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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 168
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Gosnell wins lifetime firefighter award Honored for almost 26 years volunteer service to Tryon by Leah Justice
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 Center, Bridge, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., chair exercise, 2:15 p.m. 828-749-9245. 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. Polk County Library, Preschool Storytime, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Free. All area children and caregivers welcome. Caregiver must remain with child. Green Creek Community (Continued on page 2)
Tryon firefighter Scottie Gosnell was given lifetime firefighter status recently by the Town of Tryon and its fire department. Gosnell has been a volunteer fireman with the Tryon Fire Department for almost 26 years. He retired recently but will remain a lifetime member and will still be able to fight fires when he chooses. Firefighters in full dress attended last week's town council meeting, at which the honor was announced. Tryon Mayor Alan Peoples read a resolution honoring Gosnell. The fire department also presented Gosnell with a lifetime member helmet. Gosnell joined the department on Oct. 3, 1984 and answered thousands of calls during his (Continued on page 4)
Tryon firefighter Scottie Gosnell displays the lifetime member helmet the town's fire department gave him at a recent town council meeting. (photo by Leah Justice)
Crash kills 22-year-old Tryon woman Lexi Le Vine was USC Upstate senior by Leah Justice
Family and friends from Polk County to Spartanburg, S.C. are mourning the death of 22-year-old Alexandra Dorothy “Lexi” Le Vine this week. Le Vine, a 2006 Polk County High School graduate who was a senior at the University of
South Carolina Upstate, was killed early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash. Spartanburg County Coroner Investigator Teri Carter said Le Vine died as a result of injuries she sustained in the collision. S.C. Highway Patrol troopers say the accident occurred around 4:05 a.m. on I-26 West, (Continued on page 6)
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Lexi Le Vine