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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 164
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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All in the bear family by Leah Justice and Barbara Tilly
The descendants of William W. (Henry) and Mary A. Gord Metcalf will hold the family’s annual reunion on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Tryon Second Baptist Church Fellowship building. Fellowship begins at 4 p.m. and dinner at 5 p.m. All family and friends are invited. Paper products will be provided.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assistance program, 9 a.m. - noon. 828-894-0001. (Continued on page 2)
It’s not all that uncommon for Tryon residents to come across a bear in their yard these days, but one part-time Tryon couple has gotten to know a whole family of bears over the past couple of years. Harriet and Carlisle Hewitt, who have a home on Melrose Mountain, have become so familiar with a family of five bears that they have given the animals names. The bears frequent their property and their deck. One bear recently damaged their screen door in an attempt to enter the home. Harriet Hewitt speaks of the family as if they are her children. Carlisle said he has a different opinion, because he is the one who has had to take (Continued on page 3)
Birdie, one of the bears that visit Harriet and Carlisle Hewitt on Melrose Mountain. The Hewitts said they think Birdie is the mother of Little Bess and Big Bubba, who are the parents of new cubs BoBo and BeBe. (photo submitted by Harriet Hewitt)
Paving of main road in Silver Creek Community scheduled to begin this week Residents pay for grading work by Leah Justice
Things are looking up in the Silver Creek Community, thanks to actions taken by residents of
the subdivision or neighborhood and reactions from the county and state. Silver Creek residents heard during a N.C. Department of Transportation (DOT) meeting Thursday, Sept. 15 that the pav-
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
ing of Bishop Lane, the commu-
nity’s main road, is scheduled to begin this week. The community also recently paid to have some roads graded (Continued on page 4)