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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. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS643-360) *
Phone 859 9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
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Vol 63 — No 67
TRYON. N. C. 28782
FRIDAY. MAY 4.1990
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Weather Wednesday: high 85.
low57. hum 65percent By7a m
Thursday. 3 inches of rain had
fallen
The $40 million shortfall was
really $20 million and — don’t
worry — it’s covered Thal's
what N C Super Superintendent
of Public Instruction Bob
Etheridge told reporters at a
news conference Wednesday.
To make up their portion of the
state's Public School Fund
deficit. Folk County Schools
administrators had planned to
cancel June summer school, and
start a scaled-back summer
school program in July, in
addition to other cuts
Those won't be necessary now
And that's the good news
But. as with most day s news,
there was a good dose of bad
news served as well. Wednesday,
the U.S Department of
Education released showing the
Carolinas public education
system slipping .
Graduation rates fell in 1988
both states spent more money but
remained 40th and 41st in
national rankings
Education Secretary Lauro
Cavazos said the national report
card shows the nation s schools
need "radical reforms
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Faulkner Sees
Tight Budget
It is a time for belt tightening in
Pink County, according to incum
bent commissioner Ken
Faulkner
"The word is out." Faulkner
said “There's going to be a
trickle down from the federal
government (of costs now being
borne with federal dollars) We
have to be extremely
conservative "
Faulkner, first elected in 1988.
is seeking the Republican
nomination in the May 8 primary
to run for re-election In
November, there will be three
nominees from each party
seeking three seats on the Polk
County Board of Commissioners.
Faulkner is often touted as
one of the few who’ve ever been
elected to the board who is not a
native of Polk County Faulkner
retired from the New York State
Parkway Police where he served
for 25 years He has lived in
Green Creek for 20 years
“I just love it here." he said in
a recent interview. "The rural
beauty of the countryside I want
to preserve it. but we do need
industry too ”
His advertising campaign
claims Faulkner is "not a me-too
commissioner."
"I think for myself." he said “I
am not easily swayed "
A sample of what Faulkner is
unswervingly thinking these
days
* On the budget: "I believe in
progress, but There are a lot of
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In State Play-Offs
The Landrum High School
baseball team will play in the
Stale 1-A District I play-offs
Saturday at 3 p.m against
Lewisville al Union High School
with Jonesville as the host. This
is a double elimination Landrum
will play 2 games Saturday
Opening Day
Saturday. May 5 is opening day
for Polk County Little League.
The season will be opened by Dr
James Causby. superintendent of
Polk County Schools, when he
throws out the first ball The
schedule for the day is as follows:
10:30 Royals vs Giants; 1 p m
Dodgers vs Cardinals: 3:30
Pirates vs Yankees.
The officers of Little League
invite the community to come out
to Harmon Field and cheer the
teams on
Puppy Show
Sunday At 1 P.M.
The Tryon Hounds Puppy Show
will be held Sunday. May 6 at 1
p m. al the Tryon Hounds Club-
house.
An average baked sweet potato
has 141 calories and over 8.800
units of vitamin A. about twice
the recommended daily
allowance
Crowell Takes
Environmental
Stance
Of the four candidates running
for the Republican nomination
for commissioner in next
Tuesday’s primary, only one is
talking about old trees — Bill
Crowell
Crowell, the owner of the Tryon
Theater and soon-to-be opened
ACE Hardware store in Lvnn. is
staking much of his campaign on
the belief that people want to
keep a beautiful environment
beautiful
And on the belief that people
west of 1-26 want representation
on the county board. Crowell
lives on Godshaw Hill in Tryon
"I am looking at what happens
15 years down the road when Polk
becomes a bedroom
community." he said "It is
inevitable. When the beltway
around Spartanburg is complete,
it will be a 15 minute commute to
the beltway industries that will
spring up
"What will happen if
Greenville/Spartanburg triples
in size like Charlotte has done in
the last 20 years — going from
250.000 to nearly I million Look
at Gastonia, which is 30 miles
from Charlotte, and Rock Hill,
which is 35 miles away. Were not
35 miles from Spartanburg and
we have a better view than they
(Gastonia and Rock Hill) do "
That Polk County view is one of
the things that concerns Crowell
He'd like to see streetlights on the
mountainsides buffered on the
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