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Tryon Daily Bulletin

The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper

Vol. 85 / No. 51

Tryon, N.C. 28782

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Only 50 cents

Family Dollar store in Tryon to close

by Samantha Hurst

A BBQ Pig Pickin’ will be held Sunday, April 15 at Polk County High School (PCHS) from 12:30 – 5 p.m. to raise money for the Abril family, who lost their home to a fire March 20. Tickets may be purchased in advance from: PCHS office, PCMS office, Mountain 1st Bank in Columbus, Foothills Chamber of Commerce in Lynn, First Citizens of Landrum or the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club office in Green Creek. Dinners may be purchased on the day of the event as well.

General donations may be made at the First Citizens Bank of Landrum to the Abril Family Fire Fund.

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

Today

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon.

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Employees of the Family Dollar on Hwy. 176 in Tryon expect to ring up their last sales Saturday, May 19.

Signs went up late last week across the front of the building

and at the road stating, “Closing – this location only.”

Cindy Crawley grew up shopping at the store and now works there.

“I think our customers are all very, very sad. The people

who come here are regulars who sometimes come in several times a week. We know them by their first names and they run into people they know here,” she said.

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The Family Dollar in Tryon Plaza on Hwy. 176 is expected to close on May 19. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

Columbus farmers market opens Saturday Area residents will have more choices for fresh produce beginning Saturday, April 14.

That’s when the Columbus farmers market opens for the season. The market will be held from 8 a.m. - noon at Courthouse Square in Columbus.

The Tryon market will begin

on Thursday, May 3 from 4 - 6:30 p.m. Saluda market dates are to be announced soon.

Events are being planned concurrent with the markets this summer, including cooking demos by local chefs. The Wellness Coalition will be at the first market in Columbus doing health screenings.

The farmers tailgate markets flourishing all across western North Carolina, including Polk County, are not a new idea. Events where farmers and merchants spread their wares in a public setting date back to Biblical times.

Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties

Welcome, Dr. Lonnie Lassiter and team!

We’re proud to announce the opening of

Rutherford Wound Care & Hyperbarics

located at 112 Sparks Drive in Forest City * 828-351-6000

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• Calendar (continued from page 1)

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

828-894-0001.

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

Saluda Center Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-749-9245.

Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

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

Male Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 828-894-2340.

Thursday

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

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

N.C. DMV mobile driver’s license unit will be in Columbus in front of the post office on Ward

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Street on Thursday, April 12 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A sign on the light pole in front of the post office will inform people when the unit has had to cancel its visit because of mechanical difficulty or weather-related issues.

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities 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.

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

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd. Explore the Arts: ‘Improve Your Improv,’ Thursday, April 12, Mahler Room at Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC). Darlene Cah will take participants on a creative journey through improvisation. Refreshments begin at 6:30 p.m., with the program starting at 7 p.m. Modest admission collected at the door; no reservations necessary. 828-859-8322.

Cah will also lead an improv

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Local Weather Forecast:

Today

Tomorrow

Sunny

Sunny

Moon Phase

Today: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 61, low 34.

Thursday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 65, low 41.

Monday’s weather was: High 79, low 53, no rain.

Obituaries Mary Rogers Hix, p. 19

workshop for adults and youth Saturday, April 14 from 1-3 p.m. at TFAC. 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). 828-8945098.

NAMI support group, Thursdays, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828817-0382.

Republican general member meeting, Republican headquarters, 33 Peak S., Columbus.

7 p.m. 828-894-2520.

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.

Friday

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

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

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

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

PCHS JV/V baseball at Mitchell at 4 p.m.

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

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

Saturday

Columbus farmers market opens for the season Saturday, April 14, 8 a.m. to noon in front of the Polk County courthouse.

828-817-2134, Rachel@polkcountyfarms.org.

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• Farmers market (continued from page 1)

They have been given many names: open air markets, agoras, bazaars, flea markets, garden trade days and more. Events called county court days drew all kinds of vendors to courthouse squares in the early to mid 1900s across America.

According to local organizers, the recent resurgence of tailgate markets has been the result of the burgeoning local food movement, which is growing exponentially.

Proponents of the movement say its popularity is the result of consumers realizing the health and economic benefits of eating local as much as possible. For these people, they say, educating yourself about your farmer, “putting a face on your food,” learning the ins and outs of the word “organic” or even becoming a stakeholder as a member of a CSA is more than trendy, it’s the (Continued on page 4)

Visitors browse at one of the displays of fresh produce at a Polk County farmers market last year. (photo submitted by Rachel Fussell)

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The Tryon Family Dollar opened in the Tryon Plaza in the mid 1960s, as one of the first stores in the shopping center.

Pat Linnon, originally from Greenville, S.C., began shopping at the Tryon location when her family visited Lake Lanier on vacation.

When she married in the 1970s, she and her husband visited her mother-in-law on the lake and regularly stopped at the Family Dollar. Even when she moved to Columbus five years ago, she continued to shop there.

“It’s one of those family connection things,” Linnon said.

“Rose, the manager, has always been the ‘family’ in the Family Dollar, as far as I’m concerned.

They always want to know how you are doing and what is up with your life.”

Crawley said she began shopping at the store when she was 8, just after her family moved to the Tryon area. She said she would often go there to find gifts for Mother’s Day. Later, she would drop in as a teenager to find a shirt to wear out for the weekend. As an

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right thing to do.

County Agricultural Economic Development Director Lynn Sprague estimates the local impact of the farmers markets in Columbus, Tryon, Saluda and Green Creek at more than $2 million annually. He said this amount can only rise as the county explores other venues of advertising the local farmers markets in surrounding areas.

“It is definitely not a disadvantage to have a North Carolina Welcome Center right here on I-26,” said Columbus and Tryon market manager Kirk Wilson.

Last year there was a notable spike in out-of-town customers when the markets started advertis0tfn0COn- InDD - page 50 ing at the welcome center on I-26, Wilson said.

On a recent farm broadcast from local radio station WJFJ (AM 1160), Wilson said, “There’s one

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“The hard part is going to be coming off the lake and [the Family Dollar] not being there. I do understand from the business side of it the store is there to turn a profit, but it’s just an emotional loss.”

-- Cindy Crawley

adult, Crawley has worked at the store twice – once for two years about two decades ago and again for the past two years.

“The hard part is going to be coming off the lake and it not being there,” Crawley said. “I do understand from the business side of it the store is there to turn a profit, but it’s just an emotional loss.”

A sign on the entrance lets customers know they can still shop at the Columbus location, which is not closing.

Family Dollar was originally founded by Leon Levine in 1959 in Charlotte and, according to its website, currently includes 6,800 stores in 44 states.

“There’s one form of advertising… that everybody can participate in. It’s called word-ofmouth. Everyone touches at least 200 people and if just every vendor at the market influenced their 200, we would touch 10,000 people rather quickly.”

-- Kirk Wilson

form of advertising, and the best one, that everybody can participate in. It’s called word-of-mouth.

Everyone touches at least 200 people and if just every vendor at the market influenced their 200, we would touch 10,000 people rather quickly.”

– article submitted

by Rachel Fussell

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Foothills Music Club announces scholarship awards The Foothills Music Club has announced its 2012 scholarship winners following auditions held March 2-3.

T h e first-place winner and recipient of the Lesley Oakes Scholarship is Paulina RayZorick, playing the Paulina Ray-Zorick piano and violin. Ray-Zorick is a resident of Columbus and is a homeschooled 11th grader. She has studied music for 10 years and is currently a student of Judy Loveland of Hendersonville, N.C. in piano, violin and voice. RayZorick is a participant in both the Hendersonville Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Western Regional Orchestra.

Second-place winner and recipient of the Betty Van Buskirk Scholarship is Tyler Graeper of Rutherfordton, N.C., a Tyler Graeper senior at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy (TJCA). Graeper is a baritone studying voice with Crystal McDaniel of Boiling Springs. He has appeared in musicals and qualified for the All State Youth Choir, as well as participating in National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions.

Third place was awarded to Rachel Richards of Shelby, N.C., playRachel Richards

ing the cello. She is also a student at TJCA and studies cello with Kathleen Foster of Rutherfordton, N.C., a member of the Foothills Music Club. Richards plays with the Hendersonville Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Honorable mention recognition was awarded to four auditioners: Katherine Barker of Tryon on alto saxophone; Katelyn Duncan of Columbus Katelyn Duncan on flute; Michael McGinnis of Campobello on snare drum and Spencer Taunton of Mill Spring on snare drum and mallets.

For the purpose of encouraging young musicians to continue their studies, funds are made available annually by the Foothills Music Club for qualifying students. Applications are accepted from students who have studied a minimum of three years and are of high school age. A panel of judges evaluates each student, particularly noting the performer’s musical interpretation and technical proficiency.

The financial award can be applied to the cost of lessons, purchase of music or repair/purchase of instruments. In 2012, a total of $1,700 was awarded.

The Foothills Music Club has supported student musical talent since the group’s beginning in 1988. To date, more than $36,000 has been awarded to young musicians in the area.

Meetings of the FMC are held October through May in the homes of members, with two public performances each year.

Membership information is available by contacting Karen Molnar at 828-894-6572. – article submitted

by Elaine Jenkins

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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April 8-14 is recognized as telecommunicators are expected National Public Safety Telecom- to be there for their entire 12munications Week, and Polk hour shift with only a few short County officials said they want breaks and to arrive in a timely to highlight the work done by manner in all inclement weather. the employees at the county’s They are sometimes asked to stay communication center. over during bad weather, such as The Polk County 911 com- snow storms, to ensure they will munications center is the an- not have a problem returning for swering point for all 911 calls in the shift the next day. the county, including both home These telecommunicators phones and cell phone callers in are behind the scenes and are the county. The center also takes rarely given the credit they deadministrative calls for the Polk serve, Polk officials said. They County Sheriff’s Office and the are the voice on the other end Columbus, Saof the phone luda and Tryon and they never police depart- “Polk’s telecommunicators respond to the m e n t s . T h e often don’t get the emergencies. In center is also most cases they the after-hours recognition they deserve. do not know answering point Just a simple thank you the outcome of f o r s e v e r a l or pat on the back can calls. public service When most agencies – for make them feel like they’ve citizens think of example, DSS, accomplished what they first reponders, Home Health they think of are there for, which is the Care, the public the medical works depart- safety of the citizens and personnel, firements for Tryon all emergency responders fighters and and Columbus police officers and NC-DOT, for Polk County.”

-- Dianne Rickman who respond to just to name a the emergenfew. cies, but the The Polk telecommunicators who take the County 911 communications calls are really the first respondcenter dispatches for the followers, Rickman said. It’s up to the ing agencies: telecommunicators to ask the Polk County EMS correct questions to obtain as Polk County Rescue much information and relay that Columbus Fire Department Green Creek Fire Department information to the emergency Mill Spring Fire Department responders prior to arriving on the scene. The telecommunicaSaluda Fire Department Sunny View Fire Department tors also stay on the phone with the callers and reassure them Tryon Fire Department Polk County Sheriff’s Office help is on the way and continue Columbus Police Department updating responders with further information.

Tryon Police Department “It can be a very stressful job Saluda Police Department and sometimes it can be very Dianne Rickman is the director of operations for the 911 hard to keep up with staffing,” communications center, which is Rickman said.

The telecommunicators are run as a separate agency from all trained in fire, EMS and law enother county emergency services. forcement dispatching. They use The center is staffed by at least two telecommunicators 24 hours state-of-the-art computer systems a day, seven days a week all year (Continued on page 7) long, including all holidays. The

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Skyuka Fine Art to host Chamber After Hours April 17 The next Chamber After Hours will be held on April 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Skyuka Fine Art, located at 133 N. Trade St. in downtown Tryon.

Co-hosting the event will be La Bouteille, Costco and Macon Bank.

Skyuka owners Rich and Kim Nelson’s current exhibit is “Historic Tryon Artists.” This show features famous artists who were part of the historic Tryon artists’ colony, such as Homer Ellertson, Lawrence Mazzanovich, Elisabeth Paxton

Oliver, Amelia Watson and Will Henry Stevens. The art has been contributed by area dealers and collectors.

Bring your business cards for sharing your business and for door prizes. Chamber members can also bring a door prize

for promotion. All members and prospective members are invited, and RSVP is required by calling the chamber at 828859-6236 by 5 p.m. on Monday, April 16.

– article submitted

by Janet Sciacca

• Polk observes

and trained to know what type of help to send.

The 911 center also allows schools to bring children in for class trips. This gives the children a chance to see what 911 is really for and why they might need to call for help one day. The center explains to the children that

911 is for emergencies only and should not be called to play on the phone. The staff emphasizes to both children and adults that every time a call is placed to 911 for a non-emergency, someone else’s real emergency might be delayed.

“Polk’s telecommunicators often don’t get the recognition

they deserve,” Rickman said.

“Just a simple thank you or pat on the back can make them feel like they’ve accomplished what they are there for, which is the safety of the citizens and all emergency responders for Polk County.”

– article submitted

by Dianne Rickman

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such as computer aided dispatch.

They are trained in officer safety and they are in a sense the officer’s lifeline when the officer is out on patrol. They are trained in proper questioning techniques

BBQ benefit for Beulah Baptist Church Beulah Baptist Church will hold a BBQ and hot dog plate benefit on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the old Cross-

roads Cafe, located at the intersection of Hwy. 9 and Hwy. 14.

All proceeds will go to support a church mission trip.

– article submitted

Friends and Family Day at St. Luke CME St Luke CME will host Friends and Family Day on Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. Four area preachers will present a component of friendships and family relationships and music

will be provided by their choirs.

St. Luke CME Church is located on Markham Road in Tryon; Rev. Barbara Phillips is the pastor.

– article submitted by Kimberly Porter

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located in Polk County, responds to all calls like this anywhere in the county.

What amount of money would you be willing to pay to increase In an average year, volunteers your family’s safety?

To the editor: put in more than 4,000 hours either In Columbus, increased fire protection could cost many The Columbus Fire Department training or answering calls to serve families $10 a year through an increased fire tax. The Columbus needs your help. the community.

Town Council already gave its approval for the tax increase If you live in the Town of Why am I telling you all of this and now the same must be voted on by the Polk County comColumbus or in information? Columbus missioners. the Columbus Fire Letters Fire Department is First, however, the department is hosting informational District, you need to to the asking the Polk County meetings to make sure residents are informed about how much read this.

Editor Board of Commissioners the new tax would cost them and what that amount of money For the last many to approve an increase means to the fire department overall. years, you have been of .01 to the fire tax rate, According to several who work in the department, it would protected by an organization made which adds $10 per $100,000 mean providing a higher level of service to area residents, esup of volunteers and supported by of value to your tax bill. The pecially at night when typically volunteers must respond from a fire tax. As you all know, the area Town of Columbus Council has their homes. This means driving to the fire department first to has grown and many more people already approved supporting this reach the apparatuses and equipment. If someone was available have moved in. additional .01. at the fire station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, then fire The average number of calls With this additional money department officials feel they’d be better prepared to get to fires answered by Columbus Fire we will be able to add necessary faster, thereby possibly increasing their ability to save lives or Department (CFD) in one year personnel to staff the station limit damage to structures. is 1,200. One half of these are 24 hours a day, seven days Tuesday, November 23, 2010 ryoN daily bulleTiN / The World’s smallesT daily NeWspaper page 3a Another benefit could be a better ISOTrating for homeowner’s medicals. Anytime a EMS call week, which will provide a faster insurance, meaning in the long run you could actually save goes out, a fire department call for response to all calls. This improves money. How often does a tax increase do that for you and proa first responder goes out at the especially on medicals, having vide improved services? same time. This first responder is a trained fireman on the scene.

— Editorial staff, Tryon Daily Bulletin a volunteer fireman that has EMT Related to fire, getting a truck to training. No matter what time of the scene faster gets water on the the day or night, he still responds. fire faster.

We do have one fireman/first We are asking your support EvEry WEdnEsday • 4-8forpm Comments on our facebook page responder that works 8 a.m. till by attending a information meeting Drink 5 p.m. five days a week.

Any specials – the next ones are Monday, April Tryon Daily Bulletin on ity, but we really need a store like D'oeuvres other time Complimentary we must depend on a Hors 16 at Columbus Town Hall at 7 April 5 posted: “Green Creek this out in Green Creek. volunteer on a fire call to respond or May& 10, Lady same place, same “I wish it weren’t a corporate to have Dollar General soon.”

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Parker Red to the station to drive a truck to time. If you cannot make either Ann Keller Yates said, chain store, but it is. :( I’m just Full Menu forof Dinner – you can sign a the scene. these meetings, “yuck…no, please….this can’t glad we won’t have to run to He may have to pass the fire to sheet, supporting this at Columbus Landrum next time my kids be…...” get to the station, and we must get Town Hall or at the fire station. If need that last-minute-I-have-aa truck to the fire before we can you have questions, please call Jodi Waldron Witherspoon school-project-due-tomorrow by start fighting the fire. On a medical 828-894-3667. said, “I know I’m in the minor- supply.”

Tryon Fire Chief Joey Davis presents an award from the Polk County call, the volunteer goes direct, in In closing, yes, I am one of the Fire Chief’s Association during a retirement party for Columbus Fire his own vehicle, in all kinds of volunteers who proudly serve you.

Chief Geoff Tennant. From left: Green Creek Chief Tarrance Randolph, None of the volunteers receive any New Winter Hours Columbus Asst. Chief Tony Priester, Davis, Columbus Deputy Chief weather.

When other departments around compensation of any kind. We Bobby Arledge, and Saluda Assistant Chief Shane Hamilton. (photo 2 p.m.

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in a wonderful, church-going family with God at the center of our lives. I was an exchange To the editor: student through the National In response to previous Council of Churches for a year TDB letters on the subject of in high school, and was a camp religion, the Bible and marriage for gays, I submit my own counselor and youth director at my church even before college. opinion and life experience.

Having studied the subject I was shocked to discover I f o r a l i f e t i m e , I c a n t e l l was gay.

As a senior citizen now, I am you that the Bible has been very sure that each interpreted to support person is a child of slavery, to condemn Letters God, deserving of homosexuality, and to the all the same rights t h a t v e r s e s i n , f o r Editor as another person, instance, Leviticus and that extending admonish us to not wear red, the right to marriage to same for women not to cut their hair, sex couples in no way limits, not to eat pork, for people not changes or undermines the to use leather. We cannot cherry marriage of good Christian pick which verses of the Bible men and women, or men and we choose to put up as the word women of any faith or sexual of God. T h e r e a r e j u s t a s m a n y orientation.

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Christian pastors and Cheney’s daughter is a lesbian, arguments for the acceptance that the daughter of Republican of all people, no matter race, f o r m e r U .

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S ecretary of creed, sexual orientation and it is hard to know that the love Commerce Robert Mosbacher of Christianity is sometimes is a lesbian, that many gays replaced by fury, anger and and lesbians live quietly in hatred by people who profess to Landrum, Tryon, Columbus and be sure of what the Bible says. all over the country.

If compassion and love are Watch the documentary called “For the Bible Tells Me So” the true values of every religion, (www.forthebibletellsmeso. I urge those who feel somehow org/index2.htm) with families outrageously threatened by the such as that of House Majority mere legal joining, in a church I might add, of two people who Leader Richard Gephardt.

Another film, God & Gays: love each other, who have the Bridging the Gap speaks for same values as you, who might, itself. Read some of the writings in fact, be your own sons or your of the retired Episcopal Bishop, own daughters, to understand a North Carolina native, Bishop that offering love, compassion and civil and even religious John Shelby Spong.

Growing up Christian and rights to all people can only finding oneself to be gay, or empower our American society, having a gay son or daughter not threaten it.

I have spent almost 50 years is an experience, which opens coming to terms with my own our hearts to the rights of all life, seeing the incredible harm people.

I f y o u b e l i e v e t h a t G o d done to children, teenagers, is in charge of all, then why adults who find themselves would he create your child as d i f f e r e n t f r o m t h e n o r m . a defective being, just because Suicide is a common avenue.

Is this what you would s/he loves someone of the same want for your own son; your sex?

Love is the true heart of beautiful little daughter?

I pray for the open hearts Christianity, and that love is of all. extended to all.

Hate is not a family value.

I should know. I was a very – Dana Curtin, Landrum religious child, who grew up

Hate not a value

What is the basis for our fears?

To the editor: Often fears occur when we face an unknown.

I am grateful for the county c o m m i s s i o n e r s ’ Letters w i s e d e c i s i o n to the not to opine on Editor the amendment that would prohibit same-sex marriage. Each of us must make up our own minds. It seems quite odd to turn to the commissioners, asking that they tell us how to vote. Are we so confounded by this “unknown” that we need them to be our Wizards of Oz? Fortunately, my wife and I know several same-sex couples.

They, too, are in love with one another and seek to live productive lives in society. I have no fear of them. I wish I could help lift the frightened and sometimes mean spirit that appears to fuel the supporters of this amendment.

I would replace these emotions with the love and understanding that many of us experience in life and in the pews of our more open

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churches and synagogues.

At a different time, we feared marriages between African Americans and whites, using some of the same language that we are now using in regards to same-sex marriage. We said this was an “unnatural” union. Since, I know several mixed-race marriages, I, too, have had the opportunity to see that they too love one another and seek to live productive lives in society.

My wife and I are white… and we have lost nothing because we know and love interracial couples and same-sex couples.

We must be careful in a democracy not to allow it to become a tyranny of the majority.

Minorities who seek to enjoy the same life that we in the majority do should have their rights protected, not stepped on… not beaten… and not berated.

I hope on May 8 that Polk County will show its compassion, not its criticism. I hope that we can seek understanding and not let our fears overwhelm us.

– Virgil Stucker, Mill Spring

Comments on www.tryondailybulletin.com Tryon Daily Bulletin posted: “Green Creek to have Dollar General soon” jbhorne replied: “That’s true.

If we had zoning Dollar General probably wouldn’t come to Green Creek. Nor would any business come to Polk County. There would be no Mom & Pop shops up and down highway 9. No hardware store. No feed store. There wouldn’t be any mobile homes or low rent houses for the people who can’t afford the $200,000+ homes. Just think how nice it would be with fields of hay, green pastures of horses and cows. But what about the residents of Polk County? They won’t be able to pay their property taxes. If there are no businesses in Polk County there will be no revenues coming in. If there are no revenues, the only choice the county will have to keep going, will be to raise prop-

erty taxes. Don’t get me wrong, there should be some sort of a beautification project to keep the county looking its best. Maybe a tax break for those who contribute in the project. Take a look around parts of Spartanburg. The garden club came in and planted trees, shrubs and flowers. This brought community pride to people who couldn’t do it on their own. It takes a community working together not one sided opinions. There has to be give and take on both sides for a better Polk County..”

SoylentGreen replied: “Many people will complain about the new Dollar General but they’re the same people who are going to shop there anyway. I’m excited about it. Maybe in the future we’ll end up with a decent restaurant that serves homebrew. A girl can dream, can’t she?”

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Exhibits/Events

Bravo Marketplace, 83 Palmer St., Tryon. Collection includes works by Diana Gurri, Linda Hudgins, Bob Neely, Jim Shackelford, Ford and Mara Smith and J.T. Cooper.

Gallery open Mon. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.

- 2 p.m.

Ferullo Fine Art Studio, 140 Pacolet St., Tryon. Currently conducting an ongoing class in expressive watercolor, the non-traditional approach, each Thursday from 2 - 4 p.m., with open studio from 4 – 5 p.m.

Kathleen’s Gallery, 98 N. Trade St., Tryon. Gallery hours are Monday - Saturday 10 - 5 p.m. For more information, call 828-859-8316.

Skyuka Fine Art, 133 N. Trade St., Tryon. April 14, 2 p.m.

Walk and Talk. Work focused on the history of Tryon and the Tryon Colony Artist’s work produced in the first half of the 20th century.

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

Tryon Arts & Crafts School, 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon. Continuing Stitches for Our Time Show. Upcoming workshops in bladesmithing, guitar building, silk painting, purse making through wet felting techniques and more.

Tryon Fine Arts Center, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

April 12, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.: “Improvisation II” with Darlene Cah. Designed to help participants find their inner voices. Wear comfortable clothes.

April 14 10 a.m., Studio A Kindermusik April 14 1 - 3 p.m., Musical Improv. Lead by Darlene Cah and accompanied by Pam McNeil.

April 28 Greensboro Youth Symphony. Presented through TFAC’s Arts in Education program.

Tryon Painters & Sculptors, 26 Maple St., Tryon.

Painter, Gary Page, featured artist until May 5.

New classes offered in introduction to drawing, sculpture, oil painting and figure drawing. Contact Christine Mariotti at cmariotti@windstream.net or 828-859-8392.

Upstairs Artspace, 49 South Trade St., Tryon. “Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Art in Spartanburg,” presents the many outstanding artists who live and work in Spartanburg County. The impressive range of art covers painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, mixed media, sculpture, turned wood, and ceramic and fiber art. A handsome coffee table book about the artists is available.

The exhibit continues through April 28. Gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 6 p.m., Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m. Contact: 828-859-2828 or visit www.upstairsartspace.org.

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Live Music

Thur. April 12

Purple Onion Michael Reno Harrell Zenzera 2 Four Ways

Fri. April 13

Elmo’s Karaoke Purple Onion Fred Whiskin 7 p.m.

Zenzera Rockin’ Dawgs

Sat. April 14

Elmo’s Night Shift Party Place & Event Center Crimson Rose Purple Onion The Stray Birds

Zenzera Blind Vision

Movies

Sun. April 15

Larkin’s (Columbus) Fred Whiskin 11:30 a.m.

Tues. April 17

Zenzera Open mic 7:30 p.m.

Wed. April 18

Elmo’s Open mic session 7:30 p.m.

Thur. April 19

Purple Onion Greg Klyma Zenzera Melodious Earth

Fri. April 20

Purple Onion Fred Whiskin 7 p.m.

Tryon Theatre, 45 S. Trade St., Tryon.

April 11 - 15 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy April 18 - 22 The Vow April 23 - 24 Carnage

Music Venues

El Chile Rojo - 209 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 864-457-5977 Elmo’s - Trade Street, Tryon, 828-859-9615.

Larkin’s - 155 W. Mills St., Columbus, 828-894-8800.

Melrose Inn - 55 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-0234.

Purple Onion - 16 Main St., Saluda, 828-749-1179.

Party Place & Event Center - Friendship Rd., Saluda, 828-749-3676.

Tryon Fine Arts Center - 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, 828-859-8322.

Ultimate Basement – 5965 N.C. 9 North, Mill Springs. 828-989-9374.

Wine Cellar - 229 Greenville St., Saluda, 828-749-9698.

Zenzera - 208 E. Rutherford St., Landrum, 864-457-4554.

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Landrum Lady Cardinals trounce Whitmire Wolverines 25-0

by Joey Millwood

Over Landrum’s Spring Break, softball coach Tucker Hamrick got a surprise. He woke up one morning to find his car was covered in sticky notes.

To be exact, it was covered in 7,000 sticky notes. Each sticky note had a message written on it.

Some were things that the coach is always saying to his players.

Others were things that his players picked on him about.

All of the 7,000 messages might have been individual notes, but they all gave the same message.

Hamrick, standing near third base after a 25-0 win over Whitmire on Monday afternoon, said that one message has been loud and clear on the playing field this season.

“The team has gelled together Cardinal Bre Cuff hits a grand slam in Landrum’s 25-0 shutout over Whitmire. (photo by Joey Millwood) well,” he said. “They’re all sup“You can just tell that we work porting each other. They’re back- on that togetherness. The Lady Jordan Farmer struck out eight Cardinals (10-3, 9-0) have been en route to a no-hitter. well together,” she said. ing each other up.” even more Lauren Pitts went 3-for-4 Hamrick The offense erupted. Catcher dominant this Bre Cuff had her best offensive with five RBIs, including a grand wasn’t mad about Sports season and that performance of her career. The slam. Taylor Jenkins finished the the sticky notes team mentality is a major reason senior finished the game 4-for-4 game 3-for-4 with four RBIs. because of that.

Landrum played Christ “They did it together,” he said. why, Hamrick said. with nine RBIs. She hit two homThat dominance was on full ers, including a grand slam.

Church Tuesday night at 7 p.m.

“I’m proud of that.”

Landrum’s journey to another display April 9 as Landrum disCuff attributed this team’s and will play Woodruff tonight region championship has hinged mantled Whitmire. performance to chemistry as well. at 7 p.m.

Shields tells story of her family in Civil War at Lanier Library Part of the Brown Bag Lunch Series On Tuesday, April 17 at noon at the Lanier Library, Aliene Shields will relate the story of her great-great-grandfather, Private Thomas Marion Shields of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry.

Through letters that have been preserved by her family, she is able to describe his family and their family relationships along the border of North and South Carolina during the Civil War. Thomas Shields and his wife, Amanda (Steadman), were born within 10 miles of each other on either side on the North/South Carolina border where Ruther-

ford County abutted then Spartanburg District. They had strong connections to the New Hope Baptist Church and relationships to the Camp, Patterson, Gilbert, Harris and Waters families on both sides of the border.

A farmer with a young family, Shields had not traveled far from home before he enlisted, along with three of his brothers, in the Confederate Army in July 1862 (a fourth brother enlisted later). His wartime experiences, which included hospitalization and imprisonment, took him to such locations as Charleston, Richmond, Leesburg, Gettysburg and Tennessee.

A collection of 34 surviving

letters, Shields tells the story of his life, and those of his close family members during the Civil War years. Aliene Shields compiled the letters into the book “The Legacy of a Common Civil War Soldier: Private Thomas Marion Shields,” which she wrote with historian Mac Wyckoff.

In period costume, Shields will tell the story of Shields’ close and loving family in a period of great hardship and turmoil.

The program, which is free, is part of Lanier Library’s Brown Bag Lunch series. Everyone is welcome.

– article submitted

by Frances Flynn

Aliene Shields

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www.tryondailybulletin.com Shop owners Kristi Maybry from Talloni’s-A Shoe Salon (left) and Anne Hendley of Maiale’s Boutique (right) outfit Heidi Shull with items from their Greer, S.C. shops in preparation of the Passion for Fashion luncheon to be held May 3 at the Piedmont Club. All proceeds will benefit Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. (photo submitted by Suanne Then)

Passion for Fashion Luncheon

Book By: BURT SHEVELOVE and LARRY GELBART Music and Lyrics by: STEPHEN SONDHEIM Originally Produced on Broadway by Harold S. Prince

at the University of South Carolina Upstate

Faculty/Staff/Student: $5 / General Admission: $7 / Group Rates are Available For tickets, contact the Performing Arts Center Box Office (864) 503-5695 or boxoffice@uscupstate.edu A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Phone: 212-541-4684. Fax: 212-397-4684. www.MTIShows.com

The third annual Passion for Fashion Luncheon presented by the Friendship Circle of Hospice of the Carolinas Foothills will take place on May 3 at The Piedmont Club in downtown Spartanburg, S.C. The deadline to purchase tickets is April 20.

Reservations are required.

The luncheon will begin at 11 a.m. with a mimosa reception giving attendees time for social greetings and viewing the items on display for the silent auction.

This year’s theme is “The Shoe Must Go On” and will feature a fashion show beginning at noon presented by Maiale’s Boutique and Talloni’s Shoe Salon, both from Greer, S.C. Maiale’s owner, Anne Hendley, will showcase her spring clothing line, while Kristi Maybry, owner of Talloni’s, will pair each outfit with her large selec-

tion of shoes. Modeling these ensembles will be eight local women. Following the fashion show, a luncheon will be served by the Piedmont Club.

In concert with the theme, participants are asked to “Wear a Pair and Bring a Pair” of shoes for the Hospice Thrift Barn.

Tickets for the afternoon will be $84 per person. This represents the unreimbursed portion of a one-day stay at the Hospice House. Because of underwriting from the event sponsors, $50 is tax deductible. The sponsors for the event are Millard & Company, J.M. Smith Corporation in Spartanburg, S.C. and Dale and Patty Holl.

For more information or reservations, contact Diane Nelson at 828-894-7000 ext. 229.

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GFPC compete in Carolina Region Dressage Rally March 23-25 The Greenville Foothills Pony Club (GFPC) took 16 members to the Carolina Region Dressage Rally held March 23-25 at the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center. The rally was a team competition involving 121 pony clubbers from North and South Carolina. Representing GFPC, members competed in several different divisions: the D division, the Mixed D/C division, the C division and the Qualifying division.

In the D division, Elizabeth Donohue, Amanda Fisher and Audrey Poltorak, along with their scramble mates from Pee Dee Pony Club, earned fourth overall and fourth in horse management. Also in the D division, B-rated member Rachael Wood served as a stable manager for another Pee Dee Pony Club team and not only helped to earn first overall and first in horse management, but she also assisted the team in earning the overall rally best horse management team score.

In the Mixed D/C division, the team of Julia Gates, Coley Gibson, Jordan Johnson, Sidney Jeffcoat, Alyssa Turner and Mallie Moore earned the division’s first overall award and third in horse management. Julia Gates individually earned the best dressage score of all the C-rated members at the rally. Also in this division, member Eric Wright and his scramble mates from Eno Triangle Pony Club earned sixth overall and second in horse management.

In the Qualifying division, the team of Kaitlyn Bardos, Darbie Barr, Elizabeth Baucum, Shady Sayers and Alena Poltorak earned fourth overall and third in horse management. Shady Sayers, during the musical presentations on Sunday, earned the overall best musical freestyle award. Darbie Barr won the rally best sportsmanship award. Unfortunately, because of a horse issue, Barr and Bardos were unable to present their pas de deux and therefore lost their opportunity to qualify

Members of the Greenville Foothills Pony Club competed in the Carolina Region Dressage Rally at FENCE. (photo submitted by Carolyn Culbertson)

for United States Pony Club Championships. Three members did qualify to go on and compete this summer in Lexington, Va.: Elizabeth Baucum and Shady

Sayers (riding competitors) and Alena Poltorak (stable manager competitor).

For more information on Greenville Foothills Pony Club,

see www.gfponyclub.org or contact greenvillefoothillspc@ gmail.com - article submitted

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Morris Plumley was an April fooler with names He married Ollie Victoria CenOn Feb. 12, 1880, my maternal great grandparents, William Madi- ter, the oldest daughter of George son (Bill) and Lucretia Gosnell Runyan and Lettie Barton Center.

Plumley, welcomed the youngest George and Lettie had an affinity of their 11 children into the world for names, too. They named their and named him Major General An- five daughters Ollie, Allie, Tallie, Callie and drew Jackson Morris Plumley.

Twice-told Vallie, but were “sensible” As he grew Tales of the more when naming older, he would Dark Corner their three sons, only claim MorHawthorne, ris as his given

by Dean Campbell James and Roy. name, and Morris and would sometimes “fib” by telling folks that Ollie became the parents of 14 he was given such a long name children, two of whom died in because he was born on April infancy. While all of them were given proper names, at Ollie’s Fool’s Day. He delighted in playing an April insistence, the surviving 12 were Fools joke on family and friends, given nicknames by Morris.

Thus, Nora Ellen, Elsie Mae, but was not always amused when Bertha Vivian, Cue Estelle, Wilsomeone played one on him.

However, dislike of his long liam Grady, Elma Jay, Annie Idelle, name evidently prompted him to Carlos Radford, Harold Dean, shorten other people’s names or Homer Ree, Lettie Lucretia and give nicknames to them. This was George Franklin were called Nell, especially true for his children and Possum, Plow, Quetie, Long Short (yes, really), Mule, Tom, Jack, grandchildren.

Dang, Buck, Pitty Poo or Creasy and Hoss, respectively.

Grandchildren had their own nicknames, too. He called me Dr. Ramon because I reminded him of the small boy who was dressed up in a little doctor’s outfit, given that name, and used in advertising and marketing Carter’s Little Liver Pills in the 1930s and 1940s. I was smaller than most children my age until I reached 12. Every year, he would tell me that I grew like a cow’s tail...downhill.

Morris was known far and wide for his stubbornness. If convinced he was right, he stood his ground vehemently. That’s why he was the only person who refused to move out of the Dark Corner in 1917 when the entire area was leased to Camp Wadsworth in Spartanburg for an artillery range.

He said, “There won’t be nothing here when I get back!” He proved to be partially right. Several families found homes damaged upon returning, and were never compensated by the Army.

The immediate family knew well one of his traits that many neighbors didn’t. He had a tendency to “pout for a spell” when things didn’t go precisely his way in family situations. Grandma Ollie simply took it in stride and laid the childish behavior to the fact that he had been the baby of his family in growing up.

The family also discovered that he had selective hearing. In his later years, when engaged in conversation he would oftentimes say, “What?”, or “Huh?”, causing the other person to repeat what was just said. He gave the distinct impression that he was hard of hearing.

Yet, let a family member go two or three rooms away, having a number of walls in between, and whisper something about him. “I heard that!” he would announce.

But one trait everyone in the Dark Corner laid to Morris Plumley; he was compassionate and always willing to help a neighbor.

From the time he was given a madstone as a young man, he swore to use it to help anyone and everyone

Morris Plumley, the nicknamer. (photo submitted)

who had need of it.

The Morris Plumley madstone was the best known and most sought out in the Dark Corner.

Victims of snake or spider bites, or one from a possibly rabid animal, left immediately for Morris’ home to have his madstone applied to the bite area so the poison could be removed.

Many times the madstone would have to remain on the bite area for several hours before all the poison would be drawn out. On several occasions the victim would have to stay overnight. Morris and Ollie treated them like family.

The madstone was utilized less and less after World War II brought about more modern emergency care at a local doctor or area hospital. Morris had no desire to ever go to a hospital. When he developed double pneumonia at home and was told by the doctor that he would not survive without going to the hospital, he refused.

Being one of his grandchildren who was especially close to him, I finally persuaded him to go to the old Spartanburg General Hospital.

He agreed, but said, “I won’t never come back home.”

A few days later, during the early morning hours of April 21, 1952, he breathed his last breath there.

I was visiting the expansive Spartanburg Regional Hospital System recently and suddenly discovered that a portion of the old General building, with its beautiful, wide, marble staircases, is still being used.

I was drawn to walk up them, to that fateful fifth floor where I said goodbye 60 years ago.

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Bridge Players Corner

by Karl Kachadoorian

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South is playing in four spades and gets an opening lead of the heart jack. Cover up the E/W hands and plan your play.

The first thing you notice is that you have

nine winners of the top. The second thing you notice is that you have no sure entry to dummy and therefore it may be difficult to develop your tenth trick in the dummy.

The club situation is especially dangerous since playing the suit yourself could possibly lead to three club losers. So after winning the opening lead you play the trump ace and get the bad news, a 3-0 split, revealing that even the Spade ten may not be an entry to dummy. This should warn you that it will take careful play and, more importantly, perfect timing to maximize your chances for success.

It’s now time to prepare a plan to counteract the situation at hand.

The best plan of attack probably is to endplay the opponents

into helping you get your tenth trick. To do this, your timing must be perfect. So you should stop drawing trumps and cash the Heart King and then play the diamond queen. Whichever opponent wins with the ace will be end-played. If east wins he can’t lead a trump without giving you a sure entry to the dummy for a pitch on the diamond king. Actually, if either opponent wins the ace of diamonds and leads hearts, he gives you a ruff and a sluff and if he leads clubs you will only will be guaranteed to limit your club losers to 2.

The key point in this hand was clearing the heart suit and not continue drawing trumps.

This gave declarer the perfect timing to guarantee end-playing the opponents into giving him his tenth trick.

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• Bed making (photo submitted by Carol Lynn Jackson) • Composting • Soil amendments and preserve it is another favorite both of which are in Mill Spring.

• Soil blocks section of the workshop.

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TLT’s latest production, ‘Knock Knock’ - The Mouse Editor’s note: Elvin Clark, one of the actors in Tryon Little Theater’s production of “Knock, Knock,” has been writing a blog about the experience. Over the next several weeks, the Bulletin will publish some of his posts to give insight into the process of creating a community theater production. “Knock, Knock” runs April 19-22 and April 26-29 at the Tryon Little Theater’s Workshop.

Subject – set decoration. Verdict - wow!

Set decoration is an art all its own. Over the weekend, TLT’s talented group of demented people, including Rebecca Davis, Jody McPherson, Mimi Alexander, Alexa Hughes, Jerreth Emory and possibly a cast of thousands, outdid themselves on the set of “Knock Knock.”

When the cast walked in

last night, all we could say was “Wow!” In life, clutter is deemed a bad thing. When it comes to two middle-aged men who haven’t left their home in 20 years, clutter’s status becomes elevated to the main decorating theme.

Our team of dementors (mostly women, please note) apparently had a wonderful time getting into the minds of middle-aged men and determining what their home would look like after 20 years without a woman’s touch.

They had far too much fun.

Think about it. Your job is to take whatever is there and mess it up.

What could be more cathartic?

Thousands of hours of therapy no longer needed. From what I was told there are inside jokes among them everywhere on the set. Don’t ask. Don’t tell.

My first question was, “Where’s the mouse?” There has been a tradition of a toy mouse appearing on almost every set done in the last few years. Sometimes it’s hidden in places the audience will never see but, most often, it’s in plain sight. It took me a long time to find it last night, but yes, he/she (I refuse to check) is there - in plain sight.

I would love to show you pictures of the set. But I won’t, I can’t, I shan’t. This set is worth the price of admission by itself. If we actors show up and actually say something, consider that a bonus.

They’ll begin rigging lights on Tuesday and by the end of the week we should be able to run the effects that are being planned. Box office opens Thursday.

Can’t wait until April 19. Beware the rubber chicken.

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Foothills duplicate bridge results played Thursday, March 29 Morning restricted pairs: Section A North-South 1. George Cashau - Earl Virts 2. Jack Williams - Archie Hardy 3. Charles Trevathan - Helen Trevathan 4. Donald Cobb - Pat Fiol East-West 1. Mel Rogers - Mary Elder 2. Kathy Bartlett - Mary Ostheim 3. Marcie Mack - Edward Krainer 4. Robert Palmer - David Hart Morning restricted pairs: Section B

North-South 1. Jane Janke - Margaret Kennard 2. Carolyn Ashburn - Sherril Wingo 3. Kathe Burklow - Betsy Carr 4. Dianne Brandstadter Mickey Brandstadter East-West 1. Jean Stratford - Kenneth Foster 2. Charlotte Lindsey - Charlie Stratford 3. H. Ingram Willis Jr. Yoshikazu Kinoshita 4. Stephanie White - Martha Frederick Afternoon open pairs

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Tryon daily bulleTin / The World’s smallesT daily neWspaper Burial dale, N.C. Survivors include one son, will be in Thomas Nelson Hix Jr. of Mill Patty’s ChaSpring; three daughters, Dollie- pel CemeBrooke Reid of Mill Spring, Em- tery, Fletchma-Catherine Ali of Rocky Mount, er, N.C. The famVa. and Charly-Blair Bradey of Ellsworth A.F.B., S.D.; two broth- ily will reers, T. Lane Rogers of Naples, N.C. ceive friends and Doug Rogers of Ramseur, N.C. prior to the and one sister, Darlene Goforth of service Thursday from 10 - 10:45 Arden, N.C. Also surviving are six a.m. at the funeral chapel.

An online guest register is grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at available at www.mcfarlandfuner11 a.m. Thursday, April 12 in the alchapel.com. McFarland Funeral McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon. Chapel, Tryon.

Obituaries

Mary Kathryn Rogers Hix

Mary Kathryn Rogers Hix, 56, of Mill Spring passed away Monday, April 9, 2012 at her home.

Born in Haywood County, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Troy A. and Bernice Sutton Rogers. She was an active member of the Polk County Democratic Party and a member of Spindale United Methodist Church, Spin-

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Polk County Democratic Party annual convention, Saturday, April 14 at the Steps to HOPE community room in Columbus. A free breakfast will be served at 9 a.m. and the meeting will start at 10 a.m. Local candidates will speak and volunteers will be honored. 828-894-3219.

Grassroots Art Project holds art workshops 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 Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828899-0673 for more information.

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

Kindermusik, Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m., Studio A at the Tryon Fine Arts Center. 828859-8322.

Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Explore the Arts musical improv event, Saturday, April 14, 1-3 p.m. Led by Darlene Cah and accompanied by Pam McNeil. 828-859-8322.

Lanier Library, Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition awards presentation, Saturday, April 14, 2 p.m.

Sunday

Community Health Fair,

North-South 1. Marily Williams - Sally Jo Carter 2. Judith Depriester - Al Howard 3. Daniel Dworkin - Jack Williams 4. Linda Sherer - David Bonner East-West 1. Jack Saunders - Doris Saunders 2. John Memory - Gordy Cwik 3. Richard Caser - Karl Kachadoorian 4. Betty Bowling - Sara Hamrick – article submitted

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Sunday, April 15, noon to 5 p.m. at the Tryon Seventh-day Adventist Church Morgan Center at 2820 Lynn Road. Free health checks and free food. Various medical facilities will share information about their services.

Visit www.tryonsdachurch.org for information about healthchecks.

Monday

Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.

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Cindy Sydnor on Rose Diamant in Raleigh, N.C. in September 2010. (photo by WNC)

These exercises all have their place, according to Sydnor, but they are more a test for the correct forward riding exercises.

“The essence of good riding is being forward, according to the

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Cindy Sydnor will give a riding clinic at Jeanne Ahrenholz’s farm in Landrum on Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14.

Sydnor has been riding since she was 12 years old, and she said she was lucky to have a classical dressage background. She has ridden in America, Germany and Austria. Her instructors were Dutch, German, and Austrian.

Sydnor has been a professional since she was 30. She lives with her husband on a 500-acre cattle farm in Snow Camp, N.C. Three children later, she is still riding, teaching, competing and judging dressage. She is also an examiner for the United States Dressage Federation Instructor Program.

The upcoming clinic will consist of 45-minute lessons with horses and riders of various levels. The theme of the clinic will be the training scale or pyramid.

There will also be some exercises for the horses, which can do the counter canter and flying changes and extensions in the trot work for a better development of the trot.

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