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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. 23782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Phone 859-9151
32 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 133
TRYON, N.C. 28782
FRIDAY, AUG. 7,1992
25C Per Copy
The weather Wednesday, high
83, low 64, hum. 58 percent.
As an editor, you never know
what you will hear when you
answer the phone. Frequently at
The Bulletin, the message
delivered is an exasperated cry
something like this: "Here is
another example of how the
world today is going down the
tubes!"
We usually put it down to a
natural phenomenon, a sort of
fearful frame of mind that
sets in. Thankfully, the over
whelming majority of people
manage to avoid this malady.
A caller last Friday pointed
out a story in which a young
man was quoted as saying,
"With my family and I," instead
of, ''With my family and me."
Since the man quoted is an
educator, the caller, who didn't
want to give his name, felt jus
tified in being sickened at this
awful travesty upon the English
language. He seemed to draw
sweeping judgments. "My wife
and 1 just hate that kind of
thing," he said.
Now we have listened to
plenty of speeches given by our
elders, read plenty of old publi
cations, and can testify to the
fact that the language is no
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Sweet Auction At
Redeemed Baptist
Redeemed Baptist Church
Family Center will be the place
for the Bid-A-Swect Auction
Sat., Aug. 8. A Hot Dog Supper
will be served from 5 to 6 p.m.,
followed by a singing by The
Redeemed Singers from 6 to
6:30.
Beginning at 6:30, the Bid-
A-Sweet Auction starts - you
may bid on the "sweets" (pies,
cakes, cookies, etc.) made by
ladies of the church.
All proceeds will go towards
the purchase of items needed
for the smaller children of
Redeemed.
Tlte Family Center is located
on S. Blackstock Road, Lan
drum.
-Community Reporter
TWGA News
Tryon Country Club Women
Golfers played the first round of
the Championship and Ringers
Tournament. The 18-hole
leader at this time is Joan
Zandbergen, and the 9-hole
leader is Brenda Flanagan. Next
week will determine the win
ners.
The event for the day was
Low Net on Odd Holes - Half
Handicap. The winners were:
1st Flight, Inky Cloud; 2nd
Flight/Tie, Jane Clarke and M.
Marie Pearson; 3rd Flight/Tie,
Sally Jo Carter and Gwen
Hamrick; 4th Flight, Bern Per-
rottet. The event on Aug. 11
will be Low Net on Even Holes
Half Handicap.
G. Daniel Hearn
State Chamber
Leader To Speak
At Annual Meeting
G. Daniel Hearn, recognized
as one of North Carolina's out
standing economic development
leaders, has agreed to be the
featured speaker for the Tryon-
Thermal Belt Chamber of
Commerce's annual meeting in
September.
Hearn has since 1978 been
president of the Greater States
ville Chamber of Commerce, an
organization credited with much
of the fantastic economic
development success seen in
that community over the last
decade.
In addition to running the
chamber, Hearn was States
ville's Economic Development
Director from 1978 to 1986. He
has served on the board of
directors for the N.C. Associa
tion of Chamber of Commerce
Executives and the board for the
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Polk County Misses
Cut On National
Education Grant
The New American Schools
Development Corporation
chose 11 design teams to try out
"semi-radical ideas" in educa
tion.
Althogh Polk County
applied, pointing to its Outcome
Based Education (OBE) curri
culum, it was not chosen.
"We're sad," said Associate
Superintendent Susan Leonard.
"But we're glad for the other
grant we got."
Leonard also wrote a success
ful grant proposal. Polk County
won one of four North Carolina
OBE pilot project grants. The
state will provide between
$85,000 and $100,000 each
year for five years to help the
county buy the new technolo
gies needed to teach students in
the 90s.
"We can't complain about
that," Leonard said.
The winners of the New
American Schools Corporation
grants offer "a quick lesson on
the latest theories in education
reform."
Gaston County, N.C. won for
a project which will eliminate
grade levels in 54 schools and
allow advancement to follow
performance requirements
rather than age.
A Providence, R.I. project
will have schools managed by
teams of teachers, parents, high
school aged students and the
principal. Learning by doing
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