New owners for Saluda's Orchard Inn, 'Market Place,' page 3
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 195
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, November 8, 2010
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Lattimore to premiere new book at PCHA tomorrow There was a time when thousands of plantations could be found scattered across the Carolinas. Today only a few hundred remain. In “Rural Splendor: Plantation Houses of the Carolinas,” historian Robin S. Lattimore, of Rutherfordton, N.C., offers a visual journey through sixty antebellum homes. These columned mansions and clapboard farmhouses illustrate the architectural diversity that survives across the coastal, piedmont and mountain regions of both states. Lattimore will premiere his book locally at the meeting of the Polk County Historical Association, on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. at the Polk County History Museum in Columbus. A dozen of the plantations showcased in Lattimore’s book are located in Polk, Rutherford and Cleveland counties in North (Continued on page 6)
Cover of “Rural Splendor: Plantation Houses of the Carolinas,” Robin Lattimore’s new book. (photo submitted)
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Sewer plant repairs needed badly, Columbus says after facility tour Council also tours Hendersonville plant by Leah Justice
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.
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Columbus Town Council members say the town’s wastewater treatment plant is urgently in need of updates. Officials took a tour of the facility during the town’s October meeting and said the experience “was eye opening.” “We’ve talked, but to actually go out
and see the conditions really opened my eyes,” said councilwoman Ernie Kan. Councilwoman Margaret Metcalf expressed her concern over the possibility that the plant would not be able to run if something breaks down. “I do think it’s a priority we need to talk seriously about,” Metcalf said. “If one area goes down it makes a hardship on everything else and something else could go down and that’s frightening.
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
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