Friday, December 28, 2012 Tryon Daily Bulletin / The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
• Year in review (continued from page 1)
Editor’s note: With another memorable year winding down, the Bulletin chose to reflect on those stories that kept the community talking. Over the next several issues, we’ll present highlights of those stories.
JANUARY
In Memoriam Shirley Walker Mildred Price Cochran Regina Hersey Virginia Parker Correll Bill L. Parker Robert Paul Crow
New DSS building cost $61k less than budgeted amount Polk County will pay $61,146 less than originally expected for its new department of social services (DSS) building that was occupied on Dec. 13. A project status report stated that the county withheld $6,900 in liquidated damages because the building was not completed on time. Contractors were fined $300 per day for every day past Nov. 14, the contract end date that a certificate of occupancy was not obtained. Vaughn Creek purchase completed (Continued on page 8)
Sheriff officer Jared McFalls with the department’s new K9, Kimbo. (photo submitted)
Eric A. Gass John A. ‘Jack’ Stephenson Robert Paul Crow Kathleen Goodwin Lucy Foster Conner-Hull Bobbie Jean Thompson Stephen Douglass Fitch Warren ‘Dennis’ Rome Lillie Mae Hannon Conner Audrey H. Hines Michael Preston McKaig Bill Terwilliger Danny Mitchell Campbell Katie McGuinn
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