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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 107
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Food for body, soul Community mourns Butler This week, the community lost one of its long-time noted citizens. Dean Butler, owner and operator of Owens Pharmacy in Tryon for 40 years, died Tuesday. A member and former president of Tryon Rotary Club and Tryon Country Club, he also owned Dean Butler Realty.
Jim Dorsett (below) serves up BBQ while Joshua Collins (right) enjoys a hot dog at the Columbus Fire Department's annual BBQ and gospel fundraiser at Veteran's Park in Columbus. The event continues today and tomorrow, with food sold from lunchtime on and live music at 7 p.m. (photos by staff photographer)
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Saluda Senior Center, Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin yoga 12:30 p.m., gentle Yin Yoga 5:30 p.m., Saluda Center. 828-749-9245. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies & Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; storytime, 10:30 a.m. Rotary Club of Tryon, meets every Thursday at noon (Continued on page 2)
Pearson Falls Road bridge complete Road reopens after almost a year by Leah Justice
Area residents can now travel the entire length of Pearson Falls Road for the first time in almost a year. The replacement of the Pearson Falls bridge was completed last Friday, according to N.C. Department of Transportation
(DOT) officials. The road was reopened on Monday. The $1.05 million project took almost a year partly because contractors had to deal with a harsh Saluda winter with higher than average snowfall as well as recent heavy rains. The project began last July. The new bridge replaces a structurally deficient bridge over
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
the North Pacolet River. The former bridge was constructed in 1962 along the gravel portion of Pearson Falls Road between Pearson Falls and Saluda. The old bridge was removed as part of the recent construction with the new bridge being built adjacent to the former bridge. The new bridge includes paving (Continued on page 3)