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Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31,1928 by Seth M. Vi nin 9
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd. Editor and Publisher
The Bulletin is published
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
* (DSPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 64 - No.19
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N.C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27,1991
20 Pages Today
20e Per Copy
The weather Monday: high
65, low 39, hunt. 72 percent,
and by 7 a.m. Tuesday .08
inches of rain had fallen.
The screenplay for the top-
grossing movie for the last two
weeks, "The Silence of the
Lambs," was written by the
brother of a Tryon resident.
Ted Tally, the screenwriter, is
the brother of Mrs. Alan
(Susan) Leonard.
Tally based the screenplay
upon the novel by Thomas
Harris. The movie, which
grossed $11.9 million in its
second weekend showing, stars
Jodie Foster as an FBI agent
who must befriend an impri
soned mass murderer in order to
solve another case.
Tally also wrote the screen
play for "White Palace," a
movie released last year starring
Susan Sarandon. In that story,
Sarandon plays an older wait
ress who becomes involved
with a younger, upper class
man.
From Hollywood to Con
gress: John B. Allen of Tryon
asked that we bring to your
attention the efforts of the
Council for Citizens Against
Government Waste.
The coalition has published
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Miller Finishes
Second In State
Ricky Miller of Polk County
finished second in the North
Carolina championship wrest
ling finals Saturday in Chapel
Hill.
Miller, who wrestled in the
112-pound weight class, lost by
decision to Phil Carlton of
Mount Pleasant.
Accident Injures
Two In Pea Ridge
Tanya Nelon was discharged
from St. Luke's Hospital Tues
day morning, four days after
being seriously injured in an
accident.
According to N.C. Highway
Patrol officer Pat Staggs, Nelon
was injured Friday afternoon at
the intersection of Fowler Road
and Hwy. 108, just east of Pea
Ridge Baptist Church.
Nelon, driving a 1988 Nissan,
attempted to turn left onto
Fowler and turned right into
the path of Terry Mills, who
was driving a 1988 Chevrolet
truck headed in the opposite
direction.
Nelon, who was not wearing
a seatbelt, was seriously
injured, Staggs said. Mills, who
was wearing a seat belt, was
treated and released.
Nelon was charged with
unsafe movement and a seat-
belt violation, Staggs said.
Donation To Steps to Hope
Woodridge Psychological
Associates, presents a check for
$840 to Rachel Ramsey, Direc
tor of Steps to Hope. Participat
ing in the presentation cere
mony are (left) Carole Bartol
Director of the Polk County
Campus of Isothermal Commu
nity College, and (right) Millie
Stein, R.N., Vice President of
Geriatric Services at St. Luke's
Hospital. The presentation was
made in the Gallery of the Polk
County Campus of ICC in
Columbus.
The $840 donation to Steps to
K r £P resen ! s speakers' fees
or the 23-session series of lec-
" Issucs In Adult
Health Care" which was pre-
sen cd r ?L lhe P °lk county Cam
pus of ICC last fall. There were
dX^ 5 diffcren,
1C senes . and all
£ i lclr speakers' fees to
Steps to Hope.
The series, "Issues In Adult
Health Care," was sponsored by
Woodridge Psychological
Associates, St. Luke's Hospital,
Rutherford Hospital and Iso
thermal Community College.
Steps to Hope, located in
Columbus, is Polk County's
program for the prevention of
domestic violence and the care
and treatment of those affected.
Steps to Hope is currently
engaged in a fundraising drive
*° finance the expansion of its
facilities so as to be able to
handle an increasing number of
abuse cases. Contributions to
Steps to Hope may be made by
S^lacting Rachel Ramsey at
894-2340. - Reporter.
Narcotics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous meets
Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.,
Holy Cross Episcopal Church.
r,^PL m0re Information, contact
859-2272. - Reporter.