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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 172
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, October 3, 2011
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Tryon Arts and Crafts wraps up 10-day guitar workshop Experience enriches students, leads to new career by Samantha Hurst
Guitars inside the Tryon Arts and Crafts workshop glistened from a freshly dried shellacking Friday, Sept. 30 as students in Gerald Anderson’s 10-day guitarbuilding workshop made finishing touches on their instruments. “It’s all been very exciting for me because I’ve never done anything like this,” said student Norma Henson, as she selected cosmetic details and prepared to place strings. Norma, or “New Hampshire” as one classmate jokingly called her after she inlayed her initials “N. H” to personalize her guitar, said she felt a real sense of pride in the accomplishment. (Continued on page 3)
Dan Henson and wife, Norma, work on final touches for their new guitars on the final day of the Tryon Arts and Crafts guitar-building workshop given by Gerald Anderson. (photo by Samantha Hurst)
A new church, True Faith Baptist, has opened on Ozone Drive (in the old sugar shack building) in Saluda. Services are held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. The pastor of the church is the Reverend Randy Darley.
Tryon fire department receives about $168k in grant funding Department to buy new command vehicle by Leah Justice
The Tryon Fire Department has been awarded up to $168,000 in grant funding, which will help the department
recruit and retain volunteers, purchase air packs and a new command vehicle. Tryon Town Council met Tuesday, Sept. 27 and approved budget amendments accepting the grants. The fire (Continued on page 7)
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