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CO^ ^^ * 2nd Class Postage Paid At Tryon, North Carolina, 28782 Established January 31, 1928 THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER M. Vining Founded Jan. 31, 10551 (Consolidated with the Polk County News Jellrey 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 J (USPS 643-360) Phone 859-9151 Vol. 64 - No.14 The weather Monday: high 48, low 35, hum. 90 percent. By 7 a.m.tuesday, .04 inches of rain had fallen. The Polk County Sheriffs Department was investigating two shootings Tuesday morn ing, one an attempted suicide and the other apparently a suc cessful suicide. The Bulletin will not report the names of persons involved in suicide attempts. The American Red Cross will hold its fund drive kick-off breakfast March 1 at 9 a.m. Aimee Swartz of Isothermal Community College's graphic arts department has designed and printed a post card for mailing to servicemen in Oper ation Desert Storm. You can write to servicemen, even if you don't know one in particular, by addressing your correspondence to: Any Service Member, Operation Desert Shield, FPO NY, NY 09538-2800. Tryon officials will be touring areas of town next Tuesday and Thursday with consultants from Benchmark Inc. to see if Tryon might meet the criteria for a Community Development (Continued On Back Page) Printed In th. THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolin. TRYON, N. C. 28782 WEDNESDAY. FEB. 20.1991 Fund Raising Chairman Tryon Makes Top 25 List Tryon is in the Top 25, according to USA Today's Monday edition. Tryon was the smallest town on a list of 25 "dream retire ment spots" provided to the national newspaper from a sur vey of Century 21 real estate brokers. The findings were cross-checked by David Sava- gcau, author of Retirement Places Rated. The listing asked brokers to disregard the cost of housing in making their choices, a fact which impressed Tryon's Frank Basler when he read the report. "Tryon's on the list with places like San Diego where average home prices arc $425,000," he said. Tryon's average home price for a 2,000-square-foot home is $120,000. Kathy Woody, executive sec retary of the Tryon-Thermal Belt Chamber of Commerce, said one Connecticut couple re-routed their trip home just to stop by Monday, just hours after reading USA Today's report. She said she expected the phone to ring off the hook for the next few days. Alan Pruette, of Century 21 Pruette & Associates Inc., said he was pleased that he was able to convince so many others in his organization that Tryon has what it takes. "I believe a large part of it was that I believe in Tryon Estates," he said. "I was the (Continued On Back Page) 20 Pages Today 20C Per Copy Roger Traxler has been named Fund Raising Chairman of the 1991 Red Cross fund drive, it was announced by Jim Jackson, chairman of the Polk County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Over 100 volunteer canvass ers under Traxler's direction will cover all of Polk County during March, Red Cross month. These Red Cross volun teers will attend a "kickoff breakfast" on March 1 at the Parish House of Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Tryon. Roger Traxler and his wife Irene live in Tryon. They moved here in 1988 from Wal lingford, Pa. where Traxler was with the Scott Paper Co. He retired from Scott Paper after 34 years with the firm. He served in Technical Services in the firm's International Division. Born in Mentor, Ohio, Traxler received a B.S. degree in chem- (Continued On Back Page) 911 Target Date There remain seven or eight items on the county's "punch list" which must be completed before Emergency-911 service can begin, County Manager John Lewis told the Polk County Board of Commission ers Monday. "March 1st is just a target," he said. "We're not committing to that." In other business Monday: * The board approved a tenta tive budget for the Polk County Transportation Authority (PCTA). Marvin Arledge, the PCTA director, told the board that he must submit his budget to the state early because it includes state and federal funds. However, he said the county's approval does not commit the county to anything. The budget can later be cut, but it cannot be increased. Arledge's budget included a request for local funds of $75,481, an increase of $34,876 over last year's local appropria tion. He cited increased insurance and fuel costs, and the need for replacement vehicles as the primary factors in the increase. * The board decided to post pone any decision on renewing the county's group health insur ance policy with New York Life. Lewis said the New York Life policy will continue month-to- month, and that he would like more time to explore participat ing in a self-insurance pool (Continued On Back Page)
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