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FOLK LIBRARY 204 f'ALKEf. ST. COLUMBUS, 0 0 28722 2nd CUM Postage al Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional poll offices. Postraeilrr: send address changes to The Tryon Daily Bulletin. PO. Boa 790. Toon. N. C. 28782 THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER Founded Jan. 31. 1928 by Seth M. Vining (Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955) Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher The Tryon Daily Bulletin (USPS 643-360) is published daily except Sat. and Sun. for $35 per year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade St., P.O. Box 790, Tryon, N.C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 ® Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina 18 Pages Today The weekend weather: Friday, high 88, low 47, hum. 50 per cent; Saturday, high 83, low 58, hum. 40 percent and .10 inches of rain fell; Sunday, high 64, low 46, hum. 45 percent. Robert Dedmondt says we're in "blackberry winter". We recently had the opportu nity to sit down with seven of the tea candidates seeking their party's nomination for Polk County commissioner. On May 5, Polk County vot ers will choose three Democrats from a field of four candidates, and three Republicans from a field of six. We asked bright, active help ers in every township to talk to neighbors and friends about their concerns, and then asked the candidates to address those concerns. Today we begin running the results of those interviews, in question and answer form. We will include one Democrat and one Republican each day, run ning in alphabetical order, until all the interviews have been presented to you. The questions for each inter view did not vary, but do vary in the presentation here where a candidate either did not respond (Continued On Back Page) TRYON, N.C. 28782 Accidental Fire Consumes Riddles' Stoneybrook Home The Stoneybrook home of Paul T. Riddle was destroyed by fire Saturday morning. The fire had breached the roof when the Columbus Fire Department reached the scene just after midnight Saturday, and Chief Geoff Tennant said the firemen could only try to keep the fire from spreading beyond the house. The house could not be saved. The fire began when a blanket was placed over a lamp by the two Riddle children and their two overnight guests who were pretending to be camping out. The upstairs and downstairs doors were left open as the family fled, creating a draft which further fueled the fire, Tennant said. "The fire was of totally inno cent origin," the chief said. "And it is understandable that the doors were left open as they were used to escape. But that doesn't help us." Riddle was formerly a drum mer with the Marshall Tucker Band and lost valuable momen- tos of his days with the band in the fire, Tennant said. The Green Creek, Mill Spring and Sunny View fire depart ments also were on the scene and Tryon was on standby, Tennant said. Firemen fought the fire until 5:02 a.m. Saturday and were called back four times. ■ 1 J^ 1 ^P 1 Raring." Tennant said. It was virtually impos sible to put it out." TUESDAY, APRIL 28,1992 Three Of Six Republicans Take Part In Party Forum Three of the six Republican candidates seeking their party's nomination to run for the Polk County Board of Commission ers participated in the party forum Saturday night. Incumbents John Edwards and Jeannie Martin were at the Republican Pig Pickin' in per son, while Grover Whitmire had his prepared answers read by party vice-chairman Karen Edwards. Whitmire was atten ding a national school board association convention in Flo rida with his wife, Ann, chair man of the Polk County Board of Education. Jessie Foy, Ross Gosnell and Joan Skipper were not in attendance and no reason was announced. The three candidates who participated fielded eight pre pared questions, and the two present fielded several more questions from the audience. As the evening was about to wind up, Bob Worsnop asked party chairman Larry Poe why only three candidates partici pated. "I don't know what to tell you," Poe said. "It was the party's thinking that with three nominations and six candidates, that if the candidates could be here and speak for themselves they would have the best opportunity to present their views and win votes. These (Continued On Page Four) 25c Per Copy Government Owns Red Fox, But Says Upset Bid Likely' The auction only took about 12 minutes Monday at high noon. Substitute Trustee Bob York of Raintree Realty in Asheville read a brief descrip tion of Red Fox Country Club and then asked for bids. Albert L. Smcad Jr., the attorney for the federal savings and loan bailout agency. Resolution Trust Corp. (RTC), gave the first and only bid, $1,742,500. "Any other bids," York shouted to about 200 onlookers at the Polk County courthouse steps. "Going once, twice, three times. Sold to the RTC " North Carolina law requires a ten day period in which anyone can offer an "upset bid" of at least 5 percent more, in this case $87,175 more than the RTC's bid. RTC officers said they expect an upset bid will be filed. If an upset bid is filed, four to six weeks later another open auction will be held on the courthouse steps to sec if any other bidders want to top that bid. r The foreclosure sale Monday might have ended this chapter m the saga of Red Fox Country die RTe^i**?™ an assc ‘ °» r 5 .books when N.C Savings and Loan failed in March 1990. Red Fox had defaulted on a $2.6 million loan to N.C. Federal. It might have, but the RTC's (Continued On Back Page)
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