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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 51
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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Sheriff busts marijuana operation
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. 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” is a weekly informal social group open to women coping with loss. The group meets at 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon and is open to newcomers. For more information, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000 or 800617-7132 or sslater@hocf.org. Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9 a.m. Bridge, 10 a.m., 828-749-9245. For more activities, e-mail saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com. 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. American Legion Aux. will have a meeting on Tuesday, April 12 at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Post on (Continued on page 2)
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office busted an indoor marijuana grow operation on King Laughter Road in Sunny View last Friday, April 8. The sheriff’s office seized more than 9 pounds of plants estimated between 4 and 5 feet in height. No one had been charged as of midday Monday, April 11. (photo submitted)
Feeding a healthier future: SmartStart by Samantha Hurst
Kids attending Country Bear Day School in Columbus didn’t scrunch their noses or scowl when their turkey and cheese sandwiches began arriving on wheat instead of white bread. The preschoolers even smiled recently when they took heaping bites of broccoli, said director Pam Jolley. “I think more and feel better about what we are feeding them,” Jolley said about Country Bear’s participation in the Rutherford/Polk
Smart Start NAP SACC program. Smart Start initiated the Nutrition and Physical Activity SelfAssessment for Child Care (NAP SACC) project in one Polk County and five Rutherford County childcare facilities last summer. Country Bear Day School in Columbus began the program in July 2010 with 30 Polk County children, ages 2-5, benefiting from the project. Smart Start Director Cathy Bowers said the idea targets in-
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
creasing physical activity and improving nutrition among kids before they reach elementary school. In recent years there has been a big push to reduce childhood obesity at the elementary level, but Bowers said by then kids have developed poor, deep-rooted habits. “With a 15.6 percent obesity rate in Polk County children before they’re even old enough to attend school, we feel it is extremely important not to wait until they’re (Continued on page 3)