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

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Family Member Support Group, meets in Columbus on the first Monday of the month, 10 a.m. - noon. For info and/or location, contact Lisa at 828-894-0104 or Annie at 864-457-7278.

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 dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more infor-mation visit Saluda.com.

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‘Photography in the Garden’ at TFAC Bartol offers ‘Explore the Arts’ program Thursday

Spring is creeping around the corner, and soon the flowers, trees and shrubs will be in all their glory. You can get help in capturing that glory on film or pixels Thursday, April 7 when local professional photographer Chris Bartol presents “Photogra-phy in the Garden” at Tryon Fine Arts Center.

You may have technical ques-tions about exposure, shooting in full sun or shade and how to use interesting compositions to best show off your garden treasures. Bartol will offer the audience an opportunity to ask those questions and take advantage of his years of experience and knowledge.

The program will be held in the Mahler Family Board Room at TFAC from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 7. A mod-est admission is collected at

Spring morning mist. (photo by Chris Bartol)(Continued on page 3)

Hwy. 14 bridge replacement under way$1.9M project set to be complete in Septemberby Leah Justice

The North Pacolet River bridge along Hwy. 14 just out-side Landrum is being replaced.

The South Carolina Depart-ment of Transportation (DOT) project budget is approximately $1.9M, which includes construc-

tion of a new bridge, roadway approaches and utilities.

The state awarded the contract to the low bidder, Saddlebrook Construction of Pickens, S.C., in Oc-tober 2010. Saddlebrook’s bid was $1.5 million, which did not include roadway approaches and utilities.

The new bridge will be lo-cated approximately 40 feet from the current bridge, which will be kept intact during construction for continued traffic flow.

DOT Assistant Program Man-ager Jonathan Chasteen said traffic counts over the bridge were high enough for the state to decide to leave the current bridge open during construction rather than create a detour.

The current bridge was listed as being structurally deficient for future projected traffic counts.

“It’s an old bridge and nearing


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Today: Partly cloudy, with 10 percent chance of rain. High 82, low 62.

Tuesday: Partly cloudy, with 40 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms. High 69, low 43.

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Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at Harmon Field Cabin. The next meeting will be on April 4. Public welcome. Information: 828-859-6655.

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

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, email [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.

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

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, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and caregivers welcome. Care-giver must remain with child.

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

Hospice of the Carolina Foothills daytime grief support group, first Tuesday each month, noon, Hospice Center behind St. Luke’s Hospital. For anyone grieving the death of a loved one. No charge to attend; newcomers welcome. 828-894-7000, 800-617-7132, [email protected].

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

Guided wildflower identi-fication walks, Tuesday after-noons at 1:30 p.m. beginning March 29 - April 26. Tuesday, April 5, the walk will be led by Mary Clare Jenks. Walks will be held at Pearson’s Falls. Contact Tryon Garden Club at 828-817-0382 for info.

Polk County Historical As-sociation will present Willard

Pace Tuesday, April 5. Pace will discuss his novel “Witch Ann” at the meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the museum in Columbus. All are welcome.

Teen Character/Skills Build-ing Group, Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Polk County Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, Tues-day, April 5 at 4 p.m., Bryant Womack Justice & Adminis-tration Center, 40 Courthouse Street, Columbus.

Saluda Business Association, first Tuesday of each month, 5:30 p.m., top floor, public library. 828-749-3444.

Foothills Autism/Asperger’s Parent Support Group, meets the first Tuesday, 6 p.m., Polk County Library community room (Columbus).

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.

American Legion, Polk County Memorial Post 250, first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., 43 Depot Street, Tryon.

Foothills Knitting Guild, first Tuesday of each month, North Woods Farm Fiber and Yarn, 221 North Main Street, Campobello, 7 p.m.

WednesdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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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.

Social media course, at Caro-lina Foothills Chamber of Com-merce, 2753 Lynn Rd. #A, in Tryon. Learn to use Facebook, Twitter, etc... to promote your business. Wednesdays, April 6 & 13 from 6 - 9 p.m.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

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A portion of a photograph of a water feature on Chuck Lingerfelt’s property. (photo by Chris Bartol)

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During a 2007 state traffic count, 4,800 cars per day traveled over the bridge, according to state reports. Chasteen said the traffic count along that section is pro-

Equipment at the site of the bridge replacement construction on Hwy. 14 near Landrum. A new bridge is being built near the existing one, which will remain in place until construction is complete. The construction is expected to be finished in September. (photo by Leah Justice)

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Chasteen said contractors plan to do their best to minimize disrup-tion in traffic during construction of the new bridge. Once the new bridge is ready for traffic, the old bridge will be removed.

The project is scheduled to be completed Sept. 30, 2011.

Work is under way on the replacement of the bridge over the N. Pacolet River on Hwy. 14 near Landrum. The S.C. DOT has listed the existing bridge as being structurally deficient to handle projected future traffic counts. (photo by Leah Justice)


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Polk County’s unemploy-ment is rising, following a statewide trend, according to the latest figures from the North Carolina Employment Security Commission (ESC).

The county’s unemploy-ment rate, which was 7.5 in December 2010, rose to 8.8 percent in January 2011, an increase of 1.3 percent.

Polk County had a labor force of 9,094 in January, of whom 8,290 were employed and 804 were on the unem-ployment rolls.

Unemployment rates rose in 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties between December 2010 and January 2011.

Polk was one of 37 coun-ties that were at or below the state’s unadjusted unemploy-ment rate of 10.5 percent. Rates increased in all 14 of the state’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Asheville’s rate rose to 8.9 percent from 7.9 percent in December.

Orange County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate in January, at 6.5 percent, while Graham County had the highest rate, at 19.4 percent.

The number of people em-ployed (not seasonally adjust-ed) decreased in January by 28,491 workers to 3,971,824. The number of people unem-ployed increased by 34,897 workers. The number of unem-ployed people in January was 463,492 workers, compared with 428,495 in December.

N.C. ESC Chairman Lynn R. Holmes said the January 2011 data reflected a decrease in 86 counties over the year.

“We continue to recognize that there are still challenges ahead of us as we continue to rebuild our local economies,”

Holmes said. “North Caro-lina’s workforce development partners continue to provide services focused on helping people getting back to work.”

In South Carolina, the un-employed rate dropped 0.4 percent in January to 10.5 percent from December’s 10.9 percent. Spartanburg County’s jobless rate dropped from 10.7 percent in December to 10.4 percent in January, while the rate dropped in Greenville County from 8.8 to 8.2 per-cent.

“Employment in South Carolina has risen during the past 12 months and now stands at 18,600 more people with jobs compared to this same time last year,” said S.C. De-partment of Employment and Workforce Executive Direc-tor John Finan. “The news in South Carolina is positive and shows improvement in both employment and the unem-ployment rate, which gives rise to the hope and expecta-tion that the number of jobs will continue to increase.”

The highest rate in the state was 21.0 percent in Marion County. The lowest was 7.4 percent in Lexington County.

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S.C. 10.5 pct.Spartanburg 10.4 pct.Greenville 8.2 pct.

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For your chance to “Spring to the Skies,” stop by your local Red Cross donation center from April 1 to June 30 to donate blood or plate-lets. Two presenting donors will be selected at random to receive a pair of round-trip tickets.April 7 - Polk Red Cross

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On Thursday, April 14, the Polk County Middle School will hold its blood drive at 321 Wolverine Trail in Mill Spring from 1:30 – 5:30 p.m. Call 828-894-2700 for more information or to schedule an appointment.April 26 - St. Luke’s Hospital

On Tuesday, April 26, St. Luke’s Hospital will hold a blood drive at 220 Hospital Drive in Co-lumbus from 12 – 4 p.m. Call 828-894-2408 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. The American Red Cross Carolina Blood Services Region Blood Ser-vices Region provides lifesaving blood to patients in 103 hospitals. Approximately 1,600 people need to give blood or platelets each weekday to meet hospital demand.

Blood can be safely donated every 56 days. Most healthy people age 17 and older, or 16 with pa-rental consent, who weigh at least 110 pounds, are eligible to donate blood and platelets. Donors who are 18 and younger must also meet specific height and weight requirements.

For more information or to schedule an appointment to donate, call 1-800-RED CROSS (733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.



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Polk County Wellness Coalition to hold general membership meeting April 28; agrees to sponsor caregivers fair in November Members to vote on board of directors

The Polk County Wellness Coalition met March 24 and an-nounced there will be a meeting of the general wellness coali-tion membership on April 28 to approve the newly nominated board of directors. Community Care of Western NC

Wellness coalition members heard March 24 a report on Community Care of West-ern NC (CCWNC), formerly known as Access II Care, which has been in the area for 12 years.

Funding for Access to Care initiatives has come to Polk County from CCWNC, which

is funded by the N.C. Office of Rural Health. CCWNC’s work is primarily based around the Medicaid population and they are directed by legislature to work with Medicaid recipients to ensure they have access to medical care.

CCWNC works through community partnerships, like Polk Wellness Coalition, to find out what the community’s top health issues are and assist them with what they collectively agree they want to do.

CCWNC provides a variety of programs such as palliative care. In addition, two phar-macists are on staff to review medications of clients; they fund case managers to work with clients. Polk County’s

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CCWNC a lso has the HealthNet Initiative to replicate the same efforts they are doing for Medicaid recipients for the uninsured ages 18 – 64 who are at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Limit.

C C W N C h a s w o r k e d through the RPM District Health Department since June 2008, providing the Health Navigator Program. The fund-ing has recently added a nurse practitioner for the Saluda Medical Center and CCWNC has also provided funding for Polk Wellness Center in the past.

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The wellness coalition also discussed a caregivers fair the organization plans to sponsor in November, which is caregiver’s month. The fair is being orga-nized for Nov. 12.

Vendors are invited to pro-vide information on their ser-vices. There will be a speaker and lunch will be provided for caregivers.

The next meeting of the Polk County Wellness Coalition will be April 28 at the Polk County Library.


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Louise DuLong Ragland, 90, formerly of Tryon, died March 30, 2011 in Fayetteville, NC.

She was the 10th of 11 chil-dren born to James and Mag-gie Smith and had been the only surviving sibling. She was preceded in death by husbands Alfred P. DuLong of Charlotte, N.C., and T. Elwood Ragland of Fairfax, Va.

Surviving are her children, Marie DuLong of Tryon, Pamela Sypult of Fayetteville, N.C., and Alfred (Peggy) DuLong of Lake Wylie, S.C.; grandchildren Mi-chelle Cooke of Fayetteville,

Obituaries Bradley DuLong of Ft. Worth, Texas, Joshua DuLong of Mash-pee, Mass., Cindi (Jason) Pianka of Fayetteville and Christopher (Jackie) Sypult of Parkton, N.C.; great-grandchildren Mitchell Cooke of Fayetteville, Brittany DuLong of Ft. Worth, Texas, Payton DuLong of Mashpee, Mass., Zander Cooke of Fayette-ville, Waylon and Tyler Sypult of Parkton, N.C., and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38101 or to a charity of your choice.

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Kite eating tree wins at FENCE’s ‘Go Fly A Kite Day’Josh Johnson t r ies t o r e t r i eve a k i t e from the only tree on the hi l l at FENCE’s Go Fly a Kite Day, held March 13. The tree won and kept the kite. (photo submitted by Carolyn Ashburn)

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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. Saluda Public Library,

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

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

Polk County Republican Women’s Club will hold its April meeting on Thursday, April 7 at 11:30 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend this luncheon meeting at Tryon Estates. Call Opal Sauve at 863-2437 for res-ervations and information.

Rotary Club of Tryon meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon

Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Road.

Parenting Education Pro-gram, beginning Thursday, Feb. 10 from 6 - 8 p.m. (continuing for 12 weeks), Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

‘Photography in the Gar-den,’ Explore the Arts program at Tryon Fine Arts Center, Thurs-day, April 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Chris Bartol will provide information about capturing the beauty of spring gardens.

Columbus Lions will meet on Thursday, April 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Calvert’s Kitchen. Lynn Sprague, Polk Co. Agricultural Econ. Development, will speak.

Information: 828-894-2505. 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.

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by Samantha Hurst

Polk County placed as the 27th healthiest county out of North Carolina’s 100 counties, according to the County Health Rankings released March 30 by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foun-dation.

Jackson County ranked just above Polk in 26th place and Henderson ranked just below in

Polk ranks 27th in N.C. in new ‘County Health Rankings’ report38th place.

The county placed 52nd in its mortality rate, but eighth for health factors, 50th for clinical care, 15th for social and econom-ic factors and 17th for physical environment.

The study considered factors such as adult smoking (Polk Co. 20 percent, N.C. 24 percent), adult obesity (Polk Co. 23 per-cent, N.C. 29 percent), excessive drinking (Polk Co. 8 percent,

Factor Polk Cty. N.C.

Health factorsPremature death 8,991 8,108Poor or fair health 9% 18% Poor physical health days 3.9 3.6Poor mental health days 2.4 3.3 Low birthweight 8.8% 9.1% Adult smoking 20% 22% Adult obesity 23% 29% Excessive drinking 8% 12%Motor vehicle crash death rate 22 20 Sexually transmitted infections 126 414Teen birth rate 36 50Uninsured adults 25% 21% Primary care providers 962:1 859:1Preventable hospital stays 43 68Diabetic screening 76% 86% Mammography screening 67% 67%

Polk County health compared to North CarolinaFactor Polk Cty. N.C.Social & economic factors High school graduation 86% 78%Some college 48% 60%Unemployment 8.8% 10.6% Children in poverty 19% 20%Inadequate social support 18% 21%Single-parent households 41% 34% Homicide rate 1 7

Physical environment factors Air pollution-particulate matter days 0 1Air pollution-ozone days 1 6Access to healthy foods 50% 66%Access to recreational facilities 16 11

Source: County Health Rankings report released March 30 by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

N.C. 12 percent), air pollution-ozone days (Polk Co. 1, N.C. 6) and unemployment (Polk Co. 8.8 percent, N.C. 10.6 percent), in all of which factors Polk County’s percentages came in lower than state numbers.

Polk County faltered in areas related to single parent house-holds, however. In this area, 41 percent of Polk County children were reported to live in single par-ent homes, compared to 34 percent

statewide. In level of education, 48 percent of Polk County residents reported having some college edu-cation, while that number jumps to 60 percent statewide.

The county also fell short, according to the study, in its resi-dents’ access to healthy foods, as 50 percent of the county’s popu-lation was reported as having ac-cess to healthy foods, compared to 66 percent of people across the state.

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Lebanon United Methodist Church, located on Big Level Road in Mill Spring, will hold ‘Friends and Family Sunday’ Sunday, April 10, including a fellowship lunch.

The Maundy Thursday com-munion service will be held April 21 at 7 p.m. Easter sunrise service, “The Story of Easter,” will be held April 24 at 7 a.m. The service will be followed by a fellowship breakfast and worship at 8:30 a.m.

Sunday School classes for all ages are held at 10 a.m., with the worship service at 11 a.m.

Pastor is Ned Owens.– article submitted

Covering a range of different song styles and sometimes ac-companying herself on a small harp or sharing a dance, Kaleo Wheeler has been performing and sharing her stories and music for more than 30 years.

“Kaleo has the most soul-touching power with her music and songs…like being wrapped up in a warm blanket and held by tender arms.”

The concert will be Saturday, April 16 at the Healthy Balance Yoga, located at 104 Palmer Street in Tryon. Doors open at 7 p.m., concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

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The Carolina Community Chorus Spring Concert will be performed on Sunday, May 1 at 3 p.m. at Polk County High School. The musical presentation of “Americana” will be enhanced with a flag display by the House of Flags Museum of Columbus. Proceeds from the ticket sales will be used for Rotary Club of Tryon scholarships for area students. (photo submitted)

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the position since 1982. He has served as firefighter for 35 years and retired as an educator after 30 years of service. Tennant is currently the chair of the Polk County School Board.

Tennant joined the Colum-bus Fire Department in the mid-1970s. Then, the depart-ment consisted of a small all-volunteer force and a couple of fire trucks. Today, the depart-ment has one paid firefighter and 28 active volunteers in addition to junior members and several associate members who also belong to neighboring departments.

“I don’t think you can under-stand how much the people in this room mean to me,” Tennant told those in attendance.

Tennant was lured to Tryon Estates that evening by a fire alarm activation at the retire-ment community in Columbus. The fire alarm call was nothing new to Tennant, but soon after entering the room, Tennant re-alized the setup as he was met with a standing ovation.

“It was the only way we could get him here,” said Co-lumbus Deputy Fire Chief Bobby Arledge. “If we told him we were having a retirement party, he wouldn’t have shown

up. If it’s a fire call, we know he’s coming.”

Arledge will take over the chief position at the beginning of the year.

Tennant was presented the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, along with several other presen-tations from many of the service agencies Tennant has worked closely with over the years. Those in attendance included all Polk County emergency service and law enforcement agencies, mutual aid fire depart-ments and Regional One.

“The opportunity to work with him in so many roles has been incredible,” said Tryon Fire Chief Joey Davis. “He has been a colleague, my fire chief and most importantly, my friend.”

Davis served as the Polk County Fire Marshal and later as deputy chief at the Columbus Fire Department before taking the Tryon fire chief position.

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The Tryon Kiwanis Club will hold a spaghetti supper fundraiser Thursday, April 7 from 5 – 7:30 p.m. The meal will be held in the fellowship hall at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Tryon on Melrose Avenue.

The meal includes a plate of spaghetti with bread and salad, a drink and your choice of a home-made dessert. The money will help build a playground for kin-dergarten through second grade students at Polk Central School.

Tickets are available from any Kiwanis member, Owen’s Phar-macy or at the door.


Kiwanis Club invites community to spaghetti supper April 7

Don’t cry over spilled spaghetti! (photo submitted)

Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Tryon is hosting a “Wednes-days at Noon” recital series dur-ing Lent. The remaining concerts

Lenten recitals with local musicians continue through April 20 at Holy Crossare: April 6: Joseph and Kathleen Erwin, piano and violin;

April 13: Crys Armbrust, organ; and

April 20: Robin Margeson, piano.

Recitals are free and open to the public and are approximately

30 minutes in length.For more information, call the

church office at 828-859-9741.– article submitted

Tryon Little Theater recently announced that Sue Hipps Memo-rial Performing Arts Scholarship applications are now available.

If applying for drama, appli-cants must perform two mono-logues: one dramatic, one co-medic. If applying for voice, ap-plicants must perform two songs: one upbeat, one lyrical and a comedic or dramatic monologue.

If applying for dance, appli-cants must perform two routines: one upbeat tap or jazz and one ballet. If applying for instrumen-tal, applicants must perform two pieces: one classical, one popular. If applying for set design, appli-

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Applicants must be a high school senior or a college or graduate student and must have participated in at least two TLT productions. Auditions will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 30 at the TLT Workshop.

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With hotels the price usu-a l ly inc ludes every th ing . If working with a hotel for your event there are several things that you need to be aware of in plan-ning. First step is to schedule a meeting with their event planner. Once you have chosen the menu, make sure and ask the following questions: how will the food be served and portion sizes, request the hotel does not serve your menu two weeks prior to your event, make sure the price quoted includes staff, also ask how the staff will be dressed, also request to see the standard tableware (dishes, glasses and silverware) – this is also to make sure it will match your event theme.

Other points to consider with hotels: the price of the food usu-ally does not include the gratuity, they will require a guaranteed

In the last article we discussed the food for your special events. In this article we will continue talking about the food served for your special event.

In the last article we ended with brainstorming ideas for the committee in what type of food to serve at your event. Continu-ing with ideas, some things to consider when serving food are listed as follows.

First, with buffets, consider the amount of time you have. Buffets can take longer than the typical sit down meal and can cost more. The reason for cost increase is most caterers will charge 1.5 times per person due to the fact guests can go back for more and usually will.

Another idea depending on the event is a moveable feast. These are a great way for guests to see the landscape of the com-munity you serve. These events can also be called dine-arounds or progressive dinners. These are gaining popularity because they are usually held in private beautiful homes, hotels, upscale restaurants or a combination of all three.

Also gaining popularity are the light menus. We all know we are facing a crisis in America today due to the growing obe-

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number of guests, typically sub-mitted in writing at least 48 hours in advance. Regardless of the turn out this will be the number for which you pay. With the guaran-teed number hotels will prepare 10-15 percent over this amount, they will also request a non-refundable deposit and require an insurance certificate of liability at least one month before the event is to take place.

If considering working with caterers there are three differ-ent approaches to consider. Caterers can be hired to provide three different service levels. The first being full service, this will be the caterer doing everything – set up, tear down, decorating, providing the food, serving the food and clean up. The second is partial service; this will be where the caterer will provide the food and serve the food.

The committee members or volunteers will be responsible for the set up, tear down, decorat-ing and clean up. The last is no service, this is where the caterer prepares the food, drops it off and the committee members or volunteers are responsible for everything else. I would not suggest using the last approach. If you do, make sure the volun-teers completely understand all

the responsibility involved for the event.

Caterers, as with hotels, will also require a deposit and guaran-tee a number of guests. However, when working with caterers the number of guests must be provid-ed one week in advance and the deposit will normally be refunded if the event is cancelled. Make sure you know their cancellation policy. The cushion caterers will build into the guarantee will be 10 percent above the guaranteed number.

Caterers will also charge for staff on an hourly ba-sis, with a three-hour mini-m u m f o r t h e i r s e r v i c e s . The next several articles will focus on special events and how to successfully host one for your organization.

Nonprofit Leadership col-umn, written by Melissa Le Roy a nonprofit consultant is aimed at providing guidance from Me-lissa’s perspective as a leader in both the nonprofit and for profit business world and does not reflect the views or opinions of any organization she has been affiliated with. For questions or comments related to this series, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].

“Getcha Game On” recently hosted an evening of games and fellowship. Regional youth participated in an ecumenical fellowship evening.

Adult volunteers from six area churches turned the Tryon United Methodist Fellowship Hall into a video arcade for the evening, where youth played X-box, Wii, PlayStation, foosball, ping pong, corn hole and other games. Christian contemporary and rock videos were played on the theater-sized screen.

Massive group games were lead by area Church youth lead-

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ers, making this program an evening to remember.

“Getcha Game On” is the third in program offerings by area churches working together to provide activities for area youth.

This program offered by Foot-hills Youth Fellowship for youth grade 6 - 12. Foothills Youth Fel-lowship is a consortium of area churches dedicated to offering safe, fun, rewarding activities for

area youth.For more information or to get

your church involved, email FYF (Foothills Youth Fellowship) at [email protected].


Participants in the recent “Getcha Game On” event. (photo submitted)


Are you interested in “Starting Something Big?” Big Brothers Big Sisters is in need of volun-teers to match with area children in the traditional community-based program.

As usual, there is a waiting list of boys who need a positive male role model to offer friendship and guidance. BBBS encourages screened and trained volunteer “Bigs” to share low-cost and no-cost activities twice a month with the child matched as their “Little.”

Children are enrolled in the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tradi-tional program at ages 6 - 14, most from single-parent homes. Many of these children lack the opportunity to experience activi-ties in the community. A one-year commitment is requested, and if successful, a match may continue for years.

Sometimes Big Brothers or Big Sisters wonder what they can do to provide “entertainment” for their Little Brother or Little Sister.

Fortunately, we live in an area of boundless resources. Nature provides an abundance of op-portunities for adventures nearby, with parks, hiking trails, wa-terfalls, picnic spots, and many other locations to just sit and talk as the clouds sail past.

Within easy driving distance there are also theaters, art galler-ies, museums, bowling alleys, sports events, street festivals and many restaurants for celebrating

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a special occasion. On cold or rainy days, playing

cards or a board game, cooking or baking, or watching a movie on TV while munching popcorn, can all be satisfying ways to share time and nurture friendship.

Big Sister Carolyn Ashburn was first matched with her Little Brother Joshua as a school men-tor when he was in first grade. As Josh’s school performance im-proved, Big Sis requested the transition of the match to a com-munity match so they could go places and have fun together.

Carolyn has taken her Little Brother fishing, bowling, swim-ming, to local theatre perfor-mances and on many other out-ings in the community.

Recently, they joined BBBS in the parade at Super Saturday and they also enjoyed Go Fly a Kite

In costumer for the Super Saturday parade are pictured, from left: Big Sister Carolyn Ashburn, her Little Brother Joshua, and friend Betsy Carr in costume for the Super Saturday parade. (photo submitted)

Little Brother Joshua enjoyed “Go Fly a Kite” day at FENCE with his Big Sister Carolyn Ashburn. (photo submitted)

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The public is invited to a special garden workshop at The Meeting Place Senior Center on April 7 from 10 - 11:30 a.m. The topic is “Kitchen Herb Gardens.” Participants will be able to create their own small garden of aro-matic and useful gourmet herbs. There is a small cost for the class.

The workshop will be led by Emily Skipper. She has had ex-tensive experience in greenhouse and garden centers in the Iso-

thermal Belt. Having grown up farming in Polk County, she has considerable knowledge of native plants as well as non-native ones which grow well in this area.

Skipper will discuss the care of these herb gardens and provide general uses for the herbs, while assisting participants in the cre-ation of their own gardens. This is an opportunity for informal, hands-on learning and you get to take home the results of your

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