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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. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
* (USPS 643-360) &
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 63 — No. 8
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
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TRYON. N C. 28782 MONDAY. FEB 12. 1990 2W !'••■ •!»'
Meets Today
The ACOA Co-dependent
Support Group meets every
Monday at 6 p m at the Tryon
Presbyterian Church
Weather Thursday: high 64.
low 32. hum. 65%.
Huntington Beach. Calif had
oil contaiminated beaches Friday
morning as some of he 290.000
gallons of oil spilled from a
tanker made it to shore.
Two 100-ton transformers,
costing nearly $1 million each,
found a new home at Tuckasegee
in Jackson County last week
when Duke Power Co. officials
gingerly moved them 15 miles in
four hours from a rail siding in
Sylva to a new substation. The
transformers and the substaton
are at the terminus of Duke's 26
mile long E. B. Shuler Trans
mission Line project that links
Nantahala Power and Light Co.
with Duke's generating facilities
in South Carolina
CBS News humorist Andy
Rooney was suspended for three
months without pay Thursday,
although he denied making racial
comments attributed to him in a
gay magazine
Elected to the Basketball Hall
of Fame Thursday were Elvin
Hayes. Dave Bing. Earl "The
Pearl” Monroe and the late Neil
Johnston
Tonight at 7:30 the Tryon Town
Council will meet at the Town
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A New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. James Carpenter
of Asheville are parents of a
daughter. Cortney Ann. born
February 8th at St. Joseph's
Hospital. She weighed 8 lbs. 11
ozs. and was 21 inches long
The maternal grandparents
are Mr and Mrs Allen Kyber of
Rock Hill. S.C.
The paternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Carpenter of
Tryon.
Playing Softball
Attention: Any girl in the 912th
grades at Tryon or Polk Central
High Schools interested in
playing softball needs a physical
before Feb 15 Insurance papers
must be signed also before
students can participate (not
necessary if already in previous
sport this year)
Contact Coaches Terrell 894-
8233 or Hopkins 859-6636
Wresling
Monday
R-S Central al Polk County
Friday and Saturday
Polk County Individual State
Finals al Ledford High school
Zoning Case
Raises Tensions
Emotions ran high during
Thursday night's public hearing
on zoning a portion of Skyuka
Road, and the Polk County
Planning and Zoning Commission
voted 6-1 to delay making any
decision on the matter.
The commissioners listened for
the better part of an hour as area
residents for and against zoning
debated
Residents of the Skyuka Road
area just west of Columbus city
limits to the Columbus Township
line presented a petition
requesting a residential, one-acre
minimum zone be established on
the 840 acres surrounding their
homes
But others, members of the
Claudy Pack family which owns
52 acres in the proposed
residential zone, and residents in
neighboring areas west of 1-26
toward Lynn, objected to zoning
on principles. One speaker even
called those who favor zoning
"communists.”
"I feel like this needs more
discussion, feelings like they
are." said commissioner W E
Barnette, after the meeting
Commissioner Carl Wharton
disagreed
"Delaying this is of no
particular benefit," Wharton
said "We're just delaying
making a decision. We're making
all these people come back. If we
need more discussion, let’s open
it up for discussion tonight "
But the others were
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Tryon High Observes
Black History Month
Warren Carson, Professor of
Southern Literature at
University of South Carolina at
Spartanburg, is the featured
speaker at the Tryon High School
Student Assembly on Monday.
February 12 at 10 a m in the
school commons The program is
a part of the Black History Month
activities of the community
A group of students have
assisted in the planning of the
assembly and will participate in
the program to carry out the
theme, “We Have A Dream."
Costina Davis will introduce the
program with a few remarks
about the "Dreams of Man" and
conclude the program with a
poetry reading. Lenny Kirkendoll
will read from the writings of
Martin Luther King, Jr Tisha
Hamilton will sing two
songs for the occasion and
comment on the influence of
Black Musicians on music Kyle
Cunningham will talk about the
role of the Black Athletes in
sports Anita Steen will comment
on the contribution of Black
Writers to literature and Carlos
Wilkins and Kendra Douglas will
present poetry readings
Warren Carson is a graduate of
Tryon High School and assumed
a leadership role at the
University of North Carolina in
Chapel Hill, where he received
his Bachelor's Degree and at
Atlanta Unviersity where he
received his Master's Degree
He is now completing doctoral
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