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COMMUNITY COMMUNITY CALENDAR CALENDAR Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Thursdays, 7 a.m. - noon, corner of Hampton Court and Hwy. 108. “Strut Your Style,” The Friendship Circle, a women’s committee benefitting Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, is preparing for their spring luncheon/fashion show on May 9. It will again be held at the Piedmont Club in Spartanburg. Saluda Center, Thursday activities: knitting group, 9:30 a.m.; gentle Yin Yoga, 5:30 p.m. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www. saluda.com. The Meeting Place Senior Center Thursday activities include medication assistance, 9 a.m.-noon; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; devotions, 10 a.m.; bingo or movie, 12:30 p.m.; grocery shopping, 1 p.m.; yoga, 6 p.m. 828-894-0001. House of Flags Museum, open Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus. Landrum Library, Lap Babies, 10 a.m., 20- 25 minute ses-
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sion for young children and care givers includes music, nursery rhymes, action poems and short books. Storytime at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers includes books, music and fingerplays. Call 828457-2218. Polk County Historical Association Museum open Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. AA open discussion meeting, Happy, Joyous and Free, noon on Thursdays, Columbus United Methodist Church, 76 N. Peak Street, across from Stearns gym. Rotary Club of Tryon, meets every Thursday at noon at Tryon Presbyterian Church on Harmon Field Rd. Tryon Tailgate Market, every Thursday, 4-6:30 p.m., until November. All items are grown or made in Polk County. Al-Anon: Foothills Come to Believe Thursdays, 7 p.m., Polk Wellness Center, 155 W. Mills St., Suite 202, Columbus. Green Creek Community Center Zumba exercise class, Thursdays 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., in gym. Mill Spring VFW Post 10349 bingo, Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. (year round). 828-894-5098. NAMI support group, Thursdays, 7 - 8 p.m. in the blue room of Tryon Presbyterian Church, located on Harmon Field Road in Tryon. The group, sponsored by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), is for anyone feeling anxious or depressed and those with a diagnosis of a mental illness. All conversations are confidential. No charge. 828-817-0382. Republican General Member Meeting Republican headquarters, 33 Peak S., Columbus. 7 p.m. 828894-2520. Alcoholics Anonymous Thursdays, 8 p.m., CooperRiis, Mill Spring. 828-859-7099.
Friday
Saluda Center, Friday events: chair exercise, 9:30 a.m.; Trash Train, 10 a.m.; NA Meeting, 8 p.m. For more activities, email saludacenter@hotmail.com or visit www.saluda.com. Sculpture 2013, Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) announces
Friday, May 10, 2013
LOCAL WEATHER Forecast:
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Tomorrow
Moon Phase
Today: Isolated t-storms, with 30 percent chance of rain. High 81, low 61. Saturday: Scattered Isolated t-storms/Scattered t-storms t-storms, with 60 percent chance of rain. High 76, low 58. Sunday: AM clouds/PM sun, with 20 percent chance of rain. High 75, low 47. Monday: Sunny, with no chance of rain. High 69, low 44. Wednesday’s weather was: High 72, low 58, 0.08 inches of rain.
Sculpture 2013, a juried regional sculpture exhibition and sale, open from May 3 - 30. The Meeting Place Senior Center Friday activities include movie matinee at 10 a.m. (every third Friday) and bingo or movie at 12:30 p.m. 828-894-0001. Saluda Tailgate Market, every Friday, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., until November. All items are grown or made in Polk County. Tryon Presbyterian’s annual Strawberry Social The Presbyterian Women of Tryon Presbyterian Church will hold the church’s annual Strawberry Social on Friday, May 10 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Bryson Owen gospel singing and supper, a gospel singing and supper will be held May 10 from 5-8 p.m. at Sunny View Elementary for student Bryson Owen. Owen is currently receiving treatments for Burkitt’s Lymphoma. American Legion Post 250 weekly bingo games, Fridays, 7 p.m., 43 Depot St., Tryon. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Smoke-free. Medicinal Music, a concert featuring Aaron Burdett will be held at Rogers Park Friday, May 10 from 8-10 p.m. The concert will benefit Doctors Without Borders. Narcotics Anon., Saluda Senior Center, Friday, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Stamp Out Hunger Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry encourages Polk County residents to leave a bag of non-perishable items at their mailbox for mail carriers to pick up. The donations picked up locally will be given to Outreach. Landrum Farmers’ Market meets on North Trade St. from 7-11
a.m. near the depot. For information, contact Joe Cunningham at 864-457-6585. Columbus Tailgate Market, every Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon, until November. All items are grown or made in Polk County. Western Regional Track Meet Qualifying Polk Wolverines will compete Saturday, May 11 at the Western Regional Meet in Bunker Hill, N.C. Green Creek Community Center, Zumba class, Saturdays, 9 a.m. Grassroots Art Project, holds art classes to benefit Lennie’s Fund and the Humane Society, Saturdays from 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. There is no fee for the class and all materials will be provided. Classes are held at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church on Melrose Ave. in Tryon. Call 828-899-0673 for more information. House of Flags Museum, open Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 33 Gibson Street, Columbus. Polk County Historical Association Museum open Saturdays, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., 60 Walker St., Columbus, lower level. Free. Tryon Fine Arts Center, Oil painting class for teens with Margaret Curtis, Saturdays, noon - 3 p.m. Tryon’s Second Saturday Gallery Trots invite art enthusiasts to peruse through the town’s various art galleries and shops where local, regional and national artists will be featured from 5-8 p.m. every second Saturday of the month. The evenings will also be (Continued on page 47)