Four candidates file for three Landrum council seats, page 4
Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 136
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Landrum schools in session Sean Joseph Sharp of Tryon graduated this summer from UNC Asheville with a bachelor of science in environmental studies, with a concentration in ecology and environmental biology. ••• Martha Ashley will give a Saluda Bus Tour Aug. 31 at 10 a.m. To take part in the tour you must sign up at the Saluda Center by Aug. 15.
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. The Meeting Place Senior Center, Monday activities include line dancing, 10 a.m., senior fitness, 11 a.m., bingo or bead class, 12:30 p.m. 828894-0001. Christian Fellowship Luncheon, TJ’s Cafe, Tryon, Mondays except holidays, noon (Continued on page 2)
Kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Barrett finishes last-minute touches on her classroom for the new school yer. Barrett, who will also teach Reading Recovery, was a second-grade teacher last year. (photo by Samantha Hurst)
Veteran teacher Sharon Miller stacked books in baskets inside her 4K classroom Friday, Aug. 12 while down the hall kindergarten teacher Elizabeth Barrett wrote out name tags and arranged tiny chairs under desks. Classes resume today at O.P. Earle Elementary, Landrum Middle and Landrum High Schools for the 2011-2012 school year. “We’re pretty excited to get started again,” said Miller, who’s been a teacher for the past 22 years. “I’m not sure who will be happier to be back, us or the kids.” While enrollment holds steady at about 500 students at O.P. Earle, Principal Nita High said the school did add an extra K5 teacher this year because of the increased (Continued on page 7)
Polk County classified under D1 drought Tryon records just 1.12 inches in July by Leah Justice
With just 1.12 inches of rain in July and the months of May and
June being below the five, seven and 10 year averages, Polk County is now classified as in a drought. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor of North Carolina, issued by the N.C. Drought Management
Advisory Council weekly, Polk County is currently classified as being under D1 drought conditions, which is one step more severe than (Continued on page 3)
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