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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 84 / No. 246
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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PCHS gets plaque from N.C. Highway Patrol
Tryon Estates celebrated its 400th Skype call this week. Tryon Estates started offering Skype calls in WillowBrooke Court in January 2010. The community started coordinating seven to 10 calls a month, and now schedules 10 - 15 calls each week.
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. Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, “We Care” is a weekly informal social group open to women coping with loss. The group meets at 9 a.m. at TJ’s Cafe in Tryon and is open to newcomers. For more information, contact Shannon Slater at 828-894-7000, 800617-7132 or sslater@hocf.org. The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities (Continued on page 2)
The N.C. Highway Patrol recently gave Polk County High School a wooden plaque in recognition for all the support the school has given the highway patrol though the years. Shown here are Mary Feagan, PCHS principal; Brandon Schweitzer, assistant principal; Pat McCool, assistant athletic director; N.C. Highway Patrol Troopers William Hemphill, Darryl Bailey and Matt Stawbridge. Stawbridge went to Polk County Schools and is now stationed here. (photo submitted by N.C. Highway Patrol)
Tryon to demolish four Eastside structures Town looks to handle some demolition in-house by Leah Justice
After approximately a decade of Tryon residents watching a number of structures in the Eastside community become increas-
ingly dilapidated, four of those structures can now be torn down. Tryon Town Council met Tuesday, Jan. 17 and approved ordinances to demolish structures at 366 East Howard Street, 351 East Howard Street and 123 Cleveland Road, as well as a structure on Shepard Street with no address but tax identification
of T1-D10. The process to demolish the structures has been long, with several attempts over the years to contact property owners, many being heirs who live out of state. Mayor pro-tem Roy Miller has asked the town for years to take (Continued on page 4)
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