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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 111
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Dog day afternoon Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Tryon Youth Center Production, Elton John and Tim Rice’s “Aida,” at the Tryon Fine Arts Center, Melrose Avenue. Tickets available at TLT Workshop, 516 S. Trade St., 828-859-2466. Performances July 7-11. Parkinson’s Support Group, second Thursday each month, 1:30 p.m., Landrum Library, 864-457-2218. NCDMV Driver’s License van, three Thursdays a month, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., in front of Columbus Post Office. Check www.ncdot.gov/dmv/ office_locations for schedule. 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. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. 828-894-0001. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; storytime, 10:30 a.m. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., (Continued on page 2)
Emcee Foster has watched Saluda’s Coon Dog Day grow up from a pup by John Clayton
Hop Foster has seen Coon Dog Days come and go, and he’s also seen Saluda’s signature summer festival grow since its debut 47 years ago. Foster has not only attended every Coon Dog Day since its inception, he has emceed the annual
Coon Dog Day Parade each year since the beginning. “It really hasn’t changed that much, except that the crowd’s gotten bigger and bigger,” Foster said of the festival. “It’s kind of a family reunion – people come out to see
Top: Saluda workers hang the Coon Dog Day banner early this week in preparation for Saturday's festival. (photo by Jeff Byrd) Above: Hop Foster, who will serve again as parade emcee. (Continued on page 3) (photo by Leah Justice)
Campobello fastest growing town in area 2000-09; four of five towns gain population Campobello was the fastest growing town in the Thermal Belt area over the past nine years, according to 2009 population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau recently. Four of the five area municipalities gained population, while Tryon lost ten residents since 2005, according to the
Census estimates. Campobello, which counted 496 residents in April, 2000, grew to 615 residents, a 23 percent gain. Landrum, which had a total population of 2,472 in 2000, was up an estimated 8 percent to 2,672 by 2009. The city added 169 of those new residents since
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
2005, according to the census estimates. Columbus grew nearly 6 percent, from 992 residents in 2000, but has remained right at 1050 residents since 2005. Saluda added 16 residents from 2000 to 2009, going from (Continued on page 6)