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16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 34
TRYON. N. C. 28782
THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1992
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The weather Tuesday, high
73, low 31, hum. 40 percent.
Official weather recorder Rob
ert Dedmondt is 77 years old
today. "Time marches on," he
says. Happy birthday, Robert!
Jerry Attwood of Tryon has
asked if any Bulletin readers
know the Cherokee names for
"river" and "rock".
We would add our own
request for help in determining
the Cherokee names for "hard-
head", "garbonzo bean", and
"rocket scientist."
Thank you.
What's happening:
Remember tonight is the
Spring Concert by the Polk
County High School Band and
Chorus at 7:30 at the Tryon
Fine Arts Center. Admission is
free and open to the public.
Raffle tickets are on sale for a
handmade quilt crafted by Lynn
Carlson of Lake Lanier large
enough for a twin-size bed. The
$1 tickets can be purchased
from any Tuesday School par
ent.
The Children's Theater Fes
tival Super Saturday is this
Saturday.
Photo Graphia Gallery of Fine
Collectible Photography will
hold an opening reception Sat-
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Brush Fire Burns
Acre On Old Hwy. 19
A trash fire on old Hwy. 19
near the Highwood Apartments
got out of hand Tuesday and
spread across the road.
About 20 firemen from
Columbus, Mill Spring, Tryon
and the N.C. Forest Service
were on the scene for two hours
from 12:24 to 2:25 p.m.
Columbus Fire Chief Geoff
Tennant said that the fire came
close to burning out of control.
Had it crossed a ridge into some
cut over land, it would not have
been possible for Columbus
firemen to stop it with their
equipment, Tennant said.
Tennant Resigns As
Athletic Director
Geoffrey Tennant, Polk
County Schools athletic direc
tor, and football coach Den
nis Stokes resigned their posi
tions recently.
Supt. James Causby said
he and the Board of Education
decided that in order to attract a
top candidate to Polk County
they would need to combine the
positions of athletic director and
head football coach.
"They made a decision I don't
necessarily concur with, but I
don't want to get a controversy
started that will detract from
getting someone to help these
kids next year," Tennant said.
Causby said Tennant offi
cially retired a year ago and was
working on a one-year, part-
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Wesley Wolfe
Wins 4-H
Talent Show
4-H member Wesley Wolfe
played a Civil War Medley to
win "Best In Show" at the
annual "4-H Entertains" Talent
Show on March 14. His piano
teacher is Pam McNeil Thomp
son at Discovery House of the
Arts, where Wolfe is a scholar
ship student. Shown above at
the Christmas Expo sponsored
by Discovery House, Wolfe will
go on to compete at the district
level 4-H talent competition.
He is in the ninth grade at
Tryon High.
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Wolverine Tennis
The Polk County Wolverines
evened their record to 1-1
Tues, afternoon with a victory
over Chase.
In singles. Josh Hartman (PC)
defeated Adam Rollins 10-7,
Jeff Combs (PC) defeated
Brandon Hawkins 10-8,
Charlie Hcaron (PC) defeated
Brent Allen 11-9. Ethan
Schulman (PC) defeated Lewis
McDowell 11-9, Anthony
Womack (PC) defeated Ed
Hines 10-2, Hugh Finch (PC)
defeated Howie Splawn 10-5.
In doubles play, Adam Rol
lins and Brandon Hawkins (C)
defeated Mike Chaffin and
Chad Edwards 8-6, Brent Allen
and Lewis McDowell (C)
defeated Jeff Combs and David
Eckert 9-8 in a tiebreaker. The
score of the tiebreaker was 7-4;
Joey Couch and Mitch Davis
(PC) defeated Anthony Sinclair
and Tad Scavo 8-2.
Polk County travels to W.
Henderson today, (Thurs., Mar
19).
-Patty Aldred
Men's Bridge
Results of the Tryon Men’s
Duplicate Bridge Club match at
the home of Lou Pettit on Tues.,
Mar. 17 were: 1st Joe Doti and
Bill Stoddard, 2nd Tom Kofo-
dimos and Lou Pettit, 3rd tie
R.B. Scruggs and Austin
Woody with Dick Petura and
Charlie Stratford.
The next match will be at the
home of Dick Petura on Tues
Mar.24.
-Community Reporter