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Tryon Daily Bulletin
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
Vol. 85 / No. 48
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, April 6, 2012
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Melton’s ‘Oh Yeller’ wins Mustang show
Happy
Easter Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m. Polk Recreation Zumba class, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 - 11 a.m. at Stearns Gym. Patty Rivera is the instructor. The Meeting Place Senior (Continued on page 2)
Tommy Melton and his Mustang, “Oh Yeller,” celebrate winning first prize in the Mustang show sponsored by Stott’s Ford during the April Fool’s Festival on Saturday, March 31. Participants drove their Mustangs in the parade, and the cars were on display throughout the day. (photo submitted by Tommy Melton)
Polk mirrors state dissent on Amendment 1 by Leah Justice
The marriage amendment referendum North Carolina voters will see on the ballot during the May 8 primary has been argued in Polk County and all over the state this week. Many of those discussions include peoples’
ideas of what the amendment will actually mean. Although sponsors of the amendment argue that the amendment will simply place North Carolina’s current ban on same-sex marriage into the state constitution, others say the
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
amendment as proposed will also restrict opposite sex couples who have chosen not to marry from receiving benefits of domestic partnerships. The proposed amendment to (Continued on page 3)