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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 (DSPS MS-360) is
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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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40 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 40
TRYON. N. C. 28782
FRIDAY, MARCH 27,1992
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The weather Wednesday, high
51, low 29, hum. 75 percent,
and by 7 a.m. Thursday .86
inches of rain had fallen.
'Ilie Rev. Jerry Long of First
Baptist Church in Landrum,
told us an interesting story just
after he arrived here -
which was two years ago yes
terday.
He told how Jeni Herring, a
consultant with the Southern
Baptist Sunday School Board,
had taught him that one of the
key challenges is bringing
church leaders into the present.
At church council meetings,
as strategies to meet the church
mission are being debated,
Herring suggested someone
break in every once and awhile
and ask: "What year is it?"
She believes someone has to
remind us all that this is 1992,
not 1950, 1972, or even 1989.
Our communities have changed
in basic ways. Families are
under different stresses. If
we want to be effective, we
need to serve the community as
it exists today, not as we
remember it from our own
childhoods, or years past.
From some of the rumblings
we hear off the Polk County
campaign trail, some of our
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Peggy and David Riddle
Riddles Join Camp Wayfarer Staff
David and Peggy Riddle
have joined the staff of Camp
Wayfarer for boys and girls in
Flat Rock, N.C.
David is well known in the
community for his work as
FENCE'S Nature Center Direc
tor from 1986-1991. During
this time he was instrumental in
developing the nature program
and activities.
At Camp Wayfarer, David,
who is a graduate of Clemson
University, will be directing the
nature program and assisting in
hiking, camping, and back-
packing expeditions in Pisgah
and other surrounding National
Forests.
Peggy, who graduated from
the University of Georgia, will
be directing music and drama
programs and coordinating
morning assemblies.
Jim Bob and Nancy Z. Wil
son of Green Creek, owners and
directors of Camp Wayfarer,
said they are thrilled to have
David and Peggy on the Wayf
arer team.
"The success of any camp
program depends on its staff,
and they're both blue chippers
who will be a tremendous asset
to our camp program," Jim Bob
Wilson said.
For more information on
Camp Wayfarer's resident or
day camps, write P.O. Box 850
Flat Rock, N.C. 28731, or call
704-696-9000 or
803-457-7272.
Community Reporter
Getting
Ready
For The
World
Polk May Become
State, National
Model With OBE
In a country scrambling for
educational answers, there are
some real rewards that come
with being ahead of the times.
Polk County's school merger,
construction of a new high
school and commitment to
reshaping its curriculum has
made it a top contender in a
North Carolina Outcome Based
Education grant program.
The state plans to establish
pilot program sites for five
years, providing $500 per
teacher per year for staff devel
opment, an amount which
would equal roughly $89,000
in Polk County.
Recognition of Polk County's
efforts may reach far beyond
the state's borders. Educators
have for some time been aware
that the Outcome Based Educa
tion curriculum they were
designing is very nearly a
perfect match with the goals of
the America 2000 program.
Polk County Board of Com
missioners chairman Jeannie
Martin attended a meeting with
the governor in Asheville
Wednesday where western
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