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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)
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
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Phone 859-9151
Ki Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 104
The weather Monday: high 86,
low 57, hum. 48 percent.
The right to die belongs to the
person, not to his family, the
Supreme Court ruled Monday. If
the person’s wishes aren’t clearly
known, the family of a comatose
person cannot make the choice
for him.
The court also ruled that an
Ohio law can stand which
requires unmarried girls under
18 who are dependent on one or
both parents to have the
permission of a parent or a judge
before having an abortion.
No North Carolina law now
requires parental consent.
Of the 1.5 million legal abortions
oerformed annually in the United
States since 1973, about 12
percent, or 180,000 a year, have
been for minors.
Nelson Mandela began
bargaining with President Bush
Monday to keep the pressure on
South Africa.
Protestors from Iredell and
Rowan counties bodily blocked
state-hired engineers
from entering farmland on the
county line to keep a chem.ca
waste plant out of thur
communities Now a judge has
issued a court order temporari y
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TRYON, N. C. 28782
School Board Reduces
Budget Request $170,000
In separate meetings Monday
armed to resolve the budget gap
between the county’s schools’
needs and the county
commissioner’s budget, the Polk
County Commissinoers voted to
put $50,000 in a savings account
for emergency education needs,
and the Polk County Board of
Education voted 5-1 to cut the
proposed school budget by
$168,370.
“I don’t think we can stand it
(the proposed cuts),” said
opposing school board member,
Ralph H. Arledge. ‘‘It’s going to
hurt the kids.”
Because no agreement was
reached between the two boards,
a joint meeting was to be held
Tuesday evening for a last try at
negotiating before the matter
would be turned over to the Polk
County Clerk of Court for a
decision on the matter.
There was some question as to
whether the county
commissioners can raise the tax
rate after formally adopting a
budget. However, school board
attorney Russ Burrell pointed out
that the law says that the tax rate
and the budget may be changed
through legal procedures up until
July 1.
The county commissioners
voted to take $50,000 from the
contingency fund, which is made
up of unappropriated funds from
the state, and set this amount
aside in a savings account for the
schools for emergency use. But
because this figure was not added
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27,1990
Village Insurance announces
the addition of Don Gruening as
Life and Health related products
specialist. Don is a native of
Wisconsin, having been affiliated
with The Northwestern Mutual
Life Ins. Co. He has an extensive
knowledge of Life and Disability
Insurance, Group and Personal
health insurance annuities and
the utilization of these products
on both the personal and business
level.
NCSU Honors
Bradley Dell of Saluda earned
a perfect “A” record at North
Carolina State University for the
spring semester.
Dell is a freshman studying
Spanish language and literature,
with a teacher education option.
Carter Scott of Columbus, a
sophomore, earned dean’s list
honors. Scott is studying
aerospace engineering.
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Pony Club Rally
What is a Pony Club Rally?
First of all. Pony Club is an
international organization for
children from 6 to 21 who are
interested in bettering their skills
with horses and achieving better
ratings, much like Boy Scouts.
Those who attain the highest
rating, A, are thoroughly rounded
horsemen, able to take over
management of a stable, and
training of horses for varied
activities.
The Rally, to be held this
weekend at FENCE, brings
together teams from
approximately 10 clubs scattered
around the Carolinas. Some are
beginners, D’s, and some are as
high as B members, but each
competes at his/her own level of
ability and experience. The
competition this time is of the
same variety as a Horse Trial,
with Dressage, Cross Country
and Stadium Jumping
(besides the hated Stable
management scores), but there
are other Pony Club activities as
Triathlon, Polo, Game Rallies,
and other speciality rallies at
other times. The Tryon area has
had very active Pony Clubs in the
past, and now are in the
beginning stages of reactivation
once again.
The children and horses (or
ponies) will be deposited at
FENCE on Thursday and after a
little help carrying heavy articles
and pounding some nails, will
receive no further help from
parents or coaches. In fact, the
public is not allowed in the stable
area at all unit! 4 pm. on
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