Polk County High basketball teams to play Lakeview Academy Jan. 8, page 6
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 229
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
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Snowman
celebration Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian Club Meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m. bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Medication Assistance Program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-8940001. Saluda Center, Wednesday activities, Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m., gentle Yin Yoga 12:30 p.m. 828-7499245. Thermal Belt Amateur Radio Club, last Wednesday of each month, noon, Columbus United Methodist Church. 894-5542. Tryon Kiwanis Club meets Wednesdays, noon, Congregational Church, 210 Melrose Ave., Tryon. Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Program, Wednesdays, 5 - 6:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 8942340. (Continued on page 2)
Area residents Lydia Dowdy and Ashlyn Kunda celebrate their first white Christmas by building a snowman. (photo submitted)
Tryon petitions state to de-annex property by Leah Justice
The Town of Tryon approved Tuesday, Dec. 21 a resolution to petition the state to de-annex the property on U.S. 176 occupied by the Frog & Swan antique store, owned by Randall Grobe. Grobe owns two parcels and asked the town in March of this year to de-annex them, saying he had not received services he was promised.
Grobe said he never wanted to be voluntarily annexed. He said he feels as though former town manager Jim Fatland promised him services, such as sidewalks and other improvements, that he never received. Grobe was one of a handful of property owners who agreed to be voluntarily annexed into the town based on services the town expected to be able to provide us-
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
ing funds from sources that never materialized. In 2006, the town proposed a tax increment financing (TIF) district along U.S. 176, which would have made some tax funds available to be used for improvements in the area. In 2004, North Carolina voters approved Amendment No. One, (Continued on page 4)