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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 86 / No. 83
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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Campaign launches to pay off Simone sculpture $55k still owed by Leah Justice
The Pacolet Area Conservancy (PAC) will hold a native plant sale to benefit conservation, Wednesday and Thursday, May 29-30 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the PAC office, 850 North Trade Street in Tryon. All plants are native to the area and are being rescued by PAC and the Tryon Garden Club from a building site. Some of the species for sale will include: Solomon’s Seal, Dwarf-crested Iris and Black Cohosh. Info: 828-859-5060 or e-mail landprotection@pacolet.org. 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, 10 a.m.; bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. House of Flags Museum, (Continued on page 2)
Always Tryon has initiated a campaign to raise money over the summer to finish paying for the Nina Simone sculpture. The sculptor is still owed $55,000 for the statue, which sits in the Nina Simone plaza in downtown Tryon. Always Tryon, a citizen and business group that was formed last summer to initiate economic development downtown, sent out a letter last week detailing the campaign. “When citizens concerned about Tryon’s future met in July last summer, an issue for many was the remaining payment owed on the Nina Simone statue,” states the letter, signed by Tryon Mayor Alan Peoples, Tryon Downtown Development Association (TDDA) chair Steve Cobb and Always Tryon Steering Committee’s Jim Wright.“After several months of gathering facts and discussing (Continued on page 4)
ReAnna Kelly, granddaughter of Nina Simone, recently visited Tryon with her mother Simone (Lisa Kelly), for the first time since she was a baby. While in town they visited her grandmother’s statue and one of the homes Nina grew up in. Simone and ReAnna were in town as guests of Crys Armbrust. (photo by Samantha Hurst)
Recreation pool/summer camp fees remain same this year Polk County residents will commissioners originally disCommissioners task not see any fee increases for the cussed adjusting the fees in an recreation board for recreation’s summer day camp or attempt to partially make up an pool fees this summer. estimated $25,000 deficit at Gibfee adjustments by Leah Justice
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