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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 180
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Friday, October 14, 2011
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Polk now certified as ‘entrepreneurial-ready’ Markers located on US 74 at county line and state line of I-26 by Leah Justice
Polk County and Advantage West officials unveiled a sign on U.S. 74 on Wednesday, Oct. 12 marking Polk as a Certified Entrepreneurial Community (CEC). In addition to the U.S. 74 sign, located at the Polk/Rutherford county line, another sign was placed on I-26 at the N.C./S.C. state line. Polk County is one of fewer than 10 communities to be designated as a CEC. The CEC program is currently unique to Western North Carolina, but other states have recently expressed interest in developing the certification. Ambrose Mills, former Polk County Economic Development Commission chair and CEC team leader, said the certification is an assessment of the county’s resources, or a blueprint for how the county will seek economic development in the coming years. “Polk County has always been a beautiful and welcoming community,” Mills said in the Advantage (Continued on page 10)
If your children want to play Polk Recreation basketball, take note: Today is the last day to register for the Polk County Recreation Department’s basketball season for firstsixth graders. Forms received after Friday, Oct. 14 will incur a $15 late fee. No forms will be accepted after Oct. 21.
Officials unveil a new sign identifying Polk County as a Certified Entrepreneurial Community on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Front row from left: Polk County Economic Tourism Development Commission (ETDC) Chair Craig Hilton, Polk County Manager Ryan Whitson, former Polk County Economic Development Commission Chair Ambrose Mills, Polk County ETDC Director Libbie Johnson and Certified Entrepreneurial Community Team Leader JoAnn Miksa-Blackwell. Back row from left: Advantage West CEO Scott Hamilton and Polk County Agricultural Economic Development Director Lynn Sprague. (photo by Lindy Wicklund)
Double the homecoming fun PCHS, LHS celebrate homecoming tonight Two parades, two queens, two games – tonight will buzz with more than the ordinary Friday football excitement, because tonight is homecoming for both Polk County High School (PCHS) and Landrum High School (LHS).
tion of spirit week activities at both schools and will feature one parade in Columbus and another in Landrum. Both PCHS and LHS will crown their homecoming queen at halftime of tonight’s football games. Polk will face Thomas Jefferson, and Landrum will play SCS. Both games will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The festivities will be the culmina-
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