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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 204
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, November 21, 2011
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Third meth lab busted in Polk this year Suspect recently sentenced for Grover break-ins by Leah Justice
Lennie’s Kids Stop and Shop event will take place Saturday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m.4 p.m. at Foothills Humane Society’s Pavilion. Many items will be for sale: horse, dog and cat supplies including flea medicines and shampoos; jewelry; scarves and more donated from the community. There will not be any price tags, Lennie just asks that you give whatever is in your heart to give for each item.
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. Saluda Center, Tuesdays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m., bridge, 10 a.m., 828-749-9245. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com. The Meeting Place Senior Center Monday activities in(Continued on page 2)
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) busted the third meth lab this year in Polk County on Thursday, Nov. 17. Officers were on the scene cleaning up chemicals used in making methamphetamine most of Friday, Nov. 18. The lab was discovered at 191 Flat Rock Hill Road in the Lynn community. Timothy William McCurry, of 191 Flat Rock Hill Road, Lynn, was arrested and charged with felony possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver a schedule II controlled substance, according to sheriff’s office reports. (Continued on page 6)
Officers clean up a meth lab that was discovered Nov. 17 at 191 Flat Rock Hill Road in Lynn. (photo by Leah Justice)
Businessweek names Tryon ‘Best Place To Raise Your Kids in North Carolina’ Bloomberg Businessweek Thursday, Nov. 17 named Tryon as the “Best Place To Raise Your Kids in North Carolina.” “A cute resort town in the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Tryon has much more bang for the buck than you’d expect
from a population of 1,716,” said the Businessweek article. Each year the news magazine analyzes a variety of data, including family income, test scores and cultural opportunities, to determine the best places for kids to grow up in each state in
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
the country. Mayor Alan Peoples said for more than a decade now he has said that Tryon has everything parents need to raise kids. “I have always said it is sim(Continued on page 3)