Landrum gets first win of season; Polk loses to Madison, ‘Sports,’ page 10
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 161
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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Unchained Tour storytellers in Tryon
The Friends of Agriculture Breakfasts will resume tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 19. Participants will meet from 7-8 a.m. at the 4-H Center on Locust Street in Columbus. This week, cooperative extension director John Vining will speak about the history and the impact of the Farmland Preservation Committee. Open and free to all.
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, beginner/intermediate pilates, 8:30 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions and art class, 10 a.m.; Let’s move... Let’s move dance, 10:30 a.m.; bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-8940001. House of Flags Museum, (Continued on page 2)
The Unchained Tour’s ‘72 Bluebird school bus arrived in Tryon on Sunday, Sept. 16, bringing world-celebrated storytellers for a performance at Sunnydale. Among the performers were Neil Gaiman, Edgar Oliver and Peter Aguero. The Unchained Tour is the brainchild of novelist George Dawes Green. In 1997, Green founded the Moth, a series of storytelling nights in New York City. The new “Moth on the Radio” program on NPR reaches more than 200 radio stations and is the recipient of a 2010 Peabody Award. The Unchained Tour is inspired by the Moth but not affiliated with the program other than by the shared founder and celebration of storytelling. The tour’s mission is to celebrate independent bookstores and to spread the message that storytelling should be the heart, the vital center, of every community. (photo by David Widdicombe)
Landrum approves 2012-2013 budget by Leah Justice
The City of Landrum has a new budget that includes no tax increases and a raise for fulltime employees. Landrum City Council met Tuesday, Sept. 11 and held a public hearing prior to approv-
ing the budget for fiscal year 2012-13, which begins Oct. 1. The budget includes an increase in tax revenues from the current budget of $502,910 to an estimated $550,000 next year. As of May, Landrum had received $533,337 in tax rev-
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
enue for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The increase for employees will be the first increase since 2011. The increase will cost the city approximately $23,000. (Continued on page 4)