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Vol. 65 - No. 68
TRYON. N.C. 28782
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6,1992
24 Pages Today
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The weather Monday, high
78, low 54, hum. 35 percent,
and by Thursday at 7 a.m. .01
inches of rabi had fallen.
Congratulations to the win
ners in the Democratic and
Republican primaries! Shame
on those two thirds of you who
didn't bother to vote. One race
was decided by a mere 16 votes.
What's happening:
A new exhibit, "The Birds of
Polk County," is open at Iso
thermal Community College as
this year's FENCE Goes To
Town offering. The exhibit,
sponsored by FENCE and the
Tryon Bird and Nature Club,
includes videos, photographs,
stuffed birds and carved birds.
The college is open 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. Monday through Thurs
day, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri
days. The exhibit will be at ICC
through May 14th.
If your child will be entering
kindergarten next year in Polk
County, the schools are offering
a free get-acquainted program
for your child. The "Rise and
Shine" program will meet
at the elementary schools from
9 to 10 a.m. on Mondays at
Green Creek, Tuesdays at Mill
Spring, Wednesdays at Saluda,
Thursdays at Sunny View and
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Band Students To
Present Concert
All band students in Polk
County, grades 6-12 will pre
sent an end of the year concert
on Tues., May 12 at 7:30 p.m.
in the Tryon Elementary School
auditorium.
Those organizations featured
on the program will include the
6th grade beginner band, the
7th/8th grade intermediate
band, at the Polk Central High
School Concert Band. Also
performing on the program will
be the Middle School chorus.
Students participating in the
concert will be from Tryon
Middle School, Saluda School,
Sunny View Elementary, Green
Creek Elementary, Mill Spring
Elementary, Polk Central
Middle School and Polk Central
High School.
The Middle School Chorus
will be conducted by Woody
Cowan. The band directors are
Mrs. Barbara Poole and Keith I.
Poole.
There is no admission charge
for the concert and the public is
invited and encouraged to
attend.
-Community Reporter
Tryon Valley 411
Meets Thursday
Tryon Valley Chapter 411
will meet Thurs., May 7 at 5
p.m. at the Lodge Hall on
Markham Rd. Asking all mem
bers to please be present. Wm.,
Sister Louise Payton,- Sec.,
Sister Betty Thompson.
County Appoints Six
To Small Business
Loan Program Board
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners on Monday
appointed six persons to the
Region C Certified Develop
ment Corp.
They are Celia Arledge,
Glenn Rhodes, Lane Bailey, Ed
Wilson, Bob Worsnop and Bill
Miller Jr. Region C includes the
same area as the Isothermal
Planning District Committee -
McDowell, Polk, Rutherford
and Cleveland counties.
The Region C Certified
Development Corp, was formed
about two years ago as part of a
Small Business Administration
program. The corporation
assists in making loans of
between $125,000 and $1,875
million to small businesses.
The certified development
corporation will make up to 40
percent of the loan, in cooper
ation with commercial banks,
provided that the small business
creates one new job for every
$35,000 borrowed from the
corporation.
Assistant County Manager
Lane Bailey said the Region C
corporation has made three or
four loans in the past two years,
none in Polk County.
"I am working with a couple
of businesses now," he said.
"To be sure they are aware of
the program."
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Smith, Huntsinger,
Foy Join Incumbents
In Fall Contest
Polk County voters will have
three new candidates and three
incumbent commissioners to
choose from in November.
The winners in Tuesday's
primary for the Polk County
Board of Commissioners were
Benny Smith, Henry Huntsinger
and Sue Cochran, for the Dem
ocrats, and John Edwards,
Jeannie Martin and Jesse Foy,
for the Republicans.
Benny Smith was the top vote
getter in the county, leading the
field of four Democrats with
1,343 votes.
"I'm surprised," Smith said as
he scanned the vote total chart
on the wall in a crowded Dem
ocrat headquarters Tuesday
night. "I guess I'm the new man
on the chopping block. I'm just
glad it was a good clean race."
Smith won in six precincts,
and finished second in the other
three, as well as among the
absentee voters. (A complete
chart of election results appears
inside today's Bulletin.)
Martin, the board chairman
for the last four years, got the
most starkly divided response
from the voters. She finished
second among the Republicans
winning five precincts, all of
those in Tryon and Columbus,
and finishing fifth in the rest of
the county.
"I am proud to be selected,"
Martin said after the final total
was counted. "I intend to do my
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