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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No.42
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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Foolish fun April Fool’s Festival this weekend in Tryon by Barbara Tilly
Silliness, tomfoolery and nonsense will be the order of the day this weekend in downtown Tryon. The annual April Fool’s Festival will begin at 6:33 p.m. Friday, April 1 with a street dance on McCown Street, including a dance contest sponsored by the Tryon Fine Arts Center. “This quirky festival is part of what Tryon is all about - good silly fun,” said organizer Kathleen Carson. “It’s a festival that will surely grow because it is a celebration of spring and renewal (Continued on page 3)
Ties line Trade Street in downtown Tryon as part of the foolery marking the April Fool’s Festival to be held this weekend, April 1 - 3. The fun includes a Masquerade Ball, a parade, the popular outhouse races, a trashion runway show and more. (photo by Samantha Hurst)
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 (Continued on page 2)
Tryon home robbed again Same victim robbed twice in last month by Leah Justice
A Gillette Woods home was robbed for the second time last week, while two suspects in the previous robbery at that home were in jail. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that occurred at Braewick and East Park Drive in the Tryon Township last week. The victim
came home on Saturday, March 26 to find the home had been robbed. Chief Deputy Calvin Atkins said a small safe was taken from the home last week. In the robbery in February, jewelry and prescription medicine were taken. The East Park Drive home was one of several to be robbed in February in the Gillette Woods and Lake Lanier areas. In most of those incidents, items
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