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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 Edit™ 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
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Vol. 63 — No 35
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Weather Monday: high 71. low
42. hum 50%. Tuesday at 7 a m
the precipitation was .01. Monday
night and Tuesday was windy
The Soviet government sharply
increased its pressure on
Lithuania Monday, ordering its
ministries to step up protection of
vital Soviet installations in the
republic and forbidding them "to
enter into any negotiations what
soever" with the Lituanian
government about transferring
control of Soviet enterprises to its
authorities.
In the year since the tanker
Exxon Valdez ran aground,
experts estimate there have been
approximately 10.000 accidents
that have polluted land and
water with 15 million gals of oil.
For every widely reported oil
spill, there are 1,000 others that
attrack very little attention, the
Wilderness Society said in a
report Monday
Sewage dumped at sea poses a
significant health risk to seafood
lovers and swimmers who can
pick up bacteria and viruses, said
Professor Alasdair McIntyre of
the University of Aberdeen in
Scotland, chairman of a 20
member panel.
A piece of jade weighing 260
tons was found in northeastern
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TRYON, N C. 28782
Mobile Homes
Under Scrutiny
Polk County tax administrator
Clarence Wilson told the county
Board of Commissioners Monday
that some mobile homes in the
county are not being taxed.
Wilson told the board that most
mobile homes were probably
added to the tax records in 1985.
when the county revaluation took
place. But since then, he said he’s
not sure how many new mobile
homes have been added to the tax
records
"132 of 240 we recently checked
were not.” Wilson said He
suggested that the county
implement some policy that
would require all new mobile
homes to be checked in with the
tax officer before utilities can be
hooked up
The board agreed "We
certainly want to see all property
on the books," board chairman
Jeannie Martin said.
Landrum Blanks
Dixie 3-0
The Landrum Cardinals
defeated Dixie 3 to 0 Monday
afternoon at Landrum Kevin
Atkins had 13 strikeouts and
didn’t walk a batter in recording
his third win for Landrum.
Hitting for extra bases for the
Cardinals were Atkins and Smith
getting doubles and Gosnell a
triple
Dixie 000 000 0 -0
Landrum 100 101 x - 3
Miller and Donaldson Atkins
and Gosnell.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 21.1990
The internationally acclaimed
Greg Smith Singers have been at
the forefront of the world’s great
choral groups for over a quarter
of a century The most recorded
classical vocal ensemble
anywhere, the Singers have more
than fifty albums to their credit,
have won awards from "Hi-Fi"
and "Stereo" magazines, as well
as three Grammys and the
Montreux International Record
Award In addition to worldwide
critical acclaim, the Gregg Smith
Singers have received the praise
of composers such as Igor
Stravinsky, Samuel Barber,
Aaron Copland and Carl Orff
It all began in 1955, when
Gregg Smith, then a graduate
teaching assistant at UCLA,
organized a group of talented
students and young professionals
interested in singing both new
and rarely performed oler music.
Since that time the Gregg Smith
Singers have performed music
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Swamped Inspector
Plans To Hire
Polk County building inspector
Jim Gordon on Monday won the
county’s permission to hire a new
inspector for his office.
He said the office simply could
not continue to function with just
himself and one other inspector
The level of building activity in
the county is up 48%, not
including the Tryon Estates
retirement village. Including
Tryon Estates, he estimated
building activity statistics this
fiscal year would show a 340%
increase over last year.
Once Tryon Estates building
begins in earnest, about a month
from now. Gordon said he will
need to station an inspector on
that site almost fulltime.
While the county Board of
Commissioners sympathized,
they did not give Gordon all that
he wanted He had asked for a
parttime secretary as well that
was denied for now, even though
the Tryon Estate building permit
fees along will raise $64,000 this
spring.
County Manager Steven D.
Wyatt, however, cautioned the
board that the inspection fees
may be needed co balance the
budget in July due to shortfalls in
other areas
The board asked Gordon to
wait until July for its decision on
the secretary Gordon lamented
the fact that his office raised the
money, but does not always
benefit from the use of that
money.