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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
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 63 — No. 108
TRYON, N. C.28782
THURSDAY, JULY 5,1990
2l>t Per Copy
The weather Monday: high 90,
low 66, hum. 48 percent.
Hundreds of marijuana plants
were pulled by deputies in Polk
and Spartanburg counties
Monday.
Narcotics officer Calvin Atkins
of Polk County Sheriff’s
Department said they found the
plants close to a house and spot-
planted along trails. No one has
been charged.
On Sunday, July 8, Lynn First
Baptist Church will show the
movie, “Twice Pardoned," part
one, at 9 p.m. in the Tryon High
Open Air Gym.
The movie features Harold
Morris, a former all-star athlete
who wound up on death row. He
talks about the perilous effects of
peer pressure.
Green Creek School will hold its
homecoming Saturday, July 7 at
2 p.m. at the Green Creek School
auditorium.
There will be top entertain
ment provided by native
professional and amateur
performers.
All teachers and students are
invited to come and to bring their
families and friends.
We hope your Fourth of July
was a rewarding and safe one.
This is a fine country.
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New Principal Hired
For Tryon
Elementary
Edward R. Lakey of Elkin,
N.C. is the new principal for
Tryon Elementary School
following unanimous approval by
the Polk County Board of
Education Monday.
Lakey brings with him
experience as a superintendent
(in Charleston, WV, Worthington.
OH. and Yadkin County, NC),
brincipal, consultant and
teacher/coach. Most recently he
has been principal of Elkin
Primary School where he was
chosen “Principal of the Year” in
both 1988-89 and 1989-90 by the
Elkin City Schools.
A graduate of Appalachian
State University with a B.S. in
social studies and physical
education, Lakey also received
.M-A. in Educational
Administration. He received an
Ed. D. in Educational
Administration from the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro in 1976.
^. an educator, Lakey has
published numerous books and
articles, including “Long-Range
Planning and “System Analysis
for School Building
Construction.” His professional
affiliations include membership
on the board of directors of the
Superintendent’s Division of the
North Carolina Education
Association, and the board of
directors for the Center for
Individualized Instruction. Lakey
has also served on evaluation
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To Receive
Eagle Scout Award
Cameron Fitch, recent
graduate of Tryon High School,
has earned the award of Eagle
Scout, the highest award in
Scouting. Jack Campbell, Scout
master of Troop 150, Tryon, has
arranged for the ceremony to be
held at the 11 a.m. service at
Tryon Presbyterian Church on
Sunday, July 8th. Dr. James
McPherson will officiate
Cameron is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen Fitch of Landrum.
Going To Court
Neither the Board of Education
nor the Board of Commissioners
changed its position on the school
budget Tuesday morning.
Clerk of Court Judy Arledge,
saying she had discharged her
duty to give a good faith effort at
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Landfill Haulers
Now Pay by Weight
In an eleventh hour effort to
finish their budget, the Polk
County Board of Commissioners
scrapped their solid waste fee
schedule Tuesday and decided to
charge haulers at the landfill.
In the budget adopted June 18,
the Board had proposed to charge
flat fees to households,
businesses and industries.
However, last week the county
learned that method may not
pass constitutional muster in
North Carolina.
So Tuesday morning they voted
to adopt a pay-by-weight plan, a
plan which was originally
favored by County Manager
Steven D. Wyatt, Solid Waste
Manager David Draughn and
board chairman Jeannie Martin,
but was scrapped by the other
members of the board last
spring.
Now all major haulers will pay
$30 a ton. Automobile owners can
either pay $25 a year, or $2 for
each load Autos with trailers,
vans, and pickups can either pay
$40 a year, or $4 a load. Vans and
pickups with trailers can either
pay $50 a year, or $5 a load.
Draughn was investigating the
purchase of truck weight scales
for the landfill, at an estimated
cost of between $23,000 and
$25,000.
The only objection to the new
plan came from Tryon Town
Manager Barry G. Richards
Richards said he was concerned
that if Tryon and other major
haulers to the Polk landfill
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