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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 198
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, November 12, 2010
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Gowensville holds fall festival tomorrow Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Game Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include Movie Matinee, 10 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001. Seniors on Sobriety (SOS) AA Meeting, Fridays at noon, Polk County Chamber of Commerce Building, 2753 Lynn Rd. (Hwy 108), Tryon. 828894-0293. Historic Saluda Committee Friday, Nov. 12, 12:30 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. at the Saluda Library. Youth Chess Club, at Morning Glory Farm every other Friday afternoon after school. Can provide some transportation from Middle School. Younger children and adults welcome. Lynne Parsons, coordinator 894-5595, Dr. Brian Crissy, chess coach. Next meeting, Friday, Nov. 12. Tryon Little Theater presents "MonkY Business" Nov. 11-14 and Nov. 18-21 at the workshop, 516 S. Trade S., Tryon. 828-859-2466. American Legion Post 250 (Continued on page 2)
Everyone is invited to celebrate autumn's crisp temperatures and brilliant foliage tomorrow at the Gowensville Fall Festival. The festival, which will take place from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the community building on Hwy. 11 near the intersection with Hwy. 14, features an artisans market, John Deere carousel, antique tractors, attic treasures and drawings for a quilt and gas grill. Breakfast biscuits and coffee, a bake sale and a hot dog lunch are also planned. The artisans market, featuring local residents, offers Christmas shoppers a variety of handmade items including (Continued on page 6)
Phyllis DeSandre, of the Landrum Quilters, with her quilts. The Gowensville Fall Festival will include an artisans market with quilts by DeSandre and others, as well as many other handmade items (photo submitted)
Saluda says ridgeline ordinance blocks commercial development in township by Leah Justice
Saluda commissioners said this week they have concerns about Polk County’s relatively new mountain and ridgeline protective ordinance (MRPO), which prohibits commercial development other than residential above elevations of 1,650 ft. Because all of Saluda Town-
ship is above 1,650 feet, the ordinance affects all Saluda properties except those inside Saluda city limits, which are controlled by city regulations. Polk County officials say the MRPO was intended to protect against over-building and overclearing in the higher areas of the county for both residential and commercial building.
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
“Other counties, including Buncombe County, have experienced considerable construction in the steeper and higher areas of their county, and citizens wanted to avoid that in Polk County,” says Polk County Commissioner Renée McDermott. “[Polk residents] want to preserve Polk (Continued on page 7)