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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 86 / No. 28
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, March 11, 2013
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Hospice quilt block installed
The Town of Tryon incorporated on this day, March 11, 1885. ••• Howard Greene of Tryon is the longest attendee at the Block House Steeplechase based on attendance records kept by Tryon Riding & Hunt Club. Greene helped to sell tickets at the very first race in 1947. To find out more about the 67th-annual Block House Steeplechase visit blockhouseraces. com or call 828-863-0480.
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, Mondays, chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; line dance, 12:30 p.m.; Saluda Duplicate Bridge, 1:30 p.m. 828(Continued on page 2)
Brannon Poore of JB Trees puts the finishing touches on the installation of the Rays of Hope quilt block at the Hospice Thrift Barn. This block, the seventh on the Foothills Quilt Trail in Landrum, was provided with a grant from the Mary F. Kessler Fund at the Polk County Community Foundation. The block, Rays of Hope, was chosen to represent that, through adversity, hope is always present. Carol Doak, an internationallyrecognized quilter, designed the block. (photo submitted by Ellen Henderson)
Polk hears alternative to trapping furbearers Bill passed first reading in Senate by Leah Justice
As House Bill 33/S80 is moving up the N.C. Legislation ladder to repeal a law prohibiting steel
trapping of furbearers, some Polk County residents continue to research other ways to rid the county of nuisance animals. The Polk County Board of Commissioners met March 4 and heard from Deborah Odonnell,
who told commissioners about the Beaver Management Assistance Program (BMAP), which is run by the USDA Wildlife Services. Meanwhile on March 4, House (Continued on page 4)
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