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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
Daily 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-C51
Vol. 63 — No. 17
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N.C 28782
FRIDAY. FEB. 23, 1990
2K Pages Today
20 Per Copy
Collins Named
Top Fireman
Keith Collins of Tryon
was
Hannah Rogers
Wins Tryon
Spelling Bee
Weather Wednesday: high 56,
low 27, hum. 54%. Precipitation
at 7 a m. Monday was .50 and it
continued to rain
Richmond and Wake-Chatham
counties are still in the running
for a low-level radioactive waste
respository. says the company
hired by the state to build the
facility. Chern-Nuclear Systems.
Inc. also recommended
eliminating sites in Union and
Rowan counties, the other two
places under consideration since
November. Recommendation of
the Richmond site. 5 miles from
the S.C. border, also brought
angry protests from S.C.
members of Congress.
Retail prices spurted 1.1% last
named Fireman of the Year by
the Tryon Fire Department at the
volunteers' annual Ladies Night
banquet Wednesdya night.
Collins was presented his
award by Dr. C. W. McCall. Jr.,
who was filling in for this flu-
stricken father as the guest
speaker.
Clarence Scoggins presented
length of-service awards to a
number of senior firemen to
conclude the program held at the
Tryon Youth Center on Hwy. 176.
month, the most in 74 years as
consumers suffered from high
food and fuel costs.
The Town of Columbus is
dedicating the old-fashioned
street lamps tonight at 7:30 in
front of the courthouse. If it is
raining the ceremony will be
inside the courthouse lobby.
The Polk County Little League/
Senior League will meet
Saturday at 4 p m at the Tryon
Town Hall Everyone is invited
Judge Hollis Owens will speak
to the Polk County Democrat
Men Saturday at 8:30 a m at the
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Duke Power
Building Planned
Duke Power Company
announced today plans to
construct a new building in
Tryon, containing an appliance
showroom, business offices,
community meeting room, and
support facilities
The total project includes a
new structure of about 3,500
square feet, removal of two
existing buildings, a curving
driveway with twenty on-site
parking spaces, placed in a
landscaped wooded setting.
The exterior of the building will
be native stone and rough-sawn
wood, approached across a
planted terrace area The
architect for the project is
Holland Brady, A.I.A., of Tryon
and Daniel Owens Construction
will be the general contractor.
Construction is scheduled to
begin in early March
Hannah Rogers, a seventh
grader, daughter of Dr and Mrs.
Wayne Rogers, won the Tryon
Middle School Spelling Bee. Zeke
Graves, an eighth grader, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graves was
the runner-up Hannah corrected
the spelling of "judgmental" and
then spelled “juncture" to win.
Both students will compete in the
county-wide spelling bee on
March 7, at Stearns Auditorium
Democrat Women
Polk County Democrat Women
will meet Mon.. Feb. 26 at 7:30
p.m in the Democrat
Headquarters at Columbus
The Candidates will be present.
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High School
Plans In Flux
Polk County school staff began
meeting this week with the
Asheville architects designing
Polk County’s new high school to
help determine the nitty-gritty
details — like which wall to put
the pencil sharpener on
The preliminary, "concept”
plans drawn to present to the
public for the bond referendum
last year have already been
through two major refinement
processes, and may go through
several more before final
construction drawings are
prepared. Supt. James F Causby
said recently in an interview
The topographic survey of the
building site just east of
Columbus on Hwy. 108 has just
been received, and it may show
that the plans need to be altered
yet again to fit the building to the
ground.
In addition, the recently hired
construction management firm.
GMK Associates of Columbia.
S.C.. is only now reviewing the
plans for the first time and may
have suggestions.
"Things will change right up
until the final package is ready
for bidding.” Causby said He
estimated bidding would begin in
July. The new school is scheduled
for completion by the fall of 1992.
Since the bond referendum
plans were drawn, school staff
and interested area residents
have met with the architects.
Wood and Cort, to refine the
plans. The result was an increase
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