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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 60
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, April 25, 2011
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Kids visit Polk Life Care for Easter
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. FENCE golf tournament, at Bright’s Creek Monday, April 25. Call 828-859-9021 for more information. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include line dancing, 10 a.m., senior fitness, 11 a.m., bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001. Polk County Democratic Women’s Club will hold their monthly meeting on Monday April 25 at 11 a.m. at the Democratic Headquarters in Columbus. Everyone is welcome. 828-894-3219. 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 Center, Monday activities include line dancing (Continued on page 2)
Shirley Craig and Nadia Kelly enjoy a moment during a visit of children from The Learning Tree with Polk Life Care participants on Tuesday, April 19. The children were invited to stay for lunch with Life Care participants. The participants decorated a bunny cake and made gift bags for the children to take home with them. For more information about Polk Life Care Adult Day Health Center (located behind The Meeting Place senior center on Skyuka Road in Columbus), contact Christy Beddingfield at 828894-2007. See page 6 for more photos. (photo submitted)
Rehab project ongoing in Tryon’s Eastside CDBG funds paying for 11 rehabs, repairs by Leah Justice
Some Tryon Eastside residents are enjoying better living conditions now thanks to grantfunded rehabilitation and repair work on their homes. Tryon Town Council reviewed Tuesday, April 19 a status report on rehabilitation and emergency repairs to homes in the Eastside
neighborhood. The town received $600,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding this year for the project. The Isothermal Planning and Development Commission (IPDC) is administering the project. “The Town of Tryon has committed to use $600,000 of CDBG funds for specified activities, including administration, service delivery, rehabilitation of ap-
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proximately six housing units and approximately five emergency repair units belonging to low to moderate qualified homeowners living in the Eastside community in the Town of Tryon,” states the report provided by IPDC’s Paula Kempton. One rehabilitation unit is 100 percent completed, according to the report. The second unit, at 342 (Continued on page 3)