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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 191
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, October 31, 2011
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Columbus resident: ‘Town should do same for all’ on sign enforcement by Leah Justice
The Polk County Health Department will hold a children’s flu clinic Nov. 3 from 2 – 7 p.m. The clinic is for children ages 6 months to 18 years old. Flu vaccines are free to the following children: Medicaid, American Indian, Alaskan Native uninsured and under-insured. If the child does not meet the preceding requirements, a small fee is charged. Participants are asked to bring the child’s Medicaid, Health Choice, BCBS card and social security card.
Columbus resident Becky Bell recently told town council she feels discriminated against with regard to yard sale signs. At a council meeting Oct. 20, she said her signs are always
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taken down, while other signs throughout the town are not. Bell said she lives on the same street as a council member, which may be why her signs are taken down more than others, but that’s not fair.
Bell said she thought she had a solution to the problem and used balloons once, but an officer came to take those down as well. “One week after my bal(Continued on page 4)
Halloween whimsy
Farmers hope for increased education by Samantha Hurst
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Mondays, Harmon Field/Tryon, 7 a.m. - noon. Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m., bridge, 10 a.m., 828-749-9245. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com. (Continued on page 2)
Members of a local community supported agriculture, or CSA, group converged at LEAP Farm, owned by Lee and April Mink, Oct. 23 to revel in a bounty of food from the summer growing season. They also gathered to discover more about an opportunity to be a part of the global Slow Food movement. “Slow Food strives to be everything fast food is not,” said Carol Lynn Jackson, owner of Manna Cabanna, a local organic (Continued on page 5)
This Halloween pumpkin creation was brought to Bill Larnder, owner of Brother Bill’s Barbecue in Tryon. The creature even has a moustache. (photo submitted by Erin Carmichael)
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