Wolverines defeat Avery 28-7; Cardinals lose to Chesnee 17-0, ‘Sports,’ page 16
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 175
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
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White crowned PCHS homecoming queen
If you would like a chance to ask local candidates questions about this year’s hot election issues in the area, you’ll have an opportunity to do so this week. The Saluda Center will host a Meet the Candidate event on Thursday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. The primary focus will be on county commissioner candidates, but others will also attend. Everyone is welcome.
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. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 828-894-8203. The Meeting Place Senior Center, beginner/intermediate pilates, 8:30 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions and art (Continued on page 2)
Makenzie White (center) was crowned Polk County HIgh School Homecoming Queen on Friday, Oct. 5. Karen Bame (left) was named Maid of Honor, and Kara Overholt was crowned Miss Wolverine. Bame was escorted by her father, Pastor David Bame; White’s escort was her father, Chris White, and Overholt was escorted by Jacob Collins. (photo by Fulton Hampton)
House of Flags Museum hosts first-ever exhibit of Eisenhower flags Oct. 10-13 by Leah Justice
For the first time in history, all six flags from the White House during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s administration will be together in a single exhibit. The exhibit will be on view at the House of Flags Museum in Columbus from Oct. 10-13 from
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on those days. The flags will likely never be on exhibit again, according to Robert Williamson of the House of Flags. “I’m the only person who has ever examined these three presidential flags,” said Williamson. “Once they go out of this display
they will go back to vaults where they will probably never be seen again…. You’ve got to see them to believe them.” Eisenhower, the nation’s 34th president, was the only president in history to serve under three
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