POLK LIBRARY 11 nov 90
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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.
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2 ) Pages Today
Vol. 63 - No. 190
The weekend weather: Friday:
high 58, low 41. hum. 60 precent;
Saturday, high 64, low 33, and
hum. 77%; Sunday, high 67, low
39, and hum. 53%.
E.P.I.C. (Education in Polk
County is Crucial) will host a
forum for all candidates for the
Polk County Board of Educations
and Polk County Board of
Commissioners tonight at 7 p.m.
at the Stearns auditorium in
Columbus.
The American Legion has
offered a list of safety tips for
children who wish to trick-or-
treat Halloween night, and for
their parents.
They suggest all children wear
light clothing, carry a flashlight,
walk — don’t run, move in small
groups and have an adult along,
be careful crossing the street, use
make-up instead of a mask, keep
the costume short so you don't
trip, and use materials that are
not flammable.
Finally, the Legion reminds
children to accept only wrapped
or sealed treats, and don’t even
eat those until you get home and
can have your Mom or Dad check
them.
TRYON, N C.28782
Fischer Can’t Continue
On School Board
Phillip Fischer, incumbent
member of the Board of
Education running for reelection
from the Columbus Township, is
moving out of the Columbus
Township, he told a reporter
Monday.
Fischer will close on a house in
the Green Creek Township on
Nov. 5, which will mean he
cannot serve another term as the
Columbus Township
representative.
Fischer was unsure on Monday
whether he would even be
allowed to finish out his term.
Nonetheless, Fischer’s name
will still appear on the ballot Nov.
6, Polk County Registrar Dale
Edwards said.
“My machines are already set
up and I have three hundred plus
absentee votes,” she said. “If be
(Fischer) wins, he will have to
withdraw and the school board
will appoint a replacement.”
Fischer said he sold his house
in August and knew then that he
might be moving out of the
township, but he said he had not
located a new home yet and so he
decided to remain in the race.
This past week Celia Blackwell
of Green Creek had as her out of
town guest, her sister, Myrtle
Dimsdale, 92 years old from
Weaverville, Calif, and her niece
and husband, William and
Beatrice Clary from Auburn,
Calif. Also visiting was her sister,
Bessie Feagan from
Hendersonville, N. C.
TUESDAY, OCT. 30,1990
County Commissioners Candidates Profiled
Each candidate for the Polk County Board of Commissioners has
been asked a set of questions by The Tryon Daily Bulletin. What
follows is a synopsis of the answers given by two of the candidates.
Voters on Nov. 6 will have three votes, and six candidates to choose
from, three Republicans and three Democrats. Responses have not
been received from all the candidates as yet, but we hope to bring
you the other four candidates answers, two on Wednesday and two
on Thursday.
BILL CROWELL
Republican Bill Crowell wants
to run for the position of Polk
County Commissioner because he
sees the county changing.
“If there is no long-term, level-
headed, practical thinking in our
county government, the people of
Polk County could honestly lose
control over the direction of their
county,” Crowell said.
A manageable budget and
dedicated county employees are
strengths the county can lean on,
Crowell said.
However, the county’s inability
to hold onto key employees due to
low pay is a weakness, he said.
Crowell said he would be willing
to pay more to qualified persons
who committ to Polk County.
Lack of long-range planning is
another of Polk County’s
weaknesses, he said. “Some
major decisions have to be made
in our county for the next ten
years — the landfill, water
quality,” he said, citing two
examples.
Crowell said he also sees
transportation, food services for
the jail, Emergency Medical
Services, and the schools as
additional responsibilities of the
county commission.
Local taxes are not more
important than providing quality
services such as Emergency
Medical Services, the Sheriff’s
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CARSON DECK
Democrat Carson Deck brings
two years of experience as a
county commissioner (1986-88)
with him to his candidacy for the
Polk County Board of
Commissioners.
In spite of so much controversy
in the county, Deck said he feels
progress has been made with the
environment, education and
health care. These strengths,
however, are offset by
weaknesses in the same areas.
“We’ll have to do zoning and
ordinances on business and
industry to watch the industrial
growth and the business growth,”
he said. “We want industry that
will help us, not just any kind ”
The responsibility of the county
commissioners should be to
administer the finances of the
county in all services of the
government, Deck said. The
educational responsibilities of the
county commissioners are also
money-related, he said.
Deck will not say that we
should have lower taxes. He
explained that lower taxes could
result in a lower standard of
living, a lower standard of
education.
“Taxes shouldn’t be the
question. We get what we pay for
in respect to law enforcement,
education, Emergency Medical
Services, etc.,” he pointed out.
As the board of commissioners
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