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Vol. 84 / No. 248

Tryon, N.C. 28782

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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Polk Schools eyes Chromebooks as option to better connect students with technology

by Samantha Hurst

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

The event is sponsored by Pacolet Area Conservancy. For more information, call 828859-5060.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

500k stolen in Silver Creek break-ins

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$5k reward offered for information

by Leah Justice

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

missing more than $500,000 in cash.

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

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

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

“It really makes me feel bad,” Arledge said on WLOS 13 news (Continued on page 4)

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

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities 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

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

It will resume Thursday, Feb. 2.

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

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd. Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of 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.

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

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

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

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

Saturday

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

Grassroots Art Project holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

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

Classes are held at the Congregational Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information.

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

Polk County Historical 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.

‘Woodslore and Wildwoods

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

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

More information: 864-457-2426 or http://friendshipcouncil.homestead.com.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, “Chase Away the Blues,” Saturday, Jan. 28, 4-10:30 p.m.

Performers include Shane Pruitt Band, Dr. Blues Chuck Beattie, Rudy Blue Shoes Wyatt, Jim Peterman Quartet, Daryle Ryce, Zataban, Citizen Mojo and Tommy Lytle. Proceeds benefit TFAC Arts in Education programs. For more information, call 828-859-8322.

Tryon Painters and Sculptors, reception for show of work

by Jamison, Kompathoun, Lombardo and art students, Saturday, Jan. 28, 5-8 p.m.

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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St. Luke’s prepares to start renovating new building T im Dunn with American Designs adds a temporar y banner to cover outdated signage on the hospital’s new medical office building at 89 West Mills St., Columbus. Plans are under way to rename and renovate the hospital’s new building to accommodate the growing orthopedic practice of Brian Rosenberg, MD, and relocate and expand Foothills Medical Associates, the family practice of Dr. Jeff Viar and Janet Howell, PA. St. Luke’s officials negotiated to purchase the 9,100 square foot, six-yearold building for $1.1 million and financed the sale through Tr yon Federal Bank. Some renovations are necessar y to accommodate advanced radiolog y equipment and reconfigure medical office space, according to St. Luke’s CEO Ken Shull. Renovations and infrastructure for information technology will begin within the month. (photo submitted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The work truck and a small amount of cash was later recovered along the Polk/Rutherford County line, according to Capps.

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

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

His building was locked, but

Whitson said.

Whitson said the county will garnish employees’ wages in February.

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

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

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

The Polk County Tax Office can be reached at 828-894-3301 ext. 2. the suspect(s) tore a section off the door to gain entry and stole tools.

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

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

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

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

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

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• Chromebooks (continued from page 1)

Then Burgin asked students to open their Chromebooks and a document of essay questions related to the Civil War. Included in the document were links to a History Channel essay about the lives of Civil War soldiers. Above on the projector, Burgin started a short documentary about the same topic. “[The Chromebooks have] really helped open doors for what we can research and what we can learn,” Burgin said. “In this unit, for example, they can learn the difference between primary and secondary sources, and put them to use.”

Her sixth-graders, meanwhile, have collected postcards from different countries and sent emails to Chinese pen pals via the Chromebooks.

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

“We want them to have one

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

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

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

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

Issues with the laptops were numerous – short battery life, jungles of power cords crisscrossing classrooms, software malfunctions and breakage.

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

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of the system’s first run at providing individual computer systems to students.

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

But Miller and Grace Marshall and Caroline Greene look up links Scherping agreed related to a Civil War assignment in Jeanne Burgin’s that over the last few eighth-grade class. (photo by Samantha Hurst) years they’ve been frustrated that they weren’t doing There are also small locations something more as they watched around both of the schools with technology advance all around the smaller numbers of computers that students can access. Every classsystem’s students.

It’s not that the school system room has also been made digital hasn’t worked to connect students with smart boards available to with technology, Scherping said. teachers and rolling carts of laptops When Polk County Middle School still available.

Superintendent Miller, howwas built, computer labs were incorporated in the design for each ever, said he wants to see teachers grade level, and at Polk County moving their instruction more High School the media center has (Continued on page 6) grown to include 40 computers.

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toward the digital age to help prepare students for college and the working world.

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

High school teacher Tawana Weicker said she sees the importance of the devices in her classroom.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“It brings the world to the classroom,” Weicker said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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On Feb. 2, the church has historically celebrated an event known by three names: The Presentation of Christ in the Temple and The Purification of Mary and Candlemas.

This last is that Old English way of saying, “mass for [fill in the blank].” “Christmas,” of course, refers to the mass in honor of the birth of Christ.

“Candlemas” is known as such because the candles which would be used in the church building during the year were blessed on that day, because Simeon referred to Christ at the Presentation as one “To be

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

Like the “Churching of Women” or “Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth,” which was a rite celebrated

by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans and, more marginally, Methodists and Lutherans, celebration of this event has gone by the wayside and perhaps for the same reason. It is largely, I think, misunderstood in our time.

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However, as Richard Hooker, the Anglican Apologist, (continued from page 8) said in defense of the practice be seen being “churched” (not more than 400 years ago, “It excommunicated – rather the is nothing but an overflowing reverse), being reintegrated of gall to interpret a woman’s into the church after their absence from church during absence during their delivery the time of her pregnancy and confinement. The service in such a way as to judge of Churching of Women is, her unholy or excluded from indeed, a purification rite and God’s House according to a New Testament continuation some ancient Levitical law.… of Old Testament practice She is not forbidden from (Leviticus 12). entering because of any supBut it is perhaps more the posed unholiness, although modern mind that thinks that it is sensible for her to stay childbirth makes a woman un- away from public gatherings clean, spiritually or physically. and remain in her own abode It is modern culture, keeping for a time.” childbirth (as well as death) Before antibiotics, it was far from the home, which may simply safer for women to allow it to become associated stay home for a period of time with impurity. during and after delivery. The “One goes to the hospital Law of Moses was there for when one is sick, therefore, the protection of women and pregnancy must be a form of motherhood, not for alienating sickness because one goes them for any impurity. to the hospital” would be an Like much of the Law of oversimplified form of this Moses, in which the physical false logic.

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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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864-457-3344 Mr. Gibbs was the ROTISSERIE HOTand BAR ton, Texas, Lovell Simmons turkey breast, 1 meat, 2 vegetables husband of OmieChicken, Lee Laughter Dessert Bread small pork roast (Andrea) of •Lawrenceville, Ga.; he is Gibbs, who died in 1986.

Mon.-Wed. 10:30-6:30 Thurs.-Sat,10:30-8 • Sun 2-6 one sister, Frances Fox of Riverorne Survivors include one daugh828-863-0465 dale, Ga.; three brothers, John Irhters, ter, Patsy Gibbs Toney (Dean) 5251 Hwy. 9 Cremation South, Green Creek Service Rutherford View, of Rutherfordton, N.C.; son, vin Waymon of Antelope, Calif., 118 US Hwy 74ACarrol Rutherfordton, NC 28139 Waymon of San Diego, Pate, Harold Gibbs of Rutherfordton, Phone: 828-286-2304 • Fax: 828-286-8142 Calif., and Samuel Waymon of Laura N.C.; one sister, Alvah Gibbs Email: crowesmortuarych@bellsouth.net Nyack, N.Y.; a host of grandchilfour of Columbus; and a brother www.crowemortuary.com , Bak- Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring. dren, great-grandchildren, other Burns Also surviving are five grandchil- relatives and friends.

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Kiwanis Club learns about identify theft and scams Rose White-Hearn, who works as an advocate for victims of crime in N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper’s office, spoke to the Tryon Kiwanis Club on Dec. 21 about identity theft and scams.

She explained that taking a person’s identity is a felony, but it is a crime that is becoming more frequently committed.

According to White-Hearn, the best ways to protect your identity are to: · Watch your credit report – you can receive free copies each year from each of the three nationwide credit bureaus. Go to www.annualcreditreport.com or call 1-877-322-8228 to get your free reports. · Get free security freezes to stop credit reporting agencies from releasing any information about you to new creditors without your approval. To do this online, go to www.ncdoj.gov. To get a security freeze by phone,

contact the three major credit bureaus – Equifax Security Freeze at 1-800-685-1111, Experian Security Freeze at 1-866-997-0418 and TransUnion Security Freeze at 1-888-909-8872. · On your checks, only put your initial for your first name and do not include your address, phone number or driver’s license number. If your checks are stolen, the thief will have little information about you. · Monitor your finances by checking all charges on your credit card bills for unauthorized charges, limit the number of credit cards you carry and make copies of all credit cards (front and back), keeping the copies in a safe place in case a card is lost or stolen. · Use automatic deposit for payroll, social security or other federal benefit checks. · Protect your social security (Continued on page 14)

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

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

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

The following Polk Central students were chosen by their teachers as Terrific Kids for January 2012: Ms. Johnson – Julian Luck Ms. McFarland – Grant Jones Pre-Kindergarten Ms. Hathaway – Ava Brady Ms. Thompson – Yoana Dominquez Ms. Whittemore – Sharen Resendiz Kindergarten Ms. Edwards – Clay Davis

Ms. McCormick – Damian Junge Ms. Tanko – Alexis Falcetti First grade Ms. Bame – Ethan Gillis Ms. Cox – Raegan Jackson Ms. Powell – David Nava-Chavez Second grade Ms. Dotson – Aslynn Kempton Ms. Fowler – Nathlie Ramirez Ms. Walters – Nicholas Cox Third grade Ms. Carlson – Madison Towne Ms. Ford – George Bradley Ms. Siegel – Tyler Staley Fourth grade Ms. Arledge – Joshua Lawter Ms. Davis – Issac Medford Ms. Wilson – Dylan Roberts Fifth grade Ms. Hardin – Sam CampuzanoGomez Ms. Smith – Kalob Jackson Ms. Walter – Claire Packer, Natalee Davis – article submitted

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

Mays to speak at Renewal Point New 4-H club for youth ages 5-8 Dr. Jeremy Mays will minister at Renewal Pt. Church in Columbus on Jan. 29 at 3 p.m. Covered dish to follow.

The church is located at 141 Peak St., across from the fire department.

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

congregation,” organizers said.

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

– article submitted

by Steve and Karen Henderson

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

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

The members will vote on subjects of interest and those

subjects will be taught at their monthly meetings.

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

– article submitted

by Helen Clark

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containing 13.97 acres, more or less, as shown and delineated as Tract #1 upon a plat entitled, "Ever E. Perez, White Oak Township, Polk County, North Carolina", dated April 28, 2006, prepared by Langford Land Surveying, which plat is duly recorded in Card File E at Page 1369, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, North Carolina; reference being made to said recorded plat for a full and complete metes and bounds description of said tract, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes, Section 47-30(g).

The above described property is conveyed TOGETHER WITH a perpetual right of way and easement for twenty (20') foot wide private drive running over and across the lands now or formerly belonging to Frank McCraw and others, leading from North Carolina State Road #1328, into the property acquired by Ever E. Perez and wife, Dixie Perez, by that certain deed from Elizabeth L. Steinman, unmarried, dated May 12, 2004, and recorded on May 19, 2004, in Deed Book 314 at Page 526, Polk County Registry. Said right of way and easement is further described by reference to the above-mentioned survey, following the southeastern boundary of that property acquired in the aforementioned deed, continuing to the southernmost corner of Tract #1, and providing access to both Tract #1 and Tract #2 thereon.

Maintenance of said twenty (20') foot wide private drive is shared by all parties having a legal right to use the same, with all parties bearing equal responsibility for that portion of the drive benefitting their respective properties.

The above described property is a portion of

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LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE

NORTH CAROLINA, POLK COUNTY

Under and by virtue of a Power of Sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Ever E. Perez and Dixie Perez to William R. Echols, Trustee(s), which was dated October 12, 2006 and recorded on October 17, 2006 in Book 346 at Page 1859, Polk County Registry, North Carolina.

Default having been made of the note thereby secured by the said Deed of Trust and the undersigned, Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC, having been substituted as Trustee in said Deed of Trust, and the holder of the note evidencing said default having directed that the Deed of Trust be foreclosed, the undersigned Substitute Trustee will offer for sale at the courthouse door of the county courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 31, 2012 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Polk County, North Carolina, to wit:

BEING all of that certain tract or parcel of land

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that property conveyed to Ever E. Perez and wife, Dixie Perez, by that certain deed from Elizabeth L. Steinman, unmarried, dated May 12, 2004, and recorded on May 19, 2004, in Deed Book 314 at Page 526, Polk County Registry.

LESS & EXCEPT: Being all of Tract #2 containing 1.96 acres, as shown on a Plat entitled "Survey for Ever E. Perez" prepared by Langford Land Surveying, dated April 28, 2006 and bearing Job No. 202706 and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Polk County, North Carolina at Card File E, Page 2157, reference to which is hereby made and incorporated herein for a greater certainty of description by metes and bounds.

Being a portion of the same property as conveyed in a deed to Ever E. Perez and wife, Dixie Perez recorded May 19, 2004 in Deed Book 314, Page 526, Polk County, North Carolina Register of Deeds Office.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 184 Red Rock Lane and, 290 Red Rock Lane, Mill Spring, NC 28756.

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and ow-

ing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encumbrances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Ever E. Perez and wife, Dixie Perez.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of

the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200 Wilmington, NC 28403 PHONE: (910) 392-4988 FAX: (910) 392-8587

File No.: 08-02757-FC02

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courthouse where the property is located, or the usual and customary location at the county courthouse for conducting the sale on January 31, 2012 at 11:30AM, and will sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property situated in Polk County, North Carolina, to wit:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR DEED OF TRUST FROM KERRY B. CEHEN AND ANGEL CEHEN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, TO WESTWOOD ASSOCIATES, TRUSTEE FOR WMC MORTAGE CORP.

BEING all of Tract 1A, containing 7.00 acres, more or less, and being shown and delineated on that certain plat entitled, Tryon Daily Bulletin "Final Plat: Proposed January 19 and 26, 2012 Conveyance to Kerry & Angel Cehen, Coopers FC/ PEREZ, EVER E. Gap Township, Polk County, North Carolina," dated October 20, 2004 LEGAL NOTICE and prepared by Tyrone Cantrell, True North SurNOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE veying & Mapping, Registered Land Surveyor, said

plat being duly recorded NORTH CAROLINA, in Card File E, Page 949, POLK COUNTY in the Office of the Regis Under and by virtue of a ter of Deeds for Polk Power of Sale contained County, North Carolina, in that certain Deed of reference being made to Trust executed by said recorded plat for a KERRY B CEHEN AND full and complete metes ANGEL CEHEN to and bounds description of WESTWOOD ASSOCI- said tracts pursuant to ATES , Trustee(s), which North Carolina General was dated April 21, 2005 Statutes 47-30(g). and recorded on April 26, 2005 in Book 326 at The above described Page 1454, Polk County property is conveyed subject to and together with Registry, North Carolina. that certain right of way

Default having been and easement heretofore made of the note thereby reserved in that certain secured by the said Deed deed recorded in Book of Trust and the under- 185, Page 106, Polk signed, Trustee Services County Registry, and beof Carolina, LLC, having ing shown and desigbeen substituted as Trus- nated as "Cricket Knoll tee in said Deed of Trust, Drive Private Access and the holder of the note Road" on the plat hereinevidencing said default above referred to, referhaving directed that the ence being made to said Deed of Trust be fore- deed and plat for the exclosed, the undersigned act location of said right Substitute Trustee will of- of way and easement. fer for sale at the court- house door of the county The above described

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property is further conveyed subject to and together with that certain perpetual right of way and easement, 45 feet in width, leading from Cricket Knoll Lane over and across Tract 1B and Tract 1A and being shown and designated as "45' Access Easement" on the plat hereinabove referred to, reference being made to said plat for the exact location of said right of way and easement.

Save and except any releases, deeds of release or prior conveyances of record.

Said property is commonly known as 234 Whispering Ridge Farm Lane, Mill Spring, NC 28756.

Third party purchasers must pay the excise tax, and the court costs of Forty-Five Cents (45¢) per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) pursuant to NCGS 7A-308(a)(1). A cash deposit (no personal checks) of five percent (5%) of the purchase price, or Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00), whichever is greater, will be required at the time of the sale. Following the expiration of the statutory upset bid period, all the remaining amounts are immediately due and owing.

Said property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale, transfer and conveyance “AS IS WHERE IS.” There are no representations of warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at, or relating to the property being offered for sale. This sale is made subject to all prior liens, unpaid taxes, any unpaid land transfer taxes, special assessments, easements, rights of way, deeds of release, and any other encum-

brances or exceptions of record. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the current owner(s) of the property is/are Kerry B. Cehen and wife, Angel P. Cehen.

An Order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving the notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement upon 10 days’ written notice to the landlord. The notice shall also state that upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.

If the trustee is unable to convey title to this property for any reason, the sole remedy of the purchaser is the return of the deposit. Reasons of such inability to convey include, but are not limited to, the filing of a bankruptcy petition prior to the confirmation of the sale and reinstatement of the loan without the knowledge of the trustee.

If the validity of the sale is challenged by any party, the trustee, in their sole discretion, if they believe the challenge to have merit, may request the court to declare the sale to be void and return the deposit. The purchaser will have no further remedy.

Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC Substitute Trustee Brock & Scott, PLLC Attorneys for Trustee Services of Carolina, LLC 5431 Oleander Drive Suite 200

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

File No.: 11-10036-FC01 Tryon Daily Bulletin January 19 and 26, 2012 FC/ CEHEN, KERRY B. LEGAL NOTICE Having qualified on the 4th day of January, 2012, as Executor of the Estate of Rolland H. Bushner, deceased, late of Polk County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons, firms, and corporations having claims against the decedent to exhibit the same to the undersigned Executor, on or before the 12th day of April, 2012, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.

All persons, firms, and corporations indebted to the Estate should make immediate payment.

This the 12th day of January, 2012.

H. Emerson Duke, Executor Estate of Rolland H. Bushner 2037 Gap Creek Road Greer, SC 29651 R. Anderson Haynes Attorney At Law P. O. Box 100 Tryon, NC 28782 Tryon Daily Bulletin Jan. 12, 19, 26 and Feb. 2, 2012 EST/BUSHNER, ROLAND H.

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

The Friendship Council is active in bringing peoples of various races and ethnic backgrounds together in the various events it sponsors, such as the annual Friendship Picnic at Harmon Field in June, Christmas caroling and potluck and the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration held at the Tryon Fine Arts Center every year in January.

The Friendship Council has no membership requirements

and no dues and there is never a charge for its events. Council “members” meet the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Roseland Community Center located on Peake Street in Tryon (except June, July and August) to plan activities. All members of the community are invited to come and participate in the meetings.

More information on The Friendship Council can be found by visiting friendshipcouncil. homestead.com on the web, or by calling 864-457-2426.

– article submitted

by Lynnea Stadelmann

Obituaries

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

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

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

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

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Michael Preston McKaig Michael Preston McKaig, 43, husband of Paula Bruce McKaig of 1969 Red Fox Rd., Tryon, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 in Wake Forest Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, N.C. Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Juanita Lewis McKaig. He was a l986 graduate of Tryon High School and had worked for Bommer Industries in Landrum for approximately 10 years. Michael was an avid golfer and devoted father. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church, Mill Spring.

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

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number – do not carry your card with you and give the number out only when absolutely necessary. · Shred “pre-approved” credit card applications, old bank statements, insurance forms and any unneeded papers that include your personal information.

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

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

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Leading with principles Principle – 1. A basic truth, law, or assumption. 2. A rule or standard. 3. A fixed or predetermined policy or mode of action.

4. A rule or law concerning the functioning of natural phenomena or mechanical processes.

It’s pretty clear from the definition of “principle” that it is not something that varies with the wind (or political aspiration). A principle has to be based on facts, not opinions. When you say that a person is principled, it means that the person bases their actions and opinions on facts and truths.

A principled person pursues the “truths” of living, politics, science, religion or whatever endeavor they pursue in life and applies what they’ve learned to their general principles. Unfortunately, no one person is able to be clearly principled in everything that a complex world has to offer, and no one is perfect in their own field of endeavor much less one where they are a novice.

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

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

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

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

“No compromise” is another foolish declaration of principle.

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

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

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

We have these people publicly proclaiming that their leadership will be based on “so or so” principle and they will never waiver.

Unfortunately for us, their principles are based on popularism.

Popularism is not all bad, but it’s like eating too much cake – it needs to be taken in moderation.

The downside is that people believe this stuff because of our “other national deficit;” critical thinking.

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

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

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

The theme this year is purity.

Speakers on Saturday will be minister Felicia Cureton, minister Penny McSwain and evangelist Loretta Martin. Sunday’s speaker will be minister Cecilia Miller.

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

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