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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 225
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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Fifth grader’s fascination with French horn O.P. Earle student plays for Living Christmas Tree The offices of Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry will be closed between Friday, Dec. 23 and Tuesday, Dec. 27. They will reopen at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Additionally, Outreach will be closed Friday, Dec. 30 and Monday, Jan. 2, re-opening Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 9 a.m. Individual agencies with clients facing an emergency can still contact Outreach offices on Dec. 30.
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. - noon. The Meeting Place Senior Center Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian club meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m.; (Continued on page 2)
It all began in 2009 when a nine-year-old boy didn’t want to go to his brother’s baseball practice. The alternative was to go with his mom, who was playing in the orchestra of the Living Christmas Tree at Berea First Baptist Church in Greenville, S.C. The only place he could sit was in the orchestra pit on the step next to the French hornist, Paula Riddle, professor of French horn at Furman University. Isaiah Adderholdt, a student at O.P. Earle Elementary in Landrum, said he fell in love with the French horn at that moment and began asking for (Continued on page 3)
Isaiah Adderholdt with Doreen Magaha, Debbie Belue, Carolyn Hatchette, Cecilia England at Berea Baptist Church in Greenville, S.C. Adderholdt played second horn in the church’s Living Christmas Tree Orchestra recently. (photo submitted by Dawn Lynch)
Columbus now allows yard sale signs by Leah Justice
Columbus residents can now display up to four signs for yard, garage or estate sales. Such signs were previously not allowed within the town limits. Columbus Town Council met Thursday, Dec. 15 and approved an amendment to the town’s
temporary sign ordinance. Yard, garage and estate sale signs can be placed no earlier than 24 hours prior to the sale and they must be removed no later than 12 p.m. the day after the sale. The town will allow one on-premise sign and no more than three off-premise signs for a sale. Each sign must not
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exceed 3 square feet, according to the new ordinance. The ordinance also specifies that the address of the person holding the sale must be placed on the signs. Some council members dis(Continued on page 4)