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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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36 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 89
Wednesday's weather statis
tics were not available at
presstime. We can say it was
raining.
It's like Andre Agassi (our
favorite in the French Open)
says, "Timing .... is everything."
Or was it Image?
In any event, the timing of
Sally Jo Carter's delivery was
ironic. Just as we find ourselves
reporting the resurgence of the
South Carolina student issue,
Sally Jo brought us a clipping
from the magazine North Car
olina Education: "The Least
Child Oriented Counties."
It would come as no surprise
that Polk County ranked 38th
nationally, with 19.4 percent of
its population aged under 18.
The report comes from the
1991 edition of American
Demographics. Counties with
the lowest share of residents
under 18, among counties with
1990 populations of 10,000 or
more, were ranked.
Other North Carolina counties
making the list were: Watauga
County, ranked 12th with 17.1
percent under 18; Orange
County, 28th with 18.9 percent;
and Macon County, ranked
50th, with 19.8 percent.
What's happening:
The Tryon Riding and Hunt
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
Governor's Proposal
Cuts Out-Of-State
Students' Funding
The 46 South Carolina stu
dents attending Polk County
Schools may have to pay nearly
$3,500 per child next year in
tuition or go to school else
where, if the N.C. governor's
budget is approved.
In his budget proposal, Gov.
Jim Martin proposes that the
state no longer provide tuition
funds for out-of-state students.
The move would save the state
an estimated $1.2 million now
being spent for 400 out-of-
state students.
However, after talking with
the state budget officer who
works on education, a press
officer for the governor said
Thursday that it appears the
issue may be tabled until 1993
so legislators can do further
study.
North Carolina has for years
allowed school systems to count
out-of-state students in their
Average Daily Membership
(ADM) figures. Tire state cur
rently pays $3,200 per student
counted in a system's ADM.
Out-of-state students attend
ing Polk County Schools are
charged $274 per family, the
local portion of the tuition cost
as calculated by the Polk
County Board of Education.
If the S.C. students no longer
attended Polk County Schools,
the loss of revenue to Polk
County would be roughly
$160,000, said Polk County
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FRIDAY, JUNE 5,1992
Jim Caldwell, District Sales
Manager of US Air in Ashev
ille, has announced that a round
trip ticket for two anywhere in
the continental United States
will be given to any of the men
or women golfers who make a
hole-in-one on the 10th hole at
Red Fox during the Dean Witter
Heart Fund Golf tournament.
That is only one of the many
prizes that will be awarded. The
men's event will be held on
Mon., June 15 and the ladies on
June 22.
Proceeds from the tourna
ments will go to the Heart Fund
to support research and public
education on cardiovascular
disease. Pierce Cassedy, who
along with Jack Leon, is chair
ing the event, says, "with all the
press coverage given to other
diseases, people often forget
that heart disease is the number
one killer. In fact, it's not even a
contest. We want this tourna
ment to bring the message to
our community about heart
disease and how it can be pre
vented."
Since golf registrations are
limited, golfers are asked to
reserve spots early. Entry forms
are available at all pro shops in
the area.
-Community Reporter
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Polk County Schools
To Receive OBE,
Tech Prep Grants
The N.C. Board of Education
has awarded two grants to Polk
County Schools, school offi
cials were informed Thursday.
Polk County was awarded a
grant to develop its Outcome
Based Education (OBE) pro
gram into a state model. This
grant program runs four years
and will provide $100,000 each
year from state funds.
The OBE grant money must
be used for "staff development,"
teacher training through the
hiring of consultants and
attendance at workshops, as
well as training supplies and
materials.
The OBE grant money cannot
be used for new equipment in
the OBE program.
Polk County also will receive
a $50,000 Tech Prep Imple
mentation grant, Causby
announced.
Tech Prep is a national trend
in education designed to com
bine academics with technical
job skill training. The Tech
Prep course of study is to be
called Applied Academics in
Polk County.
Causby said the Tech Prep
grant, which is federally
funded, can be used to purchase
materials and equipment for the
new curriculum. He said the
money will help to purchase
Computer Assisted Drafting
(CAD) systems, as well as
teaching apparatus for the
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