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Vol. 63 - No. 227
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THURSDAY. DEC. 27. 1990
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The weekend and holiday
weather report: Friday, high 50,
low 40, hum. 88 percent, .30
precip.; Saturday, high 49, low
55. hum. 83 percent, .15 precip.;
Sunday, high 64, low 54, hum. 85
percent, .25 precip.; Monday,
high 65, low 42, hum. 82 percent,
1.51 precip.; and Christmas Day,
high 42, low 20, hum. 70 percent.
Today the Curb Reporter
continues with the second of three
installments of the remarks
made by Patrick Oliver-Kelley of
First Biltmore Corp. Oliver-
Kelley, an investment banker
with extensive experience
overseas, spoke about the Middle
East crisis. In today’s excerpts,
his remarks were directed at
which countries will be the losers
should war break out.
The first loser is Iraq and
Saddam Hussein. Iraq is a police
state where dissent has been
eliminated by years of Draconian
rule. Iraq and its people are so
isolated from the real world that
they have virtually no idea what
is happening — in the world, in
the region, nor in their own
country.
How did a thug and one-time
torturer rise to the top of this
country? Iraq is as much a
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HealthCall Owner Says
Moratorium Has Been
Handled Poorly
The moratorium on off-premise
advertising signs passed by Polk
County last summer should have
been brought to public attention
before passage, Carl Meroney
said Friday.
Meroney owns the HealthCall
Pharmacy in Columbus, and
two signs which the county
claims are in violation of its
ordinace.
“There should have been public
hearings,” Meroney said. “This
whole thing was handled very
poorly.”
Meroney said when he and his
partner, Don Arledge, were
considering reopening the
downtown Columbus pharmacy,
they decided signs would be an
important part of their
advertising.
Meroney said he spent about
$2,000 on the signs before he even
heard that there would be a
moratorium. At that point, he
said he called up a county
commissioner, Rachel Ramsey.
“She told me this
(moratorium) was not pertaining
to people in the county, that it
was pertinent only to people out
of the county who wanted to put
up signs here,” he said.
However, not long after
erecting the signs, Meroney said
he received a letter from interim
County Mgr. Glenn Rhodes,
informing him that the signs
would have to come down.
No one, other than his wife, has
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New J.T.P.A.
Coordinator
Kenneth Bowling is the new
JTPA Coordinator for Polk
County Schools. He brings both
practical experience and
professional expertise to his job
of helping students prepare
themselves for employment.
Born and raised in Miami,
FL, Bowling completed high
school in Greenville. SC. After a
stint in the US Marines, he
returned to Miami in 1970, where
he married his wife, Janice, and
worked as a surgical and
emergency technician before
entering the ministry in 1979.
By 1982, Rev Bowling and Mrs.
Bowling had begun working with
young people throughout the US
on such problems such as peer
pressure, teen pregnancies, and
drug abuse. The program they
developed to help teenagers
make better choices, “Image
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White Pines
For Planting
The Polk County Rural
Development Panel is again
offering bare root white pine
seedlings for planting. These
seedlings will be shipped in mid
January and there are still some
trees available.
Anyone desiring some white
pines for planting may purchase
some by placing an order with
one of your local agricultural
agencies. Please call the
Agricultural Stablization and
Conservation Service, 894-8505,
the Soil Conservation Service,
894-8823, or the Polk County
Agricultural Extension Service,
894-8218 for more information on
the white pine seedlings.
The Rural Development Panel
is made up of personnel from the
ASCS, Soil conservation Service,
N.C. Forest Service, and the
Extension Service. Earnings
received from the white pine
project have gone towards
worthy projects like aid to Polk
Central Soil Judging Team.
Landscaping the agricultural
building and sponsoring local
agricultural contest participants.
On Dean’s List
Barbara McKenzie of Tryon
was nam°d to the fall quarter
dean’s ist at Haywood
Community College in Clyde.
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