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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 Dail, Bulletin (USPS 643-360) is
published daily except Sal. and Sun. for 535 per
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline
20 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 28
The weather Monday, high
75, low 42, hum. 51 percent.
Work is progressing on
bringing Enicrgency-911 dial
ing service to all of Polk
County.
Residents in most of the
county can now dial 9-1-1 in
an emergency and reach the
dispatchers in the communica
tions center in Columbus. At
the same time, information
regarding the residence, its
location, the occupants, their
medical histories, and other
pertinent information appears
on the dispatcher's computer
screen.
Ilie two areas of Polk County
served by phone companies
other than Alltel Carolina Inc.
do not have complete 911
service yet.
Sunny View residents, who
are served by Southern Bell,
can dial 9-1-1 and reach Polk
County dispatchers. But the
computer information will not
be available until a special line
can be established between
Southern Bell and the Polk
communications center, said
Ann Gibbs, director of commu
nications.
Work on establishing the link
with Southern Bell is underway,
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
School Transfer
Requests Honored
A standing-room-only crowd
clapped wildly Monday when
the Polk County Board of Edu
cation voted 4 to 3 to allow
most parents to choose their
children's schools next year.
The board voted Monday
night to keep the controversial
new school attendance lines it
approved last month, but to
honor all transfer requests
received by Monday's regular
meeting.
The parents of transferring
children readily agreed to pro
vide transportation for their
children to and from school.
Buses will only run along
designated attendance lines.
Board members Geoffrey
Balkam, Phillip Feagan and
Phillip Pleasants voted against
the motion.
All three cited unexpected
growth in population which has
forced the board to re-open
Tryon High School as a middle
school and redraw attendance
lines to ease over-crowding at
Tryon Elementary and Polk
Central.
The new school attendance
lines reassigned: 91 Mill Spring
and Green Creek students to
Tryon Elementary and Middle
Schools; nine Sunny View stu
dents to Tryon; 23 Tryon stu
dents to Polk Central Elemen
tary; and five Tryon students
to Saluda Elementary.
By honoring the transfer
requests, the school board has
allowed 63 of the Mill Spring/
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11,1992
20? Per Copy
Top 'Jump Rope For Heart' Performers
Pictured above arc the top performers in the Tryon Elementary
School's recent "Jump Rope for Heart" Contest. From left to right
are: Leslie Beatty, Brandon Pennington, Andria Durham, Andrew
Durham, and Blakely Coleman. Each of the five raised over $300.
Two other contestants each raised over $200: Meredith Laugh
ridge and Heather McCraw. Eight others each raised over $100:
Hayley Salden, William Leonard, Benton Wharton, Grant Phil
lips, Elizabeth Aldred, Autumn Lennon, Carmen Lyles, and Emily
Rogers. Altogether, 126 students participated in the contest and
raised a total that exceeded $6,500 to benefit the fund drive of the
Polk County Unit of the American Heart Association.
According to Mrs. Lee Mueller of the Community Schools
Dept, and a member of the Board of Directors of the local Ameri
can Heart Assn unit, and coordinator of the annual event, "This
was a record-breaking year, the amount raised surpassing that of
any of the prior "Jump Rope for Heart" contests. The children's
determination and enthusiasm for the Heart cause obviously
helped them in their efforts to convince their sponsors to contrib
ute in record amounts."
A date for the formal ceremony, awarding prizes for the various
categories in the contest, will be announced later.