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Saluda Center, Mondays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; line dance, 12:30 p.m.; Saluda Dupli-cate Bridge, 1:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

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

Gospel Express Ministries will perform at Foothills Com-munity Chapel in Columbus Wednesday, Jan. 30. The Penner family - Jake, Margie, Julia, Tania, Tyrell and Lonita - are from Millbank, Ontario. They serve as a ministry team known as Harbour Lights and will bring an evening of singing, testimo-nies and ministry presentation to the church. For more informa-tion, call 828-859-7003.

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Wildlife says no danger to petsby Leah Justice

Polk County Commission-ers’ recent actions to petition

the state to allow legal trapping of furbearers has caused some to sign a petition against it say-ing trapping is harmful to pets.

The petition as of last Friday around noon had 64 signatures

and asked residents against trapping to attend the Polk County Board of Commissioner meeting on Monday, Feb. 4.

Petition circulates against furbearer trapping


Reading is Fundamental book delivery

Lib McKeller, wife of Rotarian Charles McKeller, reads to students at Polk Central Elementary School. Rotary Club of Tryon members delivered books to each student at Polk Central on Friday, Jan. 18. The club provides a book three times a year to every student from preschool up. Rotary members fully fund books provided to the Reading Is Fundamental program. (photo by Betty Ramsey)

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Christian Fellowship Lun-cheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon - 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenomina-tional. 859-5051.

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

American Association of Uni-versity Women (AAUW) meets on the fourth Monday of each month at 1:30 p.m. at the Tryon Presbyterian Church fellowship hall.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Mon-days, 5:30 p.m., Tryon United Methodist Church, New Market Road in Tryon.

Green Creek Community Center, line dance classes (ultra beginner and beginner/intermedi-ate), Monday’s 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the gym.

Male Domestic Abuse Inter-vention, 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, first and third Mondays of each month, 7:30 p.m., Tryon Federal Bank, Columbus. Visitors wel-come.

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Polk County Transportation Authority, makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203.

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

The Meeting Place Senior Center, beginner/intermediate pilates, 8:30 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions and art class, 10 a.m.; Let’s move...Let’s move dance, 10:30 a.m.; bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001.

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

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

“Let’s Build a Snowman!” Preschool Storytime, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 10:30 a.m. at Polk County Public Library. Storytime is free and open to all area preschoolers and caregivers.

LIFECare of Polk County/Adult Day Health Care provides services Monday - Friday. Pet therapy every Tuesday is an op-portunity for participants to interact with a trained pet therapy dog in a safe and meaningful environment. Call 828-894-2007 for more info.

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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.

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The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities in-clude Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; medication

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Green Creek Community Center quilters’ group, Wednes-days, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Saluda Center, Wednesday activities, Trash Train, 10 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. For more activities, email [email protected] or visit www.saluda.com.

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

Polk County Economic & Tourism Development Com-mission (ETDC) meets on the last Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the First Peak Visitor Center conference room, 20 E. Mills St., Columbus. For information, call 828-894-2895.

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

Alcoholics Anonymous Tryon 12 and 12, Wednesdays, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., Tryon Coffeehouse, 90 Trade Street.

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The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m.; grocery shopping, 1 p.m.; yoga, 6 p.m. 828-894-0001.

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

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Emmy Summers created the petition on Jan. 24, which can be found at www.causes.com under the title, “PETITION: Citizens for NO Trapping in Polk County, NC.”

“Proponents of trapping argue that these days, the traps really don’t hurt the animals, that the steel traps are ‘flexible” and a humane solution to the coyote problem and the beaver problem,’ Summers said. “They insist that dogs ‘don’t get into traps,’ but that only the target animals do. This is simply not true.”

The petition, addressed to Polk commissioners, Sen. Ralph Hise and Rep. Chris Whit-mire says, “Help prevent the trapping of fur bearers in Polk County! Please help us stop the re-introduction of Legal Trap-ping in Polk County … Not only are traps cruel, they are also completely indiscriminate. Every year, dogs, cats, birds and other animals — including endangered species — are ‘ac-cidentally’ crippled or killed by traps placed in public areas across the country.

The only way to prevent animal companions and other unintended victims from wan-dering into these horrific traps is for the U.S. to follow the lead of 88 other countries and ban the use of steel-jaw traps once and for all. As long as steel-jaw traps and other body-gripping devices are available to trap-pers, animals will continue to suffer and die in them.

Please help us be a humane county and let our elected of-ficials know how we feel about this. There are newer and more humane ways to solve this problem.”

Polk County’s N.C. Wildlife Resources Officer Toby Jenkins said people who think trapping harms pets are uneducated about traps that are legal in

North Carolina and how they work.

Jenkins said the steel jaw traps are what the N.C. Wild-life Resource Commission and U.S. Fish and Wildlife use to trap otters and red wolves to relocate them.

“The traps of 40 years ago no longer exist,” he said.

Polk, Rutherford and Cleve-land Counties are the only coun-ties out of North Carolina’s 100 counties that do not allow trap-ping during season. Jenkins said there have been no incidences in North Carolina where a pet has been harmed in a trap and there are thousands of licensed trappers.

If trapping is made legal in Polk County, trappers will have to get a special trapping

license, place their name and address on the traps and have written permis-sion to trap on someone else’s property, Jen-

kins said.Jenkins also said the way the

law currently reads it is unlaw-ful to possess a steel animal trap off someone’s property in Polk County.

“Even buying a steel trap at a store and bringing it home is not legal,” Jenkins said. “You can’t even trap a stray cat or dog and take it to the humane society. Even Po’ Kitties (if they are using steel traps) is illegal.”

Jenkins said traps allowed in the state are made to not harm animals with a shock absorber. Traps also have to be checked every 24 hours.

Summers said she and others against legal trapping feel the restrictions are too lose.

“The steel traps are quite simply, barbaric torture devices where animals are made to suf-fer in agony for up to 24 hours before the trapper is required to check the traps. And who makes sure the trapper actually goes back in 24 hours,” Sum-


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Beaver traps are made to kill beavers, but can only be placed in the water, Jenkins said. Coy-ote traps are made to trap the animal’s leg and Jenkins said he’s put his hand in one and not been harmed.

Jenkins personally killed 21 coyotes last year and said coy-otes and beavers have become a real nuisance in Polk County. He said people really should worry about ra-bid coyotes due to the growth in the species’ p o p u l a t i o n here.

“I’ve never seen a pet be harmed by a trap,” said Jenkins. “There’s a thousand times more chance of losing your pet to a coyote than your pet getting trapped.”

Coyote traps are made not to harm the animals, Jenkins said, because many trappers sell coyotes and they aren’t worth money if they are injured.

“Trapping is not like people make it out to be,” he said.

Jenkins mentioned the rise in rabid animals in Polk County and said that is a real threat to pets and residents. He said he has people in some areas of the county scared to let their chil-dren outside due to the number of coyotes seen.

The coyote problem has grown so much that the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commis-sion recently passed a rule that people can spotlight coyotes at night to kill them. Jenkins said he can trap far many more coyotes than he could ever kill otherwise.

A few years ago, a rabid

coyote attacked a child in Bun-combe County, Jenkins said, and it’s only a matter of time before something similar hap-pens here.

Beavers are causing prob-lems for farmers and other resi-dents, with Lake Adger being one area. Jenkins said he gets calls frequently due to beavers damaging trees and causing ero-sion problems at Lake Adger.

There are also two places that flood the road due to bea-vers in the Lake Adger area, he said.

At the Jan. 7 county commis-sioner meeting several residents spoke in favor of the county petitioning the state to allow

legal furbearer trapping dur-ing t r app ing season.

Former lo-cal wildlife of-ficers and lo-cal agricultural residents spoke

in favor of trapping furbearers and told of the damage nuisance animals are causing.

Summers said there are many other ways people can deal with nuisance animals that do not require animal suffering.

She said the Humane Society of the United States advocates education and “hazing,” making animals like coyotes uncomfort-able when they approach human habitation.

“There are live-release traps, which allow the non-target spe-cies to simply be released back into the wild. Keeping pet food and pets indoors from dusk to dawn and covering smelly trash helps keep nuisance animals away. And llamas, donkeys and Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) will keep coyotes at bay and protect livestock,” Sum-mers said. “These are humane solutions and they work.”

Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution in favor of the state allowing legal fur-bearer trapping in Polk County, which was sent to Sen. Hise and Rep. Whitmire to sponsor.

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“There’s a thousand times more chance of losing your pet to a coyote than your pet getting trapped.”

-- Toby Jenkins

Polk sheriff weekly reportDuring the week from Jan. 16

through Jan. 13, 2013, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office answered 193 calls for service.

Arrests included one for a drug violation and three for breaking and/or entering.

Citations included six for speeding, one for consume alco-holic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle, one for

fictitious license plate and two for no operator’s license.

Officers served 24 criminal papers, 14 civil papers, assisted other agencies seven times, com-pleted 157 house checks, 715 business checks, assisted the public nine times and patrolled 6,222 miles.

-information submittedby chief deputy Mike Wheeler

On Jan. 4, 2013 the Colum-bus Police Department arrested George McKendre Haynes III, 32, of Central, S.C. following a traffic stop on Interstate I-26.

Haynes was charged with felony manufacturing metham-phetamine, felony possession of methamphetamine precursor chemicals, felony possession with intent to sell and deliver methamphetamine, felony pos-session with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, felony main-taining a vehicle for controlled substances, felony possession of a counterfeit instrument, possession of drug parapher-nalia and carrying a concealed weapon. Haynes is held in the Polk County Jail in lieu of a $130,000 secured bond, with his next court appearance on Feb. 6, 2013.

During a search of the vehi-cle, officers located the compo-nents and substances to manu-facture methamphetamine. The

Columbus Police Department was assisted in the stop by Deputy Russell and K9 “Trixie” of the Polk County Sheriff’s Of-fice. The investigation is con-tinuing, with the assistance of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Clandestine Lab Response Team.

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george mCKendre haynes iii

ObituariesLt. Col. (Ret.) Robert Willard Clark

Robert Willard Clark, 92, passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 at the Tryon Estates Medical Facility.

Born in Queens, NY, he was the son of the late Harry and Annie Brewer Clark. He was the widower of Frances Wade Clark who died in 2010.

Col. Clark was a graduate of Duke University where he

played basketball. Upon graduation he entered the U.S. Air Force where he was an Officer of Special Inves-tigations, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. Following his retirement from the Air Force, he spent 13 years as the assistant registrar at the US Naval Academy before moving to Tryon, NC. in 1985.

Col. Clark was a dedicated volunteer at St. Luke’s Hospital and was a member of the 4/5th club in the St. Luke’s Print Shop. He was

also a member of the Tryon Rotary and Tryon Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are a son, Robert W. Clark (Sandra) of Neptune Beach, Fla.; two daughters, Diane C. Withrow (Robert) of Fernandina Beach, Fla.; and Barbara C. Lynch (Clifford) of Birmingham, Al. Also surviving are four grandchildren: Carleton Lynch Curtis, Daniel Lu-kas Clark, Jennifer Withrow Davey and Katherine Withrow Stokes; as well as seven great-grandchildren: Emily, Abby, Carly and Harrison Davey and Ryan, Carson and Austin Stokes.

Col. Clark was preceded in death by a brother Harry V. Clark.

Memorial services were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 in the Tryon Estates Auditorium, Columbus.

Memorials may be made to the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, 101 Hospital Dr. Columbus, N.C. 28722.

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Separate larcenies at Advanced Auto, Family Dollar, CVS

On Jan. 9, the Columbus Police Department arrested William Gregory Pearce, 42, of East Flat Rock aris-ing from a larceny at Advanced Auto Parts. Pearce was charged with felony habitual larceny, possession of stolen property and attempted larceny. Pearce was held in the Polk County Jail in lieu of a $5,000 secured bond. Pearce was scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 23.

On Jan. 13, the Columbus Police De-partment arrested Tianna Marie Eplee, 25, of Fletcher and Trinity Burns Mc-Combs, 26, of Asheville arising from a larceny at Family Dollar. Eplee, who was on probation and had absconded, was charged with felony larceny by defeating anti-theft device, felony iden-tity theft, felony possession of stolen property, felony conspiracy to commit larceny, resisting public officer and at-tempted larceny. Additionally, Eplee was wanted out of Lincoln County and was served with outstanding failure to appear warrants, as well as a probation violation. Eplee was held in the Polk County jail in lieu of a $73,000 secured bond. McCombs was charged with felony larceny by defeating anti-theft device, felony possession of stolen property, felony conspiracy to commit larceny, attempted larceny and trans-porting an opened container of spiri-tuous liquor. McCombs was released after posting a $22,000 secured bond. Eplee and McCombs were also charged by the Saluda Police Department with misdemeanor larceny stemming from an incident at the Saluda Dollar General earlier in the day. Their next court date is set for Jan. 30.

On Jan. 22, the Columbus Police Department arrested Cory Shane Lind-sey, 25, of Mill Spring arising from a larceny at CVS Pharmacy. Lindsey was charged with felony larceny by defeat-ing anti-theft device, misdemeanor larceny and injury to personal property. Lindsey was held in the Polk County jail in lieu of an $8,000 secured bond. Lindsey’s first court appearance was set

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Privatizationof liquorTo the editor:

It’s time for North Carolina to consider a move toward privatiza-tion of liquor stores. Do we need the state to control the ABC stores to the extent it does? Does the city need to be involved to the degree it is? Other states/ municipalities have a different model and function fine. The state can still regulate according to law and collect taxes, but the control the ABC Board exercises in NC seems like an anachronism.

The main weakness is that it almost ensures ABC stores will be unattractive, not customer focused, unresponsive to the market, incon-venient, stinky in some cases and reflective of our puritanical views that we should make buying alcohol unpleasant because consuming alco-hol is a sin.

I, for one, hated even stepping foot in the Tryon ABC store. First, it smelled of cigarette smoke. I com-plained and the clerk said they never allowed smoking inside. But it reeked of tobacco smoke nonetheless.

Second, it was not a friendly place. The attitude wasn’t ‘we need you as a customer, but rather ‘you need us.’

Third, the hours were inconve-nient. The store didn’t open until quite late in the morning and some people do all their shopping early. I think the assumption the store makes is that people buy their liquor when the mood hits them to drink, not when they do their regular shopping. This is the same assumption that underlies not selling alcohol until after church lets out on Sunday and not selling alcohol on election days.

The ABC Board assumes it has one kind of customer: the person who has an alcohol problem and would miss church to buy a drink or sell their vote for a drink. Finally, the store was completely unattractive, a jumble. Again, I believe the objective is to make the alcohol buying experience as loathsome as possible because the belief the state has is that people who drink shouldn’t enjoy the buying experience. They should be made to cringe and reflect on their sins. No private merchant could make money

with that kind of attitude. What makes the state think they can?

Times change. It’s time to rethink the ABC model. I believe a private merchant with a customer focus could make money. Governments don’t know how to make money, only how to spend it.

- Dorothy Kirk,Tryon

Letter to the Editor

for Jan. 24.The Columbus Police Depart-

ment has taken a “zero tolerance” approach toward shoplifting and larceny related crimes committed in our jurisdiction. These crimes are a leading contributor to the

increases in costs of retail mer-chandise that is passed on to each and every citizen. According to the F.B.I., retail theft causes retailers to lose more than $30 billion annually.

- article submittedby the Columbus Police

Department

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Trapping barbaricTo the editor:

I was appalled to read that the county commissioners recently voted to pursue allowing trapping in Polk County.

The public was not notified in advance about the discussion of this issue, and the only people who seem to have been aware of it were the commissioners themselves and a select trio of speakers obviously in favor of trapping, handpicked to present their opinions about coy-otes and beavers being a problem, yet the request so hastily sent off to lawmakers includes many other

animals as well. One can only imagine all the

other animals were included be-cause they might become ‘collat-eral damage,’ also being killed or injured by the traps.

I like to think the reason Polk and Rutherford were not originally included under the bill legalizing trapping is because our citizens are kinder, gentler and more humane. In any event, I strongly object to the barbaric act of trapping and to the underhanded actions of the county commissioners in ramrod-ding this through without first allowing for input, discussion or a vote by the citizens of Polk County.

– Becky Walker,Tryon


Response to trapping adversariesTo the editor:

In reference to the state-ments regarding the trapping of nuisance wildlife, several “Tug at the heartstrings” statements were made.

Regarding the domestic pets being caught, if your pet is in most areas that trapping would be used, then you are an irre-sponsible pet owner for allow-ing your pet to roam. If your child is caught in one, then you

are both negligent and teaching your child it is okay to trespass.

Most of the traps used for beavers, which cause major flooding problems, are quick kill traps. As for the inhumanity in trapping coyotes, have you ever seen the end results of a coyote attack on an animal? I have; the coyotes hold the ani-mal down and proceed to gut it alive. And yes they do that to your dog or cat if they catch it. Are you really concerned about wildlife?

Coyotes kill huge numbers of deer and turkey; more than hunt-ers. You can’t have it both ways.

– James Smith,Columbus


Morning Restricted PairsSection ANorth-SouthFirst: Louise Little - Andrea KahnSecond: Chris Ter Kuile - Patricia

KomorousThird: Carole Stuenkel - Carolyn

JonesEast-WestFirst: Sandra Parker - Teenie

ElliottSecond: Vivian Blackshear -

Linda HallThird:/5 Mel Rogers - Ruthann

CoxThird:/5 Robert Palmer - David

HartThird:/5 Mary Elder - Jackie

CaldwellSection BNorth-SouthFirst: Rodney Lohman - Barbara

LohmanSecond: Ken Yeager - Ronald

WingoThird: Len Ellis - Donald CobbFourth: William Kelly - Peggy

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Virginia C DavisFourth: Janice Rasmussen - Janet

CannonAfternoon Open PairsNorth-SouthFirst: Mickey Brandstadter - Ken

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East-WestFirst: Curtis Ross - Richard

BelthoffSecond: Len Ellis - Donald CobbThird: Mel Rogers - Ruthann

CoxFourth: Marily Williams - Louise

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Financial-services firm Edward Jones ranked No. 8 on FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For 2013” list; its 14th appearance on the prestigious list, according to local Edward Jones financial advisors Christopher Chestnut, Jay Geddings and Sue Watson.

Edward Jones’ 14 FORTUNE rankings also include top 10 fin-ishes for 10 years and con-secutive No. 1 rankings in 2002 and 2003.

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African-Americans have played a critical role in the history of the American Red Cross, and in just a few short minutes, a blood donor can help change the course of his-tory for a patient in need.

“About 70 percent of African-Americans have type O or type B blood. These are often the first blood types to reach critically low levels during a shortage,” said Delisa English, chief executive officer of Carolinas Blood Services Region. “African-American blood donors play a critical role in meet-ing the constant need for blood.”

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“The Red Cross encourages donors to help make history and celebrate the contributions of Dr. Charles Drew, Jerome Holland and African-American blood donors across the nation by giving the

‘Gift of Life’ this February,” added English.

Upcoming blood donation opportunities:

Thursday, Feb. 28; 2– 6:30 p.m.Polk County American Red

Cross Chapter Blood Drive (231 Ward Street; Columbus, NC)

Call Joyce Stott at 828-894-2700 for further information or to schedule an appointment.

To find a convenient blood donation opportunity near you, or to schedule an appointment to donate, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcross-blood.org.

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There will be an eight-week course on beginning bridge at the Saluda Center in Saluda starting on Tuesday, Feb. 5 from 9:30

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Well, here we are; the epitome of political brinksmanship is now.

By the time you read this there may be some deals on the so-called “Fiscal Cliff,” but that doesn’t excuse the behavior of our leaders in government and business for getting us in this mess. The only people that really suffer in this situ-ation are the “middle or working class” and the least impacted are the “wealthy.”

For the last 30 years we have been living within an economic system that has failed the middle class and failed miserably. We have seen a structural system that actually punishes the middle (working) class. The numbers back it up when you look at who has gained and who has lost.

If you think that a successful US economy is one that does not enhance the middle class then you support an economy that will col-lapse. For the wealthy, they can just move their money and their residence to the next “America,” but the middle class and working poor do not have this luxury. A US economy that doesn’t bolster and support the middle (working) class is a guarantee that Americans lose.

I hear and have heard the ex-cuses for the last 40 years. The list includes:

• US workers are spoiled and lazy

• We’re becoming an entitle-ment society

• Unions are socialistic• Wages and benefits are out

of control• Taxes are too high• Government spending is the

problem• Government regulation is

killing small businessOn the other side I have

heard excuses as well:• The Rich get all the breaks

and don’t pay their fair share• Politicians

only represent the few and our Democracy is now a Plutocracy.

• They are more concerned with tax breaks than investing in America.

• They are killing all efforts to responsibly deal with “manmade Global Warming”.

• They are only interested in punishing the middle class and send jobs overseas just to do so.

• Libertarians are like atheists, they only believe in the govern-ment when they need a bail out.

Unfortunately, we now have a nation of people who think that a little bit of truth in any of these excuses is a basis for an entire ideology regarding society and governance. There are right wing and left wing talking heads and lobbying groups that perpetuate the ideologies for their financial gain (or ego), not the good of the country (or the world). And “We the People” either sit idly by or perpetuate the nonsense by repeat-ing it and/or adopting them as core values. To justify our ideological

positions, we then “demonize” those that don’t think the same way as us as “socialists,” “plutocrats,” “un-American,” “fascists,” “stu-pid” or some other unsupported or unjustified derogatory term.

What we need most, as a coun-try, is not intransigent positions on governance championed by people with extremist political

positions, but reasoned mod-erates that are re-warded for their leadership and steady-hand of

statesmanship. We need leaders that understand that practical solu-tions are not ideological solutions and can communicate the value and importance of pragmatism. We need governance that advances the cause of society while recogniz-ing the importance of individual freedoms.

The causes of society and in-dividual freedoms are not insepa-rable but they must be adaptable. For society to progress and deal with problems created by popula-tion growth we have to remain fluid and dynamic. Ideologies are not fluid and dynamic.

Gun control would be a good place for us to start being prag-matic in dealing with a societal issue as well as individual free-dom. There is plenty of ideological positioning taking place right now and I think it exposes the nonsense on both sides.

The National Rifle Association

(NRA) has dominated the politics and debate on gun control for a long time, but it’s an organization dominated by ideological wing nuts that think they should have access to nuclear weapons because they think it is guaranteed by the “Second Amendment.” They see the Second Amendment as having no bounds on owning weaponry. I love my friends and some of them think this way.

On the other hand are the “ban all guns” except for the militia folks (Also friends that I love). Again, this is ideological (wing nut) nonsense and really does cre-ate the “only criminals will have guns” scenario. It also ignores the fundamental tenants of the second amendment and seriously impacts people that do hunt both for the good of wildlife conservation and to help their personal financial situ-ations as well as serious collectors.

However, we don’t need weap-onry designed for mass killing available to the general public. This is going to mean that the solution for creating a safer soci-ety is not going to come from the NRA or our “no guns” ideologists. We’re going to need pragmatic problem solvers leading the way and we’re going to have to “just say no” to the wing nuts.

It may be ok to have “wing nuts” in the debate, but they should never be given any real power to drive the solutions. They need to be kept out on the “wing” with the other gremlins.

The Fiscal Cliff, governance and guns

Rhyme orReason

by Rodney Gibson



Yay! I’ve been cast in Tryon Little Theater’s next show – “9 to 5: the Musical!”

It’s been a while since I’ve been part of a TLT production, and I’m genuinely looking forward to the hard work ahead. I’m still not sure how I ever got roped into my first musical (The Music Man, back in 1997) since I can’t sing, but roped in I was — and hooked I remain.

I think I was dragged in to dance the “Shipoopi” in that first show — even though I had no idea what the Shipoopi was — but I could move my feet without tripping over them, and I loved to dance. My part was stretched to be background chorus in a number of scenes, and by the time I’d had two or three outfit changes, complete with hats, makeup and some great little vintage ankle boots, I was smitten. I was playing dress up all over again and I loved it.

Our first rehearsal for “9 to 5” was to receive scripts, meet the rest

of the cast, and then have a quick read though the scenes. “Hilari-ous” is the first word that comes to mind - the cast just laughed and guffawed their way through it. The second rehearsal gave us the intro to the musical side of the show. The first word that comes to mind for that night is “excruciating.”

Now you have to know that my music-reading ability is very limited: I played the recorder dur-ing assembly at school when I was eight years old. If I could pick up the recorder today, with the notes I had then, I could probably still do a fair to middling job. But this score?

To me, it looks like a mash of blobs with bits bouncing off them. I don’t know if I have to follow the top line or the middle one, or the bottom one, and then when I seem to find my place, it changes on me. I can feel the tears welling up just thinking about that rehearsal.

But then I remember musicals past, and realize I’ve had this same

experience with each and every one of them — the confusion washing over me like a hot flash, fear bubbling in my colon and then the “what have I got myself into” serenade bouncing around in my brain.

I just had the second music rehearsal, and I’m happy to say the tears didn’t well this time. People were actually expressing their confusion and laughing about it, making jokes and helping each other out. There’s camaraderie in the theater that’s very refreshing — we have to support each other in order to make it work. That’s one of the great things that draws

me back.And our music director, Lena

Duncan, is a patient soul, bless her heart. Her mantra: “Repetition is your friend. Let’s do it again!”

And we will. No doubt about that.

I’ll keep you posted on our progress.

– Monica JonesYou can also follow Monica

and all things TLT at www.tltinfo.org. 9 to 5: The Musical makes its way to the Tryon Fine Arts Center stage Feb. 22-24 and March 1-3. Box office opens Feb. 15.

– article submittedby Elvin Clark

TLT’s ‘9 to 5: The Musical’ rehearsals underway

Air Force Airman Katie R. Morales graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Morales is the daughter of Re-nea Morales of Port Royal, S.C., and Dale Morales of Columbus.

She is a 2010 graduate of

Beaufort High School in Ladys Island, S.C.

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Editor’s note: The following article first ran in the Bulletin in 2008 as the area headed for the 30th anniversary of the Chil-dren’s Theater Festival – aka Super Saturday. Now as the 35th Super Saturday approaches on March 16, how many people remember that it almost never happened?

The launching committee had applied for several grants – not an easy challenge for something that was no more than a hope with no track record. Turns out every single grant applied for was turned down.

Without the funds to book performers, there would be no beginning Children’s Theater Festival.

Organizer Joe Wray was at a loss. One day he passed Franklin McKaig in the halls of Tryon High School, and when McKaig asked the standard “How’s it go-ing?” Wray replied sadly, “I guess

we won’t have Super Saturday.” McKaig replied, “What’s

that?” Wray explained: a day of the-

atre for children hosted in Tryon. McKaig asked how much they needed. Wray replied, “$4,500.”

“It sounded g o o d , ” s a i d McKaig, “and the Tryon Youth Center wasn’t active but had a lot of money be-cause a founda-tion just bought their property. So I talked with Geoff Tennant [also a member of the TYC Board], and we agreed to fund the first Super Saturday.”

That began an affiliation be-tween the Tryon Youth Center and Super Saturday that has continued through the years.

After that first year supply-ing needed money from its own

resources, TYC – usually in the persons of McKaig and Tennant – for many years raised funds for the Children’s Theater Festival. McKaig and Tennant would go personally to visit local busi-nesses and individuals and ask

for their help . . . quietly seek-ing donations to sponsor specific shows in full or donate to the general fund.

Their quiet personal con-t a c t w o r k e d

wonders. “Super Saturday got so popu-

lar that kids’ parents wanted tickets and grandparents wanted tickets,” McKaig said. “I walked in to these people to get a spon-sor donation, and said, ‘Okay, if you sponsor a show with $500 or more, we’ll give you a sponsor badge and you can take

your kids into any show you want – you don’t have to worry about a ticket.’ Tryon Federal, Owens Pharmacy, Burrell’s Fu-els, Henson’s, Stotts Ford and Tryon Pharmacy – they all would sponsor a show so they could get a sponsor’s badge so their kids could go anywhere they wanted!”

And in addition to the large donations both corporate and individual, Peggy Constance for years spearheaded a direct mail appeal which allowed many indi-viduals to participate in funding this extremely special day for children. Every gift regardless of size was – and remains – im-portant.

But back in late 1978, it al-most didn’t happen . . . except that two educators bumped into each other at Tryon High and a comment was passed between them.

– article submittedby Connie Clark

Saga of Super Saturday: It almost never happened

“Super Saturday got so popular that kids’ parents wanted tickets and grandparents wanted tickets.”

-- Franklin McKaig



4.45 last year?

Tryon Country Club presents 2012 awards at annual meetingTryon Country Club held their

2012 annual meeting in the Don-ald Ross room this past Saturday, Jan. 19.

Four new board members were

elected – Matthew Pohsweg (trea-surer), Chris ter Kuile (Grounds and Greens chair), Joy Gardner (social chair) and Bill Miller (membership chair).

Other board members are Mike Mitchell (TCC president), Bruce Fritz (vice-president), Russ Walker (house chair), Jerry Perry (equipment) and Heidi Shull (secretary).

2012 major tournament win-ners were announced and awarded to those in attendance. Winners not pictured – Ron Wingo, Men’s Super Senior champion; Brenda Bonnette, Women’s Club cham-pion, and Cynthia Terwilliger, runner-up; Joyce Arledge, Wom-en’s Senior champion; Pastsy Hanskat, Women’s Super Senior champion; Georganne Murphy, Women’s Nine Hole champion.

– article submittedby Marc Brady

Mike Mitchell (Presidents Cup runner-up) with Hub Arledge (President’s Cup Champion).

Bob Morgan (John Thompson Not pictured) Member- Member (runners-up) Butch Kennedy (not pictured Rich Metcalf) Member-Member team champions).

Fred Edwards Jr. – Men’s Club Champion and Match Play Champion.

Gary Laughter (Men’s Senior Club Champion) and Bill Kelly (senior runner-up).

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

AA Open Discussion Meeting, Happy, Joyous and Free, noon on Thursdays, Columbus United Methodist Church, 76 N. Peak Street, across from Stearns gym.

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

Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe, Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 155 W. Mills St., Suite 202, 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.

NAMI Support Group, Thurs-days, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the

Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confi-dential. No charge. 828-817-0382.

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Foothills Music Club’s (FMC) first public musicale of its 25th anniversary year brought many to Polk County ICC’s recital hall. The appreciative crowd was entertained with pieces from Rachmaninoff to PDQ Bach, Beethoven to Debussy, from minuets to sarabandes, tradi-tional spirituals to sonatas.

Two of FMC Young Musi-cian Scholarship winners of 2012 proved themselves once again by performing numbers from their favorites (Bach, Debussy and Beethoven). Below are the day’s

musicians: Top row from left: Rachel Rich-

ards, cellist (scholarship winner); Alison Moore, pianist accompa-nying Foster; Kathleen Foster, cellist; Paulina Ray-Zorick, pianist (scholarship winner); second row standing: Wanda May, soprano; Elaine Jenkins, soprano; Fran Creasy, flutist; seated: Mimi Child Traxler, pianist accompanying Jen-kins; Jeanette Shackelford, pianist accompanying Creasy and May.

FMC’s next public recital will be Thursday, March 14, at 3 p.m.

in the sanctuary of the Tryon Pres-byterian Church on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The concert is free. Donations encouraged.

All monies go toward FMC’s Young Musician Scholarship Pro-gram, a cause of which FMC is very proud. Since 1994, the Foot-hills Music Club, Inc. has awarded more than $36,000 to deserving young people. It very much ap-preciates the support it gets from its good community.

– article submittedby Ellen Harvey Zipf

FMC’s musicale successfully opens clubs 25 yearFoothills Music Club members at the groups first musicale of the year. (photo submitted)



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Reiko Uchida will join re-nowned violinist and NPR com-mentator Miles Hoffman for a performance at Landrum Presby-terian Church on Feb. 3 at 3 p.m.

The event, sponsored by the Mary Comerford Memorial Fund, is free and open to all. The perfor-mance will include:

Sonata in E-flat Major for viola and piano, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Suite No. 3, in C Major, BWV 1009 (c. 1720), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite for viola and piano (1919), Ernest Bloch.

Hoffman is violist and artistic director of the American Cham-

ber Players. He also enlightened “Performance Today” listeners every week for 13 years with his musical commentary, “Coming to Terms” in the 90s and until 2002. Hoffman is a graduate of Yale University and the Juilliard School.

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Nationally acclaimed musicians coming to Landrum

Miles Hoffman will perform at Landrum Presbyterian Church Feb. 3. (photo submitted)

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