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Friday, December 28, 2012
• Year in review
as a great place to live and work in order to entice new companies and new workers to move here. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration The Thermal Belt Friendship Council presented its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Tryon Fine Arts Center. This year’s program featured “Women of the Civil Rights Movement,” as brought to life by Michelle Miller (Fannie Lou Hamer), Eleanor Miller (Dorothy Height) and Tamieea Brown (Ella Baker). Also added to the program were the Eternity Dancers from Asheville. Polk County High senior Kari Malkki was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship. Polk sheriff’s office purchases new drug dog The Polk REVIEW County Sheriff’s Office purchased Kimbo, a 4-year-old male Belgian Malinois, with $11,500 of drug seizure money. Sheriff’s officer Jared McFalls trained him to assist in narcotics operations, handler protection and tracking. Three meth labs found in Mill Spring woods The Polk County Sheriff’s Office discovered three meth lab sites on Monday, Jan. 9 in the woods in Mill Spring. After going four years without a methamphetamine lab, Polk County uncovered six sites in five months by January. Landrum swears in new council members Mayor Robert Briggs swore in returning and new council members. Taking their oath of office were Joyce Whiteside and Jon Matheis, incumbents; and Johnny Carruth. Tryon artist wins international sculpture contest on Fine Art America Tryon artist Pauline Ross won a sculpture contest on Fine Art America and received six months’ exposure in the UK publication “Competition Zone.” Joey Davis appointed as in-
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Tryon announced the acquisition of 24.72 acres of land on Vaughn Creek from Donald Lewis Smith and Robert Lewis. This effort had been a project of the Tryon Parks Committee since October 2005. Funding for the project came from grants from the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund and the Marjorie M. & Lawrence R. Bradley Endowment Fund of Polk County Community Foundation. Walend appointed to fill Guice’s seat in N.C. House Trudi Walend was appointed to replace former state Rep. David Guice of District 113, who resigned in December 2011 after being selected by Gov. Beverly Perdue to run the state’s new pro- YEAR IN bation system. Walend lost the re-election in November 2012 to Chris Whitmire who will now fill the seat. Tryon fires town manager The Town of Tryon terminated town manager Justin Hembree during an emergency meeting Jan. 3. Mayor Pro-tem Roy Miller said the new town board wanted to go in a different direction. After two weeks of debate over a procedural mistake in the way Hembree was fired, council took another vote Jan. 12 to make the move official. 11-year-old accidentally shot An 11-year-old Polk County boy was treated for a gunshot wound Jan. 2 after his 14-year-old brother accidentally shot him, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The boy was transported to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, where he was expected to make a full recovery, according to sheriff reports. “Welcome to Polk County” video premiered The Polk County Economic Development and Tourism Commission premiered its “Welcome to Polk County” video at the Polk County Commissioner meeting Jan. 9. The video touts Polk County
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