Speed limit to be 35 mph on Saluda's Ozone Drive, page 4
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 200
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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Lake Lanier boat landing named after 'Boat' Williams 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. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203. 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. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Saluda Center, Bridge, Tuesdays, 10 a.m., chair exercise, 2:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. For more activities, email saludaseniorcenter@tds.net (mailto:saludaseniorcenter@ tds.net) or visit www.saluda. com. (Continued on page 2)
Frank "Boat" Williams gets congratulations from Jerry Atkins at a ceremony Sunday dedicating Lake Lanier's boat landing to Williams, a longtime lake resident who will be 104 years old on Nov. 24. The Lake Lanier Civic Association recently bought the landing from the Gerfen family and decided to name it after Williams. Jeff Corrigan is seeking local stories about Williams for a memoir. Residents with stories or information about Williams are urged to send them to Corrigan at jeffcorrigan61@yahoo.com. See p. 8 for more photos from the event.(photo by Leah Justice)
Pavillon Treatment Center in Mill Spring receives grant for new welcome center Pavillon Treatment Center in Mill Spring recently announced it has received a $20,000 grant from the Richard J. Reynolds III and Marie M. Reynolds Foundation. This is the first major donation to the center’s Giving Back Going Forward campaign. Pavillon officials say the grant is the spark that will ignite Pa-
villon’s new welcome center project, slated to begin before year’s end. The new 6,500 square foot facility will house patient admissions and intake counseling, family intervention and administrative support services. Since opening in 1996 as a non-profit residential center for
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
the treatment and recovery of addiction, Pavillon has housed virtually all patient and administrative services under one roof. Although the existing facility has served the region for many years, an annually increasing patient census, along with cor(Continued on page 3)