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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 86 / No. 52
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Friday, April 12, 2013
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Community unites for detective’s daughter First benefit at Mountain View BBQ April 15 Polk County Board of Commissioners has rescheduled its meeting on April 15 to the following Monday, April 22. The board decided to change the meeting in order to hold public hearings on a proposed White Oak Development rezoning and proposed White Oak development agreement. The public hearings will begin at 6 p.m. and the regular meeting at 7 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room of the Womack building on April 22. Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
The Foothills Equestrian Nature Center (FENCE) horse trials April 12-14. Info: Margo Savage at redgate@ windstream.net or KC Betzel at betzelfarm@hotmail.com. For FENCE call 828-859-9021 or visit www.fence.org. (Continued on page 2)
by Leah Justice
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) has teamed up with local producer Brook Hannon and local celebrities Moonshiner Josh Owens and Bootleg Bill Canny to raise money for one of its own. Det. Sgt. BJ Bayne’s daughter, Heather Cash has Cushing’s disease and faces surgery to remove a second brain tumor next month. “I watched my daughter almost die in front of me,” Bayne said. “When she bled out 10 days after surgery… I mean, you hit your knees and tell God take me not her.” Cash, a 21-year-old student at USC Upstate, was diagnosed a year and a half ago with Cushing’s disease and underwent
Det. Sgt. BJ Bayne with Moonshiner Josh Owens. (photo by Leah Justice)
surgery to remove a tumor in her brain. Last month she went back to Emory Hospital in Georgia where she was diagnosed with another brain tumor. The surgery is of high risk but is Cash’s only option of survival as there
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Saluda meets with property owners to beautify Ozone Dr. by Leah Justice
The City of Saluda is currently looking to beautify Ozone Drive with a struggle between some who want to rework regulations and others who say more regulations could push out mom and pop stores and destroy the city’s
uniqueness. The Saluda Planning Board and city council members held a meeting Tuesday, April 9 and invited the approximate 40 property owners along Ozone Drive to discuss what the community wants for its entrance into town.
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is no cure for Cushing’s disease. The sheriff’s office held a press conference Wednesday, April 10 to announce its plans. The first benefit will be held on
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Sherry Adams, western North Carolina coordinator with the Small Town Main Street Program under the N.C. Department of Commerce, facilitated the meeting. (Continued on page 4)