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Vol. 63 - No. 239
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
RYON, N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 16. 1991
20 Pages Today
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The weather Monday, high 54,
low 22. hum. 70 percent. Tuesday-
morning it was cold and frosty.
But Robert Dedmondt retracted
his earlier prediction of snow and
called for rain instead. The
Thermal Belt is working.
All of our thoughts and prayers
go out to the service men and
women in the Gulf and the people
of the nations there.
On a happier note here at
home, we noticed construction
going on at Steps to HOPE in
Columbus. There, with new walls
and roof, we as a community will
soon offer shelter to even more
women and children in need.
A moment of silence for the
Washington Redskins: As Joe
Nebraska, that unruly excuse for
a San Francisco quarterback,
goes on collecting his rediculous
paycheck and all those awards to
boot, we can only bide our time
and murmer quietly a mantra.
“Next year. Next year. Next
year.” (Go Giants!)
The Tryon Little Theater
Reader’s Group will meet tonight
at 7:30 in the Mural Room of the
Tryon Fine Arts Center to read
aloud Augustus Wilson's “The
Piano Lesson.”
Dr. Willard Daggett, a
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Final Bid Awarded
For High School
Cooper Construction Co. of
Hendersonville was awarded the
site improvements contract for
the new high school project with a
base bid of $266,000 and an
alternate courtyard bid of
$16,605.
Cooper Construction was also
awarded the Building and
Finishes contract before
Christmas.
The only other bidder for the
>ite improvements was Hensons
of Greenville. S.C., which had a
oase bid of $352,000 and an
alternate courtyard bid of
$25,820. Site improvement bids
were not taken before Christmas
because only two bids were
returned and three are required
to open bids. Once the bid is
reopened, the three-bidders rule
does not apply, explained Bob
Myers of GMK Construction
Management F irm.
The only work remaining in site
preparation is to grade the
baseball field area and the
second entrance, Myers reported
to the Polk County Board of
Education Monday. Grassing and
erosion control also needs to be
done, but the grassing will have
to wait until the weather clears
up, he said. However, grassing
will not affect the building area,
he added.
Therefore. foundation
excavation can begin toward the
end of the month, Myers told the
school board members.
In an update on the Saluda
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Schreck Now-
Habitat Treasurer
Bill Schreck, city executive of
First Union, National Bank of
Tryon, has been named treasurer
of Thermal Belt Habitat for
Humanity, it was announced by
B. G. “Woody” Woodham,
president of that organization.
Schreck will replace Lou Blair,
treas., of Habitat for the last 3
years. Blair is stepping down
from the position for personal
reasons.
The new treasurer, who has
served in his present capacity at
the Tryon bank for the past year,
is a native of Bay City, Mich., and
worked for banks in Asheville
and Hendersonville before
moving to Tryon.
He is active in Thermal Belt
Rotary and serves on the Board
of Directors of the Thermal Belt
Chamber of Commerce.
Schreck lives in Tryon with his
wife, Marti, and daughter, Leslie.
Housing Code To Be
Drafted For Tryon
A housing code which sets
minimum standards is in the
works for Tryon.
The Tryon Town Council
Monday night instructed Town
Manager Matthew Dolge to draft
an ordinance that would set
minimum standards for
structures in town, and which
would offer remedies the town
call follow to remove
deteriorated and dilapidated
ones.
Councilman Warren Carson
has been bringing the issue of
dilapidated housing before the
council since “long before I was a
member of the council.” he said
Tuesday. He has brought the
matter up before council at
almost all the meetings he has
attended since his election over a
year ago.
“I think it is a major problem
when you consider the area we
are talking about.” he said
Tuesday. Carson estimated said
he knows of 13 “severely
dilapidated, abandoned” houses
off the top of his head.
Carson and Mayor Bob Neely
asked Dolge to draft an ordinance
“with some teeth in it.” Dolge
told them that a formal
procedure for condemning unfit
housing would involve several
notifications of the property
owners.
Dolge said he would draft an
ordinance based on the North
Carolina Model Housing Code
and present it at the council's
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