Tryon Family Dentistry now open at new Depot Street location, ‘Market Place,’ page 10
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 151
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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TFAC master site plan work on schedule TFAC: 65 percent of money spent locally
The Landrum Fire Department will hold a Poker Run motorcycle event as a benefit to help Emorie Whittman with medical expenses. The first bike out will leave at 10 a.m., and the last bike will leave at noon. The bikes will finish at Rogers Park in Tryon. The event will feature hot dog plates, door prizes and live music provided by Project X, Speedwell, Loaded Toad, Special Edition, Ruff & Ready and Red Dogg & the Dogs. For more information, call Gary Walker at 864-978-0175 or email doc1803@windstream.net.
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. The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities, beginner/intermediate pilates, (Continued on page 2)
Phase I of Tryon Fine Arts Center’s master site plan is under way and on schedule. The project, primarily designed to
improve access to the recently renovated auditorium, will employ 13 different businesses to complete the scope of work. Of the $500,000 allocated for the project, 65 percent of the funds will be spent in Polk County and
Landrum, with the remaining 35 percent spent in Hendersonville, N.C. and Spartanburg, S.C. “In the bidding process it was important to the master plan (Continued on page 3)
Work has begun to change the access and parking for the Tryon Fine Arts Center, part of the construction of phase one of the center’s master site plan. (photo by Barbara Tilly)
Polk commissioners to spend $18,800 on analysis of Turner Shoals Dam at Lake Adger by Leah Justice
Polk County commissioners agreed on Monday, Aug. 20 to spend $18,800 on engineering reports on the Turner Shoals Dam at Lake Adger. Polk County Manager Ryan
Whitson said the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) requires the county to perform a dam failure analysis and develop an emergency action plan. The state also requires a spillway design flood (SDF) on the dam, which was
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
built in 1925. The county is hiring AECOM Technical Services for the engineering services. The dam failure analysis and emergency action plan is esti(Continued on page 6)