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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 241
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Friday, January 14, 2011
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38-year adventure draws to a close Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include Movie Matinee, 10 a.m. Bingo, 12:30 p.m. 828-8940001. Saluda Center Friday events: chair exercise, 10 a.m.; Game Day, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. American Legion Post 250 weekly Bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free. “We Are the Dream: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,” a story of a hero, sung and told by the community. At the Tryon Fine Arts Center Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. and Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. Free admission. Donations accepted. For information call 828-859-8322.
Saturday
Polk County Historical Association Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free.
Sunday
FENCE kicks off its annual series of Family Concerts on Sunday, Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. with the quintet Dashboard Blue. (Continued on page 2)
Mitzi Lindsey retires from Tryon Riding & Hunt Club by Gloria Underwood, Ph.D.
When the horses round the bend at the 65th Block House Steeplechase Races Mitzi Lindsey expects to feel somewhat out of place. For the first time in 38 years, she’ll watch from a front row box as a spectator instead of being the woman running things behind the scenes. Miriam “Mitzi” Lindsey began working for the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club (TR&HC) in 1972, when the office was located in Oak Hall Hotel. (Continued on page 3)
Mitzi Lindsey
DOT: Secondary roads should be clear today Longest school closing for snow since 1993 blizzard by Leah Justice
Accumulation of snow on Monday, Jan. 10 wasn’t the worst the area has ever seen, but temperatures that have stayed below freezing and kept ice on the roads have trapped many residents in their homes.
Polk County schools have been closed all week and were likely not going to be open again today, making it probably the longest school closing causing by weather since the blizzard of 1993. The N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) has been working 24 hour shifts all week and were hopeful that all secondary roads would be clear by today, possibly by Thursday
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
afternoon, Jan. 13. Main roads and interstates were cleared early in the week. The Polk County DOT has been working its 11 trucks and one grader 24 hours a day, with 15 employees (12 working the roads) during the day and eight employees working nights, according to Polk County DOT supervisor Thomas Hall. (Continued on page 4)