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Contractors uncover old floor at Stearns gymContractors discovered recently that the Stearns gym basketball floor was not original. Pictured is the original flooring uncovered during replacement. On this floor, the lines defining the area called the “key” underneath the basket on the basketball court are actually shaped like a key, unlike on today’s courts. Stearns gym is thought to have been originally constructed in the 1930s. The county is completing renovations at the gym now. Over the last couple of years, the gym roof and gutters have been replaced, new doors and windows have been installed and painting and structural repairs have been done. The installation of the new floor is the last of the renovations planned. (photo submitted by Patty Aldred)

Polk to consider eliminating elevation restrictions from MRPOby Leah Justice

The Polk County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Committee decided last week by a split vote to recommend eliminating elevation requirements in the mountain and ridgeline protection ordi-nance (MRPO).

The MRPO has been contested, espe-

cially by Saluda residents, because the ordinance restricts any commercial de-velopment at elevations above 1,650 feet, which includes all of Saluda Township.

The UDO committee met Wednes-day, May 9 and approved recommended

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

Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; bridge, 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., with bridge discussion session at 12:45. 828-749-9245. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

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

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Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, Laurel-Hurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336.

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Green Creek Community Center, line dancing, Mondays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Male Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340.

Landrum Library, free yoga classes. 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Limited to first 30 people.

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, 800-617-7132 or [email protected].

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.

American Legion Auxiliary meets on Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Tryon.

House of Flags Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Polk County Historical As-sociation Museum, open Tues-days, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker

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Adult Day Health Care provides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy every Tuesday is an oppor-tunity 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 will have preschool story time every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. Open to all area children and caregivers. On Tuesday, May 15, the theme will be “Let’s Dig in the Garden!”

Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise class, Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym.

Lanier Library Brown Bag Lunch program, Tuesday, May 15, noon. Dr. Olin Sansbury will speak on the subject of American elections. Free; everyone wel-come.

Cracker Barrel, 1 p.m. Tues-days, conference room, Congrega-tional Church.

Women to Women support group, first and third Tuesdays of each month, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Steps to HOPE, 60 Ward Street, Columbus. 828-894-2340.

Al-Anon Family Group meets Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Saluda Se-nior 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.

Tryon Town Council will meet Tuesday, May 15, 7 p.m. at the Tryon Fire Department. For information or special accommo-dations, contact the town clerk at 828-859-6655.

WednesdayPolk County Mobile Recycling

Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Depart-ment in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon.

The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities in-clude 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 assistance 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, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon.

Foothill’s Parkinson’s Sup-port Group meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the Landrum Library. Call 864-457-4419 for more informa-tion. All are welcome; no charge.

Female Domestic Abuse In-tervention Program, Wednesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 828-894-2340.

Male Domestic Abuse Inter-vention Program, Wednesdays, 5:30 - 7 p.m., Steps to HOPE.

Corrections/ClarificationThe address given for

Chris Abril’s residence in the front page articles on May 8 and May 11 issues of the Bulletin is not correct, accord-ing to Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff officials said they are attempting to verify his current residence.

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amendments to the UDO, which combines all of Polk County’s ordinances into one document. The committee agreed to send the draft document, consisting of 434 pages, to the Polk County Plan-ning Board. The planning board will make a recommendation and send its draft to the Polk County Board of Commissioners for final approval. Prior to commissioners’ approval, a public hearing will be required.

The amendments recommend-ed by the committee include:

• That the regulations for land-disturbing activities of slopes that are 30 percent or greater (as stated in Article 24 of the MRPO) will apply to all of Polk County

• That the approval process for land-disturbing activities of slopes less than 30 percent will be decided by the Polk County Build-ing Inspector

• That the table of uses and activities in Section 8.5 (pages 8-7 through 8-20 of the UDO) will apply to all zoned areas of Polk County; thus, Section 24-17 of the MRPO (use restrictions) is deleted

• That the subdivision regula-tions in Article 6 of the UDO remain unchanged and will apply within all Polk County townships

• That all elevation threshold requirements stated in the MRPO be removed

The UDO committee also rec-ommended that the Polk County Planning Board consult with the county attorney to develop or-dinance language to protect the aesthetics of the highest ridgelines, particularly where slope is not a factor.

The motion to make the amend-ments was made by Henry Bright and approved by Bright, Ray Gasperson, Evangelena Barber, Doug Harmon, Jim Carson, Wayne Horne and Roger Odel.

Christel Walter, Mark Bying-ton, Renée McDermott, Harry Petersen and Lisa Krolak voted against the motion to amend the UDO.

Approximately 40 residents, mostly from Saluda, attended last

week’s meeting.Shane Bradley said he’s lived

in Saluda all his life on property that has been handed down for generations. He said he wants his children to live on his land but the lot size requirement is way too big.

“I want y’all to look at this and take into consideration young people that want to live and stay in Polk County,” Bradley said.

McDermott said she’s afraid there’s been a lot of misunder-standing about the ordinance. She said many uses have been added and there are provisions in the ordinance to make constructing single-family homes easy.

“It was intended to be that way to help individual homeowners and their families,” McDermott said.

She added that up to eight lots are allowed in a family subdivi-sion, which was also intentional so people wouldn’t have to comply with requirements such as a hydro-logical study.

“What the writers were trying to do was avoid things that are happening in other counties,” said McDermott as she mentioned areas such as Henderson County where people lost their homes and some were killed because the soil wasn’t appropriate to build on and houses slid downhill.

“That’s what we’re trying to avoid,” McDermott said. “Not to single out Saluda. Not at all. (It’s) for health and safety and to keep the county beautiful.”

But Bright said he has problems with the MRPO.

“The real bone of contention is that it affects one part of the county,” Bright said. “If you’re at 1,649 (feet), you’re not affected. I believe we should remove all requirements of elevation from the ordinance.”

Bright said he thinks the ordi-nance should apply to the entire county. He also said the county has a set of permitted land uses for the multiple use district, which covers most of the county, that is about 30 pages long and then has a set of uses for above 1,650 feet and it’s only a couple inches long.

“I’m from Saluda,” Bright said.

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“It’s punishment to not allow you to develop your property with any-thing but a handful of uses.”

Gasperson said he agreed with Bright and said he has come to believe that if the county applies the 30 percent slope restriction to the entire county it will put citizens on an even playing field.

“It’s not what everybody would want,” Gasperson said. “It’s not perfect but I think it’s a document that has come a long way and will serve citizens for years to come.”

Committee chair Byington said he agrees with McDermott. Bying-ton said there are many natural fea-tures of this county the ordinance was intended to protect. He said he



McDermott issues statement on proposal for replacing MRPO

Editor’s note: Polk commis-sioner Renée McDermott issued the following statement about proposed changes to the MRPO:

I’m concerned that the propo-nents of Henry Bright’s proposal to replace the current Mountain and Ridgeline Protection Ordi-nance with a slope-only ordinance that would apply to the entire county have not thought out its consequences. For instance, Mr. Bright was not aware that his pro-posal would result in the ability of anyone to place almost any com-mercial development, other than a landfill or asphalt plant, in Polk County’s beautiful mountains.

Nor was Mr. Bright aware that under his proposal, anyone and everyone can have a home busi-ness that includes building up to an 8,000-square-foot building on a mountain lot, in addition to his home. How will Polk County’s mountains look with unlimited commercial exploitation and a proliferation of 8,000-square-foot metal buildings?

Yet Mr. Bright’s group, who apparently hatched their proposal outside any Unified Development Committee meeting, without shar-ing it with the entire committee, rushed ahead, refusing to agree to a request for just one more meeting to consider or study his proposal. No written copy of Mr. Bright’s proposal was circulated to the committee, or even to his own group, prior to the meeting. And Mr. Bright did not even bring enough copies of his proposal to allow all committee members to read it, even if only a few minutes,

before a vote was forced.In fact, Mr. Bright admitted

that even he himself did not have a complete copy of his proposal as little as two hours before the UDO committee meeting.

The selection of the criteria in Mr. Bright’s proposal are contrary to the input of North Carolina’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the State Geologist when the Mountain and Ridgeline Protec-tion Ordinances were written. It appears that Mr. Bright and his group were not aware of the scientific findings upon which the MRPOs were based, for example, that land is less stable and land-slides are more likely at 25-percent slopes, blindly and arbitrarily choosing 30-percent slope as their criterion.

Mr. Bright’s proposal, which takes Polk County back to its situation before the Mountain and Ridgeline Protection Ordinances were adopted, was rushed through the UDO committee on one night, without any prior notification and without any opportunity to deter-mine its full implications. Years of scientific and environmental study were rejected with no basis at all.

The seeds of the Mountain and Ridgeline Protection Ordinances’ destruction were sown and reaped in just one night. It is an affront to the 81 percent or more of Polk County’s citizens who asked for protection for Polk County’s precious mountains as part of the 20/20 Visioning Plan. It is an affront to anyone who believes in fairness and due process.

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Regina Agiejczyk Sulovski

Regina Agiejczyk Sulovski, 57, of Ivy Hills Lane, Tryon, died Friday, May 11, 2012 at her home.

Born in Russia, she was the daughter of the late Waclaw and Helena Civchnowicz Agiejczyk. She moved to the United States in 1986 from Warsaw, Poland.

Prior to coming to America, Regina worked for the Institute of Cardiology in Warsaw, Poland. She lived in New Jersey until 1996, when she moved to Polk County.

Regina and her husband opened Frederick’s Design Studio, which they have continued to operate since 1998. Regina attended St.

Obituaries John the Baptist Catholic Church, Tryon, and dedicated her life to helping others.

She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Frederick Sulovski of the home; a daughter, Alexandra Sulovski of New Jersey, and a brother, Pawell Agiejczyk (Jo-lanta) of New York.

A funeral mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 14, 2012 in St. John’s Catholic Church, Tryon, with Father Patrick Win-slow officiating.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday evening May 13, with a reading of the Ro-sary by Deacon Joe Fugere begin-ning at 7 p.m. in the McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

An online guest register may be signed at www.mcfarlandfu-neralchapel.com.

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Ralph Blain Staton Jr.

Ralph Blain Staton Jr. of Co-lumbus died Friday, May 11, 2012 in the Hospice H o u s e o f the Carolina F o o t h i l l s , Landrum af-ter a battle with cancer.

R a l p h was born June 27, 1950 in Saluda to the late Ralph Blain Staton Sr. and Amy Pace Blackwell of Co-lumbus. He retired in 2007 from the Town of Columbus after 30 years of service and recently worked

Obituaries part-time at Isothermal Commu-nity College, Polk Campus.

He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. Ralph was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Sara Smith Staton; a son, R. Blain Staton III (Trey) of Colum-bus; his parents, Amy and Marshall Blackwell of Columbus, and three sisters, Kay Staton Moore (Darrel) of Tryon; Connie Blackwell Den-nis (Daryl) of Redmond, Wash. and Sharon Blackwell Womack (Andy) of Slidell, La. Also surviv-ing are three nephews, a niece and a great-niece.

Ralph requested that no ser-vices be held.

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just doesn’t think the committee has enough understanding of how the regulatory implications of the motion will be put into effect.

The Polk County Planning Board will next come up with a recommendation to send to commissioners. The planning

board regularly meets on the second Thursday of the month at 5 p.m., but will likely meet more often with work sessions concerning the UDO currently being planned. To see the entire UDO draft ordinance prior to the proposed amendments, visit http://www.polknc.org/depart-ments/development/documents/RevisedUDO5-9-2012.pdf.




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Edward Jones gets top ranking for investor satisfactionFor the sixth year out of the

past eight, financial-services firm Edward Jones ranked highest in investor satisfaction among full-service brokerage firms, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study.

The study measures overall investor satisfaction with full service investment firms based on seven factors: investment

advisor, investment performance, account information, account of-ferings, commissions and fees, website and problem resolution.

“We are gratified that our clients find it convenient to work with us on their long-term financial goals,” Christopher Chestnut, CFP®, of Edward Jones in Tryon said. “We enjoy working one-on-one with our clients and believe that builds a collaborative relationship.”

Edward Jones’ overall score climbed 15 points over last year, highest among the 14 largest firms rated, as well as 28 points above the industry average.

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Power and Associates Canadian Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study in 2006 through 2008.

The 2012 Full Service Inves-tor Satisfaction Study is based on responses from 4,378 investors who primarily invest with one of the 14 firms included in the study. The study was fielded in February 2012.

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Local dentist completes training in dental sleep medicineDr. John W. Hooker of Tryon

Family Dentistry recently com-pleted a mini-residency pro-gram in “Dental Sleep Medi-cine” at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Mass. The program focused on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), snoring and vari-ous other sleep-related breath-ing disorders (SBD).

In the United States alone, 5-9 percent of all people suf-fer from some degree of SBD or OSA and/or the associated systemic conditions such as car-diovascular disease, diabetes, GERDS , pulmonary conditions and others.

It is believed that as many as 90 percent of patients with OSA have yet to be diagnosed, Hooker said.

The main treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Unfortunate-ly, Hooker said, not all patients are able to use CPAP, and many who have tried CPAP in the past have given up and don’t realize there are other options.

Hooker said he offers help for patients who have given up on CPAP by fitting them with a custom-made dental appliance.

The Tufts residency program emphasized the importance of diagnosis of SBD and OSA and the co-morbid systemic

conditions that may be related to nighttime breathing and sleeping abnormalities. It also focused on the importance of the medical and dental com-munities working hand-in-hand to care for this ever-increasing population of patients.

Hooker encourages patients suffering from any form of nighttime sleeping abnormali-ties, snoring, daytime sleepi-ness or insomnia to consult their primary care physician and seek a thorough sleep study at a certified sleep center.

For more information, call the office at 828-859-5839.

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Autumn Care celebrates National Nursing Home Week

In observance of National Nursing Home Week, May 13 - 19, Autumn Care of Sa-luda is planning a series of events designed to celebrate the lives and relationships of residents, families and staff. The theme of the week is “Celebrating the Journey.”

“Our residents have lived full lives and we want to honor each and every person who has allowed us to jour-ney with them,” said Glenn Pierce, administrator. “This is a perfect opportunity to involve families, community members, youth and others who share our respect for the elderly and disabled who live among us.”

The public is invited to these special events:Dementia from the Inside OutMonday, May 14, 6:30 pm

A special presentation of the film “You’re Look-ing at Me Like I Live Here and I Don’t.” The film is a “total immer-sion” expe-rience about individuals s u f f e r i n g with demen-tia. There is no script or dialogue. It simply presents the fragmented day-to-day experience of an individual suffering from dementia. Connecting GenerationsSaturday, May 19, 10 a.m.

Everyone from residents to great-great-great-grand-children are invited to watch Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”

“When we began to look at things that crossed over several generations, Dis-ney was the most obvious choice,” said Joyce Coggins,

activity director. “There is not a child that doesn’t know about Snow White, but few of them know that it was originally released in 1938.”

It was also the first ani-mated film released in Tech-nicolor. Following the movie there will be a special ap-pearance by Snow White.

Refresh-ments will b e s e r v e d and the pub-lic is invited.

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on these events, contact Au-tumn Care at 828-749-2261.

Autumn Care of Saluda is a 99-bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. For more information visit www.autumncareofsaluda.com. National Nursing Home Week is an annual obser-vance sponsored nationally by the American Health Care Association, based in Wash-ington, D.C. and the North Carolina Health Care Facili-ties Association.

– article submitted by Glenn Pierce

“Our residents have lived full lives and we want to honor each and every person who has allowed us to journey with them. This is a perfect opportunity to involve families, community members, youth and others who share our respect for the elderly and disabled who live among us.”

-- Autumn Care Administrator Glenn Pierce

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Upstairs Artspace Literary Open Stage returns Friday, May 18The Literary Open Stage

returns this Friday, May 18 at the Upstairs Artspace. All are welcome to read their original work for 10 minutes.

According to organizers, ev-ery open stage event is a surprise, but they said they have never left disappointed.

Work ranges from prose to poetry to song, and from fiction to non-fiction, with a common thread of high-quality original literature.

Come to read or enjoy the work of others in a congenial, non-threatening and supportive environment. Sign in to present from 6:30-7 p.m., and the read-ings start at 7 p.m.

The Upstairs Artspace is lo-cated in downtown Tryon at 49 S. Trade Street. Visit www.up-stairsartspace.org for additional information.

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Nancy Pemberton and Darlene Cah impersonate each other’s writing at the Literary Open Stage last February. (photo submitted by Jeff Jenkins)



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NORTH CAROLINA,POLK COUNTY

Under and by virtue of aPower of Sale containedin that certain Deed ofTrust executed bySamantha Yarboroughand Franklin Yarboroughto PRLAP, I nc . ,Trustee(s), which wasdated September 22,2004 and recorded onOctober 4, 2004 in Book319 at Page 699, PolkCounty Registry, NorthCarolina.

Default having beenmade of the note therebysecured by the said Deedof Trust and the under-signed, Trustee Servicesof Carolina, LLC, havingbeen substituted as Trus-tee in said Deed of Trust,and the holder of the noteevidencing said defaulthaving directed that theDeed of Trust be fore-closed, the undersignedSubstitute Trustee will of-fer for sale at the court-house door of the countycourthouse where theproperty is located, or theusual and customary lo-cation at the countycourthouse for conduct-ing the sale on May 24,2012 at 10:00AM, and

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will sell to the highest bid-der for cash the followingdescribed property situ-ated in Polk County,North Carolina, to wit:

A certain tract or parcelof land containing 0.23 ofan acre, designated asLot #43, as shown anddelineated upon a platentitled "Camp Skyuka,Phase II, Polk County,North Carolina", datedJuly 2, 1987, as preparedby Wolfe & Huskey, Inc.,Engineering and Survey-ing, as recorded onMap/Slide A-386, Page808 in the Office of theRegister of Deeds forPolk County, North Caro-lina, and reference ishereby made to said re-corded plat for a full andcomplete metes andbounds description of

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said tract, pursuant toNorth Carolina GeneralStatute 47-30 (G).

Being that parcel of landconveyed to Franklin Yar-borough and wife,Samantha Yarboroughfrom William R. Williamsand wife, Arlene F. Wil-liams by that deed dated08/08/2001 and recorded08/13/2001 in Deed Book274, at Page 1930 of thePOLK County, NC PublicRegistry.

Tax Map Reference:P45-148

Save and except any re-leases, deeds of releaseor prior conveyances ofrecord.

Said property is com-monly known as 102 Ea-

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gle Feather Drive, Colum-bus, NC 28722.

Third party purchasersmust pay the excise tax,and the court costs ofForty-Five Cents (45¢)per One Hundred Dollars($100.00) pursuant toNCGS 7A-308(a)(1). Acash deposit (no personalchecks) of five percent(5%) of the purchaseprice, or Seven HundredFifty Dollars ($750.00),whichever is greater, willbe required at the time ofthe sale. Following theexpiration of the statutoryupset bid period, all theremaining amounts areimmediately due and ow-ing.

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An Order for possession

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If the trustee is unable toconvey title to this prop-erty for any reason, thesole remedy of the pur-chaser is the return of thedeposit. Reasons ofsuch inability to conveyinclude, but are not lim-ited to, the filing of abankruptcy petition priorto the confirmation of thesale and reinstatement ofthe loan without theknowledge of the trustee.If the validity of the sale ischallenged by any party,the trustee, in their solediscretion, if they believethe challenge to havemerit, may request thecourt to declare the saleto be void and return thedeposit. The purchaserwill have no further rem-edy.

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Second annual Derby Dash set for May 19 at DerbyshireEvent benefits FHS, Polk Central running club

Everyone is encouraged to “Come Run, Walk or Eat!” at the second annual Derby Dash 5K and Fun Walk on Saturday, May 19 at Derbyshire. All proceeds from registration fees and break-fast ticket sales will benefit the Foothills Humane Society in Co-lumbus and Go Girls, a running club at Polk Central Elementary in Mill Spring.

A full breakfast will be served

from 8:30-10:30 a.m. The meal will be provided by Good Life Catering of Greenville, S.C., and will include quiche, bacon, sausage, biscuits with gravy or jelly, cheese grits, fruit salad and beverages. Breakfast is included in the 5K and Fun Walk regis-tration fee.Additional breakfast tickets are available for purchase for those not participating in the run or walk. There will be a limited number of tickets avail-able on the day of, so everyone is encouraged to plan ahead and pre-purchase tickets at the Der-byshire sales office or online at

www.DerbyDash5K.com.The timed 5K race will begin

at 8:30 a.m. and will take partici-pants through the community and onto the surrounding equestrian trails, providing a challenging cross-country course. Awards will be presented to the top over-all male and female, as well as the top male and female finisher in each age category.

The one mile Fun Walk/Run will begin immediately after the 5K start and will follow a path around the private 33-acre lake. Strollers and well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome on the walk.

In additional to the race and breakfast, the Foothills Humane Society’s “On the Road Crew” will be on hand with several dogs who are available for adoption. A deejay will also provide enter-tainment throughout the morning.

The event, which is presented by Derbyshire, is open to individ-uals of all ages. To register, visit www.DerbyDash5K.com, call 828-863-2660 or email [email protected]. Registration fees for the 5K and Fun Walk include breakfast and a T-shirt.

– article submitted by Jennifer Dennis

Saluda Center bridge results

Results for bridge played at the Saluda Center on May 7:

First: Livvy French and Ma-ria McCall

Second: Lee Ellis and Roger Gause. – article submitted by Tollie Ross

Blood drive May 17 at St. Luke’s

St. Luke’s Hospital will spon-sor a blood drive with The Blood Connection on Thursday, May 17, from 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Call 828-894-2408 to schedule a time convenient for you.

Polk High student wins People to People essay contestSamantha Leigh Walker,

a junior at Polk County High School, has been selected as the winner of the People to People “Change My World Forever” essay contest. The People to People Ambassador Program was created by Dwight Eisenhower to promote peace through understanding world-wide.

Walker was nominated for the People to People program

last year and found that she had been accepted in February of this year. She will travel to Europe for three weeks in June, representing the United States.

Qualifying students were asked to submit an essay dess-cribing an experience that changed their lives. Walker wrote about her adventures volunteering on Saturdays at The Hospice Thrift Barn in Landrum.

On May 1, she received the news that she had won the essay contest and $2,000 toward the cost of her trip.

Walker is an honor students at PCHS and works part-time at IGA in Tryon. She is the daughter of Carol and Terry Walker and the granddaughter of John and Louise Murdock and Elsie Walker.

– article submitted by Stephanie Murdock samantha leigh Walker

ICC to offer Intro to Sustainable AgricultureAn eight-week Introduction

to Sustainable Agriculture course will begin May 17 and meet each Thursday from 6 – 8 p.m. at Iso-thermal Community College’s Polk Center in Columbus.

Presented by a variety of in structors under the di rection of Polk County’s Director of Agricultural Development, Lynn Sprague, the course will cover the basics of sustainable agricul-ture, soils, herbs, fruits and veg-etables, poultry, goats, forestry and marketing.

“This class has been a great way to introduce students to regional resource people who are passionate about local agri-

culture and eager to share their knowledge. Many of them are now teaching courses as we’ve expanded to a more comprehen-sive program,” said Sprague.

Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture is one of the required courses to earn the Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture now being offered through Isothermal Community College. Work-ing toward this certificate, the student will gain the business knowledge vital to operating a fi nancially successful enterprise along with technical training in a broad range of agricultural topics.

For more information or to

register for this or any other classes, call Isothermal Com-munity College’s Polk Center at 828.894.3092.

– article submitted by Kate Barkschat

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The Bird Box

by Simon Thompson

It was a chilly start to the day at Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE) as we started our annual spring Polk County Birding trip. The last time I had been down at FENCE I had been lucky enough to find two red-headed woodpeckers and amazingly, the birds were still around in the now rapidly green-ing woodlands. A yellow-throated vireo was singing its husky song from near the FENCE Center and a prairie warbler sang its rising buzzy song as it slowly moved up slope on its northbound migration.

A walk along the old entry road gave us our first barn and northern rough-winged swallows, along with a blizzard of American goldfinches. After having a quiet winter throughout our area this year it was good to see them return in good numbers and also in good color.

A great blue heron s lowly flew over, pre-sumably on its way south to fish in the Pa-colet River, and several broad-winged hawks also soared over-head as the day warmed up. This stocky bird of prey has just arrived and hundreds (maybe thousands) will move through on their way to breed across much of North America.

I always like to walk down to the FENCE wildlife pond, espe-cially now it has a little more water.

This produced several singing male common yellowthroats and a pair of b lue-winged teal, always un-common at this small wetland.

Today was billed as a Polk County birding day, so in ad-dition to vis-iting FENCE, we took a short drive before lunch through the ag-ricultural fields along River Road and toward the Pacolet River. This patchwork of fields, hedgerows, woodlots and scattered large trees is good for some country birds such as red-tailed hawk, eastern

meadowlark and f ie ld sparrow. Here we a l so found our stake-out barn owls for some excellent, if brief views.

I t was then back to FENCE

to use the convenient picnic tables for an al fresco picnic lunch and to enjoy watching the eastern bluebirds as they vied for nesting boxes with the ever-persistent tree swallows.

We finished the day driving up Warrior Mountain and a walk along the recently paved section of Howard Gap Road. This patch

A spring day birding in Polk County

Eastern bluebird. (photo by Simon Thompson)

of protected forest is always good in the morning for warblers and other forest birds, but one can-not be everywhere first thing. As expected the birds were a little quieter in the late afternoon, but we still managed to see a few recently arrived black-throated green war-blers and to hear black-and-white, worm-eating and hooded warblers.

We finished the day with a very respectable 59 species and an ex-cellent jump-start to spring.

Simon Thompson has lived in WNC for the past 18 years. He owns and operates his own birding tour company, Ventures Birding Tours. WWW.birdven-tures.com

He and Chris also own and operate the Asheville Wild Birds Unlimited Store. For more in-formation on any of the birding activities in the area, drop by the store or check his website at www.asheville.wbu.com

828-894-2340.

ThursdayPolk County Mobile Recy-

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

N.C. DMV driver’s license mobile unit will be in Columbus in front of the post office on Ward Street on Thursday, May 17 from 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. A sign on the light pole in front of the post

office will inform people when the unit has had to cancel its visit because of mechanical difficulty or weather-related issues.

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities in-clude ceramics, 9:30 a.m. and bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

House of Flags Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus.

Landrum Library, Lap Ba-bies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and caregivers includes music, nurs-ery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828-457-2218.

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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Polk Middle students build labyrinth

Six and seventh graders at Polk County Middle School recently constructed a labyrinth as part of their study of heroes and the hero’s journey. (photo submitted by Jeanne Ferran Burgin)

Mrs. Burgin’s sixth and sev-enth grade classes at Polk County Middle School have been study-ing heroes and the hero’s journey.

With help from a grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, the stu-dents have been able to construct a labyrinth, an ancient form that is found all over the world, from India to New Mexico, England

to Africa. For generations, the labyrinth has been a symbol for the journey of life and the hero’s quest as he embarks on the journey.

While studying various heroes from literature, both ancient and modern, students also studied ancient civilizations and culture. For example, ancient Greeks had labyrinths printed on their coins

and even laid out their streets in the labyrinth form.

Seventh grader Erica Sullivan said, “The class had a lot of fun and it was a great experience to dig the labyrinth.”

Nowadays, many groups use the labyrinth as a way of mental heal-ing, conflict-resolution or prayer.

– article submitted by Jeanne Ferran Burgin

Invasive removal project at FENCE May 23FENCE will host an inva-

sive species removal project on Wednesday, May 23 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

According to organizers, invasive species destroy count-less acres of native habitat. They often decrease or elimi-nate the biodiversity that ex-ist within these ecosystems. Removing invasives helps to restore that biodiversity, orga-nizers said.

FENCE is partnering with AmeriCorps Project Conserve

(a service organization that focuses on conservation efforts in Western North Carolina) and local community members to remove invasive species along the Wildwood Trail. Com-munity members are sought to help out on this service day.

FENCE will supply equip-ment and supplies needed for the project, but volunteers can bring any personal gardening tools and gloves that they wish to use. Volunteers should also bring their own water bottles

and lunches.Because of the poison ivy

and thorny bushes present on the trail, FENCE recommends volunteers wear long sleeves and pants.

If you are interested in participating in this service project, contact Kristy Burja, AmeriCorps Nature Education Assistant, at 828-859-9021, ext. 13 or email [email protected].

– article submitted by FENCE

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