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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 144
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Gulf Coast disasters inspire artwork 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. 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 Senior Center Tuesday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m., Bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Saluda Senior Center, Bridge, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., chair exercise, 2:15 p.m. 828749-9245. For more activities, email saludaseniorcenter@tds. net or visit www.saluda.com. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba exercise classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m., 7 p.m., in gym. Polk County American Red Cross Blood Drive, Tuesday, Aug. 24, noon to 4 p.m., St. (Continued on page 2)
Show at Upstairs opens Friday The Upstairs Artspace proudly presents a special exhibit commemorating the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the recent oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. “Katrina to Deepwater Horizon: Tragedies of Cash, Climate and Culture” opens Friday, Aug. 27 and continues through Sept. 25. A public reception to meet the artists will be held Saturday, Aug. 28, 5 to 8 p.m. Each artist in the exhibit has been deeply affected by the events in the Gulf and has responded by making powerful art. They are: • Connie Bostic, Fairview, N.C., oil paintings (Continued on page 6)
"Day 4" by Connie Bostic
Polk County road work should not affect school opening traffic tomorrow, DOT says by John Clayton
Road construction in several areas of Polk County has caused concern that parents could experience delays as they take children to school for the first day of the new school year tomorrow. But N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) engineer
Aaron Powell said he does not expect delays as schools begin the 2010-11 school year Wednesday. Three projects – resurfacing work being done on a section of Hwy. 108 between Tryon and Columbus, construction on another section of Hwy. 108 at Pea Ridge Road east of Columbus
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
and resurfacing work on I-26 – have led to traffic tie-ups all around Polk County recently. Powell said he hoped Wednesday, at the latest, would be the final day of the repaving work on Hwy. 108 between Tryon and Columbus. (Continued on page 6)