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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 185
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, October 25, 2010
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Three local vets visit WWII memorial in D.C. Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. to noon. Saluda Center, Monday activities include Line Dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit www.saluda.com. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include senior fitness, 11 a.m., Bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Tryon Garden Club invites the public to join them at Pearson’s Falls Monday, Oct. 25, 9:45 a.m. Phil Nisbet, local landscaper and naturalist, will discuss leaf and bark characteristics useful in tree identification. Nominal fee plus gate admission. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon to 1 p.m.; food, fellowship and discussion of relevant issues; interdenominational. 859-5051. Chess Club, Mondays, 12:30 p.m., recreation room, LaurelHurst Apartments, Columbus. Open to anyone in community. 894-3336. Polk Soil & Water Conser(Continued on page 2)
Melissa Le Roy (left) recently escorted three local WWII veterans, Paul Nelson (right), Grover Whitmire (second from right) and Roger Traxler on a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the WWII memorial via HonorAir. HonorAir is a program sponsored by the WNC Rotary District 7670 and the Rotary Club of Tryon that gives veterans the opportunity to see the WWII memorial. The memorial was dedicated in 2004 for a generation whose youngest members are in their late 70s, so many of the men and women who fought in WWII have not had the opportunity or ability to visit the memorial. Le Roy is a member of the Rotary Club of Tryon and the executive director of the Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE). (photo submitted)
Tryon to demolish Rippy Rd. mobile home by Leah Justice
For years, Rippy Road residents have asked Tryon officials to do something about what has been called one of the biggest eyesores in town, a mobile home on Rippy Road, which is in Tryon’s zoning district. Tryon agreed last week to demolish the abandoned home, located at 101 Rippy Road. Tryon Town Council approved a resolution to demolish
the structure at its meeting last Tuesday. About 15 Rippy Road residents attended the meeting, urging council to take action on all the structures located on the property. Residents of the area have attended both council and Tryon Planning Board meetings over the last couple of years regarding the property. “I’d like to applaud you all for staying interested in it and stay-
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ing engaged,” councilman Austin Chapman told them last week. Calling the structure an eyesore and one of the worst cases of dilapidated housing he has seen, councilman Roy Miller urged council to move forward on enforcing its zoning rules. Tryon code enforcer and fire chief Joey Davis said the town is at the point now where it can (Continued on page 6)