Election
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Tryon Daily Bulletin
Day 2010
Vol. 83 / No. 191
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Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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Trick or treat twins 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, 7 a.m. to noon. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills daytime grief support group, first Tuesday each month, noon, Hospice Center behind St. Luke’s Hospital. For anyone grieving the death of a loved one. No charge to attend; newcomers welcome. 828-894-7000, 800-617-7132, sslater@hocf.org. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 894-8203. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, We Care informal social group for women coping with loss. Open to newcomers, Tuesdays, 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon. Shannon Slater, 828894-7000. The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m., Bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., (Continued on page 2)
Pumpkin twins Sophie and Zoey Bautista (above) and doggie twins Starr and Skyee Jackson (right) had twice the fun at Tryon’s Halloween Stroll last Friday. See pp. 3 and 6 for more Halloween photos. (photos by Leah Justice)
More than 4,000 early votes cast in Polk Polls open today 6:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. by Leah Justice
Before election day polls even opened, more than 4,000 Polk County voters, or 27 percent of the county's 14,923 registered voters, had already cast their ballots. Early voting, which ended Saturday, gave voters a couple
of weeks to beat the crowds at the polls on election day. There were three early voting locations in Polk this year: the Polk County Board of Elections Office, the Mill Spring Fire Department and the Green Creek Community Center. Early voters could also register and then vote on the same visit. During early voting this year, Polk County had 85 new
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
voter registrations, according to unofficial totals. Polk County tallied 4,054 early votes, according to unofficial results from the Polk County Board of Elections Office. The early vote totals do not include absentee ballots. Of the total, 2,890 residents voted at the board of elections office, 656 voted at the Green (Continued on page 4)