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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 94
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, June 14, 2010
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Forbes Preschool's first class graduates Polk High This year’s graduating class at Polk County High School includes the first students to enroll in the Forbes Preschool Education Center when it opened in 1997. The program that began in 1995 when Mrs. Margaret L. Forbes purchased the Duke Power building in Tryon and gave it to the school system for use as a full-day preschool has grown from the first class of 38 students to a five- star program that currently serves 213 of the county’s three and four-yearolds in 13 classrooms that are located at each of the system’s elementary school sites. “Mrs. Forbes’ vision and understanding of the impact that early childhood education could have on our schools and community continues today,” says Polk Superintendent of Schools Bill Miller. "The dream she began for us is now impacting a large majority of our families in each school and community. What we owe to her as a school system, we cannot begin to express.”
Above: From left (back row) Letoya Twitty, Randy Matson and Evan Harding, (front row) Christian Searcy, Kelsey Taylor, Yuriko Chavez and Samantha Jackson, who are a few of the original Forbes students who graduated from Polk High Friday. Many of the original students have graduated early. Below: The first students to enter Forbes Preschool for the 1996-1997 school year. (photos submitted)
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Today
Hospice of the Carolina Foothills seeking volunteers for patient companions. Four training sessions required, 9 a.m.to 1 p.m., June 14, 15, 21 and 22, at Hospice Here’s a list of upcoming Inman office. Tracey meetings and events for Brannon, 828-894-7000, area nonprofit community or tbrannon@hocf.org.
and governmental organizations:
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Fat chance
House of Flags holds drawing instead of Harley raffle today by John Clayton
Organizers behind a fundraiser for the House of Flags Museum had hoped to give away an American-made HarleyDavidson Fat Boy motorcycle somewhat fittingly today – Flag Day – but ticket sales fell short for the fundraiser. Even so, the raffle, which was changed to a 50/50-prize structure,
continued over the weekend and winners will be recognized at the today’s drawing at noon at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Columbus. “We just didn’t reach the plateau we needed to get to to give away a Harley, which is really what we wanted to do,” said House of Flags Publicity
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
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