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TodayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field, Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon.

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

Christ ian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellow-ship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. 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 dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more infor-mation visit Saluda.com.

Western Carolinas Classic Radio Club, Monday, Jan. 24 at 2 p.m., Studio 118, ICC Polk campus. “Road to Hollywood.” Crosby, “Hope at Lamour.” Winter Jazz Series follows around 3:10 p.m. featuring the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Free.

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

New Outreach director busy from startby Samantha Hurst

Carol Newton took on direction of a 20–year–old charitable organization when she began her new position as executive director of the Ther-mal Belt Ministry Organization Dec. 1.

Upon her arrival Newton needed to jump right in with the Angel Tree program already

moving in full force. This year, TBOM served 330-plus families.

“That really gave me a good opportunity to get a feel for how things work together; seeing families pick up gifts introduced me


Carol Newton stands in the food pantry at Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry. Newton took over from founder Eloise Thwing as executive director of the nonprofit organization on Dec. 1. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

Tryon holds line on last year’s budgetAudit reports fund balance up slightlyby Leah Justice

Tryon’s fund balance in-creased slightly last fiscal year although the town saw an over-all decrease in revenues.

Tryon also spent less overall during fiscal year 2009-2010 than in fiscal year 2008-2009.

Tryon Town Council re-viewed the audit for fiscal year 2009-10 Tuesday, Jan. 18. Roger Bowman of Bowman, Pegg & Starr, CPA, presented the audit report.

Bowman said the town’s unreserved fund balance (available for spending) was $252,393, or 16.76 percent of general fund expenditures. The previous year’s fund balance was $247,833, or approximately


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meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. at Tryon Town Hall, McCown Room. Public welcome. For information, call 828-859-6655.

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

Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Pro-gram, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Greek Community Center Christian Wisdom Circle, for friends and families of alcohol-ics/addicts, Monday 7:15 p.m. 828-817-6675.

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

TuesdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “We Care” informal social group for women coping with loss. Open to newcomers, Tuesdays, 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon. Shannon Slater, 828-894-7000.

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.

Polk County Historical

Association Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Saluda Center, Bridge, Tues-days, 10 a.m., chair exercise, 2:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. For more activities, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.sa-luda.com.

Landrum Library, Book Discussion Group, fourth Tues-day every month, 10:30 a.m. at the library. 864-457-2218.

Polk County Library, “Ba-bies Are Just Little People” Preschool Storytime, Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and caregivers welcome. Caregiver must remain with child.

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

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.

VFW Columbus Post, Polk County Memorial 9116, Tues-day, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m., Colum-bus Town Hall.

VFW Ladies Auxiliary Polk County Memorial 9116, Tues-day, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m., Womack Building in Columbus.

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.

Male Anger Management

Intervention/Education Pro-gram, Wednesdays, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

cling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus.

Thursday Men’s Prayer Breakfast, will meet Thursday, Jan. 27 at 8 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe, 456 S. Trade Street, Tryon.

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 include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. 828-894-0001.

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

Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.

Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies and Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m.

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

Rotary Club of Tryon, meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Road.

Landrum Library home school program, Thursday, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. First through sixth-grade children will enjoy

the program “Color Me Green” presented by FENCE which will focus on green, edible plants. For more info. call 864-457-2118.

Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 801 W. Mills St., Suite A, Columbus.

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

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

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

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

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

FridaySaluda Center, Friday events:

chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Game Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

The Meeting Place Senior Center, Friday activities include Movie Matinee, 10 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

Please submit Curb Re-porter 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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Millard & Company invites the public to attend its grand opening celebration in the newly renovated former Tryon depot building on Wednesday, Jan. 26, from 4-6 p.m.

The festivities will include self-guided tours of the depot. The Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce will be on hand for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

The depot, located at 22 Depot Street in Tryon and owned by the Town of Tryon, was originally constructed in 1906. A complete renovation of the building has just been completed.

One half of the building will serve as offices for Millard & Company. The other half of the building – the depot room – has been transformed into a venue for events. The firm will use the depot room for client and educational events. The room is also available to individuals and groups. Inquiries regarding depot room rental should be directed to Tabatha Cantrell at Millard & Company.

Mil lard & Company is a financial plan-ning and invest-ment advisor firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm was estab-lished in August of last year when Main Street Financial Group split off its investment advisory depart-ment into an independent firm under the leadership of Andy Mil-lard, CFP®.

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this market.Thomas said a website is crucial

to his business.“I have had a website since the

early 1990s.” Thomas said. “I feel now, as I did then, that it is indis-pensable to my business. It lets people not only know who I am, but also allows them to search for prop-erties that are listed in our Multiple Listing Service and provides other important links relating to Tryon, Polk County in general and the en-tire region. It is the most important tool I have to allow potential clients to interview me without my even knowing about it.”

About the current real estate market, Thomas said, “The best time to buy is now. Since I became a realtor and broker in 1987, there has never been a market as in favor of the buyer as the market today.”

Tryon Realty is located at 75-A South Trade Street in Tryon. For more information, check www.timthomas.com or contact 828-817-1118 or [email protected]

Turner HD Media is found on-line at www.turnerhdmedia.com.

The company has opened a new studio and office at the Polk County Ag Center in

Mill Spring. For more information, call 828-595-0006

***As of Jan. 1, Accents on Main

has moved back to its original storefront at 114 E.Rutherford Street in downtown Landrum.

“We are restocking the store with new merchandise that is coming in daily after going to the Atlanta Market last week,” said Gail Granville, the store’s owner. “We have added new furniture lines, gourmet vinegar and oils, fine dips and dessert mixes.”

Accents on Main also offers design services and catering. Store hours are Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

***The board of directors of Ma-

con Bancorp has unanimously adopted a plan to convert the com-pany to stock ownership.

Shares of common stock will be offered to the following possible investors:

• Eligible depositors, as of Dec. 31, 2009, of Macon Bank, its subsidiary;

• Other depositors opening ac-counts after Dec. 31, 2009;

• The bank’s borrowers;• Residents of the communities

the bank serves;• The general public.The eligible depositors, other

depositors and borrowers of the bank will have subscription rights (in that order of priority) superior to non-customer residents of the bank’s communities and the gener-al public. It is currently anticipated that Macon Bancorp’s offering of stock will start in April 2011.

The purpose of the conversion is to raise additional capital to be invested in the bank. Bank officers said this will allow the bank to enhance the services it provides to its customers, have greater flexibility in structuring its opera-tions, support future growth in the bank’s communities, and consider expanding its operations into new markets.

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the giving attitudes of volunteers. She said one volunteer was

disappointed because TBOM was only able to provide one blanket per family. In prior years the orga-nization gave out one blanket per family member.

Services to individuals in-creased by 17 percent last year, while services for families in-creased by 11 percent.

TBOM worked with DSS, Steps to HOPE and the sheriff’s office to make sure all families in need were taken care of without duplicating services, Newton said.

Newton said it’s important to prevent repetition so resources

reach more in need. She said she’s seen in prior

volunteer work how families can teeter on the brink of financial devastation. She served on an outreach committee at her church in Florida. There she directly came into contact with poverty.

“I got to know people that were just on the edge and needed just that little bit of help,” Newton said.

Once Newton and her husband moved to Polk County from Char-lotte, she became involved with Holy Cross Episcopal Church; serving two years on a team fo-cused on in-reach.

The group coordinated the church’s efforts to provide meals and home repair to parishioners.

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“When I understood that this opportunity existed it felt some-what natural,” Newton said. “This organization matches resources with needs and we can do so much more if we work together because the resources are there.”

Through her professional life, Newton raised funds for colleges, worked within the performing arts and assisted with the transition of patients from mental hospitals back into society, plus managed a secure document destruction service and her husband’s consult-ing business.

Her hope for the next year focuses on streamlining internal systems so that the TBOM staff is able to work together coopera-tively and smartly. She also plans to increase fundraising efforts.

“We are on our own,” Newton said. “But we are fortunate for what we have received. We just need to be more engaged with churches and community groups to tell our story and to ask them for funds and volunteers.”

This spring Newton also an-ticipates needing a variety of vol-unteers to help with the planned 8 acres for a community vegetable garden, and for flowers and trees to later be used in the beautifica-tion of Columbus.

Employees and volunteers have also expressed a desire to teach more self-sufficiency classes for families in need, Newton said.

“I think people take an awful lot for granted. When you have to think about, ‘How am I going to put food on the table for my fam-ily?’ for the first time, it can be tough,” she said. “We want them to have their dignity and we work to help them keep that.”

Newton said the organization plans to commemorate its two de-cades of service with a Valentine’s High Tea Feb. 13 from 4-6 p.m. The event aims to honor many of the organizations’ longtime vol-unteers, including former director Eloise Thwing, Newton said.


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The state recommends local governments keep at least an 8 percent fund balance for re-serves, but most towns the size of Tryon average 20 percent or higher.

Although the town’s general fund revenues decreased last fis-cal year compared to year end 2009, the general fund ended on the positive side with $36,996.

T h e t o w n b r o u g h t i n $1,385,933 of revenues during fiscal year 2009-10 compared to $1,395,179 the previous year (2008-09). The town’s general fund spending also decreased by almost 10 percent from the previ-ous year, with general fund ex-penditures ending at $1,506,131 at year end 2010, compared to expenditures of $1,657,758 at year end 2009.

Tryon Town Manager Justin Hembree said the town budgeted accurately for what it would re-ceive in sales tax last fiscal year, but those expectations continue to decrease. The town received $210,457 in local option sales tax during fiscal year 2009-10, compared to $278,361 during fiscal year 2008-09, according to the audit. The sales tax revenue has continued to drop over the last few years.

To counter the decreasing revenue from sales tax, Tryon departments this year have made a goal to cut expenses by 5 per-cent. Also this fiscal year, which began July 1, the town decreased trash pick-up services from two days per week to one day per week for residences in hopes of saving money.

Tryon received three findings last fiscal year. One finding was for spending money that had not been appropriated and failing to amend the budget. The second finding was for having a lack of expertise to prepare financial statements.

The third finding was for hav-ing three departments that oper-ated with deficit fund balances. The fire department ended with a negative $13,970 fund balance, Harmon Field ended with a nega-tive $43,906 fund balance and the sanitation fund ended with a negative $62,025 fund balance, according to the audit report.

Harmon Field spent less than it received in revenues by $15,495 and cut its negative fund balance slightly last fiscal year. Harmon Field’s beginning fund balance was negative $59,401; at year’s end, its fund balance was negative $43,906.

The town’s enterprise fund, or water and sewer fund, saw a $27,340 decrease in revenues last year and a $94,736 decrease in expenditures. The water/sewer fund operated with a net income of $289,743 compared to a net income the previous year of $345,275, according to the audit.

The water and sewer fund had $1,629,780 in total revenues dur-ing fiscal year 2009-10 compared to $1,657,120 in 2008-09.

Expenditures in the water/sewer fund increased from year end 2009 to 2010. Total expen-ditures in 2010 were $1,172,022 compared to $1,077,286 in 2009.

Tryon’s tax collections re-mained high, Bowman said. Tryon collected 94.46 percent of

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Tryon police search for robbery suspect(s) by Leah Justice

Tryon has experienced a string of break-ins over the past few weeks and the Tryon Police Department is asking for the public’s help.

Last Tuesday, Jan. 18, the Vil-lage Book Shop on Maple Street was broken into, according to the Tryon Police Department.

Police chief Jeff Arrowood said sometime during the night, the suspect broke a window and entered through the door.

“Cash was taken from the busi-ness, as well as the Humane Society jar and the Thermal Belt Outreach jar,” Arrowood said.

Police said last week’s break-in could be connected to three other break-ins that occurred over the Christmas weekend at Nature’s Storehouse, Smith Optometric Eye Associates and Tryon Gold and Coin.

During the Christmas weekend, the Nature’s Storehouse on South Trade Street was broken into, as well as Smith’s Eye, located down-town and Tryon Gold and Coin, located downtown.

Arrowood reports that nothing was stolen from the Nature’s Store-house, and undisclosed amounts of cash were stolen from Smith Opto-metric and Tryon Gold and Coin.

Anyone with information re-garding any of these break-ins is urged to call the Tryon Police Department at 828-859-9195 or Foothills Crime Stoppers at 1-800-847-7119.

Tips can be anonymous, and rewards are offered from Crime Stoppers for any information that leads to an arrest.

all its taxes last fiscal year. The collection numbers break down to 95.02 percent collection for real and personal property taxes and $87.33 percent for motor vehicle taxes.

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Exchange students visit Biltmore

Sabrina Schulteiss from Switzerland and Helen Lee from China in front of the Biltmore Estate. (photo submitted)

Editor’s note: The follow-ing was written by Sabrina Schulteiss, a 16-year-old AFS student from Switzerland. Schulteiss attends Polk County High School and lives in Green Creek with her host mom, Laura May, and host sister, Saman-tha.

As exchange students, Helen Lee (from China) and I had the chance to visit the Biltmore Estate as a Christmas present from our exchange organiza-tion (AFS). Since I am from Switzerland, I am pretty used to mansions and impressive houses but the first time I saw the Bilt-more house it took my breath. I have been told it’s a big house, but this wasn’t just a mansion but a hotel.

During the daylight we vis-ited the shops on the foot of the hill on which the Biltmore house is placed. We tasted jam, salad dressing, cheese ball mix and finally the hot apple cider which put me right into a Christmas mood.

After sunset we made our way up to the Biltmore house. Candles and Christmas trees decorated the inside of Biltmore house and besides a whole forest of Christmas trees there was also a choir singing Christmas songs and a harp player.

During a conversation with one employee, I found out that it took many years to build this amazing house with 250 rooms. The house was connected to elec-tricity from the beginning and has next to an elevator also a huge indoor swimming pool, a fitness room and a bowling lane.

I have to admit while I was walking through this 115-year-old house I was dreaming about living in it. Who needs an apart-ment on the upper east side or a mansion in Hollywood if you can have this?

The Biltmore estate by night was very beautiful but it would even be more beautiful if we would have been able to find our way out of it in less than 30 minutes.

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Appearance Commission begins new year, announces new goals

The volunteer members who represent the community on the Polk County Appearance Com-mission met the first week of this new year to reflect on the accomplishments of 2010 and to plan for 2011.

The group’s goal is to promote and initiate projects that will enhance the appearance of local communities, and in this first “Appearance Matters” column of 2011 the group will share some of them.

2010 is notable for several important developments:

1. The web site devoted to beautification in our area is now online: www.beautifulfoot-hills.com. On this site you can see photographs of local scenes and learn more about the projects being discussed by the appearance commission.

2. Columbus won grants from the PCCF and from the NCDOT for gateway trees along both sides of Hwy. 108 beginning in front of the gas stations and going to the stop sign at Walker Street.

3. Polk County won an award for litter control improvement because of the large increase in participants in the Adopt-a High-way program.

4. Saluda gained a commitment from the NCDOT for landscape trees to be planted this winter on the west side of the entrance and exit ramps at I-26. Saluda resi-dents gave input to the NCDOT about the location and best type of trees for this location.

The mission of the appearance commission is to preserve and enhance the appearance of Polk County by advising and imple-menting programs of general community beautification. Taking on this challenge is a volunteer board appointed by the Polk County commissioners. The cur-rent members are Carolyn Ash-burn, Burt Baer, Beth Cannon, Joe

Cooper, Eric Gass, Harry Petersen and Rolfe Wardner. As liaison to our county leadership, commis-sioner Renee McDermott also meets with the group. Meetings are open to everyone and are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at the Polk County Tourist Office in Columbus.

The group’s mission statement says: “Our vision is our Foothills clean and beautiful, with many public expressions of our creativ-ity and partnership with nature. Throughout the county there are beautifully planted areas on the roadsides and artful signs

welcoming visi-tors and inform-ing them of the many interest-ing features in this rural yet culturally rich

area. Buildings are appropriately designed and sized with night lighting that is safe and efficient but not obtrusive to others. Public areas are free of litter and clutter and often showcase our local artists.”

According to the appearance commission, the only blights in the community are the ones we cause ourselves. There are ran-dom discards of litter and treeless bare areas on the sides of some of the area’s most important public roads. In much of the area there are no informational signs wor-thy of the abundance of cultural traditions which include nature activities, viniculture, fine crafts and arts, literature and equestrian sports. Abandoned buildings and dwellings, intrusive night lighting and clear cut properties are rare but they constantly challenge the public to care more thoroughly about the community’s appear-ance.

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This column will be a regular feature in the Bulletin and will highlight the value of community beauty to our local citizens. Look here for information on public landscaping projects, the Points of Pride, and for upcoming litter clean up by local groups in the

Adopt-a Highway program. The appearance commission will in-vite different community leaders to write about their own personal visions for the appearance of our public areas. In the next column you will read about the Beautifica-tion Awards which will be given for the first time this year in June and annually thereafter to recog-nize beautification projects.

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The St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary recently recognized volunteers reaching milestones of service. Those honored for 2,000 hours of service were Peg Benson and Rick Powell (pictured above). Those honored for 2,500 hours of service were Elfriede Engels (below, left), Chris Grady and Betty Leggitt (below). (photos submitted)

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AppointmentsThe Hoofbeats of the Carolina Foothills

F R E E Volume 3 Issue 6 March 2009

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Once upon a time, not so long ago, a local couple happened upon a skinny little Appaloosa mare in a dirt lot. Her owner no longer wanted to trail ride her; she wasn’t needed any more.

Luckily this couple knew a few things about horses and decided to take her home with them and find the little mare a new family. Some extra food, good grass and a few trail rides later this couple put an ad up in the local feed store.

At this very same time, a sweet “horse crazy” young girl had convinced her parents to let her take some riding lessons. She caught the bug and now dreamed of having her own horse. After some poking and prodding her parents answered an ad they found at the local feed store: an Appaloosa mare – for sale!

The little girl, whose name is Amanda, met the little mare, who’s name is Nia, and as most dreams happen (when they come true) it was destined they be together.

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Amanda started to take lessons from a local profes-sional. After about six weeks of lessons Amanda and Nia

entered the Foothills Riding Club Horse Trial at FENCE where they won their dres-sage class and successfully

completed the cross-country course and stadium jump-ing. They ended up high point!

Amanda Morfino on her new horse Nia, with Renée and Nick Morfino. (photo submitted)

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BRCA newsThe following are upcoming

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• Applications for BRCA’s 2011-2012 academic year are now being accepted for kin-dergarten through 12th grade. Financial aid is available.

• BRCA Warriors will host Easely on Tuesday, Jan. 25. JV boys at 5 p.m., varsity girls at 6:15 p.m. and varsity boys at 7:30 p.m.

• Varsity girls soccer sign-ups are now open. All students interested in playing should contact Rebecca Madrid at [email protected].

• BRCA will host the Re-gional ACSI Geography Bee on Monday, Jan. 31.

• Sign-ups and evaluations for Upward Soccer will be on Feb. 26. BRCA’s Upward Soc-cer league is open to all kids in the community from K5 to 6th grade.

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Katy Kerby1947-2010

Katy Kerby died in her sleep in a Georgia Hospice center on Dec. 1, 2010.

She came to Tryon at the age of two when her family, Joe and Lucy Kerby and brother Bill, left Phoenix, Ariz. Over the next 15 years Katy attended Tryon schools, worked at her mother’s Bookshelf, and occasionally at her father’s Lanier Grocery. She had many friends in Tryon and was happy growing up there.

Katy loved cats, dogs, televi-sion, and Atlanta baseball and football.

She leaves two sons, Gran-tham King and Daniel Williams, daughter Diana Lunt, and brother Bill Kerby.

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Sports

by Samantha Hurst

Carrying holiday spirit into January, Polk County High School hosted the third-annual Reindeer Games bringing in 14 schools and 425 registered runners.

“It was a great year. I believe we had more people here than we did last year,” said PCHS Track Coach Alan Peoples.

Peoples said assistant coach and former PCHS run-ner Amanda Simoncic initiated the idea.

“She thought it would be a great idea for us to throw a bit of fun into our practices so people ran around with reindeer antlers on and we gave candy canes out as prizes,” Peoples said. “Then the next year, she decided we should do it as a way to raise money for Thermal Belt."

Teams were asked to bring one can or a $2 donation per student. Last year, the event col-lected 864 cans of food. Peoples said they raised more than $400, which will translate to about $285 for TBOM after expenses.

Polk County women’s 4x400-meter relay team qualified for state during the meet.The 4x200 relay team missed qualifying for state by 1.16 second.

Other Women’s results in-clude:

Women Shot Put Relay First place was Hailey Cook

of Hendersonville with 38-01.50. PCHS students Lauren Searcy placed 10th with 21-10, Porsha Staley placed 11th with 21-09 and Cassie Silvers placed 12th with 21-06.

Women Long JumpFirst place was Leah Weyandt

of Hendersonville with a height of 15-02.25.

Women Triple JumpPlacing first was Savannah

Carland of West Henderson, 39-01.

Women High JumpFirst place was Watts from

T.C. Roberson, 4-10, while Bec-ca Mitchell of Polk County with

4-06. Women Pole VaultAshleigh Culpepper of Frank-

lin placed first with a height of 10-06. Savannah Mitchell of Polk County placed fifth with 8-00.

Women 4x800 Meter Relay T.C. Roberson won with a

time of 10:29.47. Polk County placed second with 11:21.16.

Women 55 Meter HurdlesCaitlin Hines of Tuscola took

first with 9.98.Women 55 Meter

DashT.C. Roberson’s

Whiteside took first with 8.10. Polk County’s Ellese Cash took 12th place at 8.9.

Women 4x200 Meter RelayT.C. Roberson won first with

1:51.79 and Polk County placed fifth with 2:14.71.

Women 1600 Meter RunAleshia Reese from Madison

placed first with 5:19.74. Women 4x100 Meter Relay T.C. Roberson first with 59.29,

West Henderson second with 1:01.06 and Polk County third with 1:09.77. Tuscola placed fourth with 1:16.91.

Women 500 Meter DashStephanie Burris of Tuscola

first with 1:25.94. Women 1000 Meter RunAleshia Reese of Madison,

3:21.24, for first place. Nancy Silva of Polk County placed 13 with 3:59.74.

Women 3200 Meter RunBrooke Gordon of T.C. Rob-

erson won with 11:40.54. Women 300 Meter DashSage Proffitt tof North Bun-

combe took first with 42.65. Kayla McEntire of Polk County placed 15th with 53.60, while Cassidy Campbell placed 18th from Polk County with 55.13.

Women 4x400 Meter RelayT.C. Roberson won with

4:25.02, Polk County placed second with 4:28.59, Tuscola placed third with 4:31.56, Bre-vard fourth with 4:43.40, East Henderson fifth with 4:49.78.

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Jonah Sabo, “The man in Charge,” is ready to start a day’s work at The Hospice Thrift Barn in Landrum. (photo submitted)

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Hospice Thrift Barn, Jonah Sabo work hand in hand for communityby maureen Smith for HoCF

“We only have one prob-lem with Jonah Sabo,” quipped Lindsey Moore, manager of the Hospice Thrift Barn in Landrum. “He just won’t stop working and take a break.”

“I have to tell him he can’t come to work if he doesn’t stop and eat,” said Theresa Sabo. She explained that her 21-year-old son Jonah is cognitively delayed and unable to interpret information correctly, but he loves physical labor.

“Socially, he’s right on; he loves being around people,” she said, “but he’s not always able to communicate well.”

As it turns out, Jonah’s strong work ethic benefits him as well as Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, explains Theresa, an occupational therapy student.

“Physical exercise helps peo-ple organize their brains and function better. Since he started volunteering at the barn,” she says, “his speech has improved, he’s putting more words together and organizing his thoughts bet-ter.”

Home-schooled with his five brothers and sisters, Jonah is unable to write or do math, but he compensates in other ways. For one thing, there is that work

ethic. And for another, there is his smile. Standing in front of the mounds of donations waiting to be sorted and bagged, he grins.

Accepting donated goods from another volunteer, he smiles again. And he grins ear-to-ear when Moore says that Jonah is “the man in charge.”

“When high school students come in to volunteer, I tell them to see Jonah if they need to know where something is,” said Moore.

Looking at the mountain of plastic bags and objects of ev-ery description donated by the community, it is hard to believe that anyone would know where anything was.

“He has an uncanny ability to keep track of everything and remember where it is,” said Theresa. To illustrate the point, Jonah walked over to a section of shelves and, in rapid-fire fashion, proudly identified objects.

This opportunity is such a self-esteem builder, his mother said. “They give him more opportunity here than I would give him at home. They don’t hover over him here. They give him something to do, give him instructions and let

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Landrum cross country BBQ dinner Jan. 28

The Landrum High School Boy’s Cross Country State Championship BBQ Dinner will be Jan. 28 from 5 - 8 p.m. The dinner will be held in the back of Landrum High School in the gym hallway. Plates of Ayer’s BBQ, slaw, baked beans, roll and a drink will be sold.

All proceeds from the BBQ sales go to help pay for the soy’s state championship rings.


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ICC-Polk presents an evening with Lichty GuitarsAll fans of music, guitars,

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Lichtye will be on hand from 6-7 p.m. with a variety of his handcrafted instruments. You are invited to come by to play the instruments or simply talk with him and to learn more about how they are built.

From 7-8 p.m., Lichty will play an assortment of his instru-ments while sharing information

and stories about each and about life as a luthier.

Lichty produces his custom handmade guitars and ukuleles from his luthier’s shop in Tryon.

Lichty Guitars was recently chosen as the Overall Winner of the “Made in the South Awards” by “Garden and Gun Magazine.” The awards program was started

this year as a way of recognizing Southern artisans and entrepre-neurs whose work reflects integ-rity, character and, as editor-in-chief Sid Evans writes, “a sense of style that can only be described as Southern.”

The event is free and open to the public. More information is available at 828-894-3092.

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name of person featured: Richard Baker

name of business: Richard Baker Studio - “Painting the Foothills”

street address: 163 N. Trade Street, Tryon

phone number: 828-228-4584

operating hours: Starting mid-February – 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

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business owner: Richard Baker

nature of business: Fine paintings and portraits

year founded: I have always painted. However, this is the first time I have opened my working studio to the public. Guests can stop in and check out what I’m working on, ask questions or just chat. It is nice to hear that people like my work.

prior Locations: Florida by way of Tennessee.

number of empLoyees: Just me.

how’s business? I’m very surprised at the positive reception I have received here in Tryon. The folks here are very supportive. That is fantastic. Currently, I am running 6-8 weeks behind on commission painting and have sold a lot of works. It is a great problem to have.

one thing you wish everyone knew about your business: I love to do paintings of the lo-cal flare. Landscapes, store fronts and people are my main subjects. There is so much in this area to paint. Every turn has something inspiring to paint. If

you have something that inspires you, please stop in and let me know.

something you offer that a customer won’t find eLsewhere: I paint in a realistic manner. I don’t see things out of focus or distorted. I think that is why my work is received well and I get repeat customers. Lately my commissions are requests to paint land-scapes of someone’s favorite view or place. And I enjoy it.

advice to young entrepreneurs: Don’t get in your own way.

your first job: My first job was working in a bakery (I got a little too creative applying the glazes to the donuts).

your roLe modeL (in business or in Life gener-aLLy): My hero is my father. My inspirations in artists are John Singer Sargent, William Trost Richards and Edgar Payne.

the key to a successfuL business is: Make sure your customers are satisfied. When I work on a com-mission painting, my client is welcome to stop by and check on the painting’s progress. That ensures they will be pleased. It also keeps me on track and we can make changes prior to completion. I want to make sure the painting will be enjoyed for years to come.

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The St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary recently recognized volunteers reaching milestones of service. Honored for 3,000 hours was Jean Shumway (second from right). Honored for 4,500 hours was John Hicks (not pictured). Honored for 4,750 hours was Sally orrill (second from left). Honored for 6,500 hours was Bob Holycross (right). Honored for 8,000 hours was Virginia Clark (left). (photo submitted)

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• Jonah Sabo(ConTinueD from page 14)

him start on his own. He will ask for help if he needs it. He knows his limitations,” she said.

“There is such a sense of pride that comes with his working,” she added.

And then, almost on cue, there

was that smile as Jonah pointed at his wrist watch, signaled to us that he wants to get busy, and “The Man in Charge” got to work.

The Hospice Thrift Barn could use more volunteers to help “The Man in Charge” as the barn sup-ports the work of HoCF in the Carolina Foothills. Contact the

Thrift Barn staff at 864-457-7348 if you would like to help.

Hospice of the Carolina Foot-hills is also always looking for volunteers. Contact volunteer manager Kim Smith at 828-894-7000 or volunteer coordinator Tracey Brannon at 864-457-9100.


Chapman to show ‘Some Like It Hot’The classic Hollywood movie

“Some Like It Hot,” starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, will show on the big screen in the David Reid Theatre at the Chapman Cultural Center on Friday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m.

Released in 1959, “Some Like It Hot” has been listed con-sistently by cinema authorities as one of the best movies ever made and certainly as one of the best comedies. It is a story of two struggling musicians who

witness what looks to be the Saint Valentine’s Day massacre of 1929.

With gangsters in pursuit, the duo goes on the lam, disguising themselves as women, and join an all-girl musical band. Both men become enchanted by Sugar Kane (Marilyn Monroe), the band’s lead singer and ukulele player.

“This is the first movie of our Hollywood Classics Winter Series,” marketing director Steve Wong said. “This year, we’ll have

three movies: this one, “West Side Story” on Feb. 12, and “Gone With the Wind” on April 16.”

This is the Chapman Cultural Center’s second year of showing classic Hollywood movies on the big screen in the David Reid Theatre. Movies were also shown for the summer, Halloween and Christmas.

For more information or to buy tickets, call 864-542-ARTS or go online at ChapmanCultur-alCenter.org.


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