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Landrum High ten-nis coach Savannah Martin reports the girls tennis team is 1-1 for the season. The team lost to Woodruff 0-6 on Sept. 1 but beat Broome 5-2 on Sept.

8. Winning games were Lindsay Wilson, Rina Daven-port, Megan Barnwell, Sierra Wiley and doubles team Lindsay Wilson and Rina Davenport. The next match will be against Woodruff on Sept. 14, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Landrum High School.

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N.C. Dept. of Insurance breaks up alleged local insurance fraud ringSeven arrested, two suspects still soughtby Leah Justice

The N.C Department of Insurance arrested on Thursday, Sept. 8 seven area residents accused of engaging in an insurance fraud scheme involving

staged accidents.The N.C. Department of Insur-

ance, which conducted the investi-gation and made the arrests, said the total estimated losses associated with the claims are in excess of $100,000.

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O.P. Earle Boys and Girls Club wins $10k prize for film

Several of the students at O.P. Earle Elementary who helped write, shoot, act out and edit the video that won $10,000 for the Boys and Girls Club’s art program. Pictured left to right are fifth-graders Hunter Brant, Kaitlyn Painter, Miccoa Price, Shionna Miller and Sophie Sandahl. (photo by Samantha Hurst)

by Samantha Hurst

Nightmarish clowns and acro-batic ninjas, plus a few film takes, were all that stood between O.P. Earle Elementary student Miccoa Rice and “The Holy Cupcake” this summer.

Student producers in O.P. Earle’s Boys and Girls Club called cut on the final scene of their production two days after beginning to roll film. Cast and crew knew they had something special, but they didn’t know it was $10,000 special until last week when the Boys and Girls Club of the Upstate received notification that the movie was one of 10 national winners in the Disney/Pirates of the Caribbean film competition.

“They came up with such a great idea and they executed it so well,” said Heidi Fortune, who


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

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Thermal Belt Stamp Club, first and third Mondays of each month, 7:30 p.m., Tryon Fed-eral Bank, Columbus. Visitors welcome.

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

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

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• Insurance fraud(Continued from page 1)


N.C. Insurance Commission-er Wayne Goodwin announced the arrests last week and is ask-ing the public for help in locating two additional suspects.

The following individuals were arrested:

• Ashley Leija Hannon, 25, of 406 Spindale St., Spindale, N.C., was charged with one count of felony conspiracy, four counts of insurance fraud, four counts of obtaining property by false pretense and one count of attempting to obtain property by false pretense.

• Janice Hannon, 56, of 209 N. Howard Ave., Landrum, was charged with two counts of insur-ance fraud, and one count each of felony conspiracy, continuing a criminal enterprise, attempting to obtain property by false pretense and obtaining property by false

pretense.• Julius Jamal Hannon, 34, of

586 Markham Road, Tryon, was charged with one count of felony conspiracy.

• Tyreke Hannon, 18, of 209 N. Howard Ave., Landrum, was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense.

• Domonique Deshae Miller, 19, of 209 N. Howard Ave.,

Landrum, was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense.

• Christopher Nesbitt, 23, of 108 W. Tucker St., Landrum, was charged with one count each of felony conspiracy and continuing a criminal enterprise, four counts of attempting to obtain property by false pretense and two counts of obtaining property by false

pretense.• Khadsha Webster, 17, of 209

N. Howard Ave., Landrum, was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense.

Investigators are also seeking Michael Kareem Hannon, 26, of 740 E. Howard St., Tryon, and Randy Bashawn Littlejohn, 36,

Tyreke Hannon (left), Julius Hannon (center) and Ashley Hannon are three of the individuals arrested Sept. 8 in connection with insurance fraud. Photos of the others arrested were not available at press time Friday, Sept. 9.

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Michael Hannon is wanted on charges of insurance fraud, obtaining property by false pretense, attempting to obtain property by false pretense, fel-ony conspiracy and continuing a criminal enterprise, according to the N.C. Insurance Commission.

Randy Littlejohn is wanted on charges of insurance fraud, attempting to obtain property by false pretense and felony conspiracy, according to depart-ment of insurance reports.

The department of insurance said the investigation was ongo-ing for two years. Investigators alleged the individuals partici-pated in a staged accident ring in and around Polk County.

Investigators said the sus-pects are either family members or close acquaintances and are charged with filing false

insurance claims. Insurance carriers who allegedly received false claims from the suspects include Progressive, GMAC, Allstate, Safeco, Geico and Liberty Mutual, according to the department of insurance.

T h e s u s -p e c t s w e r e arrested with the assistance of the Nation-al Insurance Crime Bureau, Polk County Sheriff ’s Of-fice, Spartanburg County Sher-iff’s Office, Landrum Police Department and Tryon Police Department, according to the department of insurance.

As of Sept. 9, Ashley Hannon was being held on a $150,000 secured bond; Janice Hannon was being held on a $12,000 secured bond and Julius Hannon was being held on a $20,000 secured bond, according to

reports. Dominique Miller was re-

leased on a written promise to return to court, while Tyreke Hannon, Christopher Nesbitt and Khadsha Webster were

released to the custody of their parents , ac-cording to the insurance com-mission report.

C r i m i n a l investigators are requesting the publ ic’s assistance in

locating Randy Littlejohn and Michael Hannon. Hannon was last seen driving a silver Dodge Charger with Florida license plates.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is encouraged to contact the Tryon Police De-partment at 828-859-9195, or the N.C. Department of Insur-ance Criminal Investigations Division at 919-807-6840.

• Insurance fraud(Continued from page 3)

According to the N.C. Depart-ment of Insurance, the department employs 20 sworn state law enforcement officers dedicated to investigating and prosecut-ing claims of insurance and bail bonding fraud. Since insurance commissioner Goodwin took office in 2008, criminal investi-gators have received more than 11,000 complaints resulting in 505 arrests, 286 criminal convic-tions and more than 100 cases currently pending a court appear-ance. These arrests have resulted in more than $44 million in resti-tution and recoveries for victims.

An estimated 10 cents of every dollar paid in premiums goes toward the payment of fraudulent claims, according to the department of insurance.

To report suspected fraud, contact the N.C. Department of Insurance Criminal Investiga-tions Division at 919-807-6840. Callers may remain anonymous. Information is also available at www.ncdoi.com.

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runs the theater and filmmaking program for the organization. “I certainly could never come up with such a creative concept.”

Fortune mentored fifth graders in O.P. Earle’s Boys and Girls Club theater group throughout the making of the video. She taught them about shot lists, lighting, camera angles, direct-ing and editing, among other elements of the process.

“I learned a lot,” said student Kaitlyn Painter. “I thought mak-ing a movie like this would be something little – that it wouldn’t take a lot of work, but there was so much to do.”

To come up with the story line for the live-action movie, students each created story plots. Concepts from students Sophie Sandahl and Shionna Miller ended up leading the way with

• O.P. Earle(Continued from page 1)

A scene from “The Holy Cupcake,” a film by the Boys and Girls Club of O.P. Earle Elementary School in Landrum. The film won $10,000 as one of 10 national winners in the Disney/Pirates of the Caribbean film competition.



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“We’re really excited because it turned out really funny,” San-dahl said.

Both girls worked behind the scenes and said they enjoyed learning about making a movie.

“I got to help them with what they had to say. I got to help them with their clothes and makeup and Miccoa with shooting the clowns with the silly string,” Miller said.

The girls and their peers directed Miccoa Rice, the main character, as he weaved a path through the school past evil clowns at the front door, mean girls in the hallways and tum-bling ninjas in the cafeteria to finally reach “The Holy Cup-cake.”

“Covering the clowns with silly string to stop them and playing the iPod to stop the mean

girls were probably my favorite parts,” Rice said.

This creative play on an In-diana Jones type film helped the kids grab $10,000 for their Boys and Girls Club art programs.

What does $10,000 mean to an art program?

Because so many grant pro-grams have been cut, Fortune said the money will help keep

the visual arts instructor posi-tion traveling to each club and provide materials for the arts program projects in the spring.

Sixty-three organizations from around the country signed up for the contest, and more than 40 actually submitted entries.

“I thought this is something that we do – we do a filmmaking program – and I thought the Lan-

drum kids did such a great job on an earlier silent film they had made last year that they could definitely do this,” Fortune said.

Landrum was one of two live-action films to win out of the 10 national winners.

“Making the film let them ex-plore and that’s what making art when you are a kid is all about,” Fortune said.

A scene from the O.P. Earle prize-winning student film “The Holy Cupcake.”

• O.P. Earle(Continued from page 5)

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Empty gallon vinegar jugs and used vegetable oil are bolstering a fresh business idea in Polk County.

A collaboration between Moun-tain View BBQ’s Shane Blackwell and Be Kind Solution’s Tawana Weicker has allowed the restaurant to become greener in an innova-tive way that has been quickly catching on around the country in recent years.

Blackwell and his staff collect used vegetable oil from their fry-ers and trade it with Weicker, who then uses it to create biodiesel and cleaning solutions and soaps with the glycerin byproduct.

In return, Mountain View gets a handy supply of cleaning solu-tions and soaps to use around the restaurant.

“The product I was having to buy to clean up grease and such in the restaurant, you had to wear eye protection and hand protection. You don’t have to with this – it isn’t harsh,” Blackwell said.

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Phyllis May Churchill

Phyllis May Churchill, 89, of Tryon Estates passed away quietly in her sleep on Sept. 3, 2011 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills. She was born Dec. 1, 1921 in Romeo, Mich., daughter of Perry and May Griggs.

The family had a peach or-chard at Mt. View Orchards in Romeo and she and her sisters, Helen and Eleanor, were known as the Three Peaches.

Phyllis earned a master’s degree from the University of Michigan and was a school teacher for special needs chil-dren.

She married Allen Churchill in 1943. They were famous for making music together, especially playing a duet of Chopsticks on the piano.

Many summer weekends were spent on Union Lake in Michigan. Vacations were spent at their cottage on an is-land in McGregor Bay, Canada.

For many years, Phyllis and Al lived in Millford, Mich.

After re t i rement , they

Obituaries moved to Etowah, N.C., and thoroughly embraced the southern lifestyle and moun-tains.

Phyllis was very active in her churches in Millford, Bre-vard and Tryon.

She was known for her love of her family. She also trea-sured her nieces and nephews and their children.

Her family and friends will remember her as a generous hostess. She always made sure there was more than enough on the table and that her home was decorated for the occasion.

She was preceded in death by her son, Greg. She is sur-vived by her husband, Allen; sisters, Helen Gurley and Elea-nor Bannister; nephews, David Churchill (Diane), Robert Ban-nister, David (Debbie) Ban-nister; nieces Nancy (Arnold) Dzick, Helen Mudry, Susan (Michael) Loveman and Col-lette Mak; and cousins, Alice Rennalls and Byron Carpenter.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at Tryon Estates.

Memorial contributions can be sent to Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, 270 Fairwinds Road, Landrum, S.C. 29356.

James E. SlanakerJames E. Slanaker, 78, of

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by volleys of gunshots in our neighborhood, escaped and ran onto I-26, where she was killed. Someone called the N.C. DOT, who went out and picked up her body. They found our telephone numbers on her tags, and called us to let us know what had happened.

They offered to bring her

collar to us, and at our request, they brought Cotton home. They gently laid her down, and each said how sorry he was that this had happened to our dog. Their kindness made our terrible loss easier to bear.

While we have always found the DOT to be pleasant, respon-

sive, and hard-working, these DOT employees went far and above the call of duty, and brought our beautiful girl home with sen-sitivity and respect.

We are grateful to have such good people in our community.

–– Dana Mayer and Emmy Summers

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Letter to the Editor

Don’t vilify wealthyTo the Editor: Rodney Gibson (August 31

“Rhyme or Reason”) asserts, “The hoarding of cash by wealthy individuals and corporations is the primary reason for our eco-nomic quagmire.”

What a profoundly ignorant statement.

Suppose for one second a vast evil conspiracy of wealthy people and companies plotted to hoard and hide their vast fortunes from the masses.

Just where would they hoard and hide all that cash? Under their mattresses, earning zero return, brought out each evening to light smelly cigars with $100 bills while tee-heeing at the eco-nomic misfortune of the helpless peasantry?

Mr. Gibson, “the wealthy” didn’t get wealthy or stay wealthy by “hoarding cash.” They became

wealthy through work and invest-ment. Both of those create jobs. And “the wealthy” do only two things with their wealth – reinvest it or spend it. And both of those create jobs.

Maybe you genuinely be-lieve the wealthy are evil or have too much cash. But credit them at least for being smart and greedy enough to invest that cash for returns greater than they get by stuffing it under the mattress.

Mr. Gibson’s profound igno-rance of economics, capitalism, free markets and rational human behavior is shared by the current White House occupant. Both vilify “the wealthy” and try to punish and steal their success with higher taxes and regulatory burdens.

Then they complain when “the wealthy” hesitate to invest more wealth for government to confiscate.

January 20, 2013 can’t get here soon enough.

– Paul Weidman, Tryon



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ICC Polk Campus class: ‘Israel: A walk through history’

“Seeing is believing,” says Dr. Jim Murphy, who will guide students on a visual walk through Israel in a class this fall at the Polk County Campus of Iso-thermal Community College. Students will see present-day sites of ancient stories as well as modern-day life with the help of present-day technology.

Dr. Murphy is a biblical schol-ar who has visited Israel and the Middle East 19 times. His class will meet on Wednesday morn-ings from 10 a.m. - noon for four weeks from Sept. 14 - Oct. 5.

Each week will have a differ-ent focus to help broaden attend-ees’ knowledge and appreciation for the country and its people.

Topics will include reviewing the building and the destruction

of Jewish temples, journeying down the Rift Valley (from the beginning of the Jordan River, through the Sea of Galilee, the lower Jordan, Jericho, Qumran, and Masada), exploring various cities of importance (Nazareth, Bethlehem, Cana, Haifa, Bethany and more) with the last class fo-cusing on Jerusalem (a center for three world religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam).

Dr. Murphy will return to Israel for his 20th trip to the Middle East next spring, April 30 – May 10, 2012 as he co-directs another tour.

For more information on the class, or to pre-register, please call the ICC Polk Campus at 828-894-3092.

– article submitted by Dr. Jim Murphy

Tips for planting local lawnsThe Labor Day holiday nor-

mally signals it is time to plant cool season grasses like tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass. Tall fescue is the predominant grass in both lawns and pastures in Polk County.

Typically, turfgrasses need a minimum of five hours of full sun each day. All grasses except centi-pede prefer to grow in a soil that has a pH of 6.5. In order to obtain that pH, homeowners need to add lime. In addition, sowing grass seed or “overseeding” on top of our tight, heavy clay soils is not very successful. Some light tilling or at a minimum, aeration of the soil is suggested to improve the chances of your grass seedlings becoming established. Overseeding an exist-ing lawn takes around three pounds of seed per every 1,000 square feet.

When seeding bare soil use six pounds of tall fescue seed for every 1,000 square feet. If you are planning to use one of the new turf type seeding blends (5 pounds tall fescue, 1 pound bluegrass, 1 pound fine fescue) you need a total of 7 pounds for every 1,000 square feet. It is always helpful to have a soil test completed to help determine what lime and fertilizer is needed.

Soil boxes and forms are available at the Polk County Extension Cen-ter in Columbus.

If you plant seed grass remem-ber to mulch the new lawn and bare areas with wheat straw. The straw needed is approximately one square bale of weed-free wheat straw for every 1,000 square feet. After applying the straw, a hom-eowner should have 50 percent of the bare ground visible. This straw helps keep the soil surface from drying out too quickly.

Keep in mind that watering is critical the first 10 to 14 days unless it rains. The latest research also indicates that fertilizing three weeks after seed germination is more beneficial. Use a rate of fer-tilizer recommended, 10 pounds of 10-10-10 per every 1,000 square feet, or use the special slow-release turf fertilizers at the rate shown on the bag.

Contact the Polk County Master Gardeners at the Extension Center in Columbus if you need additional information on establishing a lawn. They can be reached at 894-8218 mornings Monday through Friday.

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Polk County Finance Director Sandra Hughes was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting during the Polk County Board of Commissioners meeting held Tuesday, Sept. 6. Polk County Commissioner Chair Ray Gasperson (left) presented the award to Hughes. The certificate is the highest form of recognition in the area of government accounting and financial reporting. It is awarded by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. (photo by Leah Justice)

Polk finance director Sandra Hughes receives Certificate of Excellence in financial reporting

The Bird Box

by Simon Thompson

Bald cardinals with somewhat reptilian bare black heads - who ever would see such a thing? Well, welcome to the heat of mid-summer and with it the reports of bald-headed northern cardinals, blue jays and even common grackles.

Every year I get emails and phone calls describing these mu-tant-looking birds that aside from their featherless heads otherwise look exactly like the aforemen-tioned species. I must admit that the first time I saw one of these somewhat bi-zarre looking birds I thought it must have been very sick.

Most birds molt their feathers twice a year, replacing all or most of their feathers over a period of a few weeks to a month or so. This is easily seen in our summer resident scarlet tanagers. The males are brilliantly colored red with black wings and tail when they arrive in the spring. By the time late summer rolls around the males’ red feathers are slowly being replaced by green.

The birds retain this green plumage through the win-ter months on their wintering grounds, only regaining their red coloration before they begin to again move north in our spring. It is the same with indigo bun-tings.

The males lose their bright blue plumage in September and molt to a very even brown before their southbound migration. They then superficially resemble the plainer females and immature birds, but they do retain some blue feathers in their wings and tail.

As in many species, male indigos will molt back into their spring finery before they return north to breed. Even during their spring migration some of the males appear in a rather unusual combination of brown and blue feathers.

Here in the mountains of West-ern North Carolina, many of our

resident birds also molt in late summer, usually after they have finished their breeding season.

With many species, such as tufted titmice, Carolina wrens or Carolina chickadees, it’s not very noticeable, but with others the results can look very peculiar indeed and this is especially no-ticeable in cardinals and blue jays. Annual molting may indeed be part of the “baldness syndrome,” but it also may be a result of

an infestation of feather mites or lice. It seems as if immature birds undergo-ing their first molt may be just as likely as adults to un-

dergo this feather loss and we don’t really understand why they lose all of their head feathers at one time.

Staggered feather replacement is the normal molting pattern and

Molting cardinals surprise some bird enthusiasts

this is where those mites may play a part resulting in the complete loss of the bird’s head feathers. Some recent research has suggest-ed that it could even be a result of a nutritional or environmental factor but I am not so sure about this. To be honest, no one knows for sure, as the condition has not been well studied.

Fortunately for the birds, new head feathers do grow in within a few weeks and the birds look less and less reptilian, obviously

A molting Cardinal perches on a branch. (photo by Todd Arcos)

none the worse for wear after their summer ordeal.

Simon Thompson has lived in WNC for the past 16 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 information on any of the birding activities in the area, drop by the store or check his website at www.ashevillewbu.com.



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William Ray Horne

William Ray Horne, 90, of Columbus died July 12, 2011. He was son of the late Jessie Monroe and Cora Collins Horne and hus-band of Mildred Holbert Horne.

He was a member of Mill Creek Church of the Brethren and Mill S p r i n g Ve t e r a n s Lodge. He served in

the U.S. Army as Medic during WWII.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Bill Horne of Green Creek; four daughters, Juanita Odel of Sunny View, Marilyn Horne and Regina Pate, both of Green Creek. and Laura Saenger of Hickory, N.C.; four sisters, Geneva Harrell of Bak-ersville, N.C., Imogene Burns of Inman, S.C., Janice Fagan of Green Creek and Linda Horne of McAdenville, N.C.; 10 grand-children, Kim Odel, Kelly Brad-ley, Lee Bradley, Brandon Horne, Ashley Horne, Rebecca Horne, Joseph Pate, Jacob Pate, Miles Saenger and Will Saenger; and five great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, July 15 at Mill Creek Church of the Brethren Fellow-ship Hall. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m. in the church sanctuary, conducted by Rev. Steven Abe. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made in memory of Brandon Horne to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 4530 Park Rd, #240, Charlotte, N.C. 28209.

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John Hanley GibbsJohn Hanley Gibbs, 87, of

Columbus died Thursday, July 14, 2011 in Autumn Care Nursing Center, Forest City, N.C.

Born in Polk County, he was the son of the late Callaway Bur-gin and Florence Jackson Gibbs. He was a veteran of WWII, hav-

ing served in the U.S. Army, a member of the VFW Post 10349 and the Woodmen of

the World. Mr. Gibbs was the husband of Omie Lee Laughter Gibbs, who died in 1986.

Survivors include one daugh-ter, Patsy Gibbs Toney (Dean) of Rutherfordton, N.C.; son, Harold Gibbs of Rutherfordton, N.C.; one sister, Alvah Gibbs of Columbus; and a brother , Herbert Gibbs of Mill Spring. Also surviving are five grandchil-dren, Randy Toney (Kimberly), Marc Toney (LeeAnn), Lora Brock (Jeff), Jeffrey Gibbs (Col-leen) and Elizabeth Gibbs and six great-grandchildren, Mason Toney, Kevin Gibbs, Anthony Brock, Bryan Gibbs, Nick Gibbs and Zane Gibbs.

Funeral services were held Sunday, July 16, in the McFar-land Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

Burial was in Polk Memo-rial Gardens, Columbus, with military rites by the Polk County Memorial Burial Squad.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P. O. Box 336, Forest City, N.C. 28043 or Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Dr, Columbus, N.C. 28722.

The family will be at the home of his daughter, Patsy Gibbs Toney, 400 Radar Rd., Ruther-fordton, N.C.

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

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.

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Dorothy Waymon Simmons

Rev. Dorothy Waymon Sim-mons, 82, formerly of Tryon, died June 13, 2011 in Atlanta, Ga.

Memorial service noon, July 30 at Columbia Senior Residenc-es at MLK Village, 125 Logan St. SE, Atlanta, Ga. 30312. Contact sister: 678-862-3800.

Survivors are three sons, Al-len (Rudy) Waymon of Syracuse, N.Y., Kenneth Simmons of Hous-ton, Texas, and Lovell Simmons (Andrea) of Lawrenceville, Ga.; one sister, Frances Fox of River-dale, Ga.; three brothers, John Ir-vin Waymon of Antelope, Calif., Carrol Waymon of San Diego, Calif., and Samuel Waymon of Nyack, N.Y.; a host of grandchil-dren, great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by both parents, Mary Kate and John D. Waymon; son, Van Waymon; sisters, Lucile Waddell and Nina Simone (Eunice) and brother, Harold Waymon Sr.

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Exhibit, presentation Sept. 17 on Tryon Toy Makers and Wood Carvers work, history

On Saturday, Sept. 17, there will be a special exhibit from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Polk County Historical Association Museum located at 60 Walker Street in Columbus.

On display will be many ex-amples of the Tryon Toy Mak-ers’ and Wood Carvers’ work.

At 2 p.m. on that day, local historians Michael McCue and Rick Dunn will discuss the his-tory of the Tryon Toy Makers and the Wood Carvers.

This event is a one-time opportunity to see the private collection and hear about the history of the Tryon Toy Mak-ers and Wood Carvers.

Local artist Richard Baker will be available to sketch displayed artifacts for a small charge, to benefit the museum. Admission to the exhibit is free.

– article submitted by Kathy Taft

Wood carving donated to the Polk County Historical Association museum. (photo submitted)

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