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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 $35 per
year by the Tryon Daily Bulletin. Inc. 106 N. Trade
St., P.O. Box 790, Tryon. N.C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Phone 859-9151
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12 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 124
The weather Thursday: high
85, low 69, hum. 62 percent,
and by Friday at 7 a.m. 1.22
inches of rain had fallen.
Remember the story we told
Friday of Samantha, David
Carmichael's black labrador
who found her way nine miles
home from Columbus to Tryon?
Well we were curious how
Samantha could navigate her
way home, so we talked with an
animal behaviorist in Durham
Friday.
Dr. Donna Brown is the one
to call if your pet seems to be
acting strangely. Dr. Angel
Mitchell of Bonnie Brae Veter
inary Clinic once had one of her
dogs in to sec Dr. Brown for a
psychological evaluation.
Brown evaluated the two
Rottweilers who pursued and
killed a jogger some years ago
in the Research Triangle area.
Her conclusion was that the
dogs, although normally
friendly house pets, instinctu-
ally pursued the jogger, who
unfortunately was wearing
headphones and never heard
them coming. Had he stopped,
turned and spoke sternly to
them, they might have licked
his hand.
It was the instinctual phe-
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TRYON. N.C. 28782
Burgess O.K. After
Being Pinned Under
Tractor Two Hours
John Burgess' arm had been
deprived of blood for about two
hours when his farm manager
Todd Goodwin found him
pinned underneath a tractor last
Thursday in a Green Creek
horse pasture.
When he was finally freed,
Burgess' right arm hung limp,
like spaghetti. One finger was
nearly tom from the hand.
He was worried he would lose
the use of his hand forever.
But Friday morning, speaking
from his room at St. Luke's
Hospital, Burgess said he was
alright. Dr. John Davis had
successfully sewn the tom fin
ger, and although he still could
not move his other fingers, they
were wami again. His wrist was
broken. He had just started
some therapy sessions.
"I feel much better," he said.
"I feel very fortunate to be here
talking to you."
Burgess, who says he is "as
old as Jack Benny", was driving
his tractor trying to move a
large, round bale of hay Thurs
day morning in a pasture below
the barn at his 75-acre Fox
Chase Farm in Green Creek.
When he drove forward to
push the forks into the bale, he
said his foot slipped off the
clutch and the tractor lurched
forward onto the hay. The trac
tor overturned, its steering
wheel pinning Burgess’ shoul
der and arm underneath the full
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MONDAY, JULY 27, 1992
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Communication: On z
Concrete blocks, steel beams,
and hard work are coming
together in Columbus for the
new fire station.
The 6,875 sq. ft. building is
being constructed by the T.P.
Smith Construction Co. for the
recently restructured Town Of
Columbus Fire Department Inc.
It will allow the housing of all
of the department's current
equipment plus the projected
needs for quite a few years to
come.
Some people in the commu
nity have questioned the need
for the construction. Well, if
people weren't concerned
enougli to question expenditures
then we would all be in trouble.
The truth is that continued
growth in our area, coupled
with ever tighter State and Fed
eral regulations, is forcing not
just the Fire Departments, but
all Emergency Services to
become more aggressive in
their plans. In our case it was a
physical impossibility to
remodel the old building to
accommodate the new equip
ment needed to keep up.
Upon completion, the build
ing will consist of five bays,
each of which will hold two
trucks. Also included will be a
meeting room with kitchen, and
Breezy Firehouse
restrooms with showers.
As the building goes up some
might say that the contractors
have forgotten a couple of roll
up doors. Well, rest assured that
they haven't. Tire middle two
bays will be "drive through".
This allows the most frequently
used equipment to be driven
into the station from the rear.
This system is much safer, con
sidering that the highway will
not be blocked by backing
equipment. This also means that
there will be no need to have
someone directing the driver
from behind while backing in
the bay.
Construction of the building
has been slowed some due to
the weather and a few schedul
ing conflicts with sub
contractors, but it appears that
the completion will be within
the promised time frame. The
contractors have stated that the
building should be completed
by the last week in August.
After the completion and the
department gets moved in and
settled there will be an open
house scheduled for the com
munity to come and "check us
out".
We as a Department would
like to thank each person who
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