06-13-11 Daily Bulletin

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by Barbara Tilly

The Polk County Appearance Commission recently announced its 2011 beautification awards. Winners ranged from a complex project that completely renovated the exterior of a historic building and updated its landscaping to a simpler project that planted much-needed trees in a public space. Winners received plaques at the Polk commissioners meeting June 6.

The four projects recognized in 2011 are as follows:

• Tryon Depot, 22 Depot Street, Tryon; Andy Millard, renter and project developer. The old Tryon train station exterior was completely renovated, including demolition to the framing.

• 4 Hunting Country Trails, Tryon; Sally McPherson, home owners association president and developer; Michael Patterson,

Commissioners debate Polk budgetPublic hearing tonight at 7 p.m.by Leah Justice

Polk County commissioner Tom Pack, who recently proposed a county budget that caused commissioner Renée McDermott to say he was “try-ing to play Santa Claus,” walked into the county meeting Monday, June 6

wearing a Santa Claus hat. The gesture was evidence of the continuing dis-agreement among commissioners about the county’s proposed 2011-12 budget.

Commissioners continued their de-bate June 6 on which budget proposal is best: Polk County Manager Ryan Whitson’s no tax increase proposal or

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Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and dis-cussion of relevant issues; inter-denominational. 828-859-5051.

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

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TDDA Downtown Update Coffee, Tuesday, June 14 from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. at Tryon Fine Arts Center. All are invited. Call 828-859-8322 for info.

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Tuesday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, June 14 at 10 a.m. at the American Legion in Tryon.

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

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Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congrega-tional Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Parkinson’s Support Group, third Wednesday each month, 1:30 p.m., large meeting room at Landrum Library, 864-457-2824. All welcome.

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

Polk Soil & Water Conser-vation District Board Meeting is normally held the last Monday of each month at the Mill Spring Ag & Community Center. This month the meeting date has been changed to Monday, June 13 at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited. Call 828-894-8550 for more information.

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landscape director. Landscaping im-provements were made to the Hunt-ing Country Trails property entry.

• West end parking lot, 110 W. Main Street, Saluda; City of Sa-luda, owner and project developer. The west end parking lot in Saluda, which is also used for outdoor

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events, has been improved by the planting of two large trees, which are surrounded by defined planters.

• Exit 59 at I-26 ramps, Sa-luda; N.C. DOT, owner and de-veloper; Richard Queen, Hwy. Division 14, division roadside environmental engineer. The public lands on either side of the ramps received new tree plantings of various types.

Appearance Commission chair Joe Cooper (left in all photos) gave plaques to 2011 Beautification Award winners at the June 6 county meeting: Sally McPherson of Hunting Country Trails (above), Walter Hoover of the N.C. DOT (above right) and Saluda Mayor Fred Baisden (right). Andy Millard was not present. (photos by Leah Justice)

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Pack’s tax decrease proposal.Residents can weigh in on

the debate tonight, June 13, dur-ing a budget public hearing at 7 p.m. at the Womack building in Columbus.

Commissioner McDermott read a statement during the June 6 meeting saying the Pack/Ow-ens budget would “damage” the county (see the full statement on page 7). McDermott and commis-sioners Cindy Walker and Ray Gasperson support Whitson’s budget proposal, while com-missioner Ted Owens supports Pack’s proposal.

Pack and Owens argued that the county has ample fund bal-ance, with Pack saying the fund balance is projected to be $4.8 million at the end of this fiscal year.

McDermott said the county’s fund balance would pay the county’s operating expenses for only three months. She said the

county will have capital needs in the future, such as replacing the Lake Adger dam and building a water plant.

“To have three months backup in these uncertain times is cer-tainly not much,” said McDer-mott. “We also have other capital needs in the future. Why borrow the money if there’s a way we can build up reserves without paying interest charges and increase our debt? I’d rather do pay-as-you-go.”

Pack said the county finance officer is conservative and the county averages ending each year with a revenue surplus of between $500,000 and $750,000 after expenditures to add to the fund balance. Pack also ques-tioned the county’s decision to pay off $1.9 million of debt, which was paid with fund balance last year before Pack was elected.

Pack said, looking back at the last two years, the county’s excess at year-end 2010 would have grown by $1.4 million if monies hadn’t been spent. The

year before, Pack said, the fund balance would have grown by $1.59 million.

“Our fund balance is grow-ing,” Pack said. “We are putting money away… this year you paid off $1.9 million in debt with fund balance so it dropped the fund balance by $1.9 million.”

But McDermott argued the county saved hundreds of thou-sands of dollars in interest by paying off debt early.

“Pack and Owens argue that we should spend every cent of revenue, even revenue they fan-tasize is still available from two years in the past,” McDermott said. “That money was already used by the majority to pay down Polk County’s debt. It’s no longer available. They make no provi-sion for capital reserves in any year, even though it’s well known that we have capital needs now and that more will appear in the future. No responsible business-man would do that.”

Pack’s budget proposes to pull $244,798 out of fund balance to

give taxpayers a tax cut equal to $300,444.60, or a 1.14-cent reduction in the tax rate.

McDermott said last week that Pack’s tax reduction would equal a little more than $10 for a taxpayer with a home worth $100,000. The exact tax savings for Pack’s proposal would mean an $11.40 tax bill decrease for a $100,000 home or a $22.80 de-crease for a $200,000 home (see the chart on page 6). McDermott said on a vehicle worth $10,000, Pack’s tax cut would mean a sav-ings of $1.

Pack’s tax cut would decrease the tax rate from its current 52 cents per $100 of valuation to 50.86 cents per $100 of valuation.

“What would commissioners Pack and Owens’ budget and proposed 1 cent tax cut do for taxpayers?” asked McDermott. “It would save a taxpayer with a $100,000 house $10 a year. It would save a taxpayer with a $10,000 car $1 per year. That’s

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all. But what would that budget do to Polk County, its children and other citizens? A lot of dam-age.”

Pack’s budget includes raises for some sheriff’s office, jail and communication employees and leaves the employee insurance deductibles at $500. Whitson’s proposed budget includes no salary increases and money to put into future Lake Adger dam repairs and a fuel contingency. Whitson’s budget proposes for employee health insurance de-ductibles to rise to $1,000 be-ginning on Jan. 1, 2012 to avoid adding an estimated $160,000 to insurance in the budget.

Owens said commissioners have heard the county has an increase in revenues and made suggestions for capital improve-ments, including improvements at Stearns Gym and possibly the purchase of a tractor for the recreation park and a truck for the

maintenance department.“I’m not sure you understand

the budget,” Owens told Mc-Dermott. “I’ll be honest with you.”

Pack said his budget is very

sustainable, saying there is about $240,000 for next year for one-time expenditures and the county will have that money for the next year’s budget, plus the average $500,000 to $750,000 average



Pack’s proposed tax cut Annual tax bill @

Home value 52 cents 50.86 cents Annual savings

$100,000 $520 $508.60 $11.40$150,000 $780 $762.90 $17.10$200,000 $1,040 $1,017.20 $22.80$250,000 $1,300 $1,271.50 $28.50$300,000 $1,560 $1,525.80 $34.20$400,000 $2,080 $2,034.40 $45.60$500,000 $2,600 $2,543.00 $57.00$600,000 $3,120 $3,051.60 $68.40$700,000 $3,640 $3,560.20 $79.80$800,000 $4,160 $4,068.80 $91.20$900,000 $4,680 $4,577.40 $102.60$1 million $5,200 $5,086.00 $114.00

Note: Annual savings is based on a tax rate of 50.86 cents per $100 of valuation, or a 1.14 cent tax decrease from the county’s current 52 cent tax rate. One penny in Polk County generates $262,770 in revenue. Pack is proposing to cut the tax rate by $300,444.6. The tax bills shown do not include any local fire tax or the transfer station availability fee.

end of the year excess.“That leaves us money for

future projects and it continues to grow,” said Pack. “Anyone who

understands the budget can see that it’s a sustainable budget. You can play politics all you want. “

Commissioners could make changes to the budget following tonight’s public comments.

A poll the Bulletin recently ran on its website asked residents if commissioners should lower taxes as Pack has suggested. The majority of persons who an-swered the question were not in favor of a tax cut, with 110 “no” votes, or 56 percent, compared to 87 “yes” votes, or 44 percent.

Public Notices

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINACOUNTY OF POLK

IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

DISTRICT COURT DIVISION.NOTICE OF THE DOCKETING OF

THE JUDGMENT.TOWN OF TRYON & POLK

COUNTYPLAINTIFFS.

VSSARAH TAYLOR

DEFENDANTPursuant to the requirements

of General Statute 105-375, notice is hereby given to Sarah Taylor, as Listing Taxpayer and current owner, that a judgment of foreclosure will be docketed against the property described below July 20, 2011.

That property containing, .35 acre, more or less, as shown on Polk County Tax Map T4, Parcels D18 and further described in Deed Book 195, Page 19 and recorded in the Polk County Registry.

Execution will be issued on the Judgment, and the property will be sold as provided by law.

The tax lien, including interests and cost, may be paid before the judgment is docketed and at any time thereafter as allowed by law.

This notice was prepared on June 6, 2011

Pamela B. JusticeTown of Tryon Tax Collectoradv. 6/13, 20


Five residents also called or came into the office to answer the poll, with three of those residents vot-ing “yes” on the tax cut and two residents voting “no.”

Commissioners are scheduled to adopt the new budget next Monday, June 20. The new bud-get year will begin July 1.

McDermott issues statement on Polk budgetEditor’s note: The following

is a statement read during the county’s June 6 meeting by Polk County Commissioner Renée McDermott regarding a budget proposed by commissioner Tom Pack.

There’s been quite a bit of discussion about what budget the county commissioners should adopt: A responsible one that keeps Polk County on a sound track of fiscal responsibility? Or an unsustainable budget that spends every cent that Polk County takes in, and spends more from its capital reserves, with no regard for the future?

Let’s look at the facts.What would commissioners

Pack and Owens’ budget and proposed 1 cent tax cut do for taxpayers? It would save a tax-

payer with a $100,000 house $10 a year. It would save a taxpayer with a $10,000 car $1 per year. That’s all.

But what would that budget do to Polk County, its children and other citizens? A lot of damage.

Maybe most important , it would cause Polk County Schools to lose its wonderful preschool program that gives our children a strong start on their educations. The school system says that the preschool program is the basis for our children’s high test scores in math and reading in the elementary years, placing them at and near the top of all North Carolina schools. That would be lost. There would be no money left over for it.

Their budget would take away $39,000 from the plan-

ning department’s funding. That would stop, or terribly curb, Polk County’s work on implement-ing the comprehensive plan and Unified Development Ordinance, projects that Polk County citizens have wanted and worked hard on for many years. That would be lost. Intentionally starved by lack of funding.

Their budget would take a large chunk of money out of Polk County’s fuel contingency, when the price of gasoline is high and is likely to go higher.

It would cut fully half the money set aside this year to repair the Lake Adger dam, when the State of North Carolina could require the county to fix it at any time. Their budget could cause



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And their budget would not set aside a cent toward the pro-posed Lake Adger water treat-ment plant, which, while some years away, will cost $7 million to $10 million. Shouldn’t we be planning ahead for that, rather than spending every cent the county takes in, as Pack and Owens insist?

That’s the damage that would be done, and more. Pack and

Owens argue that we should spend every cent of revenue, even revenue they fantasize is still available from two years in the past. (That money was al-ready used by the majority to pay down Polk County’s debt. It’s no longer available.) They make no provision for capital reserves in any year, even though it’s well known that we have capital needs now and that more will appear in the future. No responsible busi-nessman would do that.

No responsible businessman would raid capital reserves to pay current operating costs, as Pack and Owens propose, especially with no way to pay those oper-ating costs (pay raises for some Polk County employees but not for others) in the future.

Once salaries are raised and a tax cut is made, as Pack and Owens propose, there would be no way to sustain that raise and cut in the next year, and taxes

would need to be raised. That’s surely not a deal Polk County taxpayers want. But it would be what the Pack/Owens budget would require.

And what a coincidence, the tax increase would be required in an election year, just as Pack and Owens intend. They want to force the county into that box, feeling sure that the responsible majority on the board of commis-sioners would take the necessary step, just in time for Pack and Owens to demagogue it in the election. Of course, Pack and Owens would not vote for the budget with a tax increase and would blame it on the majority, even though they would have caused the need for an increase. Pack has voted in favor of only one budget in all his years as a county commissioner.

It’s well known that the state legislature has passed a budget sun-setting the temporary 1 cent

sales tax, and that those revenues will be lost to the counties. That will bring Polk County’s revenues down next year. But Pack and Owens ignore that in proposing their unrealistic, ir-responsible and unsustainable budget.

Pack and Owens tried a simi-lar Santa Claus stunt several years ago. Pack announced a ¼ cent tax cut. Owens said in an open meeting, “I’ll do you one better,” and proposed a ½ cent tax cut, neither of which was available in the budget. The responsible majority wisely said no.

The taxpayers must have seen through their stunt that time. Both Pack and Owens were voted out of office in the next election, contrary to how they thought their scheme would work. There should be such a lesson for the taxpayers this time around too.

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Thomas TiptonThomas Hendricks Tipton,

68, of Tryon died June 9, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Heart Center. He was the son of Ross Frederick and Helen Lucile Hendricks Tipton of Tryon.

Obituaries He retired seven years ago as director of communica-tions for Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla.

He was an avid hobbyist in model trains, wrote and published a book, “Unofficial Guide to Universal Studios,” and liked to travel around the United States and Europe. He

was also a fan of the figures of the old West and was currently writing a book on the history of the West.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by a daughter, Christina Hammock, and her husband, Damion, of Orlando, Fla.; a sister, Mary Catherine Holcomb of Tryon, and three

grandchildren.No services are planned.Memorials may be made to

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Jimmi Buell leads the second in a series of financial literacy classes as part of the Individual Development Account program coordinated by WCCA. The program provides matching funds for individuals looking to start their own business, return to school or purchase their first home. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

by Samantha Hurst

Imagine the government of-fering you $2,000 so long as you managed to save $1,000 on your own. This could soon be a real possibility for four Polk County residents participating in the Individual Development Ac-count (IDA) program currently coordinated by Western Carolina Community Action.

Maryann Festa serves as the Family Self-Sufficiency/IDA coordinator for WCCA. She said after working as a social worker for 15 years, she knows how dif-ficult it can be for lower income individuals to put food on the table, let alone fund their own start-up costs for a business or pay for college courses.

“You can’t walk into a bank and get 200 percent interest on your savings ever,” Festa said. “Yet, if these people stay commit-ted, they can get that. For the first time in my career this program makes me feel like we can do more than just put a Band-Aid on someone’s life. We can help them move forward.”

The IDA program is made available through the Office of Community Services in Washing-ton, D.C. and the North Carolina Department of Labor.

Participants in the program commit to save at least $40 a month up to $1,000. If they do so, the program then kicks back a match of $2,000. They can then put that money to use for small business capitalization, education or first time home ownership (a similar program focusing primar-ily on homeownership is cur-

IDA program jumpstarting new Polk businesses

rently seeking applicants).Three out of the four individu-

als in this series are seeking to gain capital for businesses, while the fourth wants to save funds to return to college.

Woodworker and carpenter Chris Carroll scrambled after the housing crash a few years ago to find work. He had spent much of his working life building homes and custom items like cabinets and decks. Carroll just recently found himself back in business for himself, creating custom pieces such as furniture, bird-houses and picnic tables.

Getting himself back to work was one thing, but Carroll wants to invest in his neighbors as well. Through the IDA program he hopes to save several thousand dollars to purchase additional equipment and possibly put at least six additional people to work at his shop in Mill Spring.

Aside from keeping busy as the mother of 11 children, Mar-tha Grayber is also an aspiring entrepreneur.

Grayber recently moved from an Amish community where she learned a lot about grinding her own wheat to produce homemade breads. She recently began sell-ing this bread at the PolkFresh farm store at the Mill Spring

Agricultural Center. That’s not all Grayber does, though. She fills the rest of her “free time” sewing pillowcase dresses for little girls, crafting purses out of

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own store where I can sell my homemade breads and the vari-ous craft items I make,” Grayber said. “I’m always looking for new ideas, too.”

Saving money is not the only requirement for these ambitious business owners, however. Festa said WCCA wants these men and

women to become more self-sufficient with regard to money management. So, the program also requires 21 hours of financial literacy classes.

These hours can be obtained by attending regular workshops set up by WCCA and by working with Festa and other profession-als to receive credit counseling.

The required workshops in-clude:

• A two-part series on “How to be a smart consumer,” taught by Extension Agent Jimmi Buell.

• A three-part series on “Man-age your money” and a ses-sion on “How to improve your credit,” both taught by Diana Winkler.

• “Investing basics,” led by Jay Geddings of Edward Jones in Columbus.

• “Insurance: What kind? What for? Why do I need it?” led by David Page of Farm Bureau in Columbus. The community partners com-

mitted to teach the classes receive no monetary compensation for doing so, Festa said.

“The only way we can see positive growth is when a com-munity invests in their people,” Festa said.

White Oak Manor and St. Luke’s Hospital invite the com-munity to meet their newest general surgeon, F. Augustus “Gus” Dozier, MD, of Atlanta, Ga., and Highlands, N.C.

Dr. Dozier has joined Hol-leman Surgical to provide ex-panded services to Polk County and the surrounding area.

Dr. Dozier brings 36 years of experience to Holleman Surgi-cal and St. Luke’s Hospital, where he provides emergency

and acute surgical care. At St. Luke’s Hospital, Dr.

Dozier practices a full range of general and laparoscopic surgery with a focus on breast care for women.

Dr. Dozier is certified by the American Board of Surgery with additional certification in advanced trauma.

He’s a fellow of the Ameri-can College of Surgeons and assistant clinical professor of surgery of the Medical Col-

lege of Georgia. In addition, he served as a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve for 10 years.

If you would like to meet Dr. Dozier, plan to attend the recep-tion held on Thursday, June 23, from 3 - 5 p.m. at White Oak Manor in Tryon. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Call 828-894-2408 with questions or to RSVP.

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Letter to the Editor

Thank you, Tom ‘Santa Claus’ Pack

To the Editor: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa

Claus!When growing up I couldn’t

wait until Christmas to see what Santa Claus had brought. But wait, I grew up and found out otherwise.

Oh, but wait, there is a Santa Claus and his name is Tom Pack. He has proposed a one-cent tax cut to the citizens of Polk County.

Oh, but wait, the Christmas Scrooge (Rene McDermott) doesn’t think we should get it. If I recall, we all pay taxes here in Polk County so it’s our money.

So I urge our county commis-sioners to do the right thing. Give us the tax cut we deserve.

– David Moore

Flag Day ceremony held June 14Polk County Memorial Post

#250 of the American Legion will hold a ceremony in honor of Flag Day on Tuesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. at the Legion Hall, located at 43 Depot Street in Tryon.

A local scout troop will be on hand to help with the cer-emony. The public is invited to attend. A guest speaker has been invited to attend the ceremony.

– article submitted by Roger Durham

Landrum Library holds ‘Family Fun Night’ June 14

Landrum Library will hold Family Fun Night Tuesday, June 14 at 6 p.m. There will be activities related to China, such as making a dragon fan and us-ing chop sticks.

The oriental evening will

include a snack and fun for all ages.

For more information about this, and other summer reading activities, call 864-457-2218.

– article submitted by Nancy Caldwell

Local students named to dean’s list at Western Carolina University

The following local students have been named to the Western Carolina University dean’s list for spring semester 2011:

• Kenneth Scott Hamby of Columbus;

• Jonathan Baxter Wilson of Mill Spring;

• Janine Marie Paris of Sa-luda;

• Kayla Danielle Shipman of Saluda;

• Matthew Sanders Alexan-der of Tryon;

• Robert Brett Butler of Tryon;

• Joshua Dewese Durham of Tryon;

• Sofia C. Lilly of Tryon.A total of 1,807 students

have been named to the dean’s list for the spring semester, according to Linda Seestedt-Stanford, WCU interim provost and vice chancellor for aca-demic affairs.

To qualify for the dean’s list, students must achieve at least a 3.5 grade-point aver-age out of a possible 4.0 on a regular semester’s work of not less than 12 hours, excluding remedial courses, with no grade of D or F.

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Most of us are familiar with the “red bird” - the local name for the Northern Cardinal, but cardinals are not the only red birds here in western North Carolina.

We have two additional species that may be confused with the far more widespread and abundant cardinal. These are the summer and scarlet tanagers. Both of these species are neotropical migrants that spend the winter in Central or South America and the breed-ing season here with us in the Carolinas - both arriving in our area around the second week of April.

Aside from being predomi-nantly red in coloration, there is not a great deal of similarity between the male cardinal and the two tanagers. We should all be familiar with most, if not all, of the cardinal’s field marks.

The males are medium-sized songbirds with uniformly red plumage, a large pink-orange bill adapted for cracking seeds, a black face and, of course, a crest that can be raised or low-ered – depending on the bird’s mood. They are found in a range of habitats from lowland to the highlands, from coastal

scrub to mountain thickets – a true sign of a very adaptable species.

Both tanagers are a little smaller than the cardinal and do not show any crest at all. Let’s start with the more common of the two species, especially here in our area of North Caro-lina. This is the scarlet tanager – truly a bird of the South American rain-forests where it joins dozens of resident tana-ger species to spend the northern winter. It is a fairly common bird in the rich deciduous forest that covers the mountains and can be easy to see in the low to mid elevations along the Blue Ridge Escarp-ment. The males are blood red in coloration, set off with jet black wings and tail. The bill is yellowish and not anywhere near as massive as that of the cardinal.

The female scarlet tanager mirrors her mate’s plumage, except that her colors are a muted green instead of flame red. What is interesting is that after the breeding season, the

Tanagers - the other western North Carolina red birdmale molts his beautiful red feathers and becomes green like the female. However he retains his dark wings and tail.

The summer tanager is an un-common migrant through west-ern North Carolina, although it is a fairly common species in the foothills and coastal plain.

This species prefers mixed deciduous and p i n e w o o d -lands and can also occur in pine planta-tions.

The sum-mer is quite dif-

ferent from the scarlet tanager, with the male having a larger and paler bill, deep rose-red body feathers and no dark wings or tail.

The female is again unicol-ored and can range from yellow-green to golden brown - quite different fromn the female of the scarlet tanager. Also, once the male acquires his breeding colors, he does not molt them into a winter plumage.

Another major difference between the tanagers and the cardinal is their vocalizations. Cardinals sing a rich, loud roll-

ing song with strong phrases and clear notes, while the scar-let tanager’s song is a burry, harsh scratching warble – remi-niscent of the song of the Amer-ican robin, although without the sweetness. The song of the summer tanager is richer and clearer than that of the scarlet tanager and more robin-like in its quality. The call-notes of all three species are quite different.

The best way to find either the scarlet or the summer tana-ger is to thoroughly familiarize yourself with all of their songs by listening to tapes or CDs and then head out into the woods to see who you can find. This is always a challenge, but once accomplished, you will be sur-prised at how many tanagers are here in our woodlands.

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


The Tryon Rotary Club coordinated a packing event in which 25,000 m e a l s w e r e packed by 135 local individuals. This event was held at the open basketball court located at Harmon F ield Saturday, May 21. These mea l s w i l l be shipped to Haiti to be used by a local Rotary Club for a noon meal as children learn to read. The Tryon Congregational Church, members o f t he Ro ta r y Club, Holy Cross Episcopal Church and the Rotar y C lub o f Tr yon Foundation were major sponsors for the event. “Stop Hunger Now” supplied the ingredients that were put into individual packages, weighed, sealed, placed in boxes and strapped to a pallet that will be loaded in a container for the Caribbean island. Above is a group hard at work preparing food for the hungry. (photo submitted by Chas McKeller)

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