Polk Co. Rescue Squad honors, page 3
Tryon Daily Bulletin
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper
2011
Vol. 84 / No. 232
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
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Bonnie Zelinskie, age 83, took a tandem sky jump with Michael Elliot, who tandem-jumped twice with President George H. Bush. (photo submitted)
YEAR IN REVIEW
A look back at the top stories of 2011 starts on pg. 4.
A major woods fire broke out Nov. 2 off Hwy. 74 between the Tryon and Columbus exits (mile markers 161 and 162). (photo by Leah Justice)
A tractor-trailer ran into a Columbus Police Department Crown Victoria early Monday, Dec. 5 along I-26. (photo submitted by the Columbus Police Department)
State Bureau of Investigation officers secure a once buried grenade before packing it into a metal box to transport it to a lab where it was destroyed. (photo by David Salmeri)
Polk County High School basketball games against Thomas Jefferson, originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 5, have been rescheduled to Wednesday, Jan. 4. The games will start at 4:30 p.m. for JV boys and 6 p.m. for varsity girls, with varsity boys following. There will be no JV girls game. The games scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 3 against Avery are still scheduled, pending weather conditions.
New DSS building cost $61k less than budgeted amount $6,900 withheld for not being completed on time by Leah Justice
Polk County is paying $61,146 less than originally expected for its new department of social services (DSS)
building that was occupied on Dec. 13. Polk County’s Construction Manager Cecil Cannon provided a project status report to commissioners on Dec. 13 stating what change orders did to the (Continued on page 9)
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