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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 65
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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Streetscape work under way in Tryon
If you’ve ever wanted to learn to tango, here’s your chance. Five sessions of tango classes will be offered at the Tryon Fine Arts Center beginning May 7 and 21, June 4 and 18 and July 2. Class times will be from 7:30-9:30 p.m. (an hour of class - followed by an hour of supervised “practica”). For more information, contact Marianne Carruth at marianne@tryonarts.org.
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. 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, 800(Continued on page 2)
Workers pour concrete to reshape the intersection of Trade Street and New Market Road in Tryon. The work, which is part of Tryon’s Streetscape, will change the intersection to more of a 90-degree angle and add a crosswalk for pedestrians and an area for plantings, as well as a bump out. Drainage improvements, sidewalks and other landscaping are also planned, along with more parking along McCown Street, which will become a one-way street. For more information on the Streetscape master plan developed by Tryon Downtown Development Association, visit www.downtowntryon.org. (photo submitted by Meg Rogers)
Threlfall dies from multiple bee stings by Samantha Hurst
Tryon Rotary president and Mill Spring resident Gorden Threlfall, 59, passed away Sunday afternoon from extensive bee stings, according to his wife, Julie. “This is such a great community. So many people have told me how
much they thought of Gorden… you can never hear that enough,” Julie said Monday afternoon. Threlfall, who raised bees, was doing yard work around 5 p.m. when he was attacked by one of two hives the Threlfalls were raising. Julie Threlfall said one hive has
always been gentle and never acted erratically, while the other has attacked Gorden before, causing him to be stung, but never to this extent. Specific arrangements had not been made as of Monday afternoon (Continued on page 3)
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