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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
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The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Vol. 65 - No. 77
The weekend weather:
Friday, high 83, low 56, hum.
50 percent; Saturday, high 83,
low 56, hum. 35 percent; Sun
day, high 85, low 56, hum. 50
percent.
The class of 1992 will be
Tryon High and Polk Central's
last graduating classes.
The alumnae and alumni of
Tryon High School are planning
to be out in force. The former
students will be seated in the
visiting team bleachers, behind
the Class of 1992, and will lead
the first chorus of the school
song.
Hub Arledge, who has been
■working to see that this final
graduation ceremony is given
some extra recognition, said he
wasn't sure just what year the
first class graduated from Tryon
High School.
Is anyone working on writing
a new fight song for Polk
County High School? How
about a Little Richard tune?
Awop, bop, aloo mop, bom
ba-run, we used to be two, and
now we're one. Awoo, scoo-
maloo-bens, our parents may
fight, but we're going to be
friends.
Who was that soldier? Rusty
Gosnell, 7, was wondering who
the statue in front of the Polk
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
Godlock Breaks
Regional Records
Karen Godlock of Polk
County broke three records and
finished first in four races dur
ing the Western Regional
1-A/2-A track meet held
Saturday at Hendersonville
High School.
Godlock broke regional
records in the 3200-meter run
(11:34.9), the 1600-meter run
(5:12.5) and the 800-meter run
(2:21.3) and she was a member
of the winning 3200-meter
relay team which set a new
record (10:15.3).
Pat McEntyre of Polk County
won first place in the 400-me-
ter dash (1:01.9).
The top four finishers in each
race advance to the state track
meet this Saturday in Chapel
Hill.
In addition to Godlock and
McEntyre, the following track
athletes from Polk County
qualified for the state track meet
were: Otis Miller in the long
jump and 400-meter dash;
Duron Davis in the triple jump;
Brendon Palmer in the pole
vault; Seth Peoples in the
1600-meter and 3200-meter
runs; and Jenny McGrane in the
1600-meter and 800-meter
runs.
Homemakers
Meet Tonight
The Columbus Homemaker's
Club will meet tonight at 7 p.m.
in the Extension Conference
Room.
12 Pages Today
2SC Per Copy
TUESDAY, MAY 19,1992
Members of the Barracudas Synchronized Swimming team
from Tryon who participated in the recent Hendersonville state
competition pictured above are: (back row) Sarah
Smith, Heather Willis, Devon Flood, Hannah Roge« Amy Fi"-
Slmmons; (middle) Rachel Askarinam, Emily Rogers, Kristy Atkins,
Tanya Beaver; (front) Erin Woodward, Cali Link, Katie Coleman.
Local Swimmers Win State
Members of the Barracudas
Synchronized Swimming Team
from Tryon took awards at a
recent state competition in
Hendersonville.
Coached by Brian Walker and
Virginia Walker, the following
Barracudas placed in the com
petition:
Erin Woodward was first in
novice 8-years-oId; Katie
Coleman was first on B team
for 9-ycar olds; Cali Link took
second in B team for 9's; Rachel
Askarinam took first in B team
for 10-year olds; Kristy Atkins
was first in B team for 12-year
Bill French's number was
given incorrectly in a story
Friday about the Tryon United
Methodist Church's Tag Sale.
Competition
olds; Tanya Beaver was second
in B team for 12's; Emily Rog
ers was first in A team for 12's;
Amy FitzSimmons was second
in A team for 12's; Sarah Smith
was third in A team for 12's;
Heather Willis was fourth in A
team for 12's; Devon Flood
placed fifth in A team for 12's;
Hannah Rogers placed first in A
team for 14's.
Qualifying for the regionals in
10 and under were Amy Jolley
and Sarah Wilson. Emily Rog
ers, Amy FitzSimmons, Sarah
Smith and Hannah Rogers also
qualified for the regionals.
Call Bill at 859-9882, or Gene
Parks at 859-5142, to arrange
for larger items to be picked up
for the September sale.