Wild-wood Trail at FENCE. FENCE will supply all equipment and supplies needed, but volunteers should bring their own water bottles and lunches and wear long sleeves and pants to protect against poison ivy and thorns. Call 828-850-9021 or email [email protected].

The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assis-tance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001.

Polk Recreation Zumba

class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.

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.

Foothills Parkinson’s Sup-port Group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Landrum Library. Call 864-457-4419 for more informa-tion. All are welcome; no charge.

Female Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednes-days 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 828-894-2340.

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.

N.C. DMV mobile driver’s license unit will be in Columbus in front of the post office on Ward Street on Thursday, April 5 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A sign on the light pole in front of the post office will inform people when the unit has had to cancel its visit because of mechanical difficulty or weather-related issues.

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.

Saluda Community Library will have preschool story time every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers.

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

Polk County Public Library, free yoga class (bring your own mat) every Thursday from noon - 1 p.m.

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

PCHS golf at Grassy Creek, 2 p.m.

Landrum Library invites all teens between the ages of 12-18 to learn how to play Yu-Gi-Oh! on Thursday, April 19 from 4-5 p.m. After instruction, teens will play in a tournament (cards will be provided) with prizes for the winners.

PCHS JV/V baseball at Mtn. Heritage, 4 p.m.

PCHS men’s tennis at Mtn. Heritage, 4 p.m.

PCHS V. softball at Mtn. Heritage, 4 p.m.

ExploreTryon Tourism Board will meet Thursday, April 19 at 5 p.m. at Tryon Town Hall, McCown Room. Public wel-come. 828-859-6655.

PCHS JV softball at Mtn. Heritage, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina Camera Club meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Iso-

thermal Community College. Columbus Lions will meet

Thursday, April 19, 6:30 p.m. at Calvert’s Kitchen in Columbus. 828-894-2505.

Democratic primary can-didates forum, Thursday, April 19 at the Meeting Place Se-nior Center off Skyuka Rd. in Columbus. Democratic and unaffiliated voters will have an opportunity to meet the Democratic candidates for Polk County commissioner from 6:30 - 7 p.m. The forum will start at 7 p.m. Written questions may be submitted to the moderator upon arrival. 828-894-3219.

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

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

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

NAMI support group, Thursdays, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyte-rian Church, located on Har-mon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the Nation-al Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828-817-0382.

AA’s Sobriety and Beyond, Thursdays, 8-9 p.m., Immacu-late Conception Roman Catho-lic Church, 1024 W. Main St.,

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

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Polk Democrats honor party members, plan for yearby Samantha Hurst

Polk County Democrats gath-ered Saturday, April 14 for their annual county convention at the Steps to Hope community room. They honored party members and made plans for fundraising, selection of convention delegates and candidate support.

“Our county is one of the best organized Democratic parties around,” said acting Democratic Party Chair Margaret Johnson. “I hope you realize that we have a lot of people working behind the scenes to carry on these events and get out the vote and spread the message.”

During the county conven-tion, Democrats discussed the upcoming Democratic National Committee (DNC) Convention to be held in Charlotte. Johnson said anyone interested in being a delegate on the national level must go to the district convention in order to be vetted and voted on.

Polk County Democrats honored their own during the county convention Saturday, April 14. Recognized were Jack Jolley, Liston B. Ramsey award; Dr. Mary Bozien, Lifetime Achievement; Jean Pruitt, Volunteer of the Year; and Franklin Smith, Community Service. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

The following people from Polk County do plan to attend the district convention in Haywood County May 19: Becky Kennedy, Ambrose Mills, Laura Price, Chris Price, Frances Parker,

Katherine Smith, Alice Payne, P. Chrelle Booker, Mary Parker, Donna Radich, Preston White, Pete Santos, Mary Hardvall, Margaret Johnson, Fred Eaton, Blake Arledge, Ernie Giannini,

Lena Jackson and Susan Albee. Meanwhile, Booker, Santos,

White, Radich, Eaton, Johnson, Parker, Albee, Hardvall, Rachel


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Democrats(Continued from page 3)

Ramsey, Russell Meirop, Laura Price, Ambrose Mills, Lena Jackson, Katherine Smith and Virginia Walker will also attend the North Carolina Democratic Convention June 16 in Raleigh.

Party members also offered their services for committees should representatives in the area need to be replaced. Serving on the prosecutorial district ex-ecutive committee will be Blake

Arledge and Margaret Johnson; state senatorial committee, Frank-lin Smith and Benny Smith; and state house committee, Donna Radich and Jim Johnston.

Mary Hardvall also discussed the party’s work with Orga-nizing for America, the group supporting Obama’s reelection campaign. People interested in participating with this group will meet the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Meet-ing Place. Volunteers expect to begin canvasing door-to-door by end of May.

Polk Democratic Party awardsListon B. Ramsey Award -

Jack JolleyJack Jolley won the Liston B.

Ramsey Award. Polk County Board of Commis-

sioners Chair and Democrat Ray Gasperson said Jack Jolley lived a similar life to that of Liston B. Ramsey of Madison County, N.C. From that rural area, Ramsey was elected in 1960 to the state house, serving 19 terms, including four terms as speaker of the house be-ginning in 1981.

Ramsey’s aim was to get more funding for the often-neglected Western N.C. region.

Gasperson said Jolley too was born in mountainous rural North Carolina, went through the public education system and served dur-ing World War II.

“He, too, saw the best and worst of the human experience. He returned home to serve his com-munity through faith, family and community service,” Gasperson said. “Jack Jolley is also repre-sentative of what I experienced growing up… because in the 50s and 60s I was surrounded by men and women like Jolley that came through that wartime experience. They showed me that when you take on a task you don’t stray from the course, you stick with it.”

Volunteer of the Year - Jean Pruitt

Mary Hardvall announced Jean Pruitt as the 2012 Democrat Vol-unteer of the Year. She said Pruitt has led the way in bringing in new registered voters this year.

“Whenever we needed some-body we would call this person and they would say, ‘whatever you need I can do it, I can help,” Hardvall said. “Jean has done an amazing job – she delivered with her team like 87 in the first quarter. This is unheard of for voter regis-trations in Polk County.”

Community Service Award – Franklin Smith

Democrat Laura Peek said Franklin Smith, winner of the community service award, lives out his commitment to help and serve others in many ways.

“Whether it is bringing people together to solve safety issues in the community or simply to discuss an issue,” Peek said. “He is always busy to help others and strengthen his community.”

Lifetime Achievement – Dr. Mary Bosien

Dr. Mary Bosien, winner of the lifetime achievement award, moved to the area with her husband in 1954 and worked side by side serving patients. The couple even once skied down the hill from their home during a severe snowstorm to see patients.

The two were also highly in-volved politically. Bosien’s hus-band died before he could run in a primary in 1980. Bosien, however, carried on the couple’s love of service.

“She has been a faithful and active Democrat and a strong sup-porter of our party,” said Frances Parker.

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7 p.m.Early voting ends on May 5,

which will be the only Saturday of early voting. All polling places will be open on May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The primary will be held at all Polk polling places on Tuesday, May 8.

Polk County voters will choose three Democratic commissioners out of six candidates to run against three Republican candidates, all vying for three open seats.

The Polk County Democratic primary for the board of com-missioners includes the following candidates:

• Emily Bartlett• Ritchie “Bubba” Greene• Ernie Giannini• Renée McDermott (incum-

bent)• Rickie McFalls • Russell MieropVoters will be asked to select

three Democratic candidates to face the three Republican candi-dates, Michael Gage, Keith Hol-bert and incumbent Tom Pack, in November.

In the Democratic primary, only registered Democrats and registered independents who select a Democratic ballot will be al-lowed to vote for commissioners. As well, registered Republicans and registered independents who select a Republican ballot can vote in Republican races.

New residents or residents who have never registered to vote before may also register to vote during the primary at the same time as they cast their votes. The deadline has passed for registered voters to switch parties, however.

Other primary races include the U.S. House of Representative District 11 seat currently held by Heath Shuler (D). Primary voters will choose one for each party from Democratic candidates Tom Hill, Hayden Rogers and Cecil Bothwell and Republican candidates Susan Harris, Jeff Hunt, Mark Meadows, Vance Patterson, Chris Petrella, Kenny West, Ethan Wingfield and Spence Campbell.

A primary will also decide the Republican candidate for the N.C. House of Representatives to run against Polk County’s George Alley (D). Candidates on the primary for the N.C. House of Representatives include Trudi Walend (R), who currently holds the seat, and Chris Whitmire (R).

The N.C. governor’s seat also has several choices for Demo-cratic, Libertarian and Republican candidates as well as primaries for several other state offices.

Voters will also be faced with whether to approve add-ing Amendment 1 to the state constitution. The amendment would define marriage between one man and one woman as the only legal domestic union in the state. The amendment, proposed to be included in Article 14 of the state constitution, would add a new Section 6 that would read, “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state. This sec-tion does not prohibit a private party from entering into contracts with another private party; nor does this section prohibit courts from adjudicating the rights of private parties pursuant to such contracts.”


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Polk County early voting Thursday, April 19 - Saturday, May 5

• The Polk County Board of Elections Office, second floor of the Womack building in Columbus, Mon. - Fri., 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. • The Green Creek Family Life Center, Mon. - Fri., noon - 7 p.m.• The Mill Spring Fire Department, Mon. - Fri., noon - 7 p.m.All polling places will be open on May 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.



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joined by real-life neighbor – and now familiar TLT leading man – Lavin Cuddihee, who plays Abe, the successful retired stockbroker. Together they make the “odd couple” of the play, who haven’t left their cabin in more than 20 years.

Nancy Winker of Ruther-fordton portrays Joan of Arc. Audiences may remember her from her roles in “Oliver” and “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)”. Chris Bartol, no newcomer to the Tryon stage, plays Helmut Wiseman and a couple of other odd characters who drop in to disrupt Abe and Cohn’s life.

Supporting these veteran ac-tors are Joshua Moffitt, Lorin Browning and Becky Oliver. The less said the better about their roles – there need to be some

surprises, after all!Directed by Frances McCain,

this “kooky” play features a set designed by Greg Wright and constructed by Bob Richardson and his crew of set builders. Rebecca Davis, Jody McPher-son, Mimi Alexander and Mat-thew Alexander took care of set decoration (no small task for this production). Mimi Alexander and Mathew Myhre handle sound and lighting.

“Knock Knock” runs for two weekends at the Tryon Little Theater’s Workshop at 516 South Trade Street in Tryon. Perfor-mances are April 19-21 and 26-28 at 8 p.m., and April 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. The box office is open at the workshop from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 828-859-2466 to reserve tickets or visit www.tltinfo.org for more information.

– article submitted by Monica Jones

The ballot question regarding the constitutional amendment will read, “Constitutional amend-ment to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.” The choices are “for” and “against.” Voting “for” the amendment will add the new verbiage to the constitution and voting “against” the amendment will leave the constitution as is.

Following is the official ex-planation of the amendment approved by the Constitutional Amendments Publication Com-mission:

“A current North Carolina law enacted in 1996 says that marriage between individuals of the same-sex is not valid in North Carolina. This amendment would make that concept part of the North Carolina Constitution. If this amendment is passed by the voters, then under state law it can only be changed by another vote of the people.

“The term ‘domestic legal

union’ used in the amendment is not defined in North Carolina law.

“There is debate among legal experts about how this proposed constitutional amendment may impact North Carolina law as it relates to unmarried couples of same or opposite sex and same-sex couples legally married in another state, particularly in regard to employment-related benefits for domestic partners; domestic violence laws; child custody and visitation rights; and end-of-life arrangements. The courts will ultimately make those decisions.

“The amendment also says that private parties may still enter into contracts creating rights enforceable against each other. This means that unmarried persons, businesses and other private parties may be able to en-ter into agreements establishing personal rights, responsibilities, or benefits as to each other. The courts will decide the extent to which such contracts can be enforced.”

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Revival April 22 - 25 at Tryon Comm. Interdenominational Church

The Tryon Community In-terdenominational Church will hold its spring revival Monday, April 22 through Wednesday, April 25.

Pastor Larry Simpson of St. Luke Baptist Church in Lan-drum will speak on Sunday,

April 22 at 5:30 p.m. Pastor Gary Sherman of

Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Taylors, S.C. will speak on Monday, April 23 - Wednes-day, April 25 at 7 p.m.

– article submitted by Vennie Abrams

Foothills Parkinson’s Support Group to meet Thursday, April 18

The Foothills Parkinson’s Support Group meets the third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Landrum Li-brary. The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 18.

The support group serves the communities of Landrum, Tryon, Columbus, Saluda, Mill

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All are welcome and there is no charge. Call 864-457-4419 for additional information.

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Primary voting matters: Grab opportunity to vote early

Most years primary elections tend to draw smaller crowds - there may only be one party with multiple candidates for a seat or no amendments to drum up interest on the ballot.

In 2008, Polk County accounted for 14,560 registered voters. A total of 5,213, or 35.8 percent, turned out at the polls. In some areas, such as Tryon, the turnout moved closer to 45 percent.

But we believe this primary won’t follow the trend of past low voter turnout. There are important seats up for grabs come Novem-ber, and the primary now could have a lot to do with the direction those elections go. There is also the heavily debated Amendment 1 for voters to cast their decisions upon, and we’re talking about a constitutional amendment, not something to take lightly.

Early voting can be done at the Polk County Board of Elections Office, located on the second floor of the Womack building in Columbus Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., as well as at the Green Creek Family Life Center and the Mill Spring Fire Department Monday through Friday from noon until 7 p.m.

Early voting ends on Saturday, May 5, with all polling places open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. You will still have the chance to vote on May 8, of course, but unless you just thrill to the feeling of voting on Election Day, which some of us do, you can beat long lines and get your vote cast in a matter of minutes.

The primary will be held at all Polk polling places on Tuesday, May 8.

— Editorial staff, Tryon Daily Bulletin

Right to opinions but not own facts

To the editor:This letter is not about the

merits or demerits of Amendment 1. It is about the loss of legitimate debate in our society through repetition of lies, distortions and emotions, rather than facts. It would seem that many of our lawyers are not getting their money’s worth from our law schools. How else do we explain their seeming inability to study the history of law in our country and the facts of cases? First, we heard about the “unprecedented”

Letters to the Editor

act that would occur should the Supreme Court find components of a law unconstitutional (in other words, doing their job). Now, more locally, we hear similar statements about possible outcomes of passing

Amendment 1.Let’s take the example

of N.C. law professor Maxine Eichner - whom we must assume, since she is a law professor,

is teaching inaccuracies to her students. She stated that the amendment “…could prevent insurance companies from offering insurance benefits to same and opposite sex domestic partners.

Comments on our facebook pageTryon Daily Bulletin on March

30 posted a video by Erik Olsen on local businessman Henry Linder.

Nancy Honeman West said, “So amazing!! Henry hasn’t changed one bit, except to look younger!!”

Tim Linder said, “You don’t

know how many time I wished I had that drink box and cracker rack back as well as the old foldable wooden chairs he used to have. They would be great keepsakes! We used to have to go up on the weekend sometimes to defrost that drink box!!”

Please, find a trash can

To the editor:Over the years, I have found

that the bridge over Pacolet River, the Howes-Connor Bridge, has been a great place for people to throw beer bottles, cans, plastic bottles, and other trash over the side. Unfortunately the glass bottles will break.

Outside of littering, some do reach the river, others land on my property. After a few rains, much of this broken glass will probably wind up where the children play in the river at Harmon Field.

I could go on about what has been left, but that is not the main point in this letter.

Someone in an obvious hurry came down the embankment and used the ground in front of my just trimmed forsythia as a porta-potty, one without doors or walls. Also left was a large pile of partially used white napkins. Absolutely gross!


Surely you could have used the bathroom at Harmon Field, which was close by. I usually walk to the river daily to feed the fish and exercise the cats. I consider this to be part of my front yard, and technically it is. Shame on you….

My only consolation is that you broke a few poison ivy branches on your way from the road down the embankment. I certainly hope you took

a souvenir with you that may be as unpleasant as the one that you left for me.

While I am mentioning things, there have been two large dogs that have been using the yard as their highway. One is black and the other seems to be a fuzzy tan or cream color (possibly whitish). They usually come around after dark. These are rather big dogs, and the first picture I saw made me think that the black one was a coyote as coyotes are in the immediate area. No collars could be seen. I value my cats, so please keep your dogs at home. Thank you.. – Chris and Cornelia Heatherly


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Liberal tacticsTo the editor:I am re spond ing to two

letters in the Wednesday, April 11, Tryon Daily Bulletin titled, “Hate not a value,” and “What is the basis of our fears?”

Both writers paint everyone who disagrees with their views on gay marriage and the gay agenda with a very broad brush.

They imply tha t hate and fear motivates those who support the Marriage Amendment, when in reality the vast majority of the amendment’s supporters are caring, loving people who hold a different view related to the Bible and God’s original intent and ongoing plan for marriage and the family.

Those who ho ld l i be r a l views on social issues often use the tactic of putting labels on people who disagree with them. For instance, people who bel ieve that homosexual i ty i s a s in and no t a gene t i c predisposition are said to be homophobic.

Another example is saying that people who are pro-life

a re an t i -women . N e i t h e r c h a r g e i s t r u e i n t h e vas t major i ty of cases. This tactic

i s n o t h i n g b u t a n a t t e m p t to s i l ence those who ho ld a n o p p o s i n g v i e w. S a d l y, both letter writers took this approach. Perhaps they would do well to examine their own prejudices and biases.

– John Roberts, Tryon

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They say [don’t know who they are but what “they” say shouldn’t concern a law professor evaluating a law] it could also put in jeopardy the state’s right to allow same-sex or opposite-sex unmarried couples the right to make medical decisions if a partner is incapacitated, the right to make funeral and burial arrangements, inheritance rights if one dies without a will and the right to be named guardian if a domestic partner becomes incapacitated.’

Each of these statements is partially or totally untrue. Insurance companies are private entities determining their own benefit structure and not mentioned in this amendment.

The statutes relating to Living Wills, Health Care Power of Attorney and Durable Power of Attorney make no mention of limitations as to whom an individual may appoint to enact their wishes in these areas - the same applies to burial arrangements. Partially true are the issues of dying intestate (without a will).

However there are many issues that impact even current spouses and next of kin in these issues and these facts merely emphasize the importance of writing a will that designates inheritance and other details - certainly not a difficult task.

Then we have Ms. McDermott’s claim that “…what the proposed resolution tries to do is to establish an official government religious view for Polk County.” This statement is also not true as no particular religion is favoring

this view or mentioned in this amendment. Also, many opponents to the amendment oppose it on grounds that have nothing to do with religion.

We then have Mr. McIntyre lending some credence to the above statement by absurdly stating that “Your position to not support it was a no-confidence vote in the word of G-d”. An emotion-stirring argument if I ever heard one but not a legal argument at all and unrelated to the amendment’s outcome.

Ms Gass then discusses a psychological theory about a sexuality scale and the inability for a person to change sexual orientation. Firstly, these are speculations. More importantly, they have nothing germane to offer about the status of marriage under the law.

Ms. Gass goes further by asking “How to can we vote to make it (sexual orientation) illegal?” This amendment takes no stance on the legality of sexual orientation only the privilege of obtaining a license for marriage in our state.

As has been said many times, “You have the right to your own opinions but not to your own facts.”

Until we restore legitimate, truthful debate to our society, no difficult decisions will be honestly decided in government or public affairs. We should try to avoid stooping to the level of many of our elected officials who wish to govern by stirring emotions (demagoguery) rather than having an honest debate about facts.

– Stuart R Goldstein, Green Creek.


State shouldn’t write biases into constitution

To the editor:I am very concerned that

p a s s a g e o f A m e n d m e n t 1 would create dire, unintended consequences for chi ldren , other individuals and families.

I have drawn this c o n c l u s i o n f r o m reviews I have read by professors from UNC Law Schoo l . F u r t h e r , I f i n d i t bizarre to think that anyone would want to take rights away from citizens and write biases into the constitution of North Carolina.

Legal experts say that if some domestic legal unions now protected by law become invalid, agreements providing for children’s guardianship, making medica l dec i s ions ,

establishing inheritance rights, and related issues could be at risk.

Why would we want to harm our fellow citizens in this way? I do not believe that we really want to hurt each other simply to give a voice to our personal biases.

L e t ’s g e t o v e r t h e f u s s about our personal morals and

embrace wha t i s good for all people.

I do not support Amendment 1 and I a s k o t h e r s t o join me in loving

ourselves and every one of us as sacred beings – God’s children.

This was the message of Jesus as I understand it. If we love one another, we will vote “against” the consti tutional a m e n d m e n t o n o u r M a y 8 ballot.

– Roulettei Gildersleeve, Columbus



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skyuka Fine arT, 133 N. Trade St., Tryon. April 28, 5 - 8 p.m. Opening reception for “Cooley-McNamara,” a show of paintings by Gary Cooley and Michael McNamara. The show will run through May 31.

saluda cenTer, Jane Ratchford of Landrum is the featured artist for April. She creates her work using multimedia techniques, oil, acrylic and pastels. A reception for the show will be held Friday, April 27 from 5:30 - 7 p.m. The center is located at 4 Greenville Street. 828-749-3455 or 828-749-9245 for more information.

Tryon arTs & craFTs school, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon. Guitary building and art glass workshops this wee. The Wild, Wacky and Wooly Weekend Mania Workshops April 27-29 will include workshops in bladesmithing, silk painting, batik, purse making through wet felting tech-niques, kaleidoscope and jewelry making and more.

Tryon Fine arTs cenTer, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon. April 28 Greensboro Youth Symphony. Presented through TFAC’s Arts in Education program. Art in Bloom, May 12-13, TFAC, Tryon and Landrum.

Tryon liTTle TheaTer, 516 S. Trade St., Tryon. “Knock Knock,” by Jules Feiffer, on stage at the TLT Workshop April 19-21 and 26-28 at 8 p.m., and April 22 and 29 at 3 p.m. The box office is open at the workshop from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Call 828-859-2466

Tryon painTers & sculpTors, 26 Maple St., Tryon. Painter, Gary Page, featured artist until May 5. New classes offered in introduction to drawing, sculpture, oil painting and figure drawing. Contact Christine Mari-otti at [email protected] or 828-859-8392.

upsTairs arTspace, 49 S.Trade St., Tryon. “Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Art in Spartanburg,” presents artists who live and work in Spartanburg County. The impressive range of art covers painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, mixed media, sculpture, turned wood, and ceramic and fiber art. A handsome coffee table book about the artists is avail-able. The exhibit continues through April 28. Gallery hours: Tues. through Sat., noon to 6 p.m., Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. Contact: 828-859-2828 or visit www.upstairsartspace.org.

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NOTICE OFFORECLOSURE SALENORTH CAROLINA,

POLK COUNTY11 SP 79

Under and by virtue of aPower of Sale containedin that certain Deed ofTrust executed by MarkA. Shehan and TammyM. Shehan to TIM, Inc.,Trustee(s), dated March12, 1999, and recorded inBook 253, Page 2015,Polk County Registry,North Carolina. Defaulthaving been made in thepayment of the notethereby secured by thesaid Deed of Trust andthe undersigned, havingbeen substituted as Trus-tee in said Deed of Trustby an instrument duly re-corded in the Office of theRegister of Deeds of PolkCounty, North Carolina,and the holder of the noteevidencing said indebted-ness having directed thatthe Deed of Trust be fore-closed, the undersignedSubstitute Trustees willoffer for sale at the Court-house Door in PolkCounty, North Carolina,at 11:45AM on May 02,2012, and will sell to thehighest bidder for cashthe following describedproperty, to wit:

Beginning at a point inthe centerline of WhiteOak Creek, said point be-ing located South 21 de-grees 00 minutes 00 sec-onds West 189.06 feetfrom an existing iron pinmarking the terminus ofthe 14th course of theDaniel Shehan propertydescribed in Deed Book161, Page 944, PolkCounty Registry, and

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runs thence from said be-ginning point, South 21degrees 00 minutes 00seconds West 44.81 feetto a point; thence South62 degrees 13 minutes44 seconds West 94.96feet to a point; thenceSouth 16 degrees 36minutes 06 seconds East90.21 feet to a point;thence South 49 degrees49 minutes 02 secondsWest 194.05 feet to apoint in the centerline ofState Road #1330;thence with the centerlineof State Road #1330,South 88 degrees 11minutes 58 seconds West94.18 feet to a point;thence North 89 degrees30 minutes 00 secondsWest 71.63 feet to apoint; thence leaving thecenterline of said StateRoad #1330, North 18degrees 50 minutes 59seconds East 651.80 feetto a point in the centerlineof White Oak Creek;thence with centerline ofsaid creek, South 56 de-grees 22 minutes 28 sec-onds East 89.53 feet to apoint; thence South 40degrees 58 minutes 04seconds East 142.45 feetto a point; thence South03 degrees 30 minutes26 seconds East 159.94feet to the point andplace of beginning. Con-taining 3.01 acres andbeing the same propertyas shown on a survey en-titled "Mark A. Shehan"dated January 3, 1992and prepared by Barry L.Collins, R.L.S. of Etowah,N.C. Being a portion ofthe Daniel Shehan prop-erty as described in DeedBook 161, Page 944,Polk County Registry. Be-ing that parcel of landconveyed to Mark A.Shehan, single from Dan-iel J. Shehan and wife,Ruby C. Shehan by thatdeed dated 01/03/92 andrecorded 01/24/92 inDeed Book 212, at Page204 of the Polk County,NC Public Registry. Saidproperty is commonlyknown as 731 John She-han Road, Tryon, NC28782. Third party pur-chasers must pay the ex-cise tax, pursuant to

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N.C.G.S. 105-228.30, inthe amount of One Dollar($1.00) per each FiveH u n d r e d D o l l a r s($500.00) or fractionalpart thereof, and theClerk of Courts fee, pur-suant to N.C.G.S.7A-308, in the amount ofForty-five Cents (45) pereach One Hundred Dol-lars ($100.00) or frac-tional part thereof or FiveH u n d r e d D o l l a r s

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($500.00), whichever isgreater. A deposit of fivepercent (5%) of the bid,or Seven Hundred FiftyDollars ($750.00), which-ever is greater, will be re-quired at the time of thesale and must be ten-dered in the form of certi-fied funds. Following theexpiration of the statutoryupset bid period, all theremaining amounts willbe immediately due and

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owing. Said property tobe offered pursuant tothis Notice of Sale is be-ing offered for sale, trans-fer and conveyance ASIS WHERE 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 is

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made subject to all priorliens, unpaid taxes, spe-cial assessments, landtransfer taxes, if any, andencumbrances of record.To the best of the knowl-edge and belief of the un-dersigned, the currentowner(s) of the propertyis/are Mark A. Shehan.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:An order for possessionof the property may be is-

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

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Brian Free and Assurance at Landrum First Baptist April 20

Landrum First Baptist Church will host Brian Free and Assur-ance in a love offering concert on Friday, April 20 at 7 p.m. The group presented a well-received performance at the church last summer.

Brian Free is one of the most recognizable southern gospel tenors of this generation. Since 1982, he has been at the forefront of southern gospel music since first joining Gold City Quartet, then moving on to form his own group.

Brian Free and Assurance are currently nominated for eight Singing News Fan Awards. Col-lectively, the group is nominated for favorite artist, traditional quartet and song of the year for “I Believe.” Individually, Brian Free is nominated for favorite male singer and favorite tenor. Bill Shivers is nominated for favorite lead singer, Derrick Selph for favorite baritone singer and Jeremy Lile as favorite bass singer.

Free said southern gospel music has always been his first love, and fans have responded to his music by honoring him and the group with awards such as favorite male singer, favorite tenor (record of eight times), favorite young artist (twice), favorite Horizon group, favorite album (“4 God So Loved”). Most recently, the group’s song “Long as I Got King Jesus” received a Dove Award for Southern Gospel Recorded Song.

Brian Free and Assurance have appeared on “Prime Time Coun-try” (TNN), “Hee Haw” (CBS), “The Today Show” (NBC) and 27 of the “Gaither Video” series. Free has also hosted the hit show “Four” on GMC.

Organizers said although the group’s members come from different backgrounds, they all agree on one thing, and that is to use their God-given abilities to take the message of Jesus Christ to everyone they can.

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Sound unbelievable? Yes it is, because you’ve been had. This is a very famous hand called the Mississippi Heart Hand. It was a favorite set-up hand that the Missis-sippi river boat gamblers used back during the Civil war period and as you can see it cost some gullible and greedy players a lot of money. The fact that it was cheating is a moot point. The entire hand layout is shown to the left.

After West leads the Ace of Dia-monds, South is held to six tricks in a Heart contract And, in reality, he can’t make game in any contract. He can make 9 tricks in a Spade contract and 10 tricks in a Club contract.

Although this hand is quite entertain-ing, that’s not the only reason I have presented it. The lesson here is to get you think about taking the time to reason out an opponents actions and to assess the risk versus rewards benefit on your action when situations look they‘re too good to be true. On the above hand, one should reason that West can’t be doubling on just a Ace or two. That double should warn South that there’s something to be concerned about and maybe he shouldn’t bid on. If you were astute enough not to redouble you saved yourself a lot of money. And if you took the bait and redoubled, you just paid a high price to learn that when something looks like a sure thing it’s time to do some serious thinking before you commit to compounding the situation.

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Tryon Little Theater (TLT) presents “Knock Knock,” by Jules Feiffer at the TLT Work-shop, 516 S. Trade Street, Tryon. Plays at 8 p.m. Thurs-days, Fridays and Saturdays, April 19-21 and April 26-28 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22 and 29. Box office open at the Workshop Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 828-859-2466.

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Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include movie matinee at 10 a.m. and bingo 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.

PCHS JV/V baseball at home vs. Thomas Jefferson, 4 p.m.

PCHS V. softball at home vs. Thomas Jefferson, 4 p.m.

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

Foothills Astronomy Club meets the third Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at FENCE in the great room. Enter through the back of the building and ask for Jessie Willard. Free.

Narcotics Anon., Saluda Senior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.

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Nelson to teach portrait-painting workshop at Skyuka Fine Art April 20-22

Richard Christian Nelson (Rich Nelson) will teach a three-day portrait painting workshop in Tryon April 20-22. The class will take place at the Nelson’s Skyuka Fine Art gallery from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day.

Artists will work from life over the weekend to grasp the fundamentals of portraiture. This workshop is open to all media, but oil will be emphasized. The class size is limited to 12.

The artists will concentrate on painting the portrait from live models. Nelson will offer lectures, demos and group “critiques” (mostly just putting the paint-ings along the wall and having each artist say “how it’s going”). Email [email protected] or call 828-859-0318 for more information.

Nelson is an accomplished portrait and gallery artist who lives in Tryon. He earned his B.F.A. from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich. in 1988. Nelson taught anatomy, figure drawing and painting at CCS part-time after graduating. He has been working ever since as a portrait artist, gallery artist and instructor. You can view his work and learn about this and other upcoming workshops at richard-christiannelson.com or read about his recent awards and notable commissions at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christian_Nelson.

– article submitted by Kim NelsonA portrait of Charlotte Barkhouser by Rich Nelson. (photo submitted by Kim Nelson)

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