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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 165
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Columbus Police Department gets grant to add motorcycle to fleet The opening party for Pat Cole-Ferullo and Dom Ferullo’s Fine Art Gallery has been moved from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8, to coincide with the Tryon Gallery Trot that evening from 5 - 8 p.m.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, old Searcy Mill parking lot, Hwy. 108, Columbus. Saluda Center Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m.; 828-749-9245. The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities include ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; art class, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute session for young children and care givers includes music, nursery rhymes, action poems (Continued on page 2)
Grant hits home for motorcycle enthusiast chief by Leah Justice
The Columbus Police Department will be the first in the area to add a motorcycle to its fleet. Columbus Police Chief Chris Beddingfield said he is especially excited to receive this grant because he is a lifetime motorcycle racer and enthusiast. Columbus Town Council met Thursday, Sept. 15 and accepted a $36,950 grant from the N.C. Governor’s Highway Safety Program for the purchase of a motorcycle. The grant is 100 percent funded by the state, requiring no (Continued on page 4)
Columbus Police Chief Chris Beddingfield “drags a knee” through the corner this year at a “track day” at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, S.C. (photo submitted)
Polk Wellness Center receives $50,000 in grants from community foundation by Barbara Tilly
The Polk Wellness Center recently received three grants from the Polk County Community Foundation totaling $50,000. According to the center’s director, Jim Nagi, the funds will help the center fulfill its mission to help residents receive needed
health care. “These grants will allow us to provide services to a lot more people in the county who are underserved or underinsured,” Nagi said. “The funds will make it possible for the center to take the next step in its growth.” The community foundation’s
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
Startup Continuation grant of $30,000 is designed to help with operational, medical and other expenses involved in starting up and building the organization. The funds are unrestricted, so they can be used for whatever (Continued on page 7)