^I.K LIBRARY 804 “''''■KEI, ST. COLUMBUS. Mc 287 ’ 2 - 2nd Clj't restate .11 Tryon, North Carolina 28782 and additional port officer. Portmiurr: rend addrrrr changer to The Tryon Dail, Bulletin, PO. Bor TOO. Tr,on. N. C. 287S2 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 tUSPS MJ-JWI 14 published daily except Sat. and Sun. for $35 per year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade St., P.O. Bor 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782 The Tryon Daily Bulletin Phone 859-9151 Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Wcdtem North Caroline Vol. 65 - No. 37 TRYON. N. C. 28782 TUESDAY, MARCH 24,1992 12 Pages Today Joe Per Copy The weekend weather: Friday, high 59, low 38, hum. 40 percent, .32 inches of rain; Saturday, high 62, low 30, hum. 35 percent, and .12 inches of rain; Sunday, high 59, low 32, hum. 62 percent; and by 7 a.m. Monday .32 inches of rain had fallen. Are you dissatisfied with the choices America's political parties are offering you for president this year? H. Ross Perot may be your answer. He's the financial wizard who ran a computer company to wealth and star dom, the one who sold the GM and then balked at the leth argy within the ranks of its top management and made them buy him out for a few hundred million, the gutsy guy who went to Iran himself to help break his employees out of jail. He's running for president, without the aid of a political party or primary delegates. He just has an 800-number that you can call. It is 1-800-685-7777. What's happening: The Tryon Merchants Asso ciation will hold an organiza tional meeting tonight al 5:30 at (Continued On Back Page) Wolverines Advance To Regional Finals Polk County hung in there even on a poor shooting night and moved into the regional finals with a 78-76 triple over time victory over E. Wilkes Friday night. The Wolverines couldn't get the shots to fall inside the paint or from the foul line. E. Wilkes went up 5-1 before baskets by Gavrick Carson and Duron Davis gave the Wolve rines a 6-5 lead. Then E. Wilkes outscored Polk 13-3; with one second on the clock, E. Wilkes threw up a shot from beyond mid-court giving them an 18-9 lead. E. Wilkes held a 10 pt. lead, 21-11, at the 6:41 mark of the second quarter. Polk County cut the lead to 3 at the 4:28, 2:21 and 54 second and 12 second marks but couldn't get over that hump going into halftime trail ing 27-24. E. Wilkes pushed ahead by 10 again, 34-24, with 5:37 to go in the third quarter but the Wolve rines came back at them and pulled to within one, 36-35, at the 2:32 mark. The Cardinals outscored Polk 7-2 in the last 1:24 to take a 43-37 lead. Polk County cut the lead to two, 43-41, with 7:11 remain ing and two again, 47-45, with 4:49 5o go. E. Wilkes went up by six at the 4:09 mark before a three pointer by Dwight Canady and a three point play by Wil liam Burnett tied the score at (Continued On Back Page) Tech Prep Replaces Vocational, General Track Study Plans In most American high schools it used to be that when the administration had lost its patience with a student he was assigned to "shop." Vocational courses such as carpentry and auto mechanics had few, if any, academic requirements. And the shop teacher often was good at hand ling discipline problems. Another bunch of students were often on what was called the "general track." They often were sliding through school picking up passing grades only in those academic courses required for graduation. In most cases, there were not even any minimum require ments. General Math I and II, for instance, would knock off the two required years of math. By their senior year, many general track and vocational students were simply hanging around waiting for graduation. Some attended school only part days. Too often, these students were leaving high school without the skills needed to succeed in the job market, and just as (Continued On Back Page) Schools Seek Capital Outlay Advance For Renovation Project Polk County Schools do not have enough money to award the Polk Central renova tion project base bids, the school board learned Monday morning. The board decided to seek a $175,000 advance on 1992-93 capital outlay funds from the Polk County Board of Com missioners. "There’s more work to do than money to do it," said Supt. James Causby following Mon day's special early morning bid awards meeting of the Polk County Board of Education. "It's not unexpected; we are going to be able to do the reno vation for the elementary sec tion," Dr. Causby said. The commissioners will meet Wednesday at 5:30 to consider advancing the schools $175,000. The schools arc facing an April 1 deadline to ensure that the Polk Central will be reno vated before school opening in the fall, he said. 1 5 n The School Board allocated $34,000 from other construction projects which have been under budget toward the Polk Central project. With anoth er $175,000 from the coun ty, the schools will still only tie able to afford a low base bid of $1,046,139 to go ahead with the essential base projects, Dr (Continued On Back Page)

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