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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 136
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Thursday, August 12, 2010
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TFAC announces new season, reviews plans for future by John Clayton
As the Tryon Fine Arts Center prepares for its just-announced 2010-11 season, the people who operate it are preparing for a new chapter in the 40-year history of the center. The center is under the leadership of Executive Director Beth Child, a former concert pianist in the arts arena with non-profit experience in the business world. Child came on board seven months ago and found TFAC in a state of flux. A fundraising drive to construct a new building was cut short by the recession and changes at the top of TFAC and at a meeting this fall, Child and TFAC’s board of directors must decide where both the organization and its fundraising efforts go from here. “There’s been an evolution here,” said Child. “We have to ask ourselves, ‘What does the commu(Continued on page 6)
The Taylor 2 dance ensemble will open Tryon Fine Arts Center's new season on Oct. 3. (photo submitted)
Green River watershed reclassification could be on state agenda next spring by Jeff Byrd
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Parkinson’s Support Group , second Thursday each month, 1:30 p.m., Landrum Library, 864-457-2218. (Continued on page 2)
The process of reclassifying the Lake Adger watershed could heat up again next spring, according to Polk County engineer David Odom, of Odom & Associates Engineering, Inc. Odom was asked about the reclassification effort last week by Polk County commissioner Tommy Melton. Polk County is seeking a Water Supply Level III classification for the Green River watershed, which covers 87,470
acres, 36,825 acres in Polk County and 50,645 acres in Henderson County. After several joint meetings with Polk County commissioners and a public hearing in Henderson County, the Henderson County Board of Commissioners in September, 2009 voted 3-2 to oppose Polk County’s reclassification initiative. Nonetheless, the process has been moving forward. The N.C. Division of Water Quality has been taking water samples from the Green River and
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
has been running tests for the past year, as part of the standard process of reclassification, Odom said. The state has one more sample to take in September. That last sample will be analyzed and then the division will write its report by the end of the year, Odom said. That report will be reviewed, and the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources Public Water Supply Section will sign off. (Continued on page 6)