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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
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Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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20 Pages Today
Vol. 63 — No. 175
TRYON, N.C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10,1990
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The long weekend’s weather:
Friday, high 82, low 56, hum. 78
%■, Saturday, high 81, low 46,
hum. 84 %; Sunday, high 82, low
48, hum. 78%; Monday: high 84,
low 64, hum. 79%. What beautiful
weather we had!
An Open House is planned
Thursday night, Oct. 11, at 7:30
p.m. at Tryon High School.
Parents are encouraged to
attend, meet their child’s
teachers, and learn more about
every facet of the school.
The Polk County Planning and
Zoning Commission meets
Thursday night at 7:30 in the
county courthouse.
Tickets are still on sale for this
weekend’s Tryon Hounds Fall
Steeplechase. The ticket office at
Coldwell Banker/Town &
Country Realtors is open from 10
a.m. to noon, and 2 to 4 p.m. each
day.
And if you can’t find a few fall
steeplechase souvenirs around
town, you’ve got your eyes closed.
The Polk County Public
Library Book Sale will be held
this Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon
in the library garage.
Welcome to WTYN radio,
signed on Monday morning and
Continued On Back Page
Tryon Won’t Pass On
Landfill Charges Yet
The Town of Tryon will begin
paying by the ton for the trash it
dumps in the Polk County land-
fill right away, but members of
the Town Council Monday night
voted to wait awhile before
passing on any charges on to
town residents.
“We may want to absorb the
additional cost for awhile to see
what the county does,” said
Mayor Bob Neely. “They’ve
changed their minds several
times already.”
The board agreed with Neely
and voted to table the issue for
now.
Interim Town Manager
Clarence Henson told the council
that the town will need to raise
another $36,405 to pay the landfill
tipping fees, about $3,000 a
month.
He proposed that collection
fees be increased 34 percent for
all town customers, from $7 per
month for a residential customer,
to $9.40. A charge of 75 cents
would be levied per tire under
Henson’s proposal.
“If we start charging $9.40,
it’s going to hit the fan,” said
councilman William A.
McFarland, Jr. "My family uses
enough to pay $9, but some of
these people just put out one little
bag each week.”
Mayor Neely and the council
agreed with McFarland’s
assessment, but said they have
few options.
“We don’t have any choice.”
Continued On Back Page
Basham—Lehew
Mr. and Mrs. Landon C.
Basham announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Tara
Lynn, to Nathan Eric LeHew of
Spartanburg, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nathan LeHew of
Claksville. Tenn.
The wedding is planned for
Dec. 1 at Landrum First Baptist
Church.
Miss Basham was graduated
from Landrum High School and is
employed with First State
Savings & Loan.
Me. LeHew was graduated
from Fort Campbell High School
and attended University of
Southern California. He works at
Spartanburg Regional Medical
Center.
The L’Auberge of Tryon is
located at 319 Melrose Avenue.
The address was given
incorrectly in an advertisement
Tuesday.
Blackwell Appointed
To Columbus Council
Charles Blackwell was
appointed to the Columbus Town
Council to fill out the remaining
term of the late Grover
Hutcherson by a 2-1 vote last
Thursday night.
Blackwell, a former
councilman and businessman in
Columbus, was nominated by
his former running mate Robert
Ormand. Councilman Thomas
Bolling said he could not support
the motion.
Mayor Paul Smith cast the
deciding vote to appoint
Blackwell.
Several residents in attendance
at the meeting protested, and
some walked out.
Bolling said later that he has
nothing against Mr. Blackwell. “I
look forward to working with him
in a cordial manner,” he said. “I
just felt he was not the voters’
selection Now as an elected
representative, I just feel I
should vote their intersts.”
In the last election, Blackwell
was the lowest vote getter.
In other business Thursday, the
Columbus Town Council decided
to study a proposal for raising
trash collection fees from $2.75 to
$5.75 to cover the new tipping fees
being charged by the county
landfill.
Town Administrator Butch
Smith will monitor the town’s
fees at the landfill to determine if
an increase of $3 per customer is
reasonable.