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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 Bulletin (USPS 643-360) is
published daily except Sat. and Sun. for S35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St., P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline
20 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 94
The weather Monday: high
91, low 64, hum. 67 percent
and by 7 a.m. Tuesday, .02
inches of rain had fallen.
I love National Public Radio.
Where else would you hear
something like The Ballad of
Dave and Eddie?
Morning Edition Tuesday
featured a whimsical ballad
about two guitar pickers who
were tired of fighting traffic all
the way from Hollywood to
Venice Beach each weekend
and so decided to build a free-
way, called The Dave and
Eddy. How? They just did it.
"Voy-lah, dude."
Send those boys to Raleigh,
harmonicas, guitars and all. If
nothing else, there might at
least be some joy in Mudville.
A few folks have suggested
some ways Thermal Belt busi
nesses might counteract the
business slowdown which has
accompanied the recession - or
as George Bush puts it, "This
temporary interuption of the
largest peacetime expansion in
history."
Ray Ingham sends his sug
gestion by way of a communi
cation in today's Bulletin. John
Calure offered another in per-
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TRYON. N C 28782
Official Concern
Over Lake Water
Surfaces - Again
Almost one full year after
Tryon established a quasi-
zoning ordinance to try to pro
tect the water quality of Lake
Lanier, its effectiveness is being
questioned.
The Tryon Town Council on
Monday considered a request
from the Greenville County
Building Standards Director,
Billy J. Lark, asking the town to
strengthen its "lake access"
ordinance.
While Greenville County has
no zoning ordinance covering
the lake area, Tryon was able to
take control of any over-
the-water building because it
owns the lake bed and the dam.
The lake is a drinking water
source for both Tryon and lake
area residents.
Greenville officials are
recommending that Tryon lower
the maximum height for a boat
house from 25 to 15 feet, a
move which would virtually
limit all new structures to one
story.
In addition, Lark said the
town should require a letter
from a S.C. registered engineer
approving plans before any
foundations or pilings arc per
mitted to be built in the water.
Greenville County and
the Town of Tryon are not the
only ones concerned, Tryon
Mayor Bob Neely told the
council members. He said the
South Carolina Division of
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19,1991
Timothy G. Cummings
New CFO
At St. Luke's
Timothy G. Cummings, a
native of Staunton, Virginia,
has been appointed the new
chief financial officer at St.
Luke's Hospital. Cummings
attended James Madison Uni
versity in Virginia, where he
received a bachelor's degree in
business administration.
He comes to St. Luke's with
seven years of progressive
healthcare finance experience at
Lewis Gale Hospital in Roan
oke. Cummings will be respon
sible for all financial operations
at St. Luke's Hospital and will
supervise the Business Office,
Medical Records, Materials
Management, Patient Registra
tion and Communications
departments.
He and his wife, Mindy and
their 5-year old daughter, Han
nah, reside in Columbus. The
Cummings enjoy camping,
fishing and golf. Hannah will
begin kindergarten this fall.
—Community Reporter
20t Per l opy
$7 Million County
Budget Passed With
Barely A Whimper
Remember last year, when the
county budget hearing was
packed with business people,
parents of school children and
taxpayers - all of them irate?
Well, forget it. The 1991-92
budget season came and Mon
day it went with barely a
whimper.
Polk County Board of Com
missioners chairman Jeannie
Martin said Monday that the
county was conservative in
projecting $7,041,981 in reve
nues and expenses.
"We were able to maintain
quality services and cut wher
ever we could," she said.
There were no new depart
ments to start up, like E-911, or
EMS. There were no new land
fill tipping fees to enact.
No tax increase was need
ed for repayment of the
school bonds. The school bonds
sold for lower interest rates than
expected, and a surplus of
funds was available.
There'll be no court case this
year. The school budget request
for current expenses, $1 92
S?nn’n was funded A CU1 ' of
$20,000 was made in the
schools capital outlay request
h^" 8 $188 ’ 05 ° for school’
buildings and equipment
But schools remain controv
ersial - some strongly for better
funding, others for better
reforms.
For ten years I have attended
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