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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 $35 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
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128 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 32
TRYON. N. C. 28782
TUESDAY, MARCH 17,1992
20c Per Copy
The weekend weather: Fri
day, high 51, low 34, hum.
42 percent; Saturday, high 57,
low 31, hum. 52 percent; Sun
day, high 62, low 26, hum. 55
percent. Spring isn't in the air,
but it will be on the calendar
Friday, March 20. Brrrrrr!
Georgia Pack, vice chairman
of the Polk County Board of
Education, called to talk about
the school line redistricting
question.
Last week the school board
decided to keep new school
district lines, but also to
approve 66 transfer requests for
students who wanted to remain
in their previous districts.
Supt. Jim Causby said no new
transfers likely will be allowed
unless: 1) an older sibling is
among those already trans
ferred; or 2) the transfer is into
the Tryon district, where there
is more room.
In Friday's Curb Reporter, we
asked the parents who had
asked for transfers to under
stand the position of the three
school board members who
voted against allowing trans
fers.
And we asked parents
everywhere to think hard about
the choices they make regarding
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Wolverines
Sectional Champs
The Polk County Wolverines,
in particular Larry Fagan, put
together a thriller Friday night
and edged Swain 92-89 in
overtime to win the 1-A West
ern Sectional Championship.
The victory sends the 22-5
Wolverines to the Western
Regionals Friday night at New
ton-Conover.
After the score was tied at 2,
Polk County went on a 9-2 run
behind balanced scoring to take
an 11-4 lead at the 4:22 mark.
Swain came back and after
three straight Wolverine tur
novers, the Devils pulled ahead
18-13 with 1:32 to play. A steal
and assist by William Burnett to
Larry Fagan tied the game at
18. Larry's three pointer gave
Polk Count a 21-18 edge with
31 seconds left. Swain scored
the next two baskets to take a
22-21 first quarter lead.
Larry Fagan tied the score at
22 at the 7:49 mark but Swain
went ahead 24-22 with 6:37
left. Dwight Canady's two
buckets at the 5:46 and 5:35
marks put the Wolverines in
front 28-27. Swain pulled
ahead 29-28 at the 5:29 mark
and went on a 9-3 spurt the last
2:30 to take a 45-36 halftime
lead.
pie first five minutes of the
third quarter saw Polk County
pull to within 2 or 4 points only
to see Swain pull away again.
With 4:35 left in the quarter and
Swain sporting an eight point
lead, 53-45, the Wolverines
went on an 18-10 run and tied
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The Tryon Daily Bulletin today
presents the Come See Us...
Guide. This compendium of
useful information about the
Thermal Belt area has been
several months in the making.
We hope you like it. Perhaps it
will bring ye a wee bit o' luck
this St. Patrick's Day. Ahh,
and would 'na that be grand.
Col. Lions Meet
The regular meeting of the
Columbus Lions Club will be at
the Western Steer steakhouse in
Columbus on Wed., Mar. 18.
Jean Eckert, Executive Director
of Hospice of Polk County, will
speak to the club on the func
tions of Hospice.
Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m.
and the program will start at
7:30 p.m.
At a business meeting after
the program, the club will plans
for the lighting of the Cross on
Tryon Peak for the Easter Sea
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Communication
Dear Jeff:
The Polk County Historical
Assn. Museum will be open on
Super Saturday from 10 a m. to
4 p.m. We invite all the kids to
bring their parents and grand
parents to see us.
Museum Reporter
Hunt For Governor
Supporters Gather
Jim Hunt's campaign com
mittee in Polk County has gath
ered $5,000 toward a $15,000
goal for their candidate.
Harold Burrell and Charles
Tucker reported the figure at a
recent Hunt For Governor gath
ering at the Democratic Head-
quarters in Columbus. Burrell
and Tucker are heading up the
Polk effort for Hunt, along with
Barry Miller and Keith Ritchey.
Jim Bennett, a young man
from Winston-Salem who is a
finance officer with Hunt's
campaign, urged workers to
collect the other $10,000 toward
Polk's goal before April 18.
That is the end of the second
campaign finance reporting
period, and candidates showing
the most financial strength early
on arc touted as favorites.
"We do not want to alienate
Lacy Thornburg's people,"
Bennett said. "If we are going
to defeat (Republican) Jim
Gardner, we arc going to need
every dollar we can raise.
I am astounded at what
Gardner has been able to raise,
and at what Hunt has been able
to raise," Bennett said. "Lacy
has not raised enough."
Bennett said a recent Mason-
Dixon poll showed Hunt with
43% of the Democratic vote,
and Thornburg with 23%.
"Gardner is way in the lead
for the Republicans," he said
Bennett hinted at the nature of
the upcoming campaign, should
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