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to^ ^V?^^ N C 2nd Claw Pottage at Tryon. North Carolina 28782 and additional post offices. Postmaster send address changes to The Tryun Daily Bulletin, PO. Bos 790, Tryon. N. C. 2878 2 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 Duly Bulletin (USES 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 Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina Phone859-9151 12 Pages Today Vol. 65 - No. 130 TRYON, N.C. 28782 TUESDAY, AUG. 4, 1992 2SC Per Copy The weekend weather: Friday, high 90, low 67, hum. 65 per cent; Saturday, high 90, low 67, hum. 65 percent and .28 inches of rain; Sunday, high 86, low 63, hum. 55 percent. July was hot. The high was between 90 and 96 degrees 15 of the month's 31 days. Last July, 18 days were that hot. Rainfall for the month was slightly above average at 5.29 inches. So far this year, 43.67 inches of rain has fallen, a surplus of 4.4 inches over the average to date What's happening: The American Legion mem bers will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Legion Hall. Curators from the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh will present a Summer Art Lecture Series at Isothermal Commu nity College, Polk campus starting today and continuing Aug. 11 and 18, at 2 p.m. each day. The series is offered at no charge and each lecture will be followed by a reception. The Columbus Town Council meets Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall. The United Methodist Women of the Columbus United Meth odist Church on North Peak (Continued On Back Page) Summer Storyhour At PC Library Polk County Public Library's Summer Storytime programs are offered each Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Join us as we dis cover "the whole world in a book" through stories and pic ture books from different coun tries. This week's program will fea ture traditional and contempo rary classics from France, including Ludwig Bemelmans' delightful, Madeline. Children ages 3 and up are invited. No registration is required. - Community Reporter To Perform In Shelby World-renowned folk musi cian Doc Watson will perform Fri., Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. in Shelbys Malcolm Brown Auditorium. Phil and Gaye Johnson, a husband and wife duo from Green Creek, will also appear. Proceeds from the charity concert will benefit The Chil dren's Home of Hope. For more information or to obtain tickets, call Harrill Blan- ‘ojUl at 704-734-0787; Ozzie McFarland at Gardner-Webb College at 704-434-2361; Bus Blanton at 434-2244 or Ken Jones at 434-7979. —Community Reporter Read The Bulletin For Local News Dr. LeRoy S. Roemer Roemer Elected Red Cross Chairman Dr. LeRoy S. Roemer was elected chairman of the Polk County Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross at the chapter's annual meeting held at Caro- Mi Restaurant July 31. Dr. Roemer, better known as Lee, is a semi-retired veteri narian. He now works with healthy animals, helping people through the Dogs for Disabled program in Greenville, S.C. nursing home visitation through the Delta Society, and a visita tion ministry. Lee attended Kansas State University and Seton Hall Uni versity as an undergraduate and Cornell University for his degree in Veterinary Medicine. He and his wife, Ellie, moved to Tryon in 1986 from New Jer sey, and Lee says he is trying to be good so they don't send him back. In N.J. Lee was senior (Continued On Back Page) Attending Legislators' School For Youth Leadership Development Five Polk County residents are participating in the Legisla tors' School for Youth Leader ship Development at Western Carolina University. They are: Hugh Finch of Columbus, son of Sharon Finch, a junior; Gary Gibbs, Jr. of Inman, S.C., son of Gary and Jeannie Gibbs, a freshman; Olivia Pleasants of Lynn, daughter of Phillip and Hilda Pleasants, a sophomore; Jon Sjostrom of Lake Lure, son of John and Jenny Sjostrom, a freshman. All students will be attending Polk County High School. The Polk students are among 300 youths in eighth-through 12th grades in the western half of North Carolina who are on the WCU campus for a three- week session to foster potential leaders among students in North Carolina. The Legislators' School for Youth Leadership Development is funded by the General Assembly and operated by WCU's Office for Rural Educa tion. Concurrent sessions for 300 students in the eastern part of the state operate at East Car olina University. The program consists of aca demic and special interest classes, outdoor activities community service and a Youth Speak Out where students work on solutions to social problems -Community Reporter
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