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Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan 31,1928 by Seth
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher
The Bulletin is published
Daily except Sat. and Sum
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
(USPS 643-360)
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
24 Pages Today
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 63 — No. 187
The weather Tuesday: high 71,
low 58, hum. 70 percent.
State Sen. Charles W. Hardin is
in stable condition at Memorial
Mission Hoispital in Asheville
following by-pass heart surgery,
the hospital reported Tuesday.
Hardin was admitted Monday
for tests and it was determined
that he needed surgery to correct
a blockage. He did not suffer a
heart attack.
“Mr. Hardin is doing
extremely well and we anticipate
an excellent recovery,” the
hospital spokesperson said.
Tryon Painters & Sculptors will
hold an opening reception for the
exhibit of watercolors by Paul
Koenen on Sunday, Oct. 28 from 3
to 5 p.m. at the Tryon Fine Arts
Gallery.
There will be a wine and cheese
reception Friday night, Oct. 26,
from 6 to 8 p.m. to preview the
exhibition of constructions by
Frank Thomson and paintings
and drawings by David Fraley at
The Upstairs, 409 North Trade St.
Tryon Mayor Bob Neely
declared yesterday United
Nations Day in a proclamation
which read in part: The United
States and the 158 other members
states of the United Nations
must work together through the
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TRYON, N.C.28782
Cable Wiring Passes
527 Sunny View Homes
Phoenix Cable Television has
run cable wiring from Lake Lure
down Hwy. 9 to Mill Spring,
making service available to 527
homes in the area, company
spokesman Chuck Himelrick said
this week.
About 100 Polk County
homeowners have subscribed to
the cable television service,
Himelrick said.
Once Duke Power and Alltel
Carolina have agreed, the cable
company will string wire another
half mile below Mill Spring on
Hwy. 9, Himelrick said.
A land tower will be needed to
bring service to the rest of the
Green Creek and Sandy Plains
areas, he said, since the Lake
Lure signal will not travel any
further than Mill Spring.
Himelrick said Phoenix is
looking for property on which to
locate its tower, and will wire the
Green Creek area soon after. He
said the company will consider
wiring any streets with 20 homes
or more per mile.
P.C. Volleyball
The Polk County Lady
Wolverines Volleyball team
traveled to Swain on October 18th
for the playoffs.
The Wolverines lost to Swain
15-2, 15-3, won 15-0 and lost 15-12.
Coack Terrell says the girls had a
sluggish start, lacked floor
leadership and had poor services.
But overall the girls had a 14-4
record and a 4-2 conference
record for a very successful
season.
THURSDAY, OCT. 25.1990
School Board Profiles: Green Creek
questions were asked of all Nov. 6.1990 cand.da s
Polk County Board of Education. Elections for the Polk
County Birdf of Education are non-partisan and eounty-w.de.
Political party affiliation has no bearing on a candidate and all
county voSrs may vote for the candidate of choice from each of the
school district seats up for election.
DR. GEOFFREY E. BALKAM
Dr. Geoffrey E. Balkam said he
is a Green Creek candidate for
the Polk County Board of
Education because he would like
to see education processes
improved.
Balkam feels that his unique
background will complement the
school system. “I have the
contacts and the resources to ask
the right questions of the superin
tendent and the county
commissioners,” he said. “Im
not any better, just different.”
Balkam sees the smallness of
the Polk County school system
and its slow turn-over rate for
teachers and educational staff as
its strengths.
Weaknesses that Balkam sees
in the existing school system
have to do with particular
problems with the board of
education in the past. Balkam
said therehsno need for the school
board to go into executive session
so often. This makes people feel
the school board is trying to keep
something from them, he
explained. He hopes to regain the
confidence of the community.
Balkam disagrees with the
present policy for accepting
South Carolina students with a
tuition of an average yearly
property tax. Out-of-state
students are not given a break in
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CRAIG McSWAIN
Green Creek school board
candidate Craig McSwain would
like to thank the people of Polk
County for the support they have
shown him as a school board
member for the past six years.
McSwain said he sees the board
moving to hire good teachers.
“The superintendent we have
now is stressing quality teaching
in the classroom. The board
backs him,” McSwain said.
The school board is also
working to improve the CAT test
scores and the everyday
conditions for students, he added
Though the school system has
the majority of the county’s
support, McSwain said the county
must pull together to overcome
weaknesses.
“Teachers are not leaving like
they did before. They see we’re
dedicated to them,” he said.
McSwain said that the short
range plans of the school board
should be to get the new high
school open and running
smoothly. The quicker this can be
accomplished and Green Creek
and Mill Spring Elementary
Schools can be consolidated, the
quicker other problems can be
solved, he said.
Completed consolidation will
cut out combination classes, and
the need every year to have to
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