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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 73
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, May 13, 2011
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Greetings from New Zealand Polk student shares experiences from AFS exchange year
Editor’s note: The following was written by Anders Krarup, a junior at Polk County High School currently on a one year AFS high school exchange in Timaru, New Zealand. Broadening your horizons isn’t exactly the easiest thing to do. I’ve been living in New Zealand for the past two months, and I’ve already had a lot of great experiences, but there have also been some difficult times as well. (Continued on page 3)
Anders Krarup (bottom right), a Polk County student currently on a one-year AFS high school exchange in Timaru, New Zealand, with other AFSers at Mt. Somers. (photo submitted)
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Saluda Center, Friday events: chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m. (Continued on page 2)
Polk hires special attorney to help with St. Luke’s property request by Leah Justice
If Polk County has questions regarding whether they can deed St. Luke’s Hospital property back to the St. Luke’s Hospital Foundation, they have probably hired the man to help them. Polk County has hired John Crill of
Parker Poe Adams & Berstein, LLP, in Raleigh, at a rate of $395 per hour. Crill specializes in hospital finance. The county’s move to hire special counsel follows a request by St. Luke’s Hospital asking the county to deed the
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
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