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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 237
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, January 10, 2011
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Volunteer Wake-up call Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
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. Saluda Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on Monday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m., to consider proposed changes to the City’s Zoning Ordinance. The meeting will be held in the Saluda Public Library commissioners’ meeting room. Call Doris Marion at 828-749-2581 if you have questions or need special accommodations for the meeting. Male Anger Management Intervention/Education Program, Mondays, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Steps to HOPE. 894-2340. (Continued on page 2)
Kacy Spooner, AmeriCorps volunteer and Connecticut native, with Lovey Dovey, the famous Columbus Farmers’ Market rooster. Spooner is dedicating her 2011 volunteer service to the Mill Spring Agricultural Center in areas such as farm and farmland profiles, community gardens, special agricultural events and farm-toschool initiatives. The ag center will hold an Open Volunteer Day Thursday, Jan. 20 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Workers are needed for light carpentr y, painting, moving inventory and organizing donations. Outdoor and yard work is also needed. Call 919-414-7840 or email www.polkamericorps@ gmail.com to sign up, or just drop by. (photo submitted)
Polk, towns restart joint water meetings First meeting since September set for tomorrow by Leah Justice
After a break of almost four months, elected officials from Columbus, Polk County, Saluda and Tryon will meet again tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 11. The meeting, sponsored by the City of Saluda, will be held at
Columbus Town Hall at 7 p.m. This will be the group’s fourth joint meeting since last June, when Columbus Town Council asked the other towns and the county to begin discussing ways to consolidate services and resources. The meetings quickly turned to discussing the creation of a joint water authority. The group invited the Tuckaseigee Water and Sewer Author-
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
ity (TWSA) to last year’s August meeting. TWSA was created through a similar joint effort in Jackson County, N.C. TWSA officials told Polk County and the towns the process was difficult but well worth the effort in the end. During the most recent joint meeting last September, Columbus officials expressed concern (Continued on page 4)