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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 227
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, December 27, 2010
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Far from home for the holidays Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Saluda City Hall will be closed for the Christmas holidays on Monday, Dec. 27. Garbage pickup will run as usual for the holidays. Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. Saluda Center, Monday activities include Line Dancing at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit 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. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon - 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. Al Anon: Green Creek meets at the Green Creek Community Center Mondays, 6 p.m., 828-817-6675. (Continued on page 2)
Ding (Sandy) Yinghan (right) of Beijing, China, a former exchange student at Polk County High School, is spending the holidays in Polk County with Jim Jackson. Sandy is now a junior at Hamilton College in upstate New York. He is on a full scholarship, is number one in his class and is spending this year at Dartmouth on a dual-degree engineering program. (photo by Leah Justice)
Aid organization in need of assistance by Samantha Hurst
Red Cross volunteers grew accustomed to the color red decades ago. They’ve seen it drip from the arms of blood donors. They’ve seen it engulf local homes. But they’ve never seen the sight of it dripping from the Red Cross’ own coffers. The Polk County Red Cross budget is bleeding.
“We’re hurtalmost $20,000 ing; that’s the “We’re hurting; that’s the under where only way I can only way I can put it.” they should be. put it,” said “We’re sup-- Polk Red Cross board chairman posed to have board chairman Clay Ayers Clay Ayers. enough revThe Polk enue to support County budget averages $95,000 a $10,000 disaster in our county each year, with $5,000 dedicated without any funds from anywhere solely to the Disaster Action else,” he said. “And we don’t.” Team. Just six months into the budget year, Ayers said funds are (Continued on page 4)
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