POLK LIBRARY p^. i. B04 YI COLUMBUS, L 11 r.ov 90 H.KER ST. C 23722 2nd Class Postage Paid At Tryon, North Carolina. 28782 Established January 31. 1928 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 Bulletin Is published Dally except Sat. and Sun. 106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790 Tryon, N C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin * (USPS 643-360) * Phone 859-9151 Printod In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina 20 Pages Today Vol 63 — No. 5 Weather Monday: high 60, low 37, hum. 60%. Mikhail S Gorbachev told the Community Party on Monday it must give up its unchallenged right to rule the Soviet Union to the tide of democratic reform he let loose five years ago. U.S. District Judge Harold Greene on Monday ordered former President Reagan to give a videotaped deposition for the Iran-Contra trial of John Poindexter and to turn over 33 entries from his diary immediately to his former national security adviser. Reagan promptly invoked executive privilege to avoid turning over portions of his diaries Former state Insurance Commissioner John Ingram, who unsuccessfully challenged Republican Jesse Helms in 1978. filed Monday to run again for the Democratic nomination for U.S Sentate Senate tax writers spared no rhetoricMonday in criticizing the use of surplus Social Security (axes to hide the size of the federal deficit, but they and their expert witnesses disagreed on what to do about it. Today at 3:30 p in at the Fine Continued On Back Page TRYON, N. C. 28782 Bill McKaig Files For School Board Bill McKaig of 203 Capps Rd Tryon has filed his candidacy foi Polk County Board of Education He is a 1950 graduate of Tryot High school and College of the Desert. 29 Palms. Calif., and Chaffey College. Alta Loma. Calif He earned an A.A degree in Business Administration He served from 1950 to 1971 in the U.S. Air Force reaching the rank of Chief Master Sergeant IE-91. During this time he served in Korean and Vietnam Wars He received numerous decorations and commendations including the Bronze Star in Vietnam and the Meritorious Service Medal upon his retirement from Travis A.F. Base His last assignment was superintendent of the largest field maintenance unit in the Air Force which is responsible for all heavy maintenance designed and transit aircraft For the last eleven years he has been employed as a shift supervisor at Barnet Southern He and his wife. Dorothy have been married 38 years They have 3 children. Two are adopted. Bryon who is a senior at Western Carolina: Nancy who is employed at White Oak and plans to continue her training in- nursing Their own child. Pamela is a Junior at Tryon High "I decided to run for the Board of Education because I feel very deeply about our school system and where it is going,” McKaig said. “I feel very strongly about Continued On Hack Page WEDNESDAY. FEB 7.1990 Engaged Mr and Mrs Monte Dedman, Jr. of Columbus. N.C. announce the engagement of their daughter. Beverly Denise, to Russell Orr of Greenville. S.C. Miss Dedman is a 1982 graduate of Polk Central High School and a graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College She is employed by the Ogletree Law Firm in Greenville. S.C. Mr Orr. a graduate of Carolina High in Greenville, is self employed and also attends Greenville Tech The wedding is planned for March 2-1 at Welcome Baptist Church in Greenville. S.C Tuition Issue Gets Further Study The question of how much tuition to charge out-of-county students attending Polk schools needs to be studied a bit longer. Continued On Back Page 2«e Per Copy Joan Nash Files For Commissioner Joan L Nash of Laurel Ridge Road in Columbus Township has filed as a Republican candidate for the office of Polk County Commissioner Since 1980, Mrs. Nash has been Community Schools Director for the Polk County Schools She edits "Polk Sallet." a tabloid publication mailed to all county residents, directs a volunteer program, and coordinates programs for students and adults involving the extended use of school facilities. A native of Illinois. Mrs. Nash graduated with honors from Beloit College in Wisconsin in 1972. along with her oldest daughter. She was a graduate student at the University of Iowa for five years, where she earned an M A. degree in 1973 and taught French for three years She was admitted to the University of Iowa Collge of Law in 1976, but married John Nash and moved with him to Polk County in 1978 She is the daughter of the late Dr. Jules Le Grand, who moved here the same year. Mrs Nash has taken leadership roles in many community organizations during the past twelve years. She has been both local and regional crusade chairman for the American Cancer Society and was president of the Tryon-Polk County Republican Women. She served on the board of directors of the Polk County Department of Social Services from 1981-84 and Continued On Bac k Page

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