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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 77
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Thursday, May 19, 2011
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Art to watch, hear, buy Saluda Arts Festival Saturday Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus. Saluda Center, Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.; Saluda Center. 828-7499245. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m., bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, Thursdays, 10 a.m.; storytime, 10:30 a.m. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Saluda Public Library, Bouncing Babies and Toddlers in Tow, Thursdays, 10 a.m. Shriners benefit, paper sale for Shriners Hospitals for Chil(Continued on page 2)
Saluda’s historic downtown will transform into an artistic mecca this Saturday, May 21. The eighth Saluda Arts Festival will be held from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., rain or shine. A juried event for the second year, the festival features 45 artists from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. They will exhibit, demonstrate and sell a variety of art including oil paintings, watercolors, acrylic paintings, drawings, photography, pottery, sculptures, fabric art, jewelry, stained glass, metalworking and woodworking. See first-hand how an artist creates his or her work by watching live demonstrations (Continued on page 3)
Betsy Burdett of Saluda demonstrates her work on the loom at last year’s Saluda Arts Festival. (photo by Chuck Hearon)
Former Tryon Federal buildings still in limbo Tryon rejects proposal to seek Main Street grant by Samantha Hurst
Following approximately half an hour of discussion Tuesday night, May 17, the Tryon Town Council rejected a proposal re-
questing the town’s assistance in applying for a $200,000 North Carolina Main Street Solutions Grant as a means of kick-starting the redevelopment of the former Tryon Federal Bank buildings. The proposal involved property owner McCray Smith of Cray Inc. and Downtown Pioneers, a
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
redevelopment company in Gastonia, N.C., Smith contacted several weeks ago about the project. Smith could not attend the meeting because of a family emergency, but he said Wednesday, May 18, he’s discouraged by the (Continued on page 5)