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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 535 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin, Inc. 106 N. Trade
St., P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 287 82
Fhe Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 65 - No. 43
TRYON. N. C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1,1992
24 Pages Today
20C Per Copy"
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 59, low 37, hum. 40 per
cent; Saturday, high 60, low 36,
hum. 30 percent; Sunday, high
64, low 37, hum. 50 percent;
Monday, high 58, low 48, hum.
70percent and by 7 a.m. Tues
day .02 inches of rain had
fallen.
Voters note: Monday, April 6
is the last day to register in time
to vote in the May 6 primary.
On the hunt for industry:
BMW, the German auto manu
facturer, is considering a
300-acre site near the Green
ville-Spartanburg airport to
bring a new manufacturing
plant. If the company comes, it
will bring an estimated 1,000
jobs with it, according to
reports in the Spartanburg
Herald-Journal Tuesday.
Large industries like that
aren't likely to locate in Polk
County. But the county is well
situated for some business
growth. Why isn't it getting
much?
Candidates for the Polk
County Board of Commission
ers arc out talking about bring
ing industry to Polk County.
They say the reason is that
county officials haven't been
doing enough. What do they
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New Schedule For
Polk County High
When Polk County High
opens for the 1992-93 school
year, students in grades 9-12
will be able to take six subjects
and have more time for learning
in each of their classes.
The new schedule recently
adopted by the Polk County
Board of Education has been
organized into three, instead of
the traditional seven, class peri
ods a day. Instead of spending
only 55 minutes in each class,
students will now have 110
minutes three times a day to
master the objectives of each
course.
According to high school fac
ulty members who both pre
pared and recommended the
new schedule to the Board of
Education at its last meeting,
the reorganization of classes
makes a lot of sense. Students
need more time to concentrate,
to work together on projects, to
apply what they are learning.
The longer periods will alter
nate according to the days of
the week as well as by the week
itself. For example, classes held
on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday (numbers 1, 2, and 3 on
the chart) will alternate with the
classes on Tuesday and Thurs
day (numbers 4, 5, and 6). The
following week, the Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday classes
will be on Tuesday and Thurs
day.
While the first and last peri
ods will be exactly 110 minutes
long, the third period will be
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Gibbs To Leave
Her E-911 Post
Ann Gibbs, Polk County's
director of communications,
will be leaving her job this
summer.
Gibbs said this week that she
will be moving to Hinesville,
Ga. to rejoin her husband,
Mike, who has accepted a posi
tion as communications director
there.
Mike Gibbs has been on the
job in Hinesville for a month
now, and Ann Gibbs said she
doesn't want to remain a
weekend wife forever.
"I did want to stay long
enough to go through the bud
get process, and to give the
county time to hire someone,
and to have time to train that
person," she said. "I am not
going to leave the county high
and dry."
Gibbs worked in communi
cations on and off for years
before being appointed direc
tor. The post was created when
the E-911 system came on line
and communications was made
a separate department. It had
been part of the Sheriffs
Department, and the change
was opposed by the Sheriff.
Gibbs said she has loved the
job, and leaves with mixed
feelings.
"But the next person may do a
better job and have ideas that
wouldn't occur to me," she said.
"This is an opportunity for Polk
County too."
Incumbent commissioner Sue
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Steeplechase Issue
Ad Deadline Earlier
The advertising deadline
has been moved up so that the
Bulletin staff can handle the
increased volume of advertising
for its annual Block House
Steeplechase issue.
Advertisers are requested to
bring in their copy as soon as
possible, but no later than
Tuesday, April 14 at 11 a.m.
Unitarians Meet
April Sth
The Rev. Dr. Claude U.
Broach will address the Unitar
ians on Sunday, April 5th.
Dr. Broach has served the
Baptist Church in many ways.
He has worked with universities
and the Baptist World Alliance
attended part of the 2nd Vatican
Council and as pastor for 30
years in Charlotte's St. John's
Baptist Church.
He resides in Tryon with his
wife, Katherine. His sermon is
titled: "Baptists, Whence and
Whither?"
The service is April 5, 10 a m
at the Tryon Youth Center and
all are welcome to attend.
Reminder: Bring supplies or
$5 for the Presbyterian Church's
food pantry.
The next service will be held
Easter Sunday, April 19, for
information call 859-9819.’
-Community Reporter
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