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The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include line dancing, 10 a.m., senior fitness, 11 a.m., Bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mon-days except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and dis-cussion of relevant issues; in-terdenominational. 859-5051.

Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, LaurelHurst Apartments, Co-lumbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336.

Saluda Center, Monday activities include Line Danc-ing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit Saluda.com.

Western Carolinas Classic Radio Club, Monday, March 21 at 2 p.m., Studio 118 at ICC Polk. “Escape: ‘Blood Bath.’” The Winter Jazz Series follows around 3:10 p.m., featuring Max Roach and Buddy Rich. All are welcome. Free.

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

Wording of charter school bill concerns Polk County school leadersby Samantha Hurst

Polk County Schools Board of Education passed a resolution March 14 requesting members of the North Carolina House of Representatives make significant changes to legislation known as Senate Bill 8 regarding charter schools.

Superintendent Bill Miller said his biggest concern lies with funding.

“We believe that Senate Bill 8 has wording in it that is in there on purpose so that we would have to share any penny of money that comes into our schools,” Miller

said. “When a booster gives money, when a band parent raises money … we would have to send them some of that money. We believe they have wrote that in there on purpose so they can get some of that money.”

Currently under North Caro-lina law, local funds reserved for education follow the student. This means if a parent in Polk County moves their student from a Polk County traditional public school to a local charter school – Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy and Lake Lure Clas-sical Academies in Rutherford

County and Mountain Commu-nity School in Hendersonville – the average per pupil expenditure of $1,867.13 is transferred from Polk County Schools’ annual allotment to the chosen school.

For Polk Schools this amount-ed to a loss of $334,148 this school year, according to Polk BOE Finance Officer Charlotte Sullivan.

The families of 83 students living inside Polk County limits chose for their children to attend charter schools instead of local


Leaders in conservation forumLocal land owners discuss conser vat ion issues during the Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC)’s Feb. 27th “Saving Our Horse Country” forum. Panel members included PAC Executive Director Sally Walker, Land Protection Specialist Pam Torlina, ve te r ina r ian Thann Boyum, attorney Agatha Guy and landowners Sue Mullen and Gerald Pack. For more information about conser vat ion, contact The Pacolet Area Conservancy at 828-859-5060 or by visiting www.pacolet.org.

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meets at the Green Creek Com-munity Center Mondays, 6 p.m., 828-817-6675.

Male Anger Management/Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Green Creek Community Center Christian Wisdom Cir-cle, for friends and families of alcoholics/addicts, Monday 7:15 p.m. 828-817-6675.

Thermal Belt Stamp Club, meets first and third Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tryon Federal Bank in Columbus.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mondays, 8 p.m., Columbus Presbyterian Church.

TuesdayPolk County Mobile Re-

cycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda.

Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “We Care” is a weekly informal social group open to women coping with loss. The group meets at 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon and is open to newcomers. For more informa-tion, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000 or 800-617-7132 or [email protected].

Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9 a.m. Bridge, 10 a.m., 828-749-9245. For more activities, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.saluda.

com. The Meeting Place Senior

Center, Tuesday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m., Bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Hospice of the Carolina Foothills is currently seeking individuals who wish to volun-teer in the Upstate area. Training opportunities will be held March 22 - 24 (Columbus office). For more information call Tracey Brannon at 864-457-9125 or e-mail [email protected].

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Tues-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Landrum Library, Book Discussion Group, 4th Tuesday every month, 10:30 a.m. at the library. 864-457-2218.

LIFECare of Polk County/Adult Day Health Care, pro-vides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy is scheduled every Tuesday. An opportunity for participants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info.

Polk County Library Pre-school Storytime, “Welcome, Spring!” Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and care-givers welcome. Caregiver must remain with child.

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

Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tues-days, conference room, Congre-gational Church.

Teen Character /Ski l l s Building Group, Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Al-Anon Family Group, meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Sa-luda Senior Center, 64 Greenville Street, Saluda, one half block off Main Street (U.S. Hwy. 176 S.), 828-749-2251 (Saluda) or 1-800-286-1326.

Columbus Town Council will meet on Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. This change of date is for the month of March only. The council regularly meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

WednesdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon.

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assis-tance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001.

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

Tryon Kiwanis Club, meets Wednesdays, noon, Congrega-tional Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

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

Male Anger Management/Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Wednesdays, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Polk County Public Library, hosts children’s author and book critic Fran Hawk in a program based on her book, “Ten Tips for Raising Readers.” 6 p.m. in the library’s community meeting room. Refreshments served.

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cling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking

lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.Lanier Library spring book

sale, Thursday, March 24 – 26 from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Thursday, March 24 is for members only. Collection of books and non-print media. The library is located at 72 Chestnut St.

NCDMV Driver’s License van, three Thursdays this month, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in front of Columbus Post Office. Check www.ncdot.gov/dmv/office_lo-cations for schedule. This month, March 10, 17 and 24.

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m., Bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; story-time, 10:30 a.m.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Thurs-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Tryon Arts and Crafts, glass and fiber arts exhibit, “Patterns of Perception,” runs through March 31. 373 Harmon Field Road in Tryon.

Please submit Curb Reporter items in writing at least two days prior to publication. Items must include a name and telephone number of a contact person. Items will be printed in order by date of event, as space allows.

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“Save Morris” campaign being established

by Leah Justice

The Town of Tryon has agreed to accept the statue of “Morris the horse,” as a donation from the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club (TR&HC) and is discussing cre-ating a “Save Morris” campaign to raise money for repairs.

Tryon Town Council met Tuesday, March 15 and accepted the donation as well as autho-rized TR&HC to erect a new Morris statue at its new location.

Tryon Town Manager Justin Hembree said estimates have been obtained for immediate repairs to the statue, with the low estimates being $4,000 to $5,000.

Other estimates obtained

included $10,000 and $14,000. “We know if we take it over

we’re looking at spending a minimum of $5k,” Hembree said. “Then there’s going to be ongoing costs for maintenance.”

Council also discussed abol-ishing allowing advertising on the statue and instead placing a community billboard near Morris for local advertising, including from the TR&HC club, as well as other non-profits and orga-nizations.

In agreeing to donate the stat-ue requested that the town give TR&HC first rights to continue advertising on the statue.

Hembree said the billboard should cost between $1,500 and $2,000.

No funding is currently avail-able for the billboard or repairs to Morris, but Hembree said coun-cil could discuss placing funding in next year’s budget, which will

begin July 1. Council also

discussed estab-lishing a fund r a i s i n g c a m -paign for the community to help with Mor-ris repairs.

T R & H C agreed this year to donate Morris to the town after having owned the statue since 1928.

The original Morris was de-signed by Eleanor Vance as a giant version of one of the most popular toys made by the Tryon Toy-Makers and Wood-Carvers, which was owned by Vance and Charlotte Yale.

The original Morris was de-stroyed in a fire and four other statues based on Morris’ original

design have been built since. Tryon residents named the statue “Morris.”

Morris’ body is fiberglass, but the head and tail are made of wood. Repairs are needed to both the statue and the base and wheels.

The higher estimates for the statue included estimates to fabricate and weld a new statue.

Tryon accepts Morris the horse donation from TR&HC

The Save Morris campaign aims to fix issues like this chipping paint. (photo by Leah Justice)


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The Saluda Board of Commis-sioners passed a resolution adopt-ing a new definition for home occupations and new regulations on those businesses.

Saluda Planning Commission Chair Henry Bright said all of the amendments presented related to accessory buildings were ac-cepted.

“There was some discussion during the public hearing but I like the relationship we have with the commissioners, they are very supportive of the planning board. I think we’re making real progress,” Bright said.

Mayor Fred Baisden said while he still has some concerns, he thinks the new definition and clarified regulations will be good for the city.

“I think they addressed most everything, there are a few things that might need tweaking down the road but we’re going to see how they work out for now,” Baisden said. “I think if anything it will give us a little more under-standing of what our regulations are.”

The new home occupation definition, as approved by com-missioners, reads, “An occu-pation, profession, activity or use that is clearly a customary, secondary, and incidental use of a residential dwelling unit which does not alter the exterior of the property or affect the residential character of the neighborhood.”

Other changes include ver-biage that reads, “The maximum allotted space for any and all home occupations is limited to no more than twenty-five (25) percent of the finished and heated square footage of the residential dwelling and in addition, any and all space needed in one accessory building.”

The regulation also includes a sliding scale for the number of accessory buildings allowed on a

given property. The previous or-dinance did not limit the number of such buildings.

The new scale allows two accessory buildings totaling no more than 1,000 square feet (maximum of 800 square feet for any one building) for lots up to two acres. Lots more than two acres but no more than four acres would be allowed two accessory buildings up to 1,400 square feet in total (maximum 1,200 square feet for any one building).

Finally, for any lot more than four acres, an owner would be allowed to put into place up to three accessory buildings total-ing 1,800 square feet (maximum 1,600 square feet for any one building).

If anything could be an issue down the road, Baisden thinks it could be the allotted size of storage units.

“If you had a 10,000-square-foot lot, it concerns me a bit that you can put the same size storage building as you could on 2 acres,” he said.

It may not become an issue, but Baisden added the city would address those things as they come along.

Bright said the next topic on the Saluda Planning Board’s agenda will be whether condi-tional use ordinances would be beneficial for Saluda.

The Saluda Planning Board will host a special called meet-ing with the town manager of Tryon to discuss Tryon’s zoning ordinances so Saluda leaders might learn from their neighbors, Bright said.

He said he believes Tryon has dealt well with a lot of is-sues similar to ones coming up in Saluda so there is no point in reinventing the wheel.

Bright said the board also plans to look at how to approach the use of an overlay district on Ozone Drive.

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Roy Wilson’s home on Smith Dairy Road and a life of memories burned March 13. (photo by Barbara Tilly)

“Life’s memories” burned with man’s homeby Samantha Hurst

Roy Wilson said he never imagined ever receiving a call like he did Sunday, March 13.

His girlfriend Sherry Lance was on the phone with him as she drove up to their home on Smith Dairy Road in Columbus, where she discovered firefighters from across the county battling a blaze that had consumed the home.

““It was my life ... my life’s memories were in that house,” Wilson said.

Wilson hired someone to build the home just a few years after returning from active duty in Vietnam. He said he and his ex-wife moved in when their son was just 9 months old.

Wilson raised his kids in that home and said it’s hard to imag-ine the physical traces of those memories lying in what are now ashes.

Seeing it, Wilson said, was “just terrible.” By the time Wil-son arrived firefighters had all but extinguished the fire with hot spots left to eliminate.

Wilson said the fire report

stated 13 calls were made to 911. One man and his wife apparently even ran up to the home to beat on the doors when they saw a truck in the driveway.

Luckily, Wilson said, there was no one inside.

Wilson and Lance are cur-rently staying in a hotel in Spar-tanburg until they are able to find a new place to live.

Wilson said people have offered to donate appliances, household items and other neces-sities to them, but for now they just don’t have anywhere to put them. Lance said she knows it’s been hard on Wilson to accept help from others.

“Anyone will tell you Roy has never asked for help from anyone,” she said. “He’s the one usually giving someone else the shirt off his back.”

Lance and Wilson said clothes are actually a lot of what they need right now. A fund has also been set up at Mountain First Bank in Columbus for anyone wishing to make a donation to help the couple.


traditional public schools. Five of those students attend Moun-tain Community School, 20 at-tend Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy and 58 attend Lake Lure Classical Academy.

Joe Maimone is cofounder and headmaster of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy.

Maimone said Senate Bill 8 would enrich educational oppor-tunities in the state by offering parents more control over their children’s education.

“Anytime parents have more say in the education of their children, the better off everyone is. Choice in education just like choice in going to the doctor or any other service commodity is a good thing,” Maimone said. “And its good for the community too because it always increases the conversation of education within the community. That is a very positive thing that we do when we allow alternative forms of education,” he said.

Non-profit boards of direc-tors run charter schools, Maim-one said. They must file for a non-profit status under 501(c)(3) and go through a rigorous application process through the state, he added. He said concern about funding for these schools is misguided.

The North Carolina School Boards Association thinks its not. This board originally drafted the resolution approved by the Polk County BOE, which several school systems across the state have approved.

The resolution requests as-sembly members at a mini-mum revise the legislation so traditional public schools: “1) are not required to share in self-sustaining, fee-based programs such as child nutrition; 2) are not required to share preschool and other federal funds (such as free and reduced lunch) with charter schools that do not provide these programs; 3) are not required to share fund balance reserves and 4) are not required to share reimbursements (such as facility

rental fees and activity bus fees) to which charter schools have no legitimate claim.”

The resolution also requests that N.C. Governor Bev Purdue veto any legislation that does not include these changes.

Originally North Carolina capped the number of charter schools allowed to exist at 100.

Currently 99 charter schools operate in the state of North Car-olina with more than 36,000 stu-dents attending. Another 20,000 students remain on waiting lists, according to the N.C. Alliance for Charter Schools.

Maimone said those working to eliminate the cap have worked for more than a decade with well-run charter schools.

“The good news is we have 14 years of experience under our belt

to know what creates a quality charter school. You are getting folks who have been involved and are interested in the benefit of charter schools.”

Miller said he doesn’t agree that there should be no limit on the number of charter schools al-lowed in the state or no minimum on the number of students re-quired to create a charter school. He said he feels more perplexed by additional language in Sen-ate Bill 8. Miller said he thinks changes that occurred during the process of senate approval drastically altered the bill. The bill originated as a one-page document and steadily grew with amendments to a 23-page docu-ment, according to a representa-tive from House Representative David Guice’ office.

But even within all those pages, Miller and Polk County BOE chairman Geoffrey Ten-nant said the legislation needs to be made more clear as to what money must be shared between traditional public schools and charter schools and what money will not be shared.

“What our board and other boards are saying is, ‘Let’s ap-ply some rudimentary rules of logic,’” Tennant said. “If you are going to make a law at least consider two words – clarity and equity.”

Tennant said charter schools should not have access to any portion of funds generated by fund raising of band boosters, for example, or from grants written specifically by public schools for programs not provided by charter schools such as after-school pro-grams for low-income families.

Miller said he also does not believe many of the foundations currently supporting Polk County

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“Anytime parents have more say in the education of their children, the better off everyone is.”

-- Joe Maimone, headmaster of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy


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Schools would approve of any portion of their funds being sent to a school in another county.

“We’re elected officials in charge of trying to make sure our community has a good school, and siphoning money from us to give to them isn’t going to make that happen,” Miller said.

State Senator Tom Apodaca, 48th District, who represents Polk, Hendersonville and Bun-combe counties, cosponsored the No Cap on Number of Char-ter School bill or Senate Bill 8. He said opponents don’t have the facts straight.

“They come up with anything they can to block a charter school – transportation, food, buildings – [charter schools] are not receiving public funds to build buildings; they must do that on their own,” Apodaca said.

The N.C. Alliance for Charter Schools argues the bill returns the wording of the law to its original context when written in 1996. A statement provided by the Alliance on Thomas Jeffer-son Classical Academy’s web-site states, “traditional school systems are obliged to openly share ‘all local current expense funds’ with charter schools.” It further states, “In short, pro-grams funded in traditional schools by tax dollars may be different in charter schools, but the dollars for these programs must flow through to charter schools to allow for these in-novations. Other accusations of taking away lunch money, field trip money, a teacher class-room grant, or ROTC money is unfounded. If these funds are accounted for properly in the traditional system, they would be considered ‘donor-restricted’ and would not have to flow to charter schools.”

Apodaca said he believes the bill has been amended in such a way as to eliminate Miller’s and Tennant’s concerns.

He said changes are expected

to limit the creation of charter schools to 50 within a given school year and to require a minimum of about 50 to 65 students to establish a charter.

“We think charter schools are a good option for our people to have a choice about how they educate their children,” Apo-daca said. “Choice is not a bad thing – we see it working well in a lot of places.”

Apodaca made it a campaign promise, along with what he called the “unlikely company of President Obama,” to encour-age access to charter schools. He said in North Carolina that meant pushing for the elimina-tion of the charter school cap.

Parent Kelly Marshall said she hadn’t paid much attention to charter schools until Sen-ate Bill 8 came up. Now she’s concerned about what it could do to the education of her kids’ who currently attend traditional public schools in Polk County.

“I feel like we already have an issue which is we have kids that are going to charter schools which is sending money to an-other county when these kids are going to charter schools in Rutherford County,” she said.

Several years ago Marshall lived in Atlanta with her hus-band and five kids who attended private school.

When her husband died, Marshall could no longer af-ford private school and moved in search of a quality school system. After one system didn’t meet her standards, Marshall said she moved to Polk County and loves the schools.

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“I moved to Polk County because of the school system because the schools were excel-lent and the community invests in the schools here,” she said. “I do have empathy for parents who have children in poor schools. I can understand why they would want to do it. On the other hand it doesn’t seem fair to a county that has worked very hard to provide a great education.”

Miller said the legislation stirs heated debate.

“It is separated around Re-publican vs. Democrats. It’s sep-arated around rich vs. poor. It’s separated around public schools vs. getting what you want – it’s separated around some really tense issues,” Miller said.

A staff member for House Representative David Guice said Rep. Guice has yet to put out an official opinion and likely won’t until its more clear what kind of bill will appear out of committee.

She said Guice’ office has received a lot of calls from administrators and parents, as well as letters from students on both sides.

Guice is relaying that in-formation to representatives working directly on the bill in committee, the staff member said. The piece of legislation was most recently re-referred to the committee of finance.

Marshall believes it’s all about finances.

“I think the argument has to

be … how much financial stress can our school system handle next year,” Marshall said. “We have to determine what would be nice to have and what is neces-sary. Does that mean the county should be punished and have to dig deeper and come up with more money? Those dollars can get lost in a bigger school system but in a smaller place like Polk County every dollar counts.”

Miller said he expects the situation to move in one direc-tion or another within the next five months either through an appeals court decision on pend-ing lawsuits or the legislature and governor.

Details at a glance

What: Senate Bill 8 (No Cap on Charter schools)

Who: Cosponsored by District 48 Senator Tom Apodaca

Where: Currently being reviewed by North Carolina House Finance Committee

Current cap on numberofcharterschools: 100

Nearestcharterschools:Thomas Jefferson Classi-cal Academy and Lake Lure Classical Academy in Ruth-erford County and Moun-tain Community School in Henderson County

Money:Polk County schools lost $334,148 in funding related to the enrollment of 83 Polk area students in local charter schools

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Left: Tryon Arts and Crafts demonstrates basket making to area students on Heritage Days 2010.

Right: Tryon Arts and Crafts gives students an opportunity to learn about weaving during Harmon Field Heritage Days’ Educational Days 2010.

Harmon Field Heritage Days 2011 will be March 24 - 27. (photos submitted)

Demonstrations at Harmon Field Heritage Days

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On March 1, 2011 the John Brown Jazz Orchestra performed for all Polk County School students in third through twelfth grades at the Polk County High School auditorium thanks to a cARTwheel II grant from the North Carolina Arts Council. In addition to performances for students, the grant also provided for a staff development designed to inform and prepare teachers and students for the concerts. Students and staff members learned about the history of jazz music, focusing on well-known jazz artists from North Carolina. (photo submitted)

John Brown Jazz Orchestra performs for Polk students

Letter to the Editor

Are our teachers really to blame?

To the Editor: In my chosen profession of

teaching I spent 30 years. I do not profess to be an expert

teacher but I do have a great deal of experience. While being a keen observer of the present state of education, I like many of you am deeply distressed.

From the Secretary of Educa-tion in Washington, D.C., to local boards of education, I hear calls for better teachers. I hear a call for better–educated teachers and a more careful selection of teach-ers. Is this new criterion?

Didn’t you always look for the best teachers and didn’t you always screen them to the best of your ability? I don’t see teachers being guilty of any wrong doing so far in the selection process.

Let me ask a question. How many really bad teachers

do you remember?My guess is if asked to remem-

ber teachers you remember people who you really had a great deal of respect for, maybe even loved.

Teachers for the most part are dedicated, caring people looking out for the best interest of your children. Think about it.

Would a person with a profit motive go into teaching? Are teachers looking to make a fan-tastic living in education? Most teachers like myself wanted more than anything to leave this planet a better place than they found it, perhaps make some small contri-bution to humanity.

I believe the present scrutiny of teachers needs to be revisited. Who is really most responsible for a child’s education? Should teach-ers have their feet held to the fire or are they in an unfair partnership?

There are some very critical questions to be asked. For one, who spends the most time with your children? Who has the most powerful influence on your chil-dren? Who teachers your children values? Where values are con-cerned we may ask if we teach the value of education. I hope your

answer to those questions is ME. I once read that a home that has

500 books in it will always pro-duce children who love to read.

You see there are lots of hints and subliminal suggestions par-ents give about the importance of a good education. If you ever say I did ok and I never gradu-ated high school you are doing the greatest disservice you can to your children. All of us col-lectively must impress upon all children the utmost importance of a good solid education.

I once had the honor of talking to an Auschwitz survivor who told me, “They took my family, they took my home and they took my clothing. But one thing they could never take away from me was my education.” I think that speaks volumes for children to understand the deep and profound meaning of a good education.

So who has the real power here? Who has the real responsi-bility for providing an education?

I don’t believe for one sec-ond that the education system in America has failed the children,

I believe the children and parents have failed the educational system.

In my opinion the changes in America have taken place in the home, not in the classroom. Take stock, America. Are you demanding excellence from your children? If your children are doing poorly do you go to their school counselors and find out why? Have you gotten them some tutoring?

Parents you are in charge. Dis-cipline is really what education is all about, without discipline you can do nothing. Don’t stand for mediocrity; insist that your children get good grades. Don’t blame the teachers!

Even if you don’t like a teacher it’s a good lesson. You’re going to work with people you don’t like your entire life, get over it. Parents set the bar high. Talk to your kids, see what they want to be, and get them headed down that path.

Parents take charge of their edu-cation and make it happen. They will thank you for being hard on them when they are a great success.

– Rocco Lionetti


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Joyce C. RossJoyce Case Ross, 70, of Colum-

bus passed away March 18, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Virgil and Helen Parton Case and widow of John Nicholas Ross Sr. She was a member of Columbus Baptist Church and a homemaker.

She is survived by three sons, John Ross (April) of Campobello, Jimmie Ross (Kim) of Campobel-lo and Joseph Ross of Landrum; two daughters, Jackie Palmer (Da-vid) of Columbus and Brandi Ross of Mill Spring; three sisters, Doris Stott, Faith Ross and Katherine Greene; seven grandchildren, David Ross (Amanda), Judd, Ryder, Savannah, Alex, Nicholas and Ben; two great grandchildren, Kimber and Gavin; and numerous special nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by broth-ers and sisters, Marion, Charles and Roy Case, Ruth Allman and Myrtle Hutcherson.

Funeral services were held Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Petty Funeral Home, conducted by Rev. Bobby Capps. Burial was in Ridings Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to, Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, 686 Jeff Davis Drive, Spartanburg, S.C. 29303 or to Columbus Baptist Church, P.O. Box 45, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

The family is at the home of Jimmie Ross, 18950 Asheville Hwy, Campobello, S.C.

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Obituaries

TCC Ladies Bridge results

The following are the results of the Tryon Country Club Ladies Bridge games played Wednesday, March 9.

1. Camilla Dick; 2: Rosemary Witty; 3. Linda Watts.

The next monthly meeting will be Wednesday, April 13. Lunch will be at noon. The bridge game will follow. For more info., call Bev Rinehart at 828-894-0603.

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Sonia Rena ‘Cissy’ Leonard

Sonia Rena “Cissy” Leonard, 45, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 18, 2011.

Cissy attended RLS Work-shop. She loved to bowl and “McDonald’s” as well as spend-ing time with her family.

Surviving are: her mother, Geraldine Stacey of Tryon; three brothers, Lance Leonard and Carl Harris, both of Tryon, and Wayne Harris of Florida; uncles Joe Stacey, Don Stacey and Johnny Stacey and an aunt, Darleen Sta-cey; also surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011. For time and place of service please visit www.mcfarlandfuneralcha-pel.com or call 828-894-3448.

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Carolina Keglers bowling results

The following are the results of the Carolina Keglers games bowled Wednesday, March 16, at Autumn Lanes in Forest City.

Women’s High Game:1. Debi Monahan – 211;2. Gerri Reitz – 181.Women’s High Series:1. Debi Monahan – 517;2. Karen Andersson – 443.Men’s High Game:1. Jack Knirk – 180;2. Dave Ritchie – 177.Men’s High Series:1. Dave Ritchie – 462;2. Jack Knirk – 461.Most Pins Over Average:Debi Monahan - +68;Tom Ruegg - +35.Best Team(3 points/most wood):Janet Joens; Debi Monahan; Henry Zahn.Anyone wishing to join the

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BRSEA presents laminitis lecture March 28 at ‘Chateau du Cheval’Horse owners concerned with

laminitis, grasses and nutrition will have an opportunity to attend a lecture presented by the Blue Ridge School of Equestrian Arts (BRSEA) on Monday, March 28 at the lecture hall at “Chateau du Cheval.” A panel, including a vet, will be present to help you recognize, treat and prevent laminitis. Nutritional information on the latest in feeds and grasses will also be provided.

The lecture will start at 6:30 p.m. Appetizers and a beverage will be served. The cost of $27, to benefit BRSEA, is due before Thursday, March 24. Checks can be sent to BRSEA, P.O. Box 322, Tryon, N.C. 28782.

For more information or to RSVP, contact Lydia E. Juenger at 828-894-5545 or 828-817-0732 or visit www.blueridge-equestrian.com or www.fox-

meadowtherapy.blogspot.com.The “Chateau du Cheval” is

located at 996 E. Frontage Rd. in Campobello.

“Chateau du Cheval” hosted the BRSEA lecture at lunch on Saturday, Feb. 19. The lecture consisted of the physical, emo-tional and intellectual sides of the horse. Attendees had the op-portunity to see first-hand, using a live equine model on stage in the lecture hall of “Chateau du Cheval,” how to assess a horse’s physical fitness through fat scor-ing, range of motion and gait analysis.

Lydia Juenger was the lectur-er. She has more than 30 years of experience in teaching and com-peting and is the owner of Fox Meadow Farm in Mill Spring. She is also the head of the equine studies program at BRSEA.


At right, Lydia Juenger uses a live horse to show how to assess a horse’s physical fitness at the Feb. 19 BRSEA lecture. (photo submitted)


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Thank YouFor your thoughtfulness in helping with food, gener-ous monetary donations, prayers and words of com-fort in Winfred Suber Jr.'s memory. Your generos-ity and support during this time of bereavement is greatly appreciated.

—The Suber Family

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Letter to the Editor

Spring has sprungTo the Editor: We all fear it might be a bit

premature, but we will enjoy it while it is here. My daffodils are always an early welcome sign of spring’s arrival and right now they are nearly 10 inches tall, growing by leaps and bounds as fast as our Christmas Amaryllis.

They are going to be crisp, bright and colorful. As I walk around our yard I also see a lot of “pick up,” which the wintery Mother Nature has left on the ground.

She dropped broken branch-es, dry leaves and maybe she blew a couple papers and plastic

bags out of trash cans into the ditches down at the road. With regret I also see some items, like the plastic bags, that are NOT Mother Nature’s responsibility.

I hope that we, here in Tryon, are all aware that it is up to US to pick up those uglies.

Have we relaxed too much over the winter and neglected some of our neighborhoods? Let’s not ignore, or even worse cover up, something in our yards that we should be recy-cling or trashing.

I understand that Landrum has an ordinance against using the blue plastic in the yard as a permanent installation to be viewed and abhorred by all who pass by. Hooray for Landrum.

I remember an article someone

sent into TDB a few years ago. The punch line I recall is “Re-member that your backyard may be someone else’s front yard.”

Spring is a good time to look around our front, back and side yards and pick up and put into the trash any broken and useless FIRE HAZARDS. The fire department will be grateful and so will your neighbors and passersby.

Now stand back and enjoy your daffodils. If you don’t have any daffs then keep your eyes open at Cowans’ Hardware.

Jim always has buckets full of daffodils in front of his hard-ware store. He will have enough to go around for all of us! Happy Springtime to all.

– Betsy Freeman

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Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the board of commissioners of the city of saluda at the saluda Public library upstairs conference room on monday, march 14th, 2011 at 7:00 Pm, for the purpose of considering an amendment to the zoning ordinance. the proposed amendment concerns regulations regarding the size of accessory build-ings in relation to home occupations.

a copy of the proposed amend-ments is on file in the City Clerk’s office for inspection by all interested citizens. doris t. marion, cmcCity Clerk adv. 3/1,14

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Choosing a special event location

to have ample parking close by in a well-lit and safe location. If your guests have to walk far or parking is limited they are likely not to come to the event next year.

Four additional factors to consider before choosing the location for your next special event are location, cost, size and facilities. To start with have the special events or development committee make lists of sug-gested places to hold the event. These can include local hotels, banquet rooms, historic sites, exquisite homes, and outdoor venues, e.g., parks, beaches or courtyards.

The cost is another large factor in deciding the location. Things to consider: can the organization afford the location and is the set up and tear down time included in the price? Size is another factor for the chosen location.

So how do you know how much space you need?

In the last article we dis-cussed the budget for special events. In this article we will talk about the location for a special event.

Remember when selecting the location for the special event the following; where an event takes place is as critical to its success as the group’s mission and the nature of the event itself.

The location should have the four A’s: attractive, accessible, affordable and ample parking.

The location of your choice should be attractive not only on the outside but also on the in-side. People love to visit places that offer a great atmosphere. The location should also be ac-cessible. The worst thing that can happen is that guests have to travel a great distance or that the sight is a bear to get in or out of because of traffic.

Of course it needs to be af-fordable for the nonprofit. We all hope that every special event makes money and in order to do so you need to watch every budget line item including the amount you pay for the loca-tion. Lastly the location needs

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Standard ratios are as fol-lows: for stand-up events, e.g., open houses or afternoon buf-fets, you need to calculate 9 to 11 square feet per person; for sit-down events calculate 13 square feet per person; for auditorium events calculate 11 to 13 square feet per person; for events with dancing make sure and add at least 3 square feet to the per person square footage; lastly, for events held outside or under tents without kitchens don’t forget to add the adequate space.

Best practice is to ask the caterer how much space he/she needs. Make sure with the loca-tion you map out every detail e.g. where the registration will go, how the traffic will follow – entrances and exits, or will there be a reception line and if so where will it be staged. The last factor is the facilities included with the location.

This is your “basics” and they will include; is there an adequate kitchen, what condi-tion are the bathrooms in and is there enough staff to handle your special event properly.

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January Terrific Kids at Polk Central SchoolTryon Kiwanis Club mem-

ber Ed Komorous assisted Polk Central School Guidance Coun-selor Susan Howell in awarding “Terrific Kids” certificates to students at the school on Jan. 26. The following lists all the students who were Terrific Kids for January at Polk Central:

Pre-kindergarten: Ms. Ha-thaway – Paige Griffin; Ms. Humphrey – Alex Tipton; Ms. Thompson – Caroline Tay-lor; Ms. Whittemore – Angel Alvarez-Vazquez.

Kindergarten: Ms. Ed-wards – Ruth Ramirez; Rae-gan Jackson; Ms. McCormick – Ethan Gillis; Ms. Tanko – Reilly Yoder.

First grade: Ms. Bame – Matthew Reyes; Ms. Cox – Storm Moore; Ms. Powell – Savannah Fitzpatrick; Ms. Wilson – Jaren McDowell.

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Honorees from the fifth grade classes (from left): Hollie Morgan, Arnie Twitty and Crystal Barnett. (photo submitted)

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Third grade: Ms. Carlson – Dakota Hill; Kasey Trzemzal-ski; Ms. Ford – Karli Kilgore; Dalton Osborn; Ms. Siegel – Ashton Fisher.

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Ikebana International demonstration March 22Ikebana International in West-

ern North Carolina will present a demonstration on the use of glass containers in contempo-rary Japanese flower design on Tuesday, March 22 at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Folk Art Center, located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The program “Enhancing Your Designs” will use contain-

ers and flowers with special lighting, background and other special effects thaat anyone can use at home. Says instructor Libby Campbell, a designer of the Ichiyo School of Ikebana, “I will demonstrate unusual ideas just for fun as well as ways de-sign decisions and combinations will affect your arrangements.”

The Asheville Chapter of

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