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16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 23
TRYON. N. C. 28782 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,1992
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The weather Monday, high
80, low 38, hum. 52 percent.
Perfect.
The list of candidates for
public office in Polk County is
complete now. In May, it will
be nanowed some by a primary.
What questions do you have
for the candidates? The Tryon
Daily Bulletin will over the next
few weeks be compiling a list
of those questions you have for
the candidates. Then, we'll ask
them and print their answers.
Send us your questions in
writing, or stop by.
A quote for campaign cov
erage:
"I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why
and When
And How and Where and Who."
Rudyard Kipling
Everyone be sure to note
St. Luke's Hospital president
Tom Bradshaw's knee while
looking at the picture in his
40th birthday advertisement in
today's newspaper. Here was a
young man obviously destined
for a career in the health field.
What's happening:
The Tryon Little Theater's
production of Come Blow Your
Horn takes the stage Thursday
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Polk To Accept
Stumps, Brush,
Wood Trash Again
The Polk County landfill has
not been accepting tree stumps,
contractors' wood scraps, nor
brush recently.
But state laws aimed at
ending illegal dumping across
North Carolina will require the
county to begin accepting these
items again by December.
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners on Monday
decided to begin accepting
stumps, wood trash and brush
as soon as arrangements can be
made. Dumpers will be charged
$18 a ton to deposit these items.
These materials will be piled
up away from the regular land-
fill area and once every three
months a wood chipper will
come and chip the entire pile,
for $345 an hour. The county
hopes then to sell the material at
a very low cost.
Commissioner Sue Cochran
explained that the $18 charge
will be reviewed again in July
to determine whether or not the
county's costs are being cov
ered.
The county charges $30 a ton
for regular garbage, but has
tried not to charge for rccycl-
ables. But board chairman
Jeannie Martin pointed out that
most recyclables do not cost
$345 an hour to process.
Cochran said some tree trim
ming services offer now to
dump wood chips for free when
they are working in the neigh-
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Bill Gordon
Multi-Media
Painting Class
Bill Gordon, who will teach a
multi-media painting class at
the Polk County Campus of
Isothermal Community College
starting March 9, says he likes
to encourage students to exper
iment with different media.
"Part of the fun of painting is
to try new things," he says.
"Maybe you've painted in oils
and acrylics and would like to
try watercolor, or vice versa. Or
maybe you'd like to experiment
with using charcoal with paint
ing, or pastels with painting.
Whatever media you use, the
important thing is to have fun as
you develop your talent and
increase your skills."
Since the instruction is indi
vidual, the course is open to
both experienced painters and
beginners.
The class meets on Mondays
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Leash Law Is On
Polk County Books
There is a dog leash law on
the Polk County statute books.
County Attorney R. Jay Foster
told the board of commissioners
Monday.
Commissioner Sue Cochran
relayed to the board a Lynn
family's complaint regarding an
aggressive dog in their neigh
borhood.
The family had complained to
countv dog warden Raphael
Foy, Cochran said.
Foy, contacted Tuesday, said
there is a leash law in Polk
County which requires all dogs
to be restrained from 9 p.m. to 7
a.m. each day.
Also aggressive dogs must lie
on a leash or contained in a
fenced lot all the time.
But Foy said the county
health department must offi
cially pronounce a dog in ques
tion to be vicious before con
stant restraint can be required.
In the case of the Lynn dog
being complained about, Foy
said he found little evidence to
justify such a ruling.
Science Fair
At Landrum High
The Landrum High School
Science Fair will be held March
11 in the school gym. The
science fair is open to the public
from 7-8 p.m. Grades 7-12 are
participating. Ribbons for 1st
2nd and 3rd place will be
awarded in each grade. Judges
for the fair will be from Dewey
Chemical Company of Inman,