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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 242
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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Sheriff’s office, Tryon Fire Department to hold first soup kitchen Saturday, Jan. 21 by Leah Justice
Janet Sciacca, executive director of the Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce, said NBC contacted her and said “America’s Got Talent” is casting for its seventh season and will host an open-call audition in Charlotte, N.C. on Feb. 2 and 3. For more information, contact Sciacca at the chamber at 828-859-6236.
With more and more families finding themselves in need of financial and food assistance, the Tryon Fire Department and Polk County Sheriff’s Office is
organizing soup kitchens to help feed the community and to raise money for future soup kitchens. The first soup kitchen will be held on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Tryon Fire Department. Soups
will be made by sheriff’s office employees and given away to anyone who needs it. Donations for the sheriff’s office’s needy (Continued on page 4)
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.; bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; medication assistance program, (Continued on page 2)
A bowl by woodcrafter Chris Carroll (left) and “Grasslands 2,” by ceramic artist Jim Cullen (right) are among the items that will be on display in the Earthen Creations show at Tryon Arts and Crafts School. An opening reception for the show will be held Friday, Jan. 20 from 6-8 p.m. (photos submitted by Christine Mariotti)
Pottery, wood show opens Jan. 21 at TACS Reception at TACS Jan. 20, 6-8 p.m. The gallery at Tryon Arts and Crafts School will be transformed into a Zen garden for the new show opening on Saturday,
Jan. 21. Earthen Creations, works in pottery and wood, will be part of an Asian environment consisting of a sand and rock garden, oriental plants and Ikebana arrangements by Judy
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
Melton. The art pieces and environment will be unveiled at the reception for the show on Friday, Jan. 20 from 6-8 p.m. Several newcomers to the (Continued on page 6)