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MAY 2017

A RESCUE SUCCESS Adopted animals show off for the camera and a cause

May 2017

HONORING NURSES

Celebrating National Nurses Week 1

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ARTS AT ANY AGE

Dual exhibits span a lifetime

SCREEN ON THE GREEN

Mimosa Inn hosts film fest fundraiser

Welcome to LIfe in Our Foothills

Bases loaded T

here are a lot of things to look forward to in May around these Foothills, such as the Saluda Arts Festival and the Spring Green Bash, both in Saluda, as well as the Rhythm & Wine Festival in Tryon, and the hospital-wide celebration of nurses at St. Luke’s.

One thing I look forward to the most each May is the start of minor-minor-really minor league baseball, and all the hoopla that goes with it –- veterans leading the opening anthem, cheap hot dogs aplenty, cheesy musical interludes between batters, fans with cowbells and kazoos, and the goofy antics of team mascots.

I’ve been a fan for years of the Forest City Owls, members of the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate league with teams from Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia. If you’ve been to McNair Field you’ve probably seen or met the mascots, Hoot and Annie (Get it? Hootenanny? Someone was crazy-clever to come up with that, I’m just saying). I might have a few (dozen) pictures of myself with both of them. I can’t get enough!

I’ve met Sharky from Wilmington, and Fang, the copperhead from Asheboro, both basically overgrown, friendly stuffed animals. Sam the Clam, of the Edenton Steamers, has always been a favorite, but I’m not sure how a clam inspires fear in any opponent, baseball or aquatic. This summer, my plan is to meet Split, the rather menacing looking, bat-wielding banana of the Savannah Bananas.

Despite my paparazzi-like mascot obsession, I will at some point watch the game, especially to note important things like uniform color combos (I’m highly critical) and fit of said uniforms (women readers will know what I mean), monitor who is sporting mullets and gold chain necklaces (sad but true), watch the refs and coaches fuss at each other (bring the popcorn), and observe the visiting team huddling intensely like they’re planning a bases loaded play but are probably deciding what they’re going to do in downtown Forest City after the game (little do they know, not much).

With every crack of the bat under white stadium lights, players who dream of making it to “the show” send the ball careening into unknown possibilities, or hurtling into the darkness beyond the billboards, or boosted on an exact trajectory practiced many times over. Either way, I’m just there to watch an owl mascot trip over his big bird feet, recover with a somersault, and remind me summer is rounding the bases and coming home.

We hope you enjoy May’s issue, and feel free to contact me with story ideas or comments.

Claire Sachse Managing Editor claire.sachse@tryondailybulletin.com

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General Manager Kevin Powell Editor Claire Sachse Contributors Shay Carlson Michelle Fleming Kirk Gollwitzer Judy Heinrich Carol Lynn Jackson Michael O’Hearn Mark Schmerling Vincent Verrecchio Steve Wong

Production Gwen Ring Shay Carlson Administration Erika Anton Distribution Jeff Allison Jamie Lewis Alex Greene Anders Krarup

Marketing Magan Etheridge Trish Boyter

on the cover

Usher is happy, healthy, alert and ready to play after being adopted from a no-kill shelter in Harris County, Georgia by Leslie Threlkeld, who is also the photographer to be credited for our cover this month. Usher won first place in the Foothills Humane Society’s Rescue Success Photo Contest, as well as the Best in Show designation. The winners in the equine, feline and canine categories are pictured starting on page 16.

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06 CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOOTHILLS FEATURED 08 Tryon Resort celebrates fashion, tradition, equestrian competition

10 Tryon Hounds Celebrate Hunt Ball FEATURES 13 Q&A with Jennifer Mills Broadcast TV career prepares journalist for immediacy of painting

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16 FHS Rescue Success Photo Contest Equine, feline and canine winners announced

22 Screen on the Green Fundraiser planned for Polk County Film Initiative at Mimosa Inn

24 Nurses Share Lifelong Passion for Their Profession

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Hospital celebrates staff during National Nurses Week

31 The Prime of Life Festival Celebrating Older Americans Month

34 Arts at Any Age Dual shows highlight artists from high school to retirement

36 Saluda Arts Festival Fine arts, crafts and local music celebrated

38 Spring Green Bash Party with a purpose 4

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42 COLUMNS 11 Much Ado If you can’t take the boos, don’t get on the stage

32 In Good Taste Making farmers market slaw with pak choi

40 Pebbles the Pony Spring fever: Catch me if you can!

APPOINTMENTS 42 How Wooden Shoes Can Help Your Horse A step-by-step guide to easing laminitis

PARTING GLANCE 50 GRO Fest 2017 Looking to the future of farming LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS May 2017

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May Calendar

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ay is the month that our area farmers markets get into full swing. Tryon’s Farmers Market meets at Harmon Field on Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon. Saluda Tailgate Market meets on Fridays, 4:306:30 p.m. off W. Main St. On Saturdays through the growing season, you’ll find the Columbus market at the courthouse from 9 a.m. to noon, and you’ll discover the Landrum Market on Trade Ave. from 8 a.m. to noon.

May 3, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

TRYON GARDEN CLUB SPRING WILDFLOWER WALK Virginia Meador/Ferns Pearson’s Falls 2748 Pearson Falls Road, Saluda 828-749-3031 or Pearsonsfalls.org May 4-6, 8 p.m.

“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE”

May 6, 3-7 p.m.

TRYON RHYTHM & WINE FEST Hosted by the TDDA Downtown Tryon Downtowntryon.org or 828-859-6484 May 6, 6 p.m.

OPENING RECEPTION VANTAGE POINTS, ALTERED REALISM & WHERE THE HEART IS

Tryon Little Theater 516 S Trade St., Tryon 828-859-2466 or tltinfo.org

Upstairs Artspace 49 S. Trade St., Tryon 828-859-2828 or upstairsartspace.org

May 4, 7 p.m.

May 7, 3 p.m.

SUNSET CONCERT RANDALL BRAMBLETT Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-8322 or tryonarts.org

UNITY PROJECT RECEPTION Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-8322 or tryonarts.org May 7, 6:30 p.m.

May 5, 6 – 9 p.m.

WINE & CRAFTS “THEATRICAL NIGHT” Acting a Monologue: Kal Elijah Hamilton Tryon Arts & Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon 828-859-8323

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PAC: APPALACHIAN SAMPLER DENNIS CHASTAIN Landrum Library 111 Asbury Dr., Landrum 864-457-2218

May 11, 7 p.m.

SUNSET CONCERT FAYSSOUX MCLEAN AND BRANDON TURNER Tryon Fine Arts Center Amphitheater 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-8322 or tryonarts.org May 11, 7 p.m.

LIVE@LANIER: SHELBY STEPHENSON, NC POET LAUREATE Lanier Library 72 Chestnut St., Tryon 828-859-9535 May 13, 9 a.m.

JOY IN THE GARDEN Green Blades Garden Club Gardening fun & information Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-8322 or tryonarts.org May 14, 4 p.m.

SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM BENEFIT CONCERT Foothills Music Club Foothills Equestrian Nature Center 3381 Hunting Country Rd., Tryon 828-859-9021 or foothillsmusicclub.org

May Calendar May 18, 7 p.m.

May 21, 4 p.m.

SUNSET CONCERT THE CARBURETORS

FAMILY CONCERT WITH DANIEL KELLER TRIO

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

Foothills Equestrian Nature Center 3381 Hunting Country Rd, Tryon 828-859-9021 or fence.org

May 20, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

May 25, 7 p.m.

SALUDA ARTS FESTIVAL Downtown Saluda Saluda.com or saludaartsfestival@gmail.com May 20, 2 p.m.

ANIMAL ENCOUNTER WITH CARLTON BURKE Foothills Equestrian Nature Center 3381 Hunting Country Rd., Tryon 828-859-9021 or fence.org

SUNSET CONCERT MATTIE PHIFER AND FREDDIE VANDERFORD Tryon Fine Arts Center 34 Melrose Ave., Tryon 828-859-8322 or tryonarts.org May 26, 6 – 8 p.m.

LOST LOVES JURIED SHOW OPENING Tryon Arts & Crafts School 373 Harmon Field Rd., Tryon 828-859-8323

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Tryon Resort celebrates fashion, tradition, equestrian competition Photos by Shay Carlson The fifth annual Ladies Champagne Luncheon was held on Friday, April 7 at the Legends Club at Tryon International Equestrian Center. Started as part of the Fork Horse Trials, the event encourages women to dress up in their best derby hats and cocktail dresses with proceeds benefiting Brooke USA, an international animal welfare charity. Attendees were encouraged to wear orange, and prizes were given for best hat and most original hat.

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1. Lily White, Michelle Sumner, Alison Gay, Randi Thompson and Linda Stenzel 2. Priscilla Mcprayer, Judy Stanish, Kate Manno, Lynda Evans and Diane Joyce 3. Maryanna Kaymon, Emily Decker, Kaitlin Blyth and Caitlin Kincaid 4. K.C. Jakeman, Michelle Williams and Shauna Williams 5. John Paul Abel, Ashley Allen and Judy Carpenter 6. Kay Hall and Kathy Kelly 7. Martha Hall, Stuart Evans and Erai Mai 8. Tanya Brown and Kim Bradley

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Tryon Hounds celebrate Hunt Ball Submitted by Rebecca Barnes.

Photos by Ivey Sumrell.

The Tryon Hounds celebrated the conclusion of its 90th season of riding to the hounds with a grand hunt ball held at the Lodge of Lake Bowen Commons. Over 120 Tryon Hounds members and their guests attended the black tie affair. The Hunt Ball, a long-standing tradition, is also a major fundraiser for the hunt. The live and silent auctions were a big success raising over $35,000 for the hunt. Another tradition at the Hunt Ball is the awarding of colors.

When a riding member has been awarded their colors it is considered an honor acknowledging them as full status members of the hunt. At the 90th Hunt Ball, Tom and Carolyn Cadier and Dave Arhenholz were awarded their colors.

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1. Joint Master Dean McKinney along with Roberta McKinney and Joint Master Bonnie Lingerfelt congratulate Christain Oliver for being the lucky winner of the $2,000 Dining Around the Foothills drawing.

2. President of the Board Becky Barnes and Joint Masters Bonnie Lingerfelt and Louise Hughston award colors to Tom Cadier.

3. Dave Ahrenholz was awarded his colors at the ball 4. Riding member Karl Alexander and his wife Shelley 5. Tom and Carolyn Cadier were awarded their colors at the ball

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If you can’t take the boos, DON’T GET ON THE STAGE WRITTEN BY STEVE WONG

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s much as I hate to be on stage, I would really hate to be booed off stage. I don’t think I could take it. I guess that is one reason why I never, ever go on stage and prefer to hide behind the written word.

It is often reported that the number one personal fear in America is the fear of public speaking. I believe it, and I can relate. Actually, I cannot relate, because I absolutely refuse to do it. This can be a problem in a person’s professional career, especially when his job is to communicate.

That’s why I claim to be a writer. Just leave me alone in my little cluttered office, and let me crank out words for other people to read.

Whenever I witness someone on a stage getting booed, I cringe. I usually agree with the crowd that the person should be booed, but I still feel my gut twist when I see the target of the disapproval stand there at a loss for words. What more can he say? He has already said the wrong thing, and recovering from being booed is about as likely as the Republican party controlling the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of federal government.

Sometimes a booed speaker will try to defend himself, but, really, the audience is telling him en masse they don’t like what he is saying or worse, they just don’t like the person. It takes a public speaker extraordinaire to salvage that moment in the spotlight. I

can only imagine the personal horror that person must feel when a crowd of people is publicly disapproving of who he is or what he has to say. My gut reaction would be to tuck my tail and get off the stage ASAP. Until recently, I associated booing with bad entertainers. Oh, the poor stand-up comedian who is having an off night and just cannot click with the audience, no matter how many four-letter words he drops on them.

Now, I take notice of our lawmakers who get booed. Oh, the poor House or Senate member who is having a bad town meeting and just cannot get an approving “amen,” no matter how many made-up words he drops on them. I feel sort of bad for the comedian who is off his game; I feel empowered over the politician who is being gamed by his own constituents.

I can get over paying a $10 cover charge to hear bad jokes; I refuse to get over politicians who are bad jokes.

It has gotten to the point that some politicians have declined to publicly press the flesh for fear of being booed. Others are claiming the angry voters are “professional protesters,” paid to boo them. Sounds like a good gig to me, and I work cheap.

I wonder if “booing for a cause” is a good resume bullet point?

There are many reasons why lawmakers are elected to represent the people, one of which is their ability to speak well before large crowds of people, to deliver the right message at

the right time. Speaking well is a gift and talent that some people develop to its highest level. Others are born with the gift of gab. Either way, I admire them. They have something to say, and they say it well.

Martin Luther King Jr. and his “I have a dream” speech come to mind.

There were no boos when he delivered those words, not because he said what people wanted to hear, but because he had something worth hearing even if they were painfully inspiring words.

People want to hear funny jokes from comedians and words of wisdom from political leaders. When they don’t hear what is good and wise, they boo. Can anything be more humiliating than for the people who voted you to be good and wise to tell you loudly and publicly you have failed?

I firmly believe that nearly all boos are justly deserved. I believe we the people have the right to expect our comedians and politicians to deliver the goods — be they funny jokes or democratic representation. I guess I’ll never be booed off stage because in addition to not being a public speaker, I can’t tell a joke, and my politics are as scrambled as Sunday morning breakfast eggs.

Steve Wong is a writer, living in the peach orchards of Upstate South Carolina. His columns are usually all about himself, written with the hope that others will find insight about themselves in his words. Contact him at Just4Wong@ gmail.com. • LIFE 2017 11 11 IN MayOUR 2017FOOTHILLS LIFE IN OURMay FOOTHILLS

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Question & Answer

Jennifer

MILLS

From broadcast journalism to painting INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL O’HEARN

Jennifer Mills poses by Morris with the poster for the Rhythm & Wine Festival sponsored by the Tryon Downtown Development Association on May 6. Photo by Michael O’Hearn

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or 30 years, Greenville, S.C. native and Wake Forest graduate Jennifer Mills has been seen on several TV networks - from the Golf Channel, where she was one of the founding members with legendary golfer Arnold Palmer, to hosting Explore America on the Travel Channel, WLOS Channel 13 in Asheville and WYFF News 4 in Greenville.

She has interviewed five presidents including Donald Trump, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, in addition to multiple celebrities such as Matt Damon, Will Smith and Michael Jordan.

Mills now works as an artist with her paintbrush in hand, and was recently commissioned to design the poster and shirts for Tryon’s upcoming Rhythm & Wine Festival on May 6, sponsored by the Tryon Downtown Development Association, and including Blair Crimmins & The Hookers and the Snopes Family Band.

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Tryon Bottle in downtown Tryon at 10 N. Trade St., online at tryonrhythmwine.com, or at the gate.

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: What sparked your interest in wanting to work in broadcasting?

I was in high school in Greenville and Channel 13, way back when, did a story about me as I was a student athlete. It was a player of the month kind of deal. WLOS came to my high school, J.L. Mann High School, they now call it J.L. Mann Academy, and WLOS did a profile story about me during my junior year. They sent a crew to my high school with a camera and a reporter who spent the day with me and I played basketball, was homecoming queen and was an officer in the NHS (National Honor Society). They followed me around the campus that day

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The original artwork on canvas will be auctioned off live at the event, with proceeds benefiting downtown improvement projects. “Jennifer did a great job at capturing what we hope to be the atmosphere of the festival,” said Jamie Carpenter, executive director of TDDA “We wanted to emphasize local wine and a great selection of jazz, blues and Dixieland style music.”

Channel 4 during my career.

That was exciting. I love writing and the click for me is writing.

I love interviewing people and writing stories, sharing the stories and meeting someone I think is interesting.

for a news story that weekend.

I was thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, people do this and get paid?’

They find people who are interesting, do interviews, write a crafty story and get paid every two weeks. : What happened after your story aired?

I called the station and asked if I could be an intern for the summer. I got a non-paid summer internship at Channel 13 after high school. That pretty much solidified my interest. I loved it, just loved it. I worked for them one summer, again the next summer, and, after I was at Wake Forest in college, Channel 4 hired me so I ended up working for Channel 13 and

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: How did you get involved with WYFF News 4?

I had a professor who held up a newspaper that had the help wanted ad circled for a weather and sports photographer on the weekends and he said, “If you have experience doing this, they could use you.”

I didn’t have a car, got on my bike and rode six miles to the station and asked for a job. I pretty much worked full time as a sports and news photographer

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on the weekends. Whenever I talk to people who ask me how I got into television, or if I could talk with someone about a job with the Golf Channel, I always tell them get an internship and if you don’t get paid, so what? It’s good to go in to take it all in. If you’re a person who gets things done, the company will like you. You need to know how to do everything and not just be a pretty face on TV. : You’ve interviewed four presidents and a number of celebrities. That must have been exciting, right?

I’ve actually interviewed five since Donald Trump became president. I’ve interviewed Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr., actually both Bushes, and I interviewed Trump when I was with the Golf Channel, and he is such

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a competitive golfer. Matt Damon is such a nice person and he sat down with me and it was like having a conversation with him. Will Smith was the same way too. Arnold Palmer and I go way back with the Golf Channel. The most exciting interview I had was with Michael Jordan. My neck was so red! You can go back and watch that interview. I think I’m more nervous when it comes to interviewing athletes than presidents or celebrities. I don’t know why. : After 30 years on television, how did you transition from broadcasting to painting?

When my mother-in-law passed away, she gave me all of her art supplies. About three or four years ago, I decided I needed to scale back. I dabbled with it, played around with it,

and ended up really enjoying it. You never “get there” as an artist, just like you never have a perfect swing in golf. In art, you never become a perfect painter.

You keep going to see how good you can get. There’s an artist in Saluda named Jim Carson who calls it the “brush mileage.” The more you paint, the better you get. I’m an immediate person, having been in live TV. With art, for me, I have a subject matter, I need to be factual and do my research. I have to have good composition and use strong brush strokes, the fundamental things, before I can have something that can splash. It’s very similar to live TV. I could not see myself spending a month on a painting. I think that goes back to live TV. Everything is so immediate in live TV. •

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Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners

FIRST PLACE (Equine)

Photographer: Scott Holmstead, Campobello, SC Horses: Morgan, B.B., and Stanley. Owner: Heather Freeman Rescue Organization: HERD (Helping Equines Regain Dignity). Comment: “All three are very young...were heading to slaughter. HERD focuses much of their effort on saving and training young horses, for adoption by new forever homes. Here... a carefree game of chase.”

Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners WRITTEN BY VINCENT VERRECCHIO

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ot every photo could place in the Foothills Humane Society Rescue Success Photo Contest but every horse, cat, and dog in every photo submitted was certainly a winner. The first contest criteria was that every animal was obviously safe, healthy, and loved. The judges easily recognized that every entry qualified. Judging became more of a challenge when deciding which entries best combined the variables of emotional impact, composition,

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artistry, and technical merit of color, contrast, clarity, and focus.

Claire Sachse, managing editor of Life in Our Foothills magazine, and I selected finalists from all entries in each category. Christine Taylor, executive director of the Foothills Humane Society, selected the first, second, and third place winners and honorable mentions in the canine and feline categories; noted equine photographer Erik Olsen selected the equine winners. Kevin Powell, general manager

of the Tryon Daily Bulletin, selected Best of Show from the three first place winners. Each first place wins $100; second, $50; and third, $25. Best of Show wins an additional $100.

Entry fees benefit the non-profit, no-kill Foothills Humane Society and its equine division FERA. Both organizations thank the animal lovers who entered, the contest sponsor Burrell’s Fuels Inc/Diamond B Energies LLC, and the enthusiastic folks at Tryon Newsmedia LLC. •

Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners

EQUINE

SECOND PLACE

Photographer: Amy Cashman, Inman, S.C. Horse: Puddin’ Pie. Owner: Sara Lyter. Rescue Organization: Puddin’ Pie’s Place. Comment: “Puddy...along with the other rescued minis have become my son’s reading buddies...goes out once a week and reads to his sweet friends.”

HONORABLE MENTION

Photographer/Owner: Faith Jorgenson, Tryon, N.C. Horse: Lance. Rescue Organization: Rescued by owner from feed lot.

T HIRD PLACE

Photographer: Scott Holmstead, Campobello, S.C. Horse: Sophie. Owner: Ting Oliver Rescue Organization: HERD (Helping Equines Regain Dignity). Comment: “Ting Oliver has a special place in her heart for rescuing unwanted animals, maybe because she was adopted from China at age 6 and understands what it feels like to wait forever for a family to love you.”

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Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners

FELINE FIRST PLACE

Photographer: Rachel Goettert, Columbus, NC. Cat: Evelyn.

Owner: Sharon Goettert. Rescue Organization: Feline rescue in Minnesota. Comment: “The sweetest pain in the rear you will ever meet...adopted in Minnesota, and has pestered and adored and charmed her family ever since.”

SECOND PLACE

Photographer/Owner: Betsy McCray, Columbus, NC. Cat: Beau.

Rescue Organization: Found on roadside.

Comment: “My daughter spotted four tiny kittens and stopped to pick them up. The plan was to get them strong and find homes for them. Beau and his sister Boots live with me still.”

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Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners T HIRD PLACE

Photographer/Owner: Patti Trobaugh, Tryon, N.C. Cats: Bowser and Bumper Rescue Organization: Bowser, Foothills Humane Society; Bumper, feral walk-on. Comment: “Our Russian Blue (Bumper)...feral cat...we were feeding in Hilton Head before we relocated...he was distinctly telling us not to leave him behind.

He needed a friend. Trip to the Foothills shelter...found Bowser.

[They] take walks with [us].”

HONORABLE MENTION

Photographer/Owner: Tara Boyce, Tryon, NC. Cats: Koffey and Alex. Rescue Organization: Foothills Humane Society’s Po’Kitties Program

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Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners

CANINE FIRST PLACE

BEST IN SHOW Photographer: Leslie Threlkeld, Hendersonville, NC. Dog: Usher. Rescue Organization: Harris County Humane Society, Georgia (no-kill) Comment: “Usher... had a home with Humane Society of Harris County for as long as he needed...been with the shelter for a long time and I did a photo shoot to promote the adoptable dogs.”

SECOND PLACE

Photographer: Rachel Goettert, Columbus, NC. Dogs: Jericho and Stubbs. Owner: Sharon Goettert. Rescue Organization: Foothills Humane Society. Comment: “Jericho, who is blind, and his best friend Stubbs are inseparable...literally lean on each other for support. Stubbs, a foster puppy, was determined to be his best friend...love each other very much.”

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Rescue Success Photo Contest Winners

T HIRD PLACE

Photographer: Leslie Threlkeld, Hendersonville, NC. Dog: B. Owner: Lenore Threlkeld. Comment: “After months of [going] to the neighbor’s house...to unwrap the dog’s chain from the tree, comb the knots out of his hair, and make sure he has food and water, we finally brought “B” home to live with us.”

HONORABLE MENTION

Photographer/Owner: Nancy Weinhagen, Saluda, NC. Dog: Sam (The Compassionate Therapy Dog). Rescue Organization: Found by owner as abandoned puppy in a parking lot

Writer/photographer Vincent Verrecchio, frequent contributor to Life in Our Foothills magazine, is also board member/creative director for the Foothills Humane Society. www.foothillshumanesociety.org LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS May 2017

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‘Screen on the Green’

fundraiser planned at the Mimosa Inn WRITTEN BY KIRK GOLLWITZER

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he Polk County Film Initiative (PCFI) is planning a fundraiser to benefit the 2017 Tryon International Film Festival on Saturday, June 3 from 6-10 p.m.

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grounds of the historic Mimosa Inn. The setting will be bursting with the classic elements of Southern culture, including mouthwatering recipes, an art auction, music, lawn games and a special movie screening.

Mary Parker, the proprietor of the

Mimosa Inn, which in its day was the center of many social activities, has agreed to open her family’s inn for this one-of-a-kind event. A feature film of local interest is planned to be presented outdoors, as folks relax on the magnificent porch of the Mimosa and

‘Screen on the Green’ enjoy the character and personality of this classic setting.

“For years, I have passed by the Mimosa Inn and imagined how nice it would be to have an event on the lawn, porch and main living area of this most exceptional setting. As one might guess, the view from the porch is even more stunning than its presentation from the road,” said Kirk Gollwitzer, co-founder of the Tryon International Film Festival.

The event will provide the community with a sneak peek of the inn, grounds and renovation plans of the Parker family. “Along with our fundraiser, this will also be an opportunity for Mary and her husband, to welcome the community to their inn and the surrounding grounds,” said Gollwitzer.

PCFI is also asking interested

artists wishing to take part in the auction to contact either him at 864-414-7765 or Beau Menetre at 404-379-5762. A call for volunteers in underway. The Mimosa Inn is located at 65 Mimosa Inn Drive, Tryon, visible from N.C. Hwy. 108.

The Tryon International Film Festival is well into its third season of operation, and once again, strives for excellence, with an added equestrian film category and a scheduled tour-stop of the EQUUS Film Festival (New York City).

Ticket pre-sales begin soon!

For more information as it becomes available, visit the Polk County Film Initiative on Facebook or tryoninternationalfilmfestival.com.

An artist rendering of the original Mimosa Inn and a photograph of a room key.

Submitted by Alan Peoples.

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Nurses

Ruth Cantrell, left, along with Jean Shumway, right, look at Shumway’s 1963 yearbook from nursing school.

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National Nurses Week May 6-12

Jean Shumway

Ruth Cantrell

Nurses share lifelong passion for their profession WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL O’HEARN PHOTOS SUBMITTED BY JEAN SHUMWAY AND RUTH CANTRELL

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ach May, St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus celebrates National Nurses Week, and this year chose Ruth Cantrell and Jean Shumway, both volunteers at the hospital who have had long and varied careers as nurses, to highlight for their longevity in an ever-changing career field.

Shumway is the chair of the St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Trustees, serves on the St. Luke’s Foundation board and has been a St. Luke’s Hospital volunteer since 2006 after owning a Curves franchise and then working directly in a corporate ca-

pacity for Curves International, the fitness facility franchise. She received her bachelor of science degree in nursing at the University of Cincinnati. Shumway will be 75 years old in October.

At nearly 90 years old, Cantrell is still as nimble as she was in the mid1940s when she began working at St. Luke’s when it was located in Tryon behind the IGA grocery store. She has a firecracker sense of humor to match an infectious personality, and her memory is as sharp as a needle— like those needles and syringes she and other nurses boiled before using

on the next patient!

Nursing has changed and patient safety has a high priority—safety covers and disposable syringes have replaced the glass implements, but both Shumway and Cantrell remember sterilizing and sharpening needles.

For both nurses, healthcare delivery has changed through the years and definitely for the better!

“I started working at St. Luke’s in 1948 at $163 a month and that was good pay,” Cantrell recounted.

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Jean Shumway, vice chair of the St. Luke’s Hospital Board of Trustees and St. Luke’s Foundation board member, entered the nursing field after attending the Norwalk Hospital School of Nursing in Connecticut.

Jean Shumway, left, volunteers four hours a week in addition to her board activities and has more than 8,250 hours of volunteer service since she began in 2006.

Pictured with Shumway is Jo Driggers, an R.N. in outpatient surgery.

Luke’s. Her last stint was as employee health nurse, taking care of new employees to get their immunization and TB tests. She now volunteers at the outpatient call desk, calling patients after they have been discharged from the hospital to check if they are doing well and taking their medications, and to answer any questions they might have about their recovery.

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ing records becoming automatically stored in a computer. Cantrell also remembered the first defibrillator she ever received, as well as when Medicare took effect in the 1980s.

Cantrell recalled working in the emergency room and taking in patients with gunshot wounds. Today, she said trauma centers would handle those situations.

Shumway emphasized, “Probably the biggest change is disease manage-

ment and medications. Some of them I would not even know what they are.

Education has changed, and so have the responsibilities.”

“When I went back to New York City, I was working at NYU and I was asked to train with the open heart surgery team to run the heart and lung machine,” Shumway remembered. “I did that and I did not stay with it very long because you lost that patient contact. You are

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Ruth Cantrell, now nearly 90 years old and the oldest volunteer at St. Luke’s Hospital, photographed at the Henry Grady School of Nursing in 1948.

Ruth Cantrell has worked with St. Luke’s Hospital since the mid-1940s. She now volunteers at the outpatient call desk and makes sure patients are feeling well and are keeping up on their prescriptions after seeing a doctor.

controlling the patient’s heart volume during surgery, and it became a stressful experience for me.”

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themselves while all other patients were on the second floor.

“They had a buzzer in their rooms by their bed and it would make a loud noise in the nurse’s station on the second floor,” Cantrell remembered, “and so we would run down the stairs and take care of them. I

remember that, and I didn’t like that the patients were segregated.”

Shumway remembered going through three months of psychiatric training in Newtown, Conn. and recalled having to wear uniforms that were starched. In addition she worked for three months at a tuber-

National Nurses Week May 6-12 culosis sanatorium in Shelton, Conn. in the early 1960s.

“In the early ‘60s, the TB sanatoriums were winding down and becoming more long-term care for things like MS and polio, as well as TB,” Shumway recalled. “I remember the big open windows that let the fresh air in. I remember cleaning the glass syringes and sharpening the needles.

Because of that exposure, I am positive for TB, not that I’ve had it but because I’ve been exposed to it.”

From there, Shumway headed to New York City where she worked the night shift in the Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital right out of the Norwalk Hospital School of Nursing. She then headed to San Francisco with her roommate.

“I worked in the cardiac surgery unit there and unfortunately contracted hepatitis from a patient. In this day and age, you put the needles in special containers that are pro-

tected,” Shumway recalled. “In that day and age, you put needles on a tray next to the sink. The patient had coded, I went to wash my hands and the needles fell into my hands and I got stuck.”

Shumway eventually had to come home after getting sick six weeks later. This was in 1967, and she was unable to work for more than a year.

She now has no residual effects, and she is in good health. Her career included being head nurse of a cardiac surgery unit, orthopedic/neurology unit, and ER. “So many things have changed in my lifetime from the disposables to the new diseases and medications to the responsibilities,” Shumway said.

“Before computers, nurse’s notes had to be handwritten. Even the education for nurses has changed from an RN diploma program to BSN.” As a St. Luke’s Hospital volunteer, Shumway has worked at patient

registration and in the outpatient surgery department, in addition to the former St. Luke’s Thrift Shop, where she organized and sorted donations to sell and bring in income that was used to purchase needed items for the local hospital.

Cantrell now has close to 2,000 hours of volunteer service under her belt since she started volunteering in 2012. That’s amazing for a retired nurse who will turn 90 in September of this year.

In 2014, Shumway was honored for having 6,250 hours of volunteer service at the hospital and was inducted into the Second Wind Hall of Fame. She now has 8,250 hours as a volunteer.

As the medical field has been in a constant state of change, so, too, have Cantrell and Shumway as they adapted to the new innovations and challenges, sometimes even putting their lives in harm’s way. •

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St. Luke’s Hospital celebrates staff during National Hospital Week According to Kathy Woodham, director of marketing/public relations with St. Luke’s Hospital, the hospital is celebrating National Nurses Day, Saturday, May 6, during National Hospital Week from May 7-13. The hospital is celebrating by: Monday, May 8 Monday Sundae with ice cream treats!

Tuesday, May 9 Vendor Fair for community partners to introduce services and specials for our teammates Wednesday, May 10 It’s always fun to have the

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cookout in the courtyard! For a $5 donation to the Employee Fund, teammates can sport jeans and a St. Luke’s T-shirt.

Thursday, May 11 2nd annual Cookie-Plus Challenge followed by a bake sale to raise funds for planned renovations on the 100 Patient Hallway. All departments will compete for bragging rights when they turn in a departmental poster focused on the hospital’s Guiding Behaviors.

Friday, May 12 Posters will be judged and a winner announced by the members of St. Luke’s Patient Family

Advisory Council. Once again, teammates can enjoy wearing jeans and a St. Luke’s Hospital T-shirt with a $5 contribution to Employee Fund.

“At St. Luke’s Hospital, we have many positive reasons to celebrate,” Woodham said. “Our patient experience (satisfaction) scores are always leading other facilities! Our quality initiatives and core measures, food scores and employee engagement indicate St. Luke’s is focused on the right things to make sure our patients receive exceptional care, close to home, their friends and family.”

The Prime of Life Festival Celebrating Older Americans Month

The Prime of Life Festival is a free event designed to help provide resources and information that will foster healthy and productive lifestyles for people age 50 and older. More than 50 vendors will showcase their services and products in a trade show atmosphere, Tuesday, May 23, from 9 a.m.12:30 p.m. at Tryon International Equestrian Center. Approximately 600 attendees are expected from Polk, Henderson, Rutherford, and Spartanburg counties.

This event is more than a health fair, it’s a senior lifestyle event! There will be a wide range of vendors beyond healthcare including financial planning, travel services, insurance specialists, home health providers, cellular

and computers services, pharmacies, home improvements, network marketing, attorneys, realtors, pet therapists, cleaning services, fitness and wellness and much more.

The goal of The Prime of Life Festival is to be the best onestop-shop to gain knowledge and information on how to better plan for retirement, personal comfort and independence.

Mark your calendars to join the excitement. Other activities include a Tribute to Elvis by Stephen Freeman, oldies music by DJ Cool Breez, health screenings, breakout sessions, ice cream social, giveaways, raffle drawing, grand prize giveaway and golf cart shuttle from the parking lot to front entrance. •

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In Good Taste

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FARMERS MARKET SLAW WRITTEN BY CAROL LYNN JACKSON

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eople eating local foods through their Community Supported Agriculture Shares, or CSA, at the onset of farmers market season, and especially those growing their own food, are enjoying all the amazing vegetables of spring. Those in CSA programs testify that they love having to think outside the box for different ways to prepare healthy, nutrient-dense

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vegetables every week.

One of the perfect recipe vehicles for the fresh crunchy veggies of spring is the cole slaw. “Cole” originates from the Latin colis, meaning cabbage, and one of the cabbages that we see a lot of lately is the Asian cabbage, pak choi. We go straight to stirfry when we think of pak choi; soup is an immediate second thought for me.

But it is a cabbage after all, so why not try it in a slaw? Organic spring produce in the foothills also includes rainbow carrots and herbs like cilantro and parsley, so we are already well on our way. Add a little sweet colored pepper, onion, and your creamy or vegan dressing, and there you have it! Vibrant, fresh, alive food from the garden and through a time-tested and well recognized dish, cole slaw. •

PAK CHOI COLE SLAW INGREDIENTS: Red cabbage Chinese leeks or green onion Pac choi Carrot Onion Salt and pepper to taste The sauce

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¼ c. mayo ¼ c. plain yogurt 1 T. local honey 2 tsp. of apple cider or rice wine vinegar Small amount of chopped cilantro and/or parsley, folded in

DIRECTIONS:

First, shred half the cabbage using a food processor. Next, chop local organic Chinese leeks (they look like blades of grass!) Wash the pac choi well. It tends to hold dirt around the bottom, so take off its tough bottom and separate all the leaves so that you can give the whole head a good washing.

MADE FROM SCRATCH

Cut into smaller chunks and give a few tosses around in your food processor. Cut off the stem head of the carrots, chop three or four times, and then chop ‘em really good in the food processor.

The colors that start to merge here look just like my front yard with all the green of spring and the red, orange and purple of the azaleas! Coincidence?

Next, chop half an onion if small, only a quarter if larger.

Now you’re ready to add the creamy sauce! When you combine these great elements, your reward awaits! It’s even better the next day.

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Delicious Southern Stories MAY 20, 2017 • 7pm Tryon Fine Arts Center, Tryon NC

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Arts

Joshua Grady, East Hendersonville High School, was convinced to pose in front of his award-winning photography at Showcase of Excellence. He is joined by his younger sister Selah Grady, the subject of the work.

AT ANY AGE

Multiple generations have come to TFAC this month to proudly support their artistic family and friends at the White Oak exhibit and Showcase of Excellence. (Left to right: Laurel Brown, Eloise Thwing, Rachel Winn Castaline, and Palma Davis)

White Oak Manor resident Anna Winn discusses her artwork on display at TFAC during the month of April. At 90 years old, Winn paints mostly with acrylics and water colors but says “Painting and drawing whatever is in your heart and mind brings the most joy and usually the best artwork.”

Dual shows celebrate artists from high school to retirement WRITTEN BY MICHELLE FLEMING

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t’s rare to find ninth graders and nonagenarians in the same space, but April saw Tryon Fine Arts Center filled with artists of all ages for two very special art exhibits.

The annual juried high school art competition Showcase of Excellence filled Gallery I with work by precociously talented high school students from across Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. In the Mahler Room next door, work from residents of White Oak Manor was on display -- paintings, sculpture and mixed media from lifetimes of artistic expression and experience.

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In some cases more than eight decades separated the artists of the White Oak exhibit and the Showcase of Excellence, but the atmosphere at each was remarkably similar. Families filled the gallery with parents, aunts, uncles, and rambunctious younger children.

There were shouts of “1…2…3…” and a bright flash as they took photos of the artists and their work. At the Showcase of Excellence, it was proud parents taking pictures of their slightly embarrassed children. For the White Oak exhibit, it was the other way around.

The White Oak exhibit was orga-

nized by Beth Romney and Palma Davis. After a successful art show at White Oak Manor last October for residents and their families, it became clear that the artistic talent needed to be shared with a wider audience. Romney and Davis reached out to Marianne Carruth, executive director of TFAC, to arrange the exhibit.

“I jumped at the chance to work with these artists, and celebrate their work,” said Carruth. “It’s a joy to honor this community.”

On the day of the White Oak exhibit opening, artist Helen Tipton was on

Arts at Any Age

At 101 years old, Helen Tipton sees her artwork on display at TFAC, exploring the exhibit with her grandson Brian Holcomb.

hand as a testament to artistic dedication. At 101 years old, she was joined by her family to see three of her award-winning paintings on display. Her room at White Oak is filled top to bottom with many more.

“People don’t realize how physically demanding artwork really is,” she said. “You must have strength and determination along with talent to be an artist.”

It’s sound advice for the young Showcase of Excellence artists next door. For many of the participating students, this was the first time their artwork had been exhibited to the public.

“Now in its fourth year, Showcase of Excellence provides high school students a unique opportunity to compare and compete their creativity and talents against area-wide peers,” said Mike Rigney, the chairman of the highly-anticipated annual show. “Students are already learning how to balance personal expression and creative excellence with the challenge of generating commercial appeal for their artwork. What better way to ignite student passion for the arts while creating a sustainable incubator for future art talent?”

Whether developing future artists through Showcase of Excellence or celebrating a lifetime of work from White Oak Manor, the two exhibits at TFAC offered a chance to stop and reflect on the value of the arts at any age. • LIFE IN OUR FOOTHILLS May 2017

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Saluda Arts Festival

COLOR, WHIMSY, TRADITION AND CRAFT Saluda Arts Festival highlights area artists

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ince 1878, when the passengers first arrived by train in Saluda, artists have settled and built a colony of artists creating in all mediums - visual, performing, and writing. It’s this heritage that Saluda celebrates and recognizes every spring with the Saluda Arts Festival.

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its 15th year, the festival draws visual and performing artists to the town’s authentic, homespun charm and friendly people. This year’s event, scheduled for Saturday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will feature talented artists of all backgrounds from all over the upstate of South Carolina, western North Carolina and from right around the bend in the train tracks here in Polk County. •

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THE ART VENDORS: Blacksmiths Woodworkers Painters Photographers Potters Sculptors Textiles Jewelry Crafters Stained Glass and more …

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Spring Green Bash

Green River Adventures

SPRING GREEN BASH is back WRITTEN BY SHAY CARLSON

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aluda’s favorite river and block party is back! Saturday, May 6, 2017 will mark the 11th time downtown Saluda will party with purpose.

Sponsored by a slew of local businesses, the aim of the annual Spring Green Bash is to support local organizations that give back to the environment. Green River Adventures will host activities throughout the day to benefit Mountain True’s new Green Riverkeeper program, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the environment of local communities.

Choose to support your local waterway with an inflatable kayak trip and waterfall rappel, or just head to downtown Saluda for the block party starting at 5:30. Free to the public, the live music by The Honeycutters kicks off at 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery will provide the beer.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to show support for a local nonprofit and be a part of Saluda’s favorite block party. For adventure reservations, event schedule and more information, visit greenriveradventures.com.

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Pebbles the Pony

APPOINTMENTS

SPRING FEVER CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! WRITTEN BY PEBBLES, THE HERD RESCUE SPOKESPONY

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t is now May and life seems different here at Helping Equines Regain Dignity (HERD) Rescue. I am settling in and comfortable now, but change is in the air. I have gotten to know some of my new people and the other horses living here. I watch them being ridden in the riding ring or performing to cues in the round pen below my pasture. There is always a lot to be done on this farm, as it is a big job caring for and training us all.

Sometimes other kindhearted people come to volunteer and work with the new HERD members, teaching them the art of being a fine horse. But so far, Heather is the only one working with me and her time is limited. She is busy trying to help everyone get accustomed to their new foster homes in the neighborhood and hold down her day job, too.

Oh, I am forgetting there is Charlie. He is a very special person, and he makes sure that we all get our hay and grain plus all the clean water that we can drink. Charlie also picks up after us, keeping our pastures and sheds neat and tidy.

This man shows us that people do care as he is here to help seven days a week.

In my former life, I lived on a farm with lots of ponies as it was a nonprofessional breeding operation producing lots of babies. I had my first foal at age 3. Having too many ponies to feed ends with sad consequences. It led to my kill pen sentence and lucky for me, I got a pass out of that place. The thing is I have no value because I don’t have an impressive pedigree or resume to make me appealing to anyone. I am adorable, but pasture ornament and grade broodmare don’t get you far these days.

Then here comes Cheryl, the new volunteer who picked me out of the herd to be my special friend and teacher. She recently learned that on average 150,000 horses a year ship to slaughter in Mexico and Canada from the USA, and 75 percent of these are healthy, young and sound horses under the age of 9, like me.

Now back to Cheryl and our first day together. Shall I try the Catch Me If You Can game again today? I love this game of chase, let me see if she does. Rats, she walks right past me like I’m not here. I run and stop to watch her, and Cheryl turns towards me, reaches out her hand and says “Cookie?” She takes a step

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forward, then another. I turn and run.

Okay, it is her turn to run after me, but instead she turns her back to me and stands still. What does this mean? I stand still and again she turns to face me, reaches out her hand and says “Cookie?”

I hit the road again at a gallop, tail held high.

Now she has changed her game, and when I run she just keeps walking slowly towards me. I keep running and she keeps walking, and I am now getting tired.

I stop and she keeps walking calmly towards me with her hand out. “Cookie?” Is that carrot I smell, I love carrots! I am confused as this game is not at all like the game I play with everyone else.

She approaches me and I reach out to take the piece of carrot as she moves in closer. Cheryl is calm so I feel calm. A new game is in play, Let’s Make a Deal. She very gently slips her hand under my halter as she gives me another piece of carrot. As she snaps the lead-line in place she notes my confusion. Wait, what just happened here?

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Wooden Shoes

HOW WOODEN SHOES CAN HELP YOUR HORSE A step-by-step guide for easing laminitis

WRITTEN AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY JUDY HEINRICH

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ith spring well upon us, the thoughts of many horse owners have turned to founder – or more accurately the rotten fear of it.

If you follow news on laminitis or founder, it may be because you’ve had one of your own horses affected by it. And you may have heard about a relatively new treatment approach that uses wooden shoes to relieve laminitis pain and possibly minimize its damaging effects.

Lucky for us, one of our area’s long-time farriers, Jack Montgomery Sr., has dedicated himself to studying, mastering and now using the wooden shoe technique to relieve the pain of laminitis and return horses to soundness. Jack does this for his own clients’ horses and, on a consulting basis, for the clients of other farriers.

Jack says he was intrigued by the wooden shoe technique as soon as he first heard of it. About five years ago he attended a clinic given by one of its earliest practitioners, who is both a master farrier and equine vet, and who has used wooden shoes in hundreds of cases.

And while laminitis is the most common reason for using wooden shoes, Jack says they have also been successfully used for hoof conditions such as thin soles, cracked coffin bones, inflamed bursa, and navicular.

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to learn of any new technique for helping horses that are suffering. But, as an important caveat, the purpose of this article is to give readers an overview of the technique and its benefits; it is not intended as a how-to guide. Successful use of wooden shoes requires specialized training, experience and tools. In other words, don’t just try it at home!

WHY WOOD? “There are a number of benefits to using wooden shoes,” Jack says.

“Wood is a non-abrasive material and easy to work with. I can shape the shoe to distribute the horse’s weight differently. And I can adjust and finetune as I’m working, to get the correct angles and pressure.

“That enables me to take a foundered horse that is so sore on his toes, and distribute the weight to the back of the foot so that he can walk without pain, if at all possible.”

IT TAKES A TEAM Jack says that 90 percent of his work doing wooden shoes starts with the client’s veterinarian on hand at the barn to take radiographs. “We can decide exactly what needs to be done because we’re looking at the x-rays and can see if there’s been rotation in the hoof. With the vet there, there’s no guesswork – we know right where the break-over needs to be and how the

shoe should fit.”

Also on hand many times is the client’s regular farrier who, having found that traditional shoeing has not helped with a thorny problem, has called Jack in to try the wooden shoes, sometimes as a last resort. This is much the same as a patient’s primary doctor would send them to a specialist for a specific health problem. As in that case, the client and horse return to the regular farrier’s care once the wooden shoes have helped get the horse sound again.

ON-SITE DEMONSTRATION To help me understand how wooden shoes are made and applied, Jack set up a demonstration on a local horse he’s worked on for years. Fritz, owned by Don and Peggy Lyons, is actually fit as a fiddle with no hoof problems but Jack knew the big Tennessee Walking Horse was calm and patient enough to be worked on and stand around while I asked questions and got down on the floor to take pictures. Many riders’ lives would be easier if all horses had this one’s brain!

The following describes the primary steps Jack goes through to create and fit wooden shoes for a horse suffering from laminitis, with the descriptions corresponding to the numbered photos. Steps, fitting and techniques may differ for horses suffering from problems other than laminitis.

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1. After checking x-rays to see what’s going on in the horse’s foot, Jack uses hoof testers to determine which areas are painful and which are not.

2. Jack marks the desired break-over point and the line

behind which a horse’s foot is pain-free. He also draws a template of the bottom of the hoof to use for shoe size and shape.

3. Jack and his assistant, Jorge Gonzáles, make a rough cut for the shoe out of a double thickness of oak plywood.

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4. Jack checks the rough cut’s fit and marks where he wants to make adjustments.

5. The final cut (bottom side up) shows the varying angles and thicknesses required to fit this particular horse’s hoof and distribute its weight appropriately.

6. Jack drew cross-hatching for the sake of this article to clearly illustrate where a shoe’s bottom has been carved out to minimize pressure on the front of the horse’s foot.

7. Jack drills pilot holes into the walls of the horse’s hoof, where the wooden shoe will be screwed on.

8. This is Jack’s added twist to process: Using impression material he attaches thin, flexible tubing along the horse’s frog to enable medications to be administered to the bottom of the foot – say for thrush – once the wooden shoe has been screwed on. The tube will be accessible between the horse’s heel bulbs (see photo 13).

9. While Jack holds it in place, Jorge screws the shoe on using the pre-drilled pilot holes.

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10. Once the shoe is attached, many horses can bear weight with immediate pain relief.

11. Jack rasps the wooden shoe to a precise fit with the hoof.

12. Jack has to work quickly to apply wet EquicastTM material over the wooden shoe, as it hardens almost instantly. A protective piece of ElastikonTM tape had been applied to the back of the hoof before the casting was started.

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13. The finished wooden shoe with protective cast and medication tube in place. (In cases of founder in one hoof, a wooden shoe would also be put on the opposite foot – in this case right front – for balance.

14. When it’s time to remove a wooden shoe, Jack uses a specialized tool that cuts through the cast materials but will not injure the horse.

HORSE ACTIVITY IN WOODEN SHOES The horse’s vet would be the one to advise on things like dietary and other restrictions, depending on case specifics.

But generally speaking, Jack recommends that movement be very limited initially, starting with confinement to a stall or possibly a dry lot not much bigger than a stall. As a horse becomes more comfortable, Jack has had customers with large barns turn the horse out into a wide, clutter-free aisle to permit limited movement in a safe environment.

In the absence of turnout situations like those above, Jack says he likes to see a horse stall-kept with hand-walking for about 20 minutes, three times a day. The horse should clearly not be turned out on pasture or even a large paddock. Changes may be made as the horse progresses in its treatment.

AFTER-CARE The number of shoeing cycles for wooden shoes depends on the specific horse and situation. Once the horse is ready to come out of wooden shoes, Jack may transition it to a therapeutic steel shoe before returning it to its “regular” shoes. Every case will be different. Jack says the most important thing is that horse owners be willing to think outside the box in these really tough situations, thinking beyond steel or plastic to do whatever is necessary to get the horse comfortable and sound.

For more information, you can email Jack at tryonfarrier@gmail.com or visit his website at www.tryonfarrier.com.

While you’re there, be sure to check out “Jack’s List,” where Jack and other horse people share resources on hoof care and other topics. •

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arol Greata’s Franny is a 15-year old Welsh pony that does combined driving, which is a multi-discipline equivalent of eventing. A little over a year ago Franny had an abscess in her right front that wouldn’t heal, which then caused a founder.

Franny’s vet, Kris Woodaman, and regular farrier, Mick Doyle, tried several things, including cushions and Soft-Ride Boots but, Carol says, “As good a farrier as Mick is, nothing was working. So Kris suggested we call Jack in to try his wooden shoes. It was something completely new and kind of experimental, and we all thought it was worth trying.”

Carol said Franny had her wooden “clogs” on for about three rounds of shoeing and briefly had them on all four feet after she developed an abscess on one of her hinds. She has since gone to therapeutic steel shoes on the front and, Carol said, “has been quite sound. We may go back to regular shoes at the next shoeing.

“It’s been a real team effort; Kris has been here every time Jack is here so we know exactly what’s going on in there,” Carol continued. “It’s been worth all the time and effort. Franny is a tough pony but I don’t think she would be here today if we hadn’t done this.”

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ocal dressage trainer Sue Terrall’s 16-year old Hanoverian mare Dancer foundered while under treatment for a stifle issue in her right hind. “Her stifle had been injected and she was on a 30-day rehab program with stall rest and hand walking,” Sue explained. “At 28 days she foundered, I think because being stalled was such a big change of routine for her.”

After x-rays showed that Dancer had some rotation, she was put in wooden shoes by Jack, who is her regular farrier. “As soon as they were put on, she was a lot happier,” Sue says. “It was like instant relief.”

Sue says Dancer went through five or six shoeings with the wooden shoes, and then a period with regular shoes and silicon pads. She’s now been in regular shoes for the past four shoeings, remains sound and is back in a slow, progressive training program to re-develop her strength, suppleness and topline.

“Jack has seen me through the whole episode, which has been about a year,” Sue says. “I don’t think I would have this horse today without his good care and good shoeing.”

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Parting Glance

LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE OF FARMING IN POLK COUNTY Photo by Mark Schmerling On Saturday, April 15, Growing Rural Opportunities (GRO), a local nonprofit that supports agriculture in Polk County, hosted the inaugural GRO Fest, a music festival to celebrate and support the farmers of Polk County, at

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Harmon Dairy in Green Creek. Two festival attendees, a mother and child, paused during the celebration to gaze toward the mountain range, over the farms and fields of the foothills, and into the future.

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