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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 Tryon Daily Bullciin (DSPS 643-360) is
published daily except Sat and Sun for $35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St.. P.O Bos 790. Tryon, N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT ot Western North Caroline
2-1 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 89
The weather Monday: high
86, low 55, hum. 68 percent.
Western Carolina University
is looking for at least two Polk
Countians to take part in a new
leadership training program.
The Western Carolina Lead
ership Development Program,
an outgrowth of the Regional
Economic Strategy Project in
Western Carolina University's
Center for Improved Mountain
Living, will draw 40 partici
pants from the 17 westernmost
counties.
Through a series of several
weekend meetings and day
long meetings, this leadership
class will be trained to "under
stand economic development,
design economic strategies and
gain access to resources and
motivate people."
For information, call Jim
Crowell at Western Carolina,
704-227-7327. The deadline
for applications is July 1.
What's happening:
The St. Luke CME Church
will hold a chicken and lamb
dinner Thursday at 6 p.m.
The Polk County Planning
Commission meets Thursday at
7:30 in the courthouse court
room.
The Saluda Medical Center
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TRYON. N C. 28782
School Board Expects
To Receive Request
The Polk County Board of
Education budget discussions
this year are a 180 degree turn
around from last year's when
board members feared having
to reduce core programs to fit a
too-tight budget.
At this time, the Polk County
Commissioners' 1991-92 bud
get includes full funding of the
$1,941,581 local funds for Polk
County Schools Current
Expense Budget and all but
$26,000 of the $342,400 local
funds sought for capital outlay
projects, Supt. James F. Causby
told the Polk County Board of
Education Monday.
"This is a 14% increase in
total dollars from the county,"
Dr. Causby pointed out. "They
(the commissioners) have
worked hard for us."
Because the school bonds
were sold with such low interest
rates, only 7 cents of the
12-cent tax increase designated
for the $14 million school con
struction bond referendum will
be needed. Dr. Causby
explained.
The rest has been freed for
other uses, most of which will
be used to meet the schools'
budget request, he said.
The $20,000 cut in the local
request for capital outlay funds
will most likely scratch plans to
automate the Media Center at
Tryon Elementary, Dr. Causby
said. The Board of Education
will make the final decision
where the $20,000 will be cut
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12,1991
Methodist Pastor
Assigned To Charlotte
Bishop L. Bevel Jones III,
Resident Bishop of the Western
North Carolina Conference of
the United Methodist Church
has announced the appointment
of The Reverend Elijah A.
Cockman to Commonwealth
United Methodist Church in
Charlotte. Reverend Cockman
will conclude his ministry at
Tryon United Methodist Church
Sunday, June 23.
—Community Reporter
Lanier Library
Honors John Landrum
Over the years the residents of
this area, through a happy com
bination of work, skill, interest,
understanding, assets and many
other positive factors, have
developed a community much
respected and much enjoyed.
During the past half-century
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Jot i'er 1 ops
Football Coach Fulfills
Boyhood Dream
Gridiron coaching was the
boyhood dream for retiring
Coach Elmo Neal and the
dream came true. "I wanted to
coach when I was nine years
old," Neal once told a sports
writer. "My brother played
football before I did and I fol
lowed him to the field. We had
some great coaches and I
wanted to be like them."
"The contribution that Coach
Elmo Neal has made to the lives
of the young men of our com
munity is significant," said Dr.
James Causby as he presented
him the Polk County Board of
Education Retirement Pin. The
occasion was a special retire
ment breakfast at Brannon's last
Monday. The faculty and staff
honored Neal with a rocking
chair for his new home.
In 1962, Elmo Neal was
appointed Head Coach at Tryon
High school. His ten years of
experience teaching at Swanna
noa High School, Hart County
High School and Rockmont
High School had built a solid
record as a class room teacher
and as a football coach.
A graduate of Summerville
High School, he received a B S
from Western Carolina Univcr-
s, jy and lat . er rcce > v ed a Masters
r Educ a ti o n a l Administration
from Western. While at Wcst-
, he was “P‘ a >n of the foot
ball team. His outstanding play
as a ?l° ckln8 back and end
all-s^c^ °" sc ' c,al
As an educator, he has served
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