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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 160
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, September 17, 2012
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Humane Society’s Winston graduates as service dog with K9s for Warriors A public hearing on the Polk County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will be held tonight (Monday, Sept. 17) at 7 p.m. at the Polk County High School auditorium. Residents who have questions for commissioners are asked to submit them in writing either at the start of the meeting or during business hours on Monday to planning@polknc. org.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. Saluda Center, Mondays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; line dancing, 12:30 p.m.; Saluda Duplicate Bridge, 1:30 p.m. 828-749-9245. For more activities, email saludacenter@ hotmail.com or visit www. saluda.com. (Continued on page 2)
Winston, a Foothills Humane Society (FHS) Labrador retriever, recently came in as a stray and qualified to be trained as a service dog with K9s for Warriors, an Assistance Dogs International (ADI) candidate organization in Florida (see the story in the Aug. 8 Bulletin). FHS officials said they planned to write several additional stories, following Winston through his training and eventually his graduation and being a full-fledged service dog for a military member or a veteran. However, Winston was (Continued on page 4)
Right: Winston with John, the veteran he was matched with in the K9s for Warriors program. (photo submitted by Sev Bennett)
Polk to sponsor new Green River Games by Leah Justice
The majority of Polk County commissioners agreed to spend $10,000 of occupancy tax money to sponsor a new event called the Green River Games. Event organizer John Grace of AMONGSTiT gave a presentation about the event to commis-
sioners Monday, Sept. 10 at the Polk County Middle School. Commissioner chair Ray Gasperson, vice-chair Renée McDermott and commissioner Cindy Walker approved sponsoring the games and commissioner Tom Pack voted against the sponsorship. Commissioner Ted Owens
was absent. The county’s economic and tourism development commission (ETDC) supports the county’s sponsorship and has agreed to add an additional $3,500 from its budget for a total of $13,500
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