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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
16 Pages Today
Weather Tuesday: high 70. low
40. hum. 75%. The weather has
been great
The Asheville Citizen reports
that the owners of Ecusta Corp,
may have to close the Pisgah
Forest plant in Transylvania
County if the EPA forces the
paper mill to meet tougher stand
ards on discharges of dioxin into
the French Broad River The
plant was one of 10 North and
South Carolina mills EPA had
placed on its cleanup list after
finding dioxin in a fish
downstream of Ecusta
Thomas Pollard, a member of
the N.C Board of Transportation
who violated state water-polution
standards 24 times without
penalty was not given special
treatment even though he was a
major campaign fund raiser for
Gov Jim Martin, according to
Preston Howard, a regional
water quality supervisor with the
Division of Environmental
Management.
A Luxembourg-based Bank of
Credit and Commerce
International pleaded R uilty
Tuesday to cocaine-related
money-laundering charges and
agreed to forfeit a record $1-1
million and to help prosecutors
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TRYON. N C. 28782
School Board Considers
Construction Management
The Polk County Board of
Education Tuesday night began
considering building its new high
school by placing in charge a
“construction management"
firm, rather than a general
contractor.
The “schematic” plans for the
new school were approved last
week, and the architects. Wood
and Cort of Asheville, are now in
the design phase, architect John
E. Cort said Tuesday.
Construction of the new. $12
million school is expected to be
complete by the fall of 1992
That date seemed a long way
off Tuesday as the board listened
for three hours to representatives
from three construction
management firms as they
pitched construction
management as a concept, and
their firms as the most qualified
to carry it out.
When the last presentation
chart had been packed away and
the board was alone again, the
board members listened as
school board attorney Charles
Russell Burrell and architect
Cort discussed the pros and cons.
Before adjourning, the board
instructed Superintendent Dr.
James S Causby to investigate
the references on the three firms:
M B Kahn Construction Co..
Inc ; Construction Control
Corp.; and GMK Associates All
three are headquartered in
Columbia. S.C
While there was no consensus
of the board for or against
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THURSDAY. JAN 18.1990
Today
Joseph Bathanti. poet and
author, visiting artist at
McDowell Tech, will present
readings of two of his works at 2
p.m today (Thurs ) in the lecture
room of the Polk ICC campus
Saluda Residents Want
End To School Tax
Now that Polk County schools
have consolidated, some Saluda
residents want relief from the 5-
cent special tax assessment for
Saluda School. County Attorney
R. Jay Foster told the Polk
County Board of Commissioners
Tuesday.
Foster, who said he was
contacted by the residents, said
in a special election in 1981
Saluda voters approved allowing
a levy of up to 15 cents per $100
assessed value.
He said if 50 percent of Saluda
voters petition the school board
for removal of the levy, the law
will require the school board to
petition the county for another
special election
However. Foster said if fewer
than 50 percent of the voters
petition the school board, the
school board then has the option
not to ask for a special election
despite the petition
“The school people and some
Saluda residents may see.it (the
tax) as beneficial.'’ Foster said
In other business before the
board Tuesday:
• Alton Hambric, the consult
ant helping Polk County establish
an emergency 911 calling system.
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delivered a 200-page guidebook to
the board.
“It will take you four hours
hard reading to go over this docu
ment.” he said. “I will be happy
to come back later to answer
your questions.”
Summarizing, however.
Hambric recommended that the
board negotiate with Alltel
Carolina Inc. and explore the
option of lease/purchasing a
system from a manufacturer.
Hambric said the
least/purchase option would
likely save the county $200,000
over the current Alltel bid.
In addition. Hambric said his
plan would include equipment for
the entire county, including
Saluda, which is served by
Saluda Mountain Telephone Co .
and a small area served by
Southern Bell
Saluda, however, will not be
able to dial 9-1-1 unless the town’s
phone switching equipment is
altered.
• County Manager Steven D
Wyatt read a letter to the board
from the officers of the Polk
County Rescue Squad saying they
cannot house the county’s new
Emergency Medical Service
(EMS).
However. Wyatt suggested a
second option as "an answer to
prayer." He said he had learned
that the Columbus Fire
Department is planning to vacate
its building >n August The
building ownership will revert to
the county at that time. Wyatt
said.
The county last year agreed to
take over EMS service from St
Luke's Hospital by July 1. 1990
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