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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 156
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, September 9, 2011
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Celebrate the ‘good old days’ Green Creek Heritage Festival set for tomorrow, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. by Barbara Tilly
If you would like a glimpse of what it was like to live in the area 100 years ago, plan to visit the 13th annual Green Creek Heritage Festival Saturday, Sept. 10. The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Green Creek Community Center, located at 534 Coxe Road in Green Creek. “The festival offers the community and visitors a day of fun that depicts life in Green Creek 100 years ago,” said festival organizer Krista Haynes. “We’ll have demonstrations of old-time skills such as blacksmithing, basket-weaving and spinning, displays of antiques, crafts for sale, historical information about the area, a parade, a firemen’s barrel roll competition and lots more.” The parade has increased in participants each year. Any civic club, church, school organization or scout troop that would like to participate can register with Francine Costner at 828-863-4065. The finale to the parade is the popular “Firemen’s Barrel Roll Competition,” featuring local fire departments (Continued on page 3)
Krista Haynes and James Metcalf, organizers of the Green Creek Heritage Festival to be held Saturday, Sept. 10, were guests on WSPA-TV’s “Your Carolina” on Thursday, Sept. 8. Jack Roper, one of the hosts on the show, will perform a magic show at the festival.
A craftswoman demonstrates spinning at last year’s Green Creek Heritage Festival. Crafts, antiques, a parade, entertainment and a firemen’s barrel roll competition are among the features at this year’s festival to be held Saturday, Sept. 10. (photos by staff photographer)
Mobile unit more than doubles Polk County recycling tonnage by Leah Justice
In July 2007, about 100 residents joined in a grassroots effort to increase recycling efforts in Polk County and the effort has paid off in terms of tonnage recycled since then. Polk residents have doubled the
amount of materials recycled since 2008-2009, most notably since a mobile recycling unit was established. The Polk County Board of Commissioners met Tuesday, Sept. 6 and
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
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