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THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31.1928 by Seth M. Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
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The Bulletin Is published
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32 Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 32
TRYON. N. C. 28782
FRIDAY. MARCH 16,1990
20C Per C opy
Weather Wednesday: high 82.
low 53, hum. 60%.
A chemical plant in Libya the
United States says is used to
produce poison gas was on fire
Wednesday. Libya blames the
fire on the U.S. and Israel
Tonight from 5 to 7 o’clock
there will be an artists' reception
at The Upstairs for paintings by
Jane Allen Nodine and custom
furniture by Bob Doster.
Saturday is “Super Saturday”
and there will be lots of children
in town for the various events,
(drive carefully). The Melrose
Strut will be held at 12:15 on
Melrose Ave. and will feature
Leprechaun Contest. Puppet
Contest. Wagon Contest, Bands.
Shriners, face painting, sidewalk
art. etc. At 12:30 Phil and Gaye
Johnson will perform at the First
Baptist Church parking lot and
there will be food booths.
Saturday is also St. Patrick's
Day and several local
restaurants will have special
menus for the occasion
The Polk County Museum will
be open Saturday from 10 a m to
4 p m. in the Old Tryon Depot
The Polk County Commission
ers meet Monday at 3 p.m. in the
Commissioners Room in the
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Red Fox Case
Continued — Again
Red Fox Ltd's bankruptcy
status hearing was continued to
April 2 this week.
The company, which owns and
operates the Red Fox Country
Club and the residential lots
surrounding the golf course, has
been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
since late last spring.
Chapter 11 gives Red Fox Ltd
protection from its creditors
while it seeks to find a new buyer
for the properties
North Carolina Federal
Savings & Loan in Charlotte is the
largest creditor, holding a $2 6
million mortgage on Red Fox
Ltd. properties.
Absent any buyer, the
bankruptcy court has held sev
eral hearings since January in
Charlotte to determine whether
or not to allow the bank to fore
close. Each time Red Fox's case
has been continued and
Thursday's hearing produced the
same result
But for a substantial reason. On
March 2, N.C. Federal itself was
taken over by federal regulators,
who now have to study the bank’s
portfolio for themselves.
Red Fox Ltd. president Blicker
Nettles said his firm's
negotiations with a potential
buyer are continuing.
In addition, members of the
club have made an offer to buy
the properties for a member-
owned club. The Club at Red Fox.
Their offer was to have expired
last week, but was extended to
Saturday.
An Evening
With The Poets
For the pleasure of the public
on Thursday evening, March 22,
at 7 p.m. North Carolina poet
Chuck Sullivan and fifth grade
students from 0. P. Earle
Elementary School will present a
poetry reading at the Landrum
Library. The fifth grade students
have been involved in a two-week
residency with Chuck Sullivan
through the Artists-in-Education
Program (AIE) This program is
made possible through funding
from the National Endowment
for the Arts, the S.C. Arts
Commission, the Spartanburg
Arts Council, 0 P. Earle PTA,
and private contributions from
the public. The poetry reading
will be the closing highlight of the
poetry residency. It is free to the
public. Refreshments will be
provided by the 0. P. Earle PTA.
For further information call 0.
P. Earle Elementary School. 457-
3416 or Landrum Branch Library,
457-2218
Co-Dependents
Support Group
A support group for co
dependents, inlcuding adult
children of alcoholics, meets
every Monday evening at 6 p.m.
at Tryon Presbyterian Church on
Harmon Field Rd , Tryon.
Softball
Friday
R-S Central at Polk County
Judge Dismisses
Columbus Suit
Superior Court Judge Hollis M.
Owens Jr. on March 5 ruled that
the Town of Columbus was within
its rights when in July 1989 it
rezoned 4.9 acres on Hwy. 108
from residential to "highway
commercial."
He agreed to dismiss without
further ado the suit brought
against the rezoning by three
residents of Beechwood, granting
the motion made by Columbus
Town Attorney Chris Callahan
during a hearing Jan. 5.
The former owners of the
property, the estate of Pauline M.
Cowan, sought the rezoning to
pave the way for a sale of the
property to TLC Chevrolet/GEO
in Tryon.
Though the case was still
pending, Bill Wakefield and
Stanley Hooker, owners of TLC
went ahead and purchased 18.6
acres, including the 4.9 acres in
question, from the Cowan estate
Feb. 9.
From the beginning, TLC
officers have stated an intention
to locate the TLC Chevrolet/GEO
dealership on the Hwy. 108 site,
but have kept other options open.
The property adjoins the
Beechwood property, and
residents Virginia R Dale, Irwin
C. Winter and Jerry Shannon,
brought suit against the town and
the Cowan estate claiming the
rezoning would “arbitrarily and
unreasonably change the exist
ing character of the
neighborhood."
Owens, however, ruled March 5
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