INSIDE TODAY: Fall 2010 Sports Preview
Tryon Daily Bulletin The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Vol. 83 / No. 141
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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Evil beware! Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. to noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m. 828-894-0001. 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. 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. This month, Aug 5, 12 and 19. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; storytime, 10:30 a.m. Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies & Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m. (Continued on page 2)
Local BottleTree Beer now on W.N.C. shelves by John Clayton
The way Fred Block figures it, he’s fighting evil – one beer at a time. Block, an engineer by trade and brewer by passion, has evolved quickly from awardwinning home brewer to commercial beer maker. His BottleTree Blonde is hitting more and more shelves, including just this week those in Western North Carolina, where his “drink no evil…” slogan will be seen on every package. Block, who lives in Campobello and whose BottleTree Beer Company, LLC is based in Tryon, says his homebrew actually began with an idea (Continued on page 3)
Fred Block, Campobello resident and owner of Tryon-based BottleTree Beer Co., recently saw his BottleTree Blonde arrive on shelves at N.C. retailers. The beer picked up more than 70 retailers in five weeks when it was first licensed in South Carolina. (staff photo by John Clayton)
Tryon applies for $2.6M grant for new paving, bike lanes, sidewalks on Hwy. 176 by Leah Justice
Pedestrians and bicyclists might find Hwy. 176 in Tryon easier to use in the future. The Town of Tryon agreed this week to apply for a federal grant to improve U.S. 176 from the stateline to Harmon Field Road.
If awarded, the federal funding could mean sidewalks and bike lanes, along with new paving, curb and guttering and landscaping along the approximate 2.6 mile stretch. Town council agreed to apply for the TIGER II grant, which is an extension of the TIGER grant program for job
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
creation and stimulus through funding of shovel ready capital improvement projects. This grant requires no match, but the town agreed to use $12,000 as a match to help strengthen the grant application. Tryon’s Business and Tourism (Continued on page 6)