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JULY 2017

FESTIVALS, PARADES AND FUN In the Foothills

July 2017

IN IT TO WIN IT The Mongol Derby

SHOW ME THE HONEY Polk’s Beekeepers

CHASING BUTTERFLIES For the Smithsonian

Welcome to LIfe in Our Foothills

Packing to go

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s we ready this magazine for press, I am also deadlining on another pressing project: packing a teenage girl’s things for her month-long service trip to the other side of the planet. She’s been planning this trip for a long time, but now that we’re in the final week countdown, it all seems too real.

I’m trying not to focus on the things a mother inevitably worries about with a daughter who has barely traveled outside the Carolinas going so far away.

Instead I’m focusing on packing.

This girl has a lot of stuff. Just her makeup and hair accessories could fill a suitcase. She’s allowed one suitcase, so where does that leave clothes? When I can easily do 47 loads of her laundry in a weekend, not enough room.

Actually, it’s the ultimate editing job. I try to get her to see the brilliance of that metaphor; she rolls her eyes, places her hands to her temples in dramatic fashion, and flops on the bed in frustration, until her attention is diverted by the incoming text message.

Oh, yes, the phone. She won’t be able to use that for a month. No makeup and only about seven outfits for a month will be difficult, but nothing like disconnecting from the phone. I pity the people who will be around her as she goes through withdrawal. #TheStruggleIsReal.

While my daughter is representing America abroad, I’ll meanwhile be enjoying July and celebrating America, right here in the Foothills, especially the annual, uniquely Saluda and highly recommended, July 8 Coon Dog Day festival.

It’s small town America at its best! Or, celebrate America with me at Columbus’ Fabulous Fourth celebration. Grab a deep fried anything, a red, white and blue icee, and enjoy the rides and fireworks! (You can spot me as I’ll be on my phone texting my daughter’s group leader asking if she’s ok.)

As always, thanks for your support of this magazine. I welcome your story ideas, photos, comments and suggestions. Welcome to July in the Foothills!

Claire Sachse Managing Editor claire.sachse@tryondailybulletin.com

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General Manager Kevin Powell Managing Editor Claire Sachse Contributors Heather Freeman Kirk Gollwitzer Judy Heinrich Carol Lynn Jackson Margaret Riedy Mark Schmerling Vincent Verrecchio Steve Wong

Marketing Magan Etheridge Trish Boyter Brandon Moore Production Gwen Ring Administration Erika Anton Distribution Jeff Allison Jamie Lewis Alex Greene Anders Krarup

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What began as a chicken supper fundraiser for the local Coon Club has grown into an event that attracts over 10,000 people each year. The 54th annual Coon Dog Day, a homecoming celebration for dogs and their people, will be celebrated July 8 from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Great food, live music, a parade, crafts, street dancing, big wheel races, a 5K and much more are planned. Visit Saluda. com for more information. (Photo by Mark Schmerling)

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06 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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FEATURES 09 Adventures of a Lepidopteran Conservationist

And the beautiful biodiversity of butterflies

16 Show Me the Honey

Polk’s beekeepers share tips, advice

22 Summer Youth Theater

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“Thoroughly Modern Millie”

FOOTHILLS FEATURED 24 Screen on the Green 26 Here Comes the Bride COLUMNS 28 Much Ado

Dressed for success

30 In Good Taste

Summer garden tarts

42 Pebbles the Pony

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What to do about Bob?

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APPOINTMENTS 32 The Mongol Derby

Ride of a lifetime

38 New Hall of Fame Honors Carolinas Show Hunters 46 Competitive Hobby Horsing

TIEC first U.S. venue to host new international discipline

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BIZZ, BANG AND BOOM!

SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT

It’s July, people! Summer is in full swing. There is music galore, a Fabulous Fourth of July celebration, fun Saturday Night Lights out at the equestrian center, and a downhome festival devoted to the coon dog. It doesn’t get any better than this!

FABULOUS FOURTH FESTIVAL

COON DOG DAY FESTIVAL July 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29, 5-8 p.m.

HUCKLEBERRY’S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES St. Luke’s Plaza, 62 N. Trade St. Tryon, Huckleberrysbakery.com

July 4, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.

FABULOUS FOURTH FESTIVAL Downtown Columbus, Mills St. and Stearns Park, Columbusnc.com

July 8, 7-10 p.m.

MUSIC AT THE TRACKS FEATURING SPECIAL EDITION Landrum Depot, N. Trade Ave. cityoflandrumsc.com

July 7, 7-10 p.m.

July 1, 8, 15 & 22, 5-10 p.m.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS Tryon International Equestrian Center, 25 International Blvd.

Mill Spring, Tryon.com July 1, 5-7 p.m.

TRYON PAINTERS & SCULPTORS OPENING RECEPTION TPS Gallery, 78 N. Trade St., Tryon, TryonPaintersAndSculptors.com 6

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SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT FEATURING BIG SOUND HARBOR Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St. Tryon, SummerTracks.com July 8, 8 a.m. – 11 p.m.

COON DOG DAY FESTIVAL Downtown Saluda, Saluda.com

July 12, 13, 14 & 15 at 8 p.m. and July 16 at 3 p.m.

TRYON LITTLE THEATER PRESENTS “THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE” Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon tryonarts.org

July Calendar July 18, 6-7 p.m.

SALAMANDERS OF THE CAROLINAS Landrum Library, 111 Asbury Dr. Landrum, Pacolet.org July 18, 12 p.m.

LIVE@LANIER ON PHOTOGRAPHING BUTTERFLIES FOR CONSERVATION Lanier Library, 72 Chestnut St. Tryon, lanierlib.org July 21, 6:30-9 p.m.

LIVE@ LANIER

LITERARY OPEN STAGE Lanier Library, 72 Chestnut St. Tryon, lanierlib.org July 21, 7-10 p.m.

SUMMER TRACKS CONCERT FEATURING EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES Rogers Park, 55 W. Howard St. Tryon, SummerTracks.com July 22, 7-10 p.m.

MUSIC AT THE TRACKS FEATURING KAREN GRANT & BIG SPIKE HAMMER Landrum Depot, N. Trade Ave. Landrum, cityoflandrumsc.com July 29, 8:30 p.m.

MOVIES IN THE PARK “THE SOUND OF MUSIC” Stearns Park, Downtown Columbus, Polklibrary.org Through Aug. 4

CAROLINA CAMERA CLUB ANNUAL SHOW Tryon Fine Arts Center Mahler Room Gallery, 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon, tryonarts.org

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On each specimen, a miniaturized label of Dr. Ahrenholz’s own design provides the Smithsonian with enhanced data for the taxonomy and research necessary for conservation.

ADVENTURES OF A

Lepidopteran Conservationist WRITTEN BY VINCENT VERRECCHIO PHOTOGRAPHS BY DAVID AHRENHOLZ, MD, FACS, AND VINCENT VERRECCHIO

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magine your shirt weighted with sweat, salt in your eyes, and the air so humid, you work to breathe.

The cradle of your palm is damp under the base of your 35mm camera. You’re looking for a photo opportunity, glancing around and upwards for darting brown or gray butterflies in the enveloping green shades of rainforest vegetation. But you’re not looking

down and miss what’s swarming around your feet. Above you, a Skipper butterfly flits away. As you step in pursuit, the smell hits, rising with vinegar pungency.

You’re standing on a curiously vibrating brown mat about six feet long and three feet wide. On closer inspection, you’re into it about three inches, and its darkness is creeping up your boots. The smell is LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS July 2017

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Using bait of a rotten fish, Dr. Ahrenholz was able to take the first ever photograph of a living Thisbe incubus, a rare Metalmark butterfly of the rainforest canopy.

formic acid sprayed by army ants as they swarm to devour larvae, beetles, grasshoppers, and other insects that fail to get out of the way.

Such was the first Brazilian butterfly expedition for David Ahrenholz, MD, FACS. It was 1989 and he was armed with 80 rolls of 36-exposure Kodachrome and hoping he had sufficient film.

There are, after all, 3,500 species in the Skipper family of Hesperiidae.

On vacation far from the severely burned patients and sterile operating rooms of his surgical career, Dave was seeking rejuvenation in the natural world of the Lepidoptera. Based on ancient Greek for “scaly wings,” Linnaeus first used the term in 1735 for moths and butterflies.

Centuries later, there would be 180,000 Lepidoptera species and uncounted unknowns, and Dave was on a mission as a Smithsonian entomology research associate to find, identify, and photograph all that he could.

“I became hooked on butterflies in third grade,” says Dave. “I had no ability to draw or paint but thought that with photography I could bring people into the art and beauty of living butterflies.” His first camera, a Kodak Brownie, “couldn’t focus on small objects.” Working summers digging for his grandfather’s excavating company in Iowa, he saved enough by tenth grade to buy a Pentax camera.

“I wanted to study with V. B. Wigglesworth at Cambridge and become a PhD entomologist...but I also took the MCAT exam.”

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In thanks for collecting examples of more than 715 Metalmark species and other specimens, the Smithsonian provides Dr. Ahrenholz with museum storage boxes and international collection permits. He keeps his collection in a humidity-controlled environment to preserve specimen integrity.

problem solving, critical thinking, and knowledge of scientific principles. These would have been intellectual characteristics necessary for an entomologist but Dave’s high scores gave him pause to consider an alternative career. His chosen avocation spanned 33 years as a burn and trauma surgeon, teaching at the University of Minnesota.

He retired as co-director of the Regions Hospital Burn Center in St. Paul, Minnesota before moving with his wife to Landrum, S.C. Over the years, his passion for butterflies continued to deepen with appreciation and knowledge of their

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Tools for preparing a Smithsonian specimen, top to bottom, range from a microscope and mounting board to wing cover paper and a selection of entomological pin sizes.

“Butterflies I seek are routinely beyond reach from the ground,” says Dr. Ahrenholz. “So, I designed a collapsible carbon fiber pole to reach my net 42 feet into a rainforest subcanopy.”

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The Euselasia seitzi, a rare Metalmark butterfly, was known only from a specimen captured in 1926 until 2006 when Dr. Ahrenholz took a photograph of this living male in the lowlands of Ecuador. The female is still unknown.

Lepidopteran Conservationist essential elegance and role in biodiversity.

“My scientific credentials are in medicine, but I consider myself a self-trained naturalist. I am a researcher, photographer, and hesitant collector.”

When asked about the adjective “hesitant,” Dave tells a story that starts in 1980 with his first trip to Ecuador where he met a Smithsonian researcher. Subsequently, Dave was invited to show his slides to Dr. Robert Robbins, the Smithsonian’s curator of lepidoptera.

“I wanted to know the names of what were in my photos. My eighth slide showed a tiny butterfly and Bob got really excited. He asked, ‘Where’s your specimen?’

Specimen? I just wanted to photograph butterflies, not kill them. I had documented a new species, but the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature forbids naming a species based only on photographic evidence. A preserved specimen must be available for study in recognized museums. There can be no legislation protecting a unique species and its habitat without a species name. Then scientists and conservationists can and will invest the necessary resources.”

Bob asked if Dave could return to the same location for a specimen, but the answer was no. The forest habitat was already gone. When Bob finally convinced Dave to collect for the Smithsonian, it was the beginning of an ongoing relationship with lasting significance. For example...

From a precipitous mountaintop in Ecuador Dave brought back an unknown species of Hairstreak with a two-inch wingspan, largest to date, and currently the avatar of the species in the museum’s restricted collection.

A book with Dave’s work on Ecuadorian Metalmarks is in preparation for publishing by the Smithsonian. His photographs have already illustrated dozens of works, including 68 images in the Audubon Field Guide to North American Butterflies.

The museum is pleased to have Ahrenholzia pimpillala, a new genus to be named for the discoverer and a region in Ecuador.

In thanks for collecting examples of more than 715 Metalmark species, each with previously undocumented behavioral data based on Dave’s methodology, the Smithsonian has provided museum storage boxes and collection permits. Ecuador, for example, requires an eight-page national collecting permit, a separate export permit, and transportation permits to cross each provincial border.

The Smithsonian published a paper, “The Ahrenholz Technique for Collecting Neotropical Skippers,” reporting what Dave learned after hurrying out of the Brazilian army ants. The Skippers would light long enough for a photo while feeding on the droppings of Ant Birds that, LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS July 2017

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A living male Lyropteryx diadocis, a rare Metalmark butterfly from the Amazon basin of Brazil. The female is unknown.

The only photograph of a living Euselasia illarina, a rare Metalmark butterfly known to inhabit only the Eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador.

This Skipper is “puddling” on tissue/saliva bait invented by Dr. Ahrenholz to entice the butterfly to pause and pose. Puddling is a feeding behavior where the proboscis extends under the body to retrieve moisture that has passed through the butterfly.

Metalmark is named for metallic-looking scales on its wings. For three days in 1989, Dr. Ahrenholz waited by a flowered tree for rare females of the species

in turn, had been eating the insects fleeing from the devouring swarm.

In trying to attract the butterflies without the company of birds and ants, Dave experimented with baits, eventually succeeding with tissue torn to the size of a dropping and moistened with saliva. In a private letter of thanks from Robbins, Dave was congratulated on becoming “internationally famous for bird poop and toilet paper.”

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Despite being caught alone on a jungle trail in 2013 by a hostile Ecuadorian tribe with machetes and accused of being a headhunter, Dave, as of this writing, is climbing 60 flights of stairs per day in preparation for one of his twice-yearly return expeditions.

Using an alliterative term he probably coined, Dave gives a few reasons for going, “Butterflies are our most beautiful biomarkers

of biodiversity. Fragile creatures of the air...pollinators of many plants, a food source for many birds, a fascinating indicator of environmental well-being.” •

For more of Dave’s butterfly photos, insights into conservation, and jungle adventures, he will be presenting Live@Lanier, Tuesday, July 18 at noon, 72 Chestnut Street, Tryon.

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Beekeeping

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Polk County beekeeper Lisa Krolak inspects a hive.

Beekeeping

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y e n ho WRITTEN BY MARK SCHMERLING PHOTOS BY MARK SCHMERLING AND SUBMITTED BY DAVID SMITH

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An attendee at the monthly beekeeper meeting wears a lighthearted T-shirt. New members are always welcome to attend, or learn more at GrowRural.org or PolkCountyFarms.org/beekeepers.

aw honey contains up to 80 substances including glucose, fructose, the whole B-vitamin complex, vitamins A, C, D, E and K, plus minerals and the trace elements of magnesium, phosphorus, iron, calcium, sodium and copper, plus sulfur, chlorine, iodine and manganese, all important to human nutrition.

In addition, bees, including honeybees, pollinate many foods we enjoy. And Polk County residents who support local beekeepers also love the flavor of honey, and its usefulness in many recipes.

Those local beekeepers and bee enthusiasts now have a forum at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center, to gather and share lessons, tips and advice, drawing from the experience of long-time pros in the fields and orchards. The beekeepers association normally meets the third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Format is open discussion and attendees are invited to bring their experiences and questions.

PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES Always a concern, if not an immediate threat, is the use of pesticides and herbicides on crops and orchards in surrounding areas. While herbicide and pesticide use has been blamed for bee die-offs in some areas and can be a factor in this region, local officials note that such use in Polk County is rather limited. However, the increased use of chemicals can produce indirect effects on bees.

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honey, but who also sells beekeeping supplies, at Holbert’s Bee Supply on Ozone Drive, Saluda.

He has kept bees for 35 years.

Holbert mentioned recent herbicide use by the power company in the Sunny View area of Polk County.

Has Holbert encountered problems with chemicals? “Not too much here lately. Some others might have a different opinion.”

David Smith of Polk’s Beekeepers AssociaPolk County beekeeper David Smith inspects a hive. tion, and another local beekeeper, Lisa Krolak, acknowledge that while than at night, when bees are not out. herbicides and pesticides are not used At least one official in South Carolion a large scale in Polk County, they na emphasized that agencies in charge can kill bees. of spraying must have better relationSmith noted that some apple growers ships with the beekeeping community. in Henderson County use chemicals, Officials in South Carolina assert that which can harm bees. However, bees’ wild and captive bee populations can flight patterns might save many from recover from such incidents, but also harm, he added. acknowledge that beekeepers suffer In spite of the bees’ best efforts and financially when such losses occur. evolutionary benefits, beekeepers in othThe Fieldmatch program in Polk er areas have reported serious die-offs.

County is aimed at preventing such Last August in Dorchester County, episodes, according to Smith. A national S.C., millions of honeybees (2.5 million program, Fieldmatch helps coordinate in one location) died from spraying beekeepers and chemical sprayers. To aimed to kill mosquitoes carrying the be part of this, beekeepers must register Zika Virus. In this case, the chemical their hives. killer was Naled, which kills mosquitoes on contact, and has been used in the THREATS TO THE HIVE U.S. since 1959. EPA officials emphaKrolak observed that in Polk County, size that Naled dissipates so quickly that the issue isn’t so much with pesticides as is allegedly not a hazard to humans. the prevalence of mites, which can take In this case, spraying was conducted down bees’ immune systems. When that after dawn, when bees are active, rather happens, a species of moth can take over 18

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Amy DeCamp, an AmeriCorps volunteer working at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center with hives donated by Burt’s Bees. The bee colony was established with the help of a large donation from the natural skin care product company. DeCamp says that the Ag Center rents out beekeeping equipment.

Call the center at 828-436-0029. There is a fee, and equipment is only available at certain times.

the hives and eat the honey.

Leading the discussion at the June meeting of the Polk Beekeepers Association, Holbert told those gathered that mites favor high drone populations, and that mites can live as long as eight months. According to Holbert, one way to rid the hive of mites is the use of oxalic acid.

Holbert added that mites will not harm the honeycomb, and that freezing the comb over winter will kill mites.

Holbert also described the method known as “sugar shake” to help reduce mite populations in the hive. Covering affected bees with powdered sugar and properly rolling that mass of mite and sugar-covered bees are steps in removing the mites.

Though researchers aren’t sure what has caused the increased mite populations, he feels it might be related to the increased use of chemicals in agricultural production generally. “(Mite) Treatment now can mean the difference between having bees and not having bees,” Holbert advised.

Another problem facing Polk’s bee-

Reda Harvey, owner of the Farm Store at the Mill Spring Agricultural Center, displays some of the many local products which bees pollinate. In this case, it’s peaches and squash.

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Some of the locally produced honey available at the Farm Store in the Mill Spring Agricultural Center.

keepers is hive beetles. To a certain degree, the bees can herd these beetles.

But beekeepers can also trap them with sticky substances in the hive.

WEATHER CONCERNS Of course, like with any crop, the weather is always a top of mind factor with bee production and yield.

Holbert mentioned that honey production was low earlier this year, limited by wind and rain.

Regarding weather, Smith observed that this spring it got warm, and stayed warm, and the bees ate their stored honey. “It hit their cycle a little bit, and decreased honey production,” he noted.

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the bees over the winter. Holbert said that feeding simulates nectar.

“Whatever you do in that month will affect how bees survive the winter.”

BEE ZONES Beekeepers need to strike a fine balance with their populations. If hives become over-populated, bees will swarm, and leave the hive. All one can do is hope they swarm on the property, and then the beekeeper can try to get them back in the hive.

Smith noted that bees seldom fly more than 2.5 miles from their hive in search of nectar. He said that if you look at Google Earth, draw a two-mile circle, “you’re going to be amazed at how much ground that covers. Polk County bees whose normal flight takes them to sprayed apple

orchards in Henderson County could be harmed, but most Polk County bees probably don’t fly far enough to encounter such danger.”

“The bees are incredible creatures,” Smith noted, observing that that bees will travel to the best flowers, “to get the biggest bang for the buck,” an adaptation that has occurred “over the millennia of evolution.”

Bees communicate with each other to indicate travel to various food sources.

Smith noted that bees have two stomachs. One is for the normal processing of the animal’s digestive needs. The other stores nectar, to which bees add an enzyme that transforms the nectar into a different sugar.

“They’ve got a good system worked out,” Smith observed. •

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Thoroughly Modern Millie

A few cast members are practicing their lines at their first rehearsal. First row: Faith Augustine, Maggie Collins, Lane Ruff; Back row: Amelia Nespeca.

Tryon Summer Youth Theater “Thoroughly Modern Millie” debuts July 13-16 at the Tryon Fine Arts Center WRITTEN BY MARGARET RIEDY

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or almost two decades, the Tryon Little Theater has provided young people with the opportunity to shine onstage and backstage at the Tryon Fine Arts Center. The kids are at it again this summer with their production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

This musical is filled with flappers, farce, and fun, and these actors and designers are giving it all they got!

Cast members and other local youth are being mentored through the process of designing and producing sets; summer youth show alums are coming home to support the next generation; and kids and their families are once again pulling together to share their hard work and talent with the community.

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WANT TO GO? Who: Young actors and designers from Tryon and surrounding communities What: Local youth present their musical production of “Thoroughly Modern Millie” When: July 13-16 Where: Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave, Tryon Tickets: tryonarts.org/828-859-8322 tltinfo.org/828-859-2466

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Screen on the Green Photos by Janet Sciacca, Kevin Parker and Kirk Gollwitzer “A magical evening� is how Screen on the Green organizer, Kirk Gollwitzer, described the film screening held at the Mimosa Inn June 3. With 200 attendees, great food and fun music, a good time was had by all at the fundraiser held to benefit the Tryon International Film Festival.

1. Gigi Dover & The Big Love 2. Crys Armbrust 3. Nadine Naujoks, Dean and Kelly Trakas 4. Lavin Cuddihee and Robyn Rosenberg

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Here come the bride!

Photos by Mark Schmerling This May 28 wedding was held on private property near Saluda. The couple is Ollie and Rachel Lewis from Washington, D.C. He is related to owners of the land. Rachel’s father rowed her to the ceremony site beside the lake.

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Much Ado The author, wearing his unique brand of American Casual, with his daughter on a past trip to Rome.

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Dressed for Success The art of slouching through the Carolina Foothills WRITTEN BY STEVE WONG

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o say I’m a casual dresser is to overstate the obvious slouch that I can be. I hate to get dressed up. I hate dress shoes, men’s “hosiery,” suits, tucked in shirt tails, notched belts, a straight part in my hair, and especially neckties. I really, really hate neckties. I’m not too fond of a clean-shaven face either. But I’m in good company.

As I have become more and more familiar with the culture of the Carolina Foothills, I have been told more than once the citizens are “over” getting dressed up for social affairs.

Oh, they still like to eat, drink, and be merry; they just don’t want to get dressed up for it.

Because many of them are retired business people, they have “been there, done that” and don’t care to do it anymore.

Many of my days are spent at my home office with nobody around but the dogs and cats, and I often lapse into total unpresentableness.

As this very moment, as I frantically write this column past deadline, I am wearing yesterday’s un-ironed button-down shirt, yellow boxers with blue stripes, and black socks that may or may not be right-side out. I’m very comfortable, and I’m saving energy by having the air conditioning turned up to 74 degrees. The only physical activity I’m engaged in is typing and nibbling. Because my Florida-room office is on the backside of the house and we don’t have any curtains on the windows, I get plenty of natural light without the worry of prying eyes.

Knock-knock. It must be those door-to-door Christians, bringing me some more reading materials. Now where did I put my pants?

Knock-knock! How can I get from my office to my closet in the bedroom on the other end of the house without the nice church ladies seeing too much of me through the glass door?

I hate to pretend I’m not home, but I would hate to embarrass them in my state of undress.

Knock-knock!! From past visits, they know I’m here because my car is in the driveway and that I’ll politely accept their religious tracts. We’re on a first name basis.

Knock-knock!!! Whatever… as I pass by the front door, I hold up a finger and silently mouth, “Just one minute.” If they’ve not seen a man of certain age in his underwear by now, it’s time.

I found my pants, made nice with the domestic missionaries, and added their pamphlets to the stack on the reading table. They made it a special point to give me one on “Christian manhood,” and I thanked them.

This being a summer Friday night, tonight there is a free concert in Tryon’s Rogers Park, something the wife and I often enjoy. I know the dress code: T-shirt, shorts, and flip-flops. It’s also the dress code for shopping at the Bi-Lo, unless you opt for the more casual alternative: flannel pajama bottoms, plastic Crocs, and a tank or tube top. The classics never go out of fashion.

Maybe I should at least try to

“If they’ve not seen a man of certain age in his underwear by now, it’s time.” rise above the masses. I believe I’ll wear my signature attire: A Hawaiian floral-print shirt with a rounded tail (not tucked in, of course), my baggy plaid shorts, and athletic shoes, even though I’m not an athlete. This was my standard ensemble when I went to Rome, Italy, a few years ago with my wife and daughter. Rome is an old and hot city with lots of American tourists in search of ice cubes and locals who don’t use deodorant but they do use bidets.

With a roll of her eyes, my fashion-conscious daughter repeatedly told me that a floral shirt paired with plaid shorts is not appropriate when shopping on the Via del Condotti.

I told her repeatedly that drinking warm Coke reluctantly served by rude and smelly Romans was uncivilized.

When in Rome…

But I’m not in Rome this summer.

I’m in the Carolina Foothills, where the women wear their gray hair long, the men sport a three-day shadow, and grandchildren visit but don’t stay.

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In Good Taste

Summer Garden Tarts Easy gourmet goodness WRITTEN BY CAROL LYNN JACKSON

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hatever tartlet vehicle you chose, be it cut-outs of puff pastry, phillo cups, or homemade flaky pastry dough, you can ensconce a wide array of garden bounty within these edible plates and bowls. Perfect at room temperature, savory tartlets work well for picnics or snacks on the sunset pontoon ride across the lake.

On the short list for these Summer Garden Tarts are shiitake mushrooms, sweet onion, and nutty zucchini strips, all local and

organic, and lightly sautéed until tender. The sweetness of each simple garden ingredient comes out after a slow simmer with fresh extra virgin olive oil and herbs and spices of one’s choosing. •

DIRECTIONS: • Unfold a thawed sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured surface.

Using a cookie cutter size of your choice, cut circles from the sheet of puff pastry. About a ¼ inch in on the pastry circle, score with a sharp knife around the circle.

Place the circles on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and place in the fridge until ready to use.

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

• Heat 3 tablespoons of good olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and add thinly sliced onions

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and garlic. Caramelize for 15 to 20 minutes, then add sliced shiitake and sliced zucchini strips.

Add salt, pepper and fresh thyme and cook for another 10 minutes until all items in the mixture are soft.

• Place a small amount of the veggie mixture on each circle, staying within the scored edge.

Sprinkle top with your choice of cheese. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the pastry and cheese topping is golden brown. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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The Mongol Derby Ride of a Lifetime WRITTEN BY JUDY HEINRICH PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Mongol Derby

Marianne and Bella at home with a friend’s draft cross (photo by Judy Heinrich).

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Mongol Derby Marianne and Aabsolut Bling on course at a recent endurance ride.

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ndurance competitors cover 50 to 100 miles in a single day on a single horse, within allotted times of 12 to 24 hours, depending on distance. There are several mandatory vet checks during rides, to ensure horses are fit to continue and give both rider and horse an hour or so to rest, re-hydrate and eat. Out on the trail, competitors encounter all kinds of terrain in whatever conditions the weather gods decree, from freezing cold to blistering heat, pouring rain and thunderstorms, or some combination.

And if they’re lucky, cloudless skies to light the dead-of-night trails. For riders who can’t get enough, there are “Pioneer Rides,” with multiple days in a row of endurance riding for combined distances of at least 150 miles.

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Marianne Williams of Tryon, your typical endurance rides just aren’t extreme enough. In August she’ll be competing in the Mongol Derby, deemed the world’s longest and toughest horse race by the Guinness Book of Records. It’s in Mongolia, of course, a landlocked sovereign state in East Asia that’s bordered by China to the south and Russia to the north. The Derby is 1,000 kilometers long – that’s 621 miles – and riders have 10 days to complete it, preceded by three days for navigation and survival training, and meeting the horses.

Unlike typical endurance races for which courses are well marked by friendly florescent ribbons, the Derby course isn’t marked at all. In fact each year’s course is kept secret until right before launch. But you can be sure the riders will experience every type of

Mongolian terrain, from high passes, open valleys, wooded hills and river crossings to wetlands, floodplains, sandy semi-arid dunes and, of course, “open Steppe” – the expansive grasslands that cover most of the country.

And forget the trusting longtime bonds that endurance riders invariably have with their horses: Mongol Derby riders are on half-wild Mongolian horses that they switch out every 25 miles.

Fresh horses are provided at 25 stations along the way, with choice of horse on a first come-first served basis. So if you’re in the back of the pack, you choose from the horses nobody else wanted.

If anyone could possibly question the grueling nature of this experience, consider this description from Derby organizers: “No marked course, no packed lunches, no shower block, no

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stabling, possibly a GPS. Your chances of being seriously injured or dying as a result of taking part are high. You are really putting both your health and life at risk – that’s the whole point.” So what in the world possessed Marianne to say, “Sign me up”?

THIRST FOR ADVENTURE Marianne has always had an adventurous streak, she says, despite being raised by “ordinary suburban parents.”

Her dad was a banker and they both played bridge. But her dad, now 94, was a World War II vet, shot down over Germany and captured as a POW. “I think I got all of my adventurousness from him,” Marianne says.

Growing up in Panama City, Fla., it was easy to find work that combined fun and adventure. Some of Marianne’s jobs were bartending, scuba diving, hunting, spear fishing and piloting small planes. Then when a company came to town looking for experienced divers to go to Europe, Marianne said she “didn’t get the job but did get the captain.” They got married and moved to Maine to start a commercial diving business harvesting sea urchins for the Japanese market. They raised two sons who Marianne home schooled aboard ship. “I was the primary parent because my husband worked in the Bering Sea for part of the year.”

One childhood dream Marianne hadn’t fulfilled at that time was exploring the country by horseback, “being like Kit Carson and Daniel Boone.”

Then, when her second son left home for prep school she said she cried for three days. And stopped crying when she suddenly thought, “I should get a horse.” Divorced by that time, she headed west.

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been tried and returned by two previous adopters. “I went with an untrained mustang rather than a trained, experienced horse because I wanted to start with a clean slate,” she explains. “I never wanted to do any showing, I always wanted to ride outside.”

Saying she learns things best by doing them rather than taking lessons, Marianne spent a half-year on a ranch out in New Mexico, riding six days a week with the working cowboys. “I got to ride a bunch of their horses, I rode horses from a string that guests could ride, and I took my mustang, Bella, out with them a lot,” she explains.

When her time at the ranch was up, Marianne bought a place and got into endurance riding. “I liked it because you can ride a long distance but know you’ve got a route to follow, companions there, vets to help you monitor and care for your horse – there’s a certain amount of security.” Marianne started with “Limited Distance” rides of 25-35 miles before moving up to official endurance distances of 50, 75 and 100 miles. Between her first mustang “Bella,” a mustang gelding “Applejack,” and an Arab gelding, “Aabsolut Bling SF,” she was soon placing regularly among the top 10 finishers.

Then she also got into Pioneer Rides. “I like those multi-day rides the most,” she says. “The fitness level you need is a testament to both horse and rider.” Her longest Pioneer was five consecutive days of 50s at the Grand Canyon XP ride, three on Bella and two on Bling.

Marianne’s most recent endurance ride was a 55-miler at the Biltmore Challenge FEI ride in May, which she and Bella completed in eight hours.

And she rides just about every day, on her own horses or those of friends who board with her, directly from her Tryon farm onto the FETA trails.

“I went with an untrained mustang rather than a trained, experienced horse because I wanted to start with a clean slate.”

DOING THE DERBY As of early June, 36 riders were scheduled to compete in the Mongol Derby, eight from the U.S. and four of those from the Carolinas! In addition to Marianne (age 54), there are Julia Fisher (65) from Hartsville, S.C.; Rachel Land (38) from Easley, S.C.; and Clare Summers (59) from Pendleton, S.C. Rachel and Clare will be riding as a team while Marianne and Julia are planning solo rides. The four women know each through endurance and, Marianne says, “We’re all in it to win it.”

All of the international riders are planning to meet ahead of the race in Mongolia to see some of the country’s cultural sites before their training and the Derby itself. According to organizers, Derby riders will be supported by teams of vets, medics, drivers and interpreters, and each rider will wear a tracking device so friends at home can follow their progress.

The Derby runs from August 9-18 and you’ll be able to get general news and follow Marianne’s progress at MongolDerby.com. We’ll also be talking to Marianne once she’s back in Tryon, to hear more about her adventure and share those details in a future issue of Life in Our Foothills.

Meanwhile, Happy Trails, Marianne, until we meet again! •

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Carolinas Show Hunters

Front, l-r, Kelly Kocher (for Joey Darby), Jeannie Smith (for Gordon Wright), Danny Robertshaw, Betty Oare, Jack Towell and Gerald Pack; back, l-r Joann Loheac, Liza Boyd, Caroline Clark and Vick Russell.

New Hall of Fame Honors

CAROLINAS SHOW HUNTERS WRITTEN BY JUDY HEINRICH PHOTOS BY ERIKOLSENPICTURES

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bout 150 people attended a star-studded ceremony on June 9 to induct the first class of Tryon Riding & Hunt Club’s new Carolinas Show Hunter Hall of Fame. 2017 Inductees were horsemen Kathryn G. Clark, Danny Robertshaw and Jarrett Schmid, and show hunters Monday Morning, Protocol, Remember the Laughter, Silver Miner, Western Prospect, and Adult Amateur/Children’s Hunt38

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er Foreign Exchange. Also honored were members of the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame with Carolina ties: Joey Darby, R. Bruce Duchossois, Dave Kelley, Betty Oare, J. Arthur Reynolds Sr., Jack Towell, Gordon Wright and Roger Young, and show hunters Balaiaka, Cap N Gown, Rox Dene, Navy Commander and Royal Reveler.

The new CSHHF was inspired by a “memory lane” conversation between Gerald

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Pete and Nancy Mahler of Tryon accepted the plaque for the family’s “Silverminer,” from his longtime rider Nancy Laird Crosswell.

Honorees Jack Towell, Betty Oare and Gerald Pack.

Gerald Pack accepts his CSHHF Ambassador’s Award.

Liza Towell Boyd (r.) accepts the award for “Monday Morning,” her winning partner as a junior, from Martha Hall.

Norm Powers accepts the Induction award for the late Jarred Schmid from Madelon Wallace.

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Presenter Burr Collier, Committee Member Meg Atkinson and Inductee Danny Robertshaw.

Caroline Clark accepts inductee award from Jack Towell on behalf of her late mother, Kathryn G. Clark.

Daniel Geitner of Aiken accepts award for the late Bruce Duchossois from CSHHF Committee member Allison Richmond.

Pack and Jack Towell about the great Carolina show hunter horses and horsemen they’d known. Gerald shared that conversation with fellow TR&HC board member Joann Loheac, who took the idea for a Carolinas Show Hunters Hall of Fame to the TR&HC board, which agreed to make it a new club initiative.

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as recipients thanked their horses and fellow horsemen, past and present, for making them the successes they became. A popular surprise was Gerald Pack’s Ambassador’s Award recognizing his longtime support and promotion of the sport.

For more information on the CSHHF, including membership and sponsorship, visit www.carolinasshowhunterhalloffame.com. •

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Pebbles the Pony

Bob as a gelding

What to do about Bob? WRITTEN BY PEBBLES, THE HERD RESCUE SPOKESPONY

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ob arrived here with his mother, a beautiful red roan appaloosa named Red October, after being saved from a kill pen in Louisiana. Luckily, they were rescued just like I was, by Helping Equines Regain Dignity (HERD) based here in Tryon. A generous lady named Carolyn Lamb donated the money to buy them and get them back to North Carolina. Their return trip north was in a comfortable horse trailer with their own box stall.

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long legs would be the envy of any racehorse or line dancer. Bob sticks to his mother like glue. But now as a yearling, he will soon need to leave her side as she is going to a new and wonderful home outside of Columbia, S.C. It is now time for Red October’s departure to her new home. She loaded readily into the horse trailer with ease and confidence.

Upon her departure, Bob is moved into the small paddock by the barn so that he can be watched more closely and given extra attention. This is the paddock I used to live in when I first came.

Like Bob, I wanted nothing to do with people. He is clearly perplexed and lonely without his mother but we are here for him.

Inca, Certain and me. My role here these days is to be the welcoming mascot and pasture companion. We talk across the fence constantly to keep his spirits up and explain that Red October has gone to a wonderful farm. She will start riding lessons soon.

One thing is also changing for Bob now.

His hormone levels are rising and he has a one-track mind thinking about breeding the mares here on the farm including me. In fact, he escaped his pasture into mine following the tractor through the gate. Bob chased me for a good eight minutes before Charlie and Heather got him back in his paddock.

His behavior is a clear sign that it is time to schedule his gelding appointment with Dr. Butterworth.

On the big day, Debra holds Bob still as the vet approaches. She strokes his neck, distracting his attention while Dr. Butterworth administers the sedative to prepare him for his gelding procedure. Bob goes down easily and in just a few minutes the deed is done.

Scott Homstead, one of the founders of HERD, is right there to trim Bob’s hooves while he is sedated, as he has not yet accepted surrendering his feet for farrier work yet.

Soon, Bob wakes up rises slowly to his feet in a wobbly fashion. The people involved in the gelding are pleased with how well it went, but Bob has a different opinion. He has a look on his face that says, “Hey, what just happened?” He has no idea, but his whole life will change for the better.

He is soon his old self again, curious about everything and devoted to his feed bucket. He has lost interest in the mares now, which is good for me. Then one breezy afternoon, Debra, Heather, and Scott take Bob for a walk down the road to Edge Brewing Rescue barn. Heather led her trusty gelding Certain ahead of Bob to show him the way.

Bob is going to live at Edge to grow up and enjoy a bigger lush pasture with a young pasture mate, Morgan. Debra will continue his training with Rick at this new location. I will not see him again until he returns here to start training in the big riding ring, in a few years. Certain reported to me it was a very nice place for Bob to grow up. •

Dr. Butterworth and Bob

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Hobby Horsing

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Competitive HOBBY HORSING TIEC first U.S. venue to host new international discipline WRITTEN AND PHOTOS BY JUDY HEINRICH

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dding another discipline to its lineup of international-level competition, Tryon International Equestrian Center became the first U.S. venue to host the new sport of “Competitive Hobby Horsing” when it held its first training session for participants on June 3.

Competitive Hobby Horsing originated in Finland, where it now has more than 10,000 active participants. It has been featured on both social and mainstream media, including ESPN, ABC and The Wall Street Journal.

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session was scheduled for June 10, to be followed by two rounds of competition on July 1 and 8, and the “American Hobbyhorse Championship” on July 22, to be staged overlooking the George H. Morris International Arena.

Divisions will be designated by school grade and include cross-rail classes for the youngest participants, up to 3’ heights for sixth through eighth graders, and an “Open Class” high jump competition.

To find out all about Competitive Hobby Horsing, visit TIEC online at www.tryon. com and look for its links to “Sensational Hobby Horse.” •

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Kate Mills was going for the speed round.

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The Girl with the Flying Tail, Alex Ryden of Raleigh-Cary, N.C.

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Parting Glance

SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE LAKE …

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Call for directions. 828-273-4342 White Oak of Tryon Currently Accepting Applications For: •1st Shift CNAs, Full-Time •PT weekend Baylor LPN 7a-7p and 7p-7a Apply in person: 70 Oak Street Tryon, NC 28739 RENTALS Go to www.tryonrealestate.com For Furnished and Unfurnished Long and Short Term Rentals Contact Pat Martin at First Real Estate 828-859-7653 ALL AMERICAN TREE SERVICE HAZARDOUS JOBS ARE OUR SPECIALTY -Trimming / Pruning -Tree & Stump Removal -Debris Removal FREE ESTIMATES call 864-991-7128 Pacolet Area Conservancy & Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy seek applicants for a full-time Southeast Regional Director based in Columbus, NC. This position ensures a coodinated fundraising strategy with the Hendersonville office and leads community engagement efforts in and around Polk County. Candidates should have proven success with building non-profit community support, successful grant-writing experience,

familiarity with Polk and adjoining parts of Greeneville and Spartanburg counties, familiarity with land conservation desireable.

Send cover letter and resume to info@carolinamountain.org View the full job description & application instructions at www.carolinamountain.org/ southeast-regional-director Long-term Rental of cozy, small cottage with gourmet kitchen & fireplace, on horse farm.

Fully furnished. Stalls available.

Horse folks only! Near Landrum. $1,400/mo (864)542-7234 You deserve a break!

•2 cleaners $23.50/hour (Minimum 3 hours) Save your hard-earned dollars!

Most houses first cleaning 4 hours from then on usually 3 hours Call for your appointment!

828-229-3014 828-980-4731 Dominguez Tree Service, LLC Free estimates•Insured Stump Grinding No job too small Bucket truck available 828-460-7039 SENIOR AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS Beautiful Highwood Apartments at 15 Pine Tree Lane, Columbus, NC (located behind St. Luke’s Hospital) is currently taking applications for one bedroom apartments designed for seniors (62 or older) and persons who are mobility impaired. Rent is based on income.

828-894-3499 or TDD# 1-800-735-2962 EHO Now Hiring Class A CDL Flatbed Drivers Local & Regional positions Pays 42 CPM Free health insurance!

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MANNA Food Helpline Proudly serving 16 Western North Carolina Counties Free & Confidential Call 800-820-1109 Mon-Fri 9-4 North Carolina Residents Only Mitch Contracting Serving your demolition needs since 1918.

We offer roll-off waste containers for home and commercial use.

Call 828-252-0694 or visit us at www.mitchcontracting.com.

For Lease 11 month old, 1250 sq. ft. home.

3BR/2BA split floor plan.

Wood floors. Stone fireplace.

Attached 2-car garage.

Columbus. $1200 per month plus deposit. 828-899-0000

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