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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 218
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, December 12, 2011
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Old Timey Christmas at Tryon Elem.
Chauncey Barber, a teacher at Polk County High School and sponsor of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program, asked that Harmon Brothers Dairy be recognized as a contributor that helped fund the FFA group’s recent trip to Indianapolis for the FFA National Convention. The business was left out of an earlier article about the trip.
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 include line dancing, 10 a.m., senior fitness, 11 a.m., bingo (Continued on page 2)
Tryon Elementary teacher Lynn Lance visits with Santa at the school’s “Old Timey Christmas” event held Thursday, Dec. 8. The event featured horse and buggy rides, bonfires and music by the Polk County Middle School eighth grade band, the Hostetler family, the Polk County Middle School/High School Chorus, Woody Cowan and Carey Upton’s band, as well as carols by fifth grade students. (photo by Leah Justice)
Payments incomplete for Simone sculpture Fundraising ongoing by Leah Justice
Donations toward the Nina Simone Plaza in downtown Tryon, which features a sculpture of the famous Tryon-born singer, have slowed to the point
that Frudakis Studio, Inc. is still owed $55,000. Frudakis Studio prepared the statue for the plaza dedication on Feb. 21, 2010. So far, the studio has been paid $51,000 of the total $106,000 contract price. Frudakis Studio President Rosalie Frudakis said
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the company was originally paid $45,000, and it owed the foundry $65,000 for the casting work. “We weren’t only not paid for our work but were left owing money,” Frudakis said. “We had (Continued on page 4)