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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 129
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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A lot of love, sweat and heartache by John Clayton
Cats-travaganza
Thinking about getting a cat? The Foothills Humane Society has about 60 of them it needs to find homes for immediately – and they're free right now. The contractors are kicking the kitties out of the Cat House for long-planned renovations. The cats and kittens are "fixed" and have shots and microchips. Call 828-863-4444 for more information.
What began as a class project at Appalachian State for then interior-design student Julia Zellner has grown into a restoration project for the Polk County Recreation Department. Thanks to Zellner’s ideas and the work of volunteers and part-time staff from the recreation department, both Stearns Gym and the Gibson
Park Pool have gotten needed improvements. And Zellner said what has actually been done is only tip of her iceberg of ideas for the county’s facilities. Zellner, who has worked as a lifeguard and part-time employee of the recreation department (Continued on page 3)
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy 176, Saluda, 7 a.m. to noon. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, We Care informal social group for women coping with loss. Open to newcomers, Tuesdays, 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon. Shannon Slater, 828894-7000. The Meeting Place Se(Continued on page 2)
Julia Zellner stands in the Gibson Park pool as it is begins to fill with water for the start of the season this year after she and some other volunteers repainted the inside. The new logo for the Polk County Recreation Department, which Zellner also designed, is now painted on the pool floor (inset). (photos by John Clayton)
Second arrest in First Citizens robbery by John Clayton
Less than 48 hours after arresting the alleged getaway driver in the July 19 robbery of First Citizen’s Bank in Landrum, Landrum police officers arrested the man suspected of walking into the bank and demanding money from the tellers.
Patrick Lewis Thompson, 22, was arrested Sunday morning at his home at 52 Bomar St. in Inman and charged with bank robbery. He remains at the Spartanburg County jail with bond set at $20,000.
Patrick Thompson
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
His alleged accomplice, George Glover George III, 32, of 60 Bomar St. in Inman, was arrested and charged with the same crime Friday. George was freed Friday night (Continued on page 5)