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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 205
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
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Andrew Fletcher, formerly of Tryon, recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., as a member of the Firecracker Jazz Band, which has performed locally at Rogers Park. The Kennedy Center concert was part of a series focused on swing music. The Firecracker Jazz Band plays music from the 20s and 30s, primarily in the New Orleans jazz style.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 828-894-8203. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “We Care” is a weekly informal social group open to women coping with (Continued on page 2)
Firefighters battle the blaze that destroyed the clubhouse at Red Fox Country Club early Monday morning, Nov. 21. (photo by Leah Justice)
Morning fire destroys Red Fox clubhouse by Samantha Hurst/Leah Justice
A column of thick black smoke could be seen from downtown Landrum around 8:30 a.m. Monday morning as the clubhouse of Red Fox Country Club became engulfed in flames. “It’s just a mess,” said owner Gene Holbrooks as he watched the fire consume the building from a golf cart in the parking lot. “It just looked like a small fire when we got here but now
everything is gone. There were just so many memories inside that building,” Ann Holbrooks said. Eric Jackson, who has worked for the club for 11 years and whose father helped build the club, called for the fire department to come out around 10 minutes after 8 a.m. “I just opened the door and smoke came pouring out – it was just engulfed inside,” Jackson said.
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
Fire departments responded from all over Polk County and the area, including Columbus, Tryon, Green Creek and Mill Spring, along with the Campobello, Landrum and New Prospect fire departments. The fire spread quickly while tanker trucks came and went to fill up at the fire hydrant at the intersection of I-26 and Landrum (Continued on page 3)