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Tryon Daily Bulletin

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Vol. 84 / No. 239

Tryon, N.C. 28782

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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Polk deer season will be longer in 2012 Changes become effective Aug. 1, 2012

by Leah Justice

Boy Scout Troop 659 of Columbus will host an American flag retirement ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 17 at Veterans Park in Columbus at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend.

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

Today

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m.

- noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.

Creative Change film series will open with “Celebrate What’s Right with the World” Thursday, Jan. 12 at 9:30 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. at the Tryon Fire Department, 423 N. Trade St., Tryon. Pre-register at 828894-2408 or kwoodham@ saintlukeshospital.com. Sponsored by the newly reorganized wellness coalition now known as Polk Fit, Fresh and Friendly (PF3).

Saluda Center Thursday (Continued on page 2)

Polk County hunters will officially have two more weeks of deer hunting this year as the N.C. Wildlife Commission approved

changing Polk County from the conservative deer season classification to the moderate classification.

N.C. Wildlife Commission’s Legislative Liaison Chris Dillon alerted N.C. Rep. David Guice’s office of the change on Jan. 3.

“The change in Polk County from a conservative deer season to a moderate deer season will take effect on Aug. 1, 2012,” stated an email from Dillon.

“The rule has been approved by (Continued on page 4)

White-tailed deer. (source: www.ncwildlife.org)

Renovation of Landrum Depot could begin in late May, be finished by end of 2012

by Samantha Hurst

Architect John Walters presented an update to Landrum City Council on the progress of renovation plans for the Landrum depot during a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Walters said if everything fol-

lows schedule, the construction phase on the depot could begin near the end of May, with the building set to be completed by the end of 2012.

Walters submitted revised drawings to the council Tuesday night and said he and city admin-

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istrator Steve Wolochowicz will meet with the Landrum Design Review Board today, Jan. 12. He said the rest of the process should play out as follows: • Completion of design and (Continued on page 6)

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• Calendar (continued from page 1)

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001.

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

Landrum Library, Lap Babies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nursery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays.

Call 828-457-2218.

Polk County Historical Association Museum open Thursdays, 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.

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

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Correction/Clarification

The front-page article about the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration program in the Tuesday, Jan. 10 Bulletin should have given the name of the character being portrayed by Eleanor Miller as Dorothy Height.

Board will meet Thursday, Jan. 12 at 5 p.m. at the Womack Building in Columbus.

Western Carolina Community Action, a nonprofit human services agency for low-income residents, the elderly and children in western N.C., including Polk County, will hold its board of directors’ monthly meeting Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Etowah Lions Club in Etowah, N.C. 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.

Polk County Republican general member meeting, Thursday, Jan. 12, 7 p.m., new location: Womack Building, 40 Courthouse St., Columbus.

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.

Friday

Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include movie matinee at 10 a.m. and bingo at 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Saluda Community Library

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High 60, low 27.

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High 42, low 26.

Tuesday’s weather was: High 57, low 47, 0.74 inches of rain.

Obituaries Robert Paul Crow, p. 15

will hold preschool storytime each Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. Storytime is open to all area preschoolers and caregivers.

Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Commerce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy. 108), Tryon. 828-8940293.

Tryon Toy Makers Museum, open Friday 2 - 6 p.m., 43 E. Howard St., Tryon. 828-2906600.

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

Singing for Soldiers will be held at Sunny View Elementary School Friday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m.

Michael Upright, Soldiers of the Cross and the Green River Boys will perform. Admission is a small bag of personal items for soldiers in Afghanistan, such as small containers of toothpaste, soap, deodorant, shaving cream, black watch caps, razors, etc.

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

Saturday

Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – noon.

There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided.

Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, 150 Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-

899-0673 for more information.

House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Saturdays, 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. 828290-6600.

Monday

Columbus Town Hall will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

There will be no changes in trash pick-up schedules.

Polk County government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The offices will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Saluda City Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 16 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. City hall will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 8:30 a.m.

Garbage service will run as usual.

Tryon Town Hall will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

There will be no changes in trash pick-up schedules.

Please submit Curb Reporter items in writing at least two days prior to publication. Items must include a name and telephone number of a contact person.

Items will be printed in order by date of event, as space allows.

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New Realities panel discussion on global economy set for Jan. 17 “New Realities: The Global Economy” will be held at the Tryon Depot at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 17. Sponsored and hosted

by Millard & Company, the event is the second in the New Realities series. The first event, held in August, focused on the real estate industry.

Topics for the Jan. 17 event will include changes in the world economy, the rise of China, challenges and opportunities in western North Carolina and what to expect going forward.

The discussion will feature a diverse panel of business experts: • Economist Dr. Jody Lipford, Presbyterian College professor of economics and business administration • Scott Hamilton, CEO of Advantage West, Western North Carolina’s regional economic development commission • Bob Quattlebaum, former VP of the Cryovac Global

Panelists Kathy Toomey (center) and Madelon Wallace (partially obscured) discuss new realities in real estate at the New Realities event in August 2011. The second event in the series is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Tryon Depot. (photo submitted by Michele Deudne)

Laminates Business, with operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia, and

current head of Hooper Creek Associates • Andy Millard of Millard &

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• Deer season

Review Commission must refer a rule change to the legislature (continued from page 1) for review if the Rules Review the Rules Review Commission, Commission has received 10 or and the time period for letters of more letters from the public explicitly requesting such a review…. objection has passed.”

The Polk County Board of The Rules Review Commission Commissioners approved a resolu- received no letters requesting a tion on Oct. 3, 2011 recommending legislative review of the changes the state change the county’s deer to the Polk County season.”

Polk County Commissioner season classification. The change means that Polk County’s gun Ted Owens originally requested season is now the same as that in that Polk County ask for the Rutherford and Cleveland coun- change. Owens and others said ties, with the gun season beginning Polk County is known to have on Nov. 21 and ending now on many deer and Owens questioned why Polk CounDec. 24 instead ty was classified of the previous “The [deer season so differently end date of Dec. change] has been from neighbor10. ing counties.

W i t h t h e approved by the Rules Polk’s forchange to the moderate clas- Review Commission, and mer conservative classificasification, Polk the time period for letters tion was the gun hunters can of objection has passed.” same as that in take either sex -- Chris Dillon, N.C. Wildlife Mitchell, Avof deer from Commission legislative liaison ery, Caldwell, Nov. 21 to Nov. McDowell and 26 and from Dec. 19 to Dec. 24. During all Burke counties. Henderson, Tranother dates of gun hunting season, sylvania, Buncombe, Haywood and Madison counties are classihunters can shoot only bucks.

Deer season begins the Monday fied as introductory season, with following Labor Day in September a small portion on the Buncombe/ for archery hunters. Bow hunters Henderson border in the maximum can kill either sex during archery season classification.

Several local hunters attended season, but must abide by gun hunter rules during gun hunting Polk County’s October meeting to speak in favor of the deer season season.

N.C. Rules Biologist Kate Pip- extension.

Rob McComas said many Polk ken said the proposal was reviewed by the wildlife commission’s in- residents refer to deer as a nuisance ternal deer committee and given for eating shrubs and flowers a positive biological score. From and also mentioned disease due there the proposal was reviewed by to overpopulation. He said Polk staff and presented to the Wildlife County is known as the place to Resource Commission board. The hunt by hunters in other parts of board voted in July to open the pro- the state and those hunters stay in posal for public comment through hotels, eat in restaurants and get electronic means and at nine public gasoline in Polk County.

Former N.C. Wildlife Resource hearings held across the state in September 2011. The commis- Officer John Blanton, of Polk sion reviewed public comments County, attended Polk’s October in October 2011, Pipken said, and meeting and said in the previous the proposal was reviewed and season 905 deer were checked in approved by the Rules Review by hunters in Polk County, which didn’t include deer taken by moCommission in December 2011.

“No local bill was needed at tor vehicles. Blanton also said a the outset because the WRC has state trooper told him 30 to 40 the authority to adopt rules regu- percent of vehicle accidents he lating hunting seasons,” Pipken investigates involve a deer. said. “There is a provision in the “I’d recommend these deer be Administrative Procedures Act, taken by hunters to feed families,” however, under which the Rules Blanton told commissioners.

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Late mail has some Mill Spring residents frustrated

didn’t notice a problem until afMill Spring resident Stan ter the mail was rerouted to the Mazur said he’s had quite a bit of Columbus Post Office instead of trouble getting his usual mailings through the Mill Spring Office.

In June 2011, the Polk County on time from the post office.

Mazur complained that his Board of Commissioners approved Costco coupons recently arrived a resolution in favor of keeping the day after they expired, and the Mill Spring post office open on one day he received three late even though the United States issues of what should be a weekly Postal Service said it had no plans of closing the location. The Polk magazine.

County Board Mazur said of Commissionhe called the “If [the post office is] ers approved the Columbus Post resolution in reOffice, which complaining about n o w c o o r d i - losing customers, why are sponse to more than 1,500 resinates all of the dents signing a carriers for Mill they messing with good petition with the Spring mail, customers?” and said they -- Stan Mazur same aim.

At the same blamed it on a June BOC meetnational probing, Judy Arledge said Mill Spring lem.

Scott Smith, at the Columbus area residents wanted to keep their / The WorlD ’s sOffice, mallesT Daily neWspaper ThursDay DecemBerShe 1, 2011 full, service. said Post said a national prob- post office 1,629 deliveries were made daily lem is exactly the issue.

“It’s happening with our plant and carriers at the time drove 230 facilities in terms of when they miles in making those drops.

As an avid stamp collector, Masend the mail to us,” Smith said.

“They’re trying to change the zur said he purposely pays his bills networks within the postal sys- and sends other correspondence tem – that’s something that has through the mail in an effort to support the postal system. been talked about nationally.”

“If they are complaining about According to Smith and national media reports in early losing customers, why are they December, the service has also messing with good customers?” filed to change one-day delivery Mazur said. “I don’t recall ever to a two- or three-day delivery having this problem before.”

The Mill Spring Post Office as early as this spring, in order to avoid bankruptcy. The postal serves the areas of Mill Spring, service has also made plans to Sunny View/Coopers Gap, Pea try to close many smaller offices. Ridge and White Oak. It was esMazur said he and his wife tablished in 1871.

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• Landrum depot (continued from page 1)

development phase by Feb. 7 • Final construction documents completed by April 10 • Project put out for bid April 17 • Bids returned for selection by the May 10 council meeting.

So far, Walters has done a

walk-through with engineers, completed measured drawings and had a code meeting with Spartanburg County.

“The rest is a matter of refining the design,” Walters said.

Some of the design modifications have also been accomplished. Council asked (Continued on page 7)

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Model of the renovated Landrum Depot, created by architect John Walters. Walters told Landrum City Council construction could begin in late May if everything stays on schedule. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

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that the planned stage and walkway canopy be pulled closer to the depot. That has been done and a removable awning for the stage has been added to plans.

The rear of the building, meanwhile, now includes steps and a ramp for an additional access point and Walters spoke of an addition of two small storage rooms and an additional restroom.

Councilman Jon Matheis said he would like to make

sure the depot design includes a state-of-the-art multimedia setup that will take the town 10-15 years into the future.

The other sticking point on design plans is that of the interior ceiling. Walters created two options for the ceiling, one of which would be completely open with exposed ductwork and another in which the ductwork will be hidden.

Councilman Billy Inman and Don Smith said they both would like to see what the cost differences would be for various ceiling options before making a final decision.

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The season of Christmas has ended and a new calendar year and Christian year are beginning in celebration of the Incarnation.

In the English language the word “epiphany” also means “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely or commonplace occurrence or experience” (dictionary.com). Under that rubric, there are not any fireworks or bells and whistles, no kings and camels on the

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But those ah-hah moments can be profound and life changing.

Well, I have had an “ahhah” moment.

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Things became difficult right after Thanksgiving and when the cardiologist (Continued on page 9)

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put me on medical leave 10 days before Christmas all my obsessive-compulsive A-type controller genes went plumb berserk. I had not missed a Christmas Eve worship service in 35 years.

How was Holy Cross going to manage without me? Me! In short, they did quite nicely, I hear. God was present, the worship was powerful and the music was sublime thanks to the skills of the Holy Cross staff, lay leaders, deacon Marilyn Walters and substitute priests Beth Ely and Walter Bryan.

The reason all this is an important epiphany for me rests in the fact that none of

us is indispensable; it just takes some of us longer to catch on to that fact. Most of us have control issues of one sort or another, but being freed from the need to be in control can be a blessing of the most gracious sort.

We can give things over to others, and while they might not handle them in the same way we would, things get done well anyway.

That is the central message of the celebration of Epiphany in the Church.

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Rabies clinics are scheduled throughout the year; watch the Bulletin for announcements, or contact the Polk County Sheriff’s Office for information.

Strays are taken to the Foothills Humane Society on Little Mountain Road in Columbus, a volunteer nonprofit organization that shelters homeless animals and tries to find caring owners for them, or to the Rutherford County Animal Shelter in Rutherfordton. People missing a pet should call the Foothills Humane Society at 828-863-4444 or Rutherford Shelter at 828287-6025.

Spaying and neutering of pets is highly recommended. If financial assistance is needed, call the spay/neuter assistance allowance number, 828-859-5305.

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Landrum swears in new council members

Mayor Robert Briggs swears in returning and new council members. Taking their oath of office, left to right, are Joyce Whiteside, Johnny Carruth and Jon Matheis. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

Tryon artist wins international sculpture contest on Fine Art America ‘Kiss of the Mermaid’ Tryon artist Pauline Ross recently won a sculpture contest on Fine Art America. She will receive six months’ exposure in the UK publication “Competition Zone.”

Ross, who has been a member of FAA for the last three years, is originally from Rockland County, N.Y. She relocated to Virginia in 1998 and then in 2011 to Tryon. Originally a professional photographer, retoucher and restoration artist for more than 30 years, she now works in acrylics, watercolors, oils, woodcarving, pyrographics and painting on glassware.

The winning sculpture, “Kiss of the Mermaid,” was originally a cedar tree that was pulled down in Ross’s yard.

“I couldn’t resist the smell

“Kiss of the Mermaid,” by Pauline Ross, of Tryon, recently won a sculpture contest on Fine Art America. (photo submitted by Pauline Ross)

and the hunk of wood staring at me. So I started to carve with intentions of creating a mermaid,”

Ross said.

The sculpture is not for sale.

For more information, contact

Pauline Ross at paulinerossart@ ymail.com.

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Kiwanis recognizes members for perfect attendance

Tryon Kiwanis Club recently honored its members who achieved perfect attendance for the 2010-11 Kiwanis year. Those shown, with the number of years of perfect attendance for each, are: Lynn Montgomery (six), Marjorie Neff (13), Charlie Neff (17), Howard Greene (64), Steve Cobb (one) and Sharon Millard (four). Not pictured is Bill Hague, with 25 years of perfect attendance. Several of these members achieved perfect attendance by visiting another Kiwanis Club while out of town or by attending board meetings. Two members, Bob Weiner and Rosemary Pleune, attended a meeting at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Kiwanis Club while they were vacationing in Honolulu in November.

Attendance at meetings, held Wednesdays at noon at the Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave. in Tryon, is encouraged but not required.

If you would be interested in attending a Tryon Kiwanis Club meeting, please contact membership chairman Lee Cobourn at 828-859-0230. (photo submitted by Lynn Montgomery)

Malkki wins Friendship Council’s MLK Scholarship Award to be presented Saturday at MLK Jr. event

The Thermal Belt Friendship Council recently announced that Kari Malkki of Polk County High School is this year’s recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. Malkki will be recognized Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Friendship Council’s annual MLK Jr. Commemoration celebration, which will be held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center at 7 p.m.

Each year, the Friendship Council sponsors a $500 scholarship for a graduating high school student who demonstrates a commitment to the community, to school and to diversity. As part of the application, students are asked to discuss how their life promotes social and racial equality and diversity issues in their community.

Malkki’s essay discussed not only her role in the local community but also her time living in Nampula, Mozambique.

She said, “We didn’t speak the language, Portuguese, nor did we

share the prevalent religion, Islam. orientation or faith are issues I While we were not wealthy by have grown up disregarding, and Western standards, in the world’s to create a world in which equalseventh poorest country, we were ity and social justice prevail, this rich.” is a perspective that everyone Malkki discussed growing must share. Gandhi insisted, and up as a Finnish/ I firmly believe Ugandan girl, that the solusaying, “To the “To the world around tion to the criworld around me, I’ve been black, white sis of inequality me, I’ve been throughout the and somehow Latino; black, white and world is for one somehow La- rich, poor and somewhere to be the change tino; rich, poor in between; a city girl, a one wishes to and somewhere see.” in between; a redneck and a part of a Members of city girl, a red- village connected by redthe scholarship neck and a part dirt roads.” committee comof a village conmented that it -- Kari Malkki nected by redwas a difficult dirt roads.” selection this Malkki also shared how the year because of the quality of attacks on 9/11 have impacted applications that were received; the lives of people throughout however, Malkki’s essay helped the world, but ended her essay her rise to the top. by saying, “Never have I found Dr. Joseph Fox, Friendship a place where I blend in, but in Council president, said, “Kari is all of these places I’ve manage to living the mission of the Friendfit in, and to learn from the com- ship Council by bridging the racial munities of which I become a part. and cultural gaps between diverse Differences in color, class, sexual populations.”

Thermal Belt Friendship Council was born in April 1986, as a result of concerned black and white citizens’ response to a Ku Klux Klan planned march in downtown Tryon. Local citizens first met in a private home to discuss the issue, and then held a public meeting at the Congregational Church. The meeting was attended by a N.C. State Bureau of Investigation agent who stated that the best way to deal with the Klan was to ignore the march.

Most people stayed home, shop owners closed their doors and the march was not a success.

Black and white citizens began meeting at each other’s homes over the years to spread unity within the community. Today, the Friendship Council members meet monthly at local restaurants and every second Tuesday at Roseland Community Center at 7 p.m.

To learn more about the Thermal Belt Friendship Council, visit friendshipcouncil.homestead. com.

– article submitted

by Lynnea Stadelmann

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Nelson to speak at Lanier Library Brown Bag series Jan. 17 Tryon artist and gallery owner Rich Nelson will speak about his work at the Lanier Library on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at noon. The program is free and everyone is welcome.

Nelson earned his B.F.A. at the College of Creative Studies in Detroit, Mich. in 1988 and there developed his love of painting, drawing, figurative art and art history. Since then he has gained a strong reputation as a portrait and landscape artist, having completed more than 500 portraits and numerous other paintings.

He has had a number of one-person shows and won several awards, including being a finalist in the 2010 Artist’s Magazine annual art competition, first place in the Portrait Society of America’s 2009 competition and Best Portfolio in that society’s 2003 and 2004 competitions.

In describing his work, Nelson said, “I work toward ‘painterly realism’ – good drawing and composition, rendered with strong natural color, in such a way that you can still ‘sense’ or ‘feel’ the paint. The effect of this process is that the subject begins to artfully reveal itself to me and, hopefully, the viewer.

“Though portraiture is a major part of my career, I also love

The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) has announced its fifth annual essay contest on county government. The topic of the essay is, “How does my county government improve the lives of its citizens?”

The annual contest is open to ninth and 10th grade students in North Carolina public and charter schools. Students are asked to write a 500-word essay. The

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Obituaries

Robert Paul Crow Memorial services for Robert Paul Crow, who died on Dec. 17, 2011, will be held Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, with Dr. Robert Barrows officiating.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr., Columbus, N.C. 28722.

An on-line guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Rich Nelson at work in his studio in Tryon. (photo submitted by Frances Flynn)

painting landscape, still life and figurative gallery pieces. I am endlessly fascinated by people, places and things and consider it a privilege and a challenge to capture some aspect of their essence on canvas.”

Nelson and his wife, Kim, own and run Skyuka Fine Art, a gallery in Tryon that has recently completed its first year of operation. The gallery features both local and nationally-known artists and participates in Tryon

gallery strolls and other events, including lectures and performances.

The event at the Lanier Library is part of the library’s Brown Bag Lunch series, held at noon on the third Tuesday of every month, to which the audience is encouraged to bring a bagged lunch if desired. Coffee is provided, the program is free and everyone is welcome.

– article submitted

by Frances Flynn

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entry deadline is April 30, 2012.

The winning student and the teacher who submits the winning essay will each win $500 and will be recognized at a meeting of their county’s board of commissioners.

The complete contest rules, along with the winning essays from each of the previous four years, are posted on the NCACC’s county government education website, www.welcometoyourcounty.org. The site is designed for citizens and

students who would like to learn more about county government and contains information on why counties and county governments exist, where counties receive their funding, what services they provide, who runs county governments and more.

For more information, contact Todd McGee, NCACC communications director, at 919-715-7336 or todd.mcgee@ ncacc.org.

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The Saluda Center, located on Greenville St. in Saluda, will present the artwork of the students of Saluda School beginning in mid-January.

A reception will be held on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 5-7 p.m.

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The works will be on display until the middle of February.

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Free open house at Spartanburg Science Center Jan. 14 The Spartanburg Science Center, located in the Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, S.C., will hold a free open house on Saturday, Jan. 14 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The center has recently added 14 new exhibits, a recently

acquired mounted alligator and an aquarium full of local pond life. Among the new exhibits is a room-size harmonograph, which is like a giant spiral graph. Users are able to control the look of their spiral graphs by manipulating weights and

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The exhibits were donated by the Discovery Place in Charlotte, N.C. For more information, call (864) 278-9698.

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Parents and children 4-6 dance, sing and play to “Rhythms of the Land,” one of the award-winning Kindermusik International curricula taught at Tryon Fine Arts Center. Pictured are (left to right): Caleb Hutcherson and Benjamin McMahon in the foreground, Julia and Ariella Yoder behind them and instructor Bryant Belin at the back. Classes began Saturday, Jan. 7. Registration for this Saturday morning playtime is ongoing. Call 828-859-8322, ext. 213 for more information. (photo submitted by Marianne Carruth)

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