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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 65 - No. 18
Printed In tho THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON.N.C 28782
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26,1992
18 Pages Today
20 Per Copy
The weather Monday: high
67, low 52, hum. 60 percent;
and by 7 a.m. Tuesday .25
inches of rain had fallen.
We came across an interesting
list of conservation measures
for children while reading
through the Riverbanks Zoo
(Columbia, S.C.) magazine
recently:
"Here are a few earth-saving
tips for young environmental
ists. Share them with your fam
ily and friends and encourage
them to be thoughtful about the
way we treat our home planet.
• Recycle everything you can.
* Discourage the use of pesti
cides to keep our water clean.
* Plant a tree to reduce the
greenhouse effect.
* Snip six-pack rings so ani
mals can't get caught in them.
* Don't throw away the toys
you're tired of. Pass them on to
friends or children who may
need them more than you do.
’ Conserve electricity to
reduce power plant emissions
which cause acid rain.
* Don't use styrofoam. Ask
for recyclable packaging, plates
and cups.
* Keep learning about how to
help the earth and spread the
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Landrum OK's
Single-Member
District Plan
Three-to-two, three-to-two
aptly describes Landrum Town
Council's special meeting called
Monday to give first reading
approval to a single-member
district ordinance for Landrum
voters.
The proposal would establish
districts for each council seat.
Council members are elected at
large now by voters from across
the city.
The first three-to-two vote
defeated a motion by Doug
Brannon to wait for the S.C.
Attorney General's office to rule
on whether or not Landrum can
establish single-member dis
tricts. The referendum approved
by voters Nov. 5, 1991 called
for the election of two addi
tional council members at large.
The second three-to-two vote
gave approval to an ordinance
proposed by town attorney
Roger Couch which combines a
plan for electing two additional
council members with a plan
to establish single-member
voting districts in Landrum.
The ordinance cannot become
law until after the council
holds a second reading.
The spectators in the stan
ding-room only council room
lauded when Hollis Constance,
Mayor Robert Cogdell and Ray
Mayfield voted down the
motion to table, which was sec
onded by Fred Williams.
"Is it your opinion that the
three of you can tell nearly 300
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Fire Destroys
Red Fox Home
The Red Fox Road home of
Robert and Marlea Capozzi was
destroyed by fire Monday night.
Columbus Fire Chief Geof
frey Tennant said the house is
still standing, but one wing and
the main section arc gutted. The
other wing has extensive water
and smoke damage and an inte
rior wall was torn out by fire
men attempting to prevent the
fire from spreading.
"The house was totally
destroyed in terms of there
being any value left," Tennant
said.
No one was home when the
fire started. It was discovered
by a special deputy sheriff who
was passing by and called it in
on his car radio.
The Columbus Fire Depart
ment received the call at 11:47
p.m. Firemen from Columbus,
Green Creek and Mill Spring
responded to the scene, while
Tryon and Sunny View firemen
were on stand-by.
Tennant said firemen worked
all night fighting the fire. He
left the scene around 5:30 a.m.
"It appears to have been an
electrical fire which started in
the kitchen/laundry area,"
Tennant said.
None of the firemen was
injured. The Capozzis are
owners of Side Street Pizza in
Tryon.
Super Saturday
Order Blanks
Available Friday
The Children's Theater Festi
val order blanks for the March
21, 1992 Super Saturday per
formance tickets will be in the
schools and on the streets Fri
day, Feb. 28.
Remember that all students in
area schools must turn in their
order forms, along with $1 per
ticket, to their school the first
day of ticket sales, Monday,
March 2. Only community per
sons with no children in the
area schools listed below will
be allowed to purchase tickets
from the CTF Committee the
first day, and no telephone
orders will be taken the first
day.
The families of students in
these schools will have repre
sentatives to purchase their
tickets for them on Monday:
Green Creek, Mill Spring, O.P.
Earle, Saluda, Spartanburg Day,
Sunny View, Tryon Elementar
y-Middle, Tryon Day School,
Tuesday School.
Community persons with no
children in these schools may
bring order forms to the Tryon
Youth Center beginning at 9:30
a.m. Monday. Be prepared to
wait, as community persons
will take a number and be
included in the circle, as the
schools are, one at a time.
This round-robin filling of
order blanks ensures fair ticket
distribution to area children
without excluding out-of-town
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