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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
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 63 — No. 157
Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12,1990
24 Pages Today
206 Per Copy
The weather Monday: high 90,
low 66, hum. 75 percent. By
Tuesday at 7 a.m., .02 inches of
rain had fallen.
Isothermal Community College
Polk Campus director Carole
Bartol reports that 99 students
have enrolled this fall in college
credit courses at the Polk
Campus. That’s an increase from
30 students last fall, and the
number has been rising every
quarter.
There will be a panel discussion
on “Human Sexuality and
Family Decisions” Thursday,
Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at Isothermal
Community College, Polk
Campus. Teenage pregnancy in
Polk County will be discussed by
a panel of experts from social
services, mental health, family
practice, schools, clergy and the
health department.
The Polk County Planning
Commission meets Thursday
night at 7:30 p.m. at the
courthouse in Columbus.
Church Women United will hold
its first fall meeting at 11 a.m.
Sept. 14th at Garrison Chapel
Baptist church on Markham
Road in Tryon.
The first meeting of E.P.I.C.
was held Monday night, and
about 70 persons attended. Walt
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Cloud Win
Low Gross At TCC
Russell and Inky Cloud were
1st Low Gross winners at the
Labor Day Golf at TCC. They
shot a 39.
High School Plans
Approved By Raleigh
The grading work now being
done on the site of the future Polk
County consolidated high school
is proceeding quickly due to good
weather, the Board of Education
was informed Monday night.
Representatives of the
construction management firm,
GMK Associates, and the
architects, gave the board a
report.
Final plans for the building
itself were approved in Raleigh
recently, board members
learned, and GMK hopes to put
out a request for bids soon.
It was also reported that $5,000
was paid to purchase a right-of-
way across Judy Jones White’s
property adjoining the high
school site in order to tie-in the
school’s sewer lines with the
Columbus sewer system.
By going across White’s
property, there will be no need
for a pump ; cation, Supt. Dr.
James F. Causby reported, and
the cost of operation of the
system will be reduced.
The Saluda School
renovations are .•' the design
stage, the architects reported,
and estimates now are that the
plans will come within the
existing budget.
Lake Adger Clean-up
September 22
In cooperation with The Big
Sweep ’90, a clean-up has been
organized for Lake Adger for
Saturday, Sept. 22. Volunteers
will gather at the Red Barn Boat
Launch at 10 a.m. to recieve
instructions and trash bags.
Participants will clean camping
areas and shorelines of litter,
returning to the Red Barn by 2
p.m. Duke Power will lower the
lake’s water level to allow easier
access to cove and shoreline
trash. Don Henson at the Red
Barn is providing free boat
launching for anyone
participating in the clean-up, and
Duke Power is providing trash
bags and trucks for the removal
of collected trash.
If you do not have a boat, but
wish to help in the clean-up, the
Green River, which feeds into
Lake Adger, is also in need of
clean-up. After heavy rains,
trash can be seen entering the
lake from the river. The river is
accessible by car by turning at
Silver Creek Baptist Church or
from Saluda at I-26.
Those of us who use Lake
Adger have seen the great
amounts of plastic, aluminum,
and styrofoam that litters our
lake’s beautiful shores. Last year
North Carolina received the 1989
Take Pride in America Award for
Big Sweep ’89. Won’t you join in
this Nation Wide Clean-up for our
rivers and lakes? — Reporter
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School Bus Routes
Under Review Now
Students in Polk County may
find their access to school bus
rides somewhat restricted if
emergency fuel conservation
measures now being considered
are adopted.
The Polk County Board of
Education announced Monday
night that it has asked principals
of the county’s schools to study
their current bus routes for fuel
efficiency.
Conservation measures being
considered would include: 1) not
allowing students to ride who live
within 1.5 miles of the school; 2)
forming up bus stops such that no
two bus stops are closer than .2 of
a mile together; 3) keeping the
bus only on its main route, unless
the child lives more than one mile
off that main route.
The state budget this year cut
back on school systems’
transportation budgets by five
percent. Adding to the squeeze
are fuel price increases from 50
to 90 percent.
Supt. Dr. James F. Causby told
the board that regular gas prices
increased from a July price of
65.08 cents per gallon, to 95.08
cents, while diesel fuel jumped
from 48.84 cents a gallon to 87.08
cents.
In other business:
* It was announced that
Harriett Blanton, an elementary
school math teacher at Mill
Spring Accelerated School, was
selected as one of the state’s
outstanding teachers by the state
association of elementary math
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