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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 169
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, September 28, 2012
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‘Where the buffalo roam’
Tryon Fine Arts Center officials said volunteers will be on hand Saturday, Sept. 29 to help Tryon Gallery Trot visitors and those who are attending the performance of “Oldest Living Confederate Widow” with parking and negotiating the entrance to the building. Officials said they are excited about the facelift the front of the building is currently undergoing, and they want to minimize any inconvenience to the center’s patrons while the work is being done..
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.; NA Meeting, 8 p.m. For more activities, email saludacenter@ hotmail.com or visit www. saluda.com. The Meeting Place Senior (Continued on page 2)
Buffalo graze in a field at Nelon Knoll Farm, one of the stops on the PolkFresh Farm Tour held Saturday, Sept. 22. (photo submitted by Mindy Wiener)
Fork Creek Road to get guardrail next year DOT announces 2013 secondary road plan by Leah Justice
The N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) has made installing a guardrail along Fork Creek Road in Saluda one of its top priorities for secondary road funding in Polk County next year.
The DOT held a public hearing Monday, Sept. 24 with Polk County commissioners to hear public comments regarding the state’s plan for secondary road improvements in 2013. A group of residents requested that the state install a guardrail along a section of Fork Creek Road because they said they feared vehicles could drop off a large embankment. County
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
commissioners also approved a resolution in support of the state installing a guardrail there. Costs for the Fork Creek guardrail installation are estimated at $165,000, with about half of the funding having been obtained. DOT district engineer Steve Cannon said the guardrail project did not qualify for spot (Continued on page 4)