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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 204
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
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PCMS Students get chromebooks
The Tryon/Landrum area is the feature story in the November issue of Charleston Magazine. The cover features the area’s rich fox hunting history with a full feature story about the annual Fox Hunt brunch at the Red Horse Inn. You can view the story at charlestonmag.com/charleston_magazine/feature/art_of_ the_chase.
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. Beginning Stained Glass, Stained glass art class at the Mill Spring Ag Center. The class will be led by Dot Pierce through (Continued on page 2)
Polk County Middle School (PCMS) sixth graders are making good use of the school’s newly purchased Chromebooks. Students in Mrs. Scherping’s English Language Arts class used the Google Chromebooks to research Archaic and Paleo cultures of North America. Students accessed information on their assigned cultures, took notes, recorded the citation information, and then put their notes onto graphic organizers. They used the organized information to write a thesis statement and a report on their research. Pictured above is Galen Sachse, Caleb Potter, Brayshun Simpson and Cierra Tripp. (photos submitted by Carlann Scherping)
Sugar maples to replace courthouse trees Sugar maple planted after WWII by Leah Justice
After having to remove Bradford Pear trees in front of the
Polk County Courthouse due to breakage, the Town of Columbus will soon plant Sugar Maples. Columbus Town Council met Thursday, Nov. 15 and heard
from town manager Jonathan Kanipe that the stumps were to be grinded over the weekend and he and Polk County Coop(Continued on page 3)
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