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Vol. 65 - No. 73
The weather Thursday: high
83, low 65, hum. 72 percent and
by 7 a m. Friday, .20 inches of
rain had fallen. Friday morn
ing was sunny, cool ami beau
tiful.
Perhaps it is just coincidence,
but a copy of The Golden Leaf
publication touting tobacco's
economic impact on North
Carolina appeared in area
papers as an advertising sup
plement Friday. The smiling,
handsome faces of N.C. ware
housemen, longshoremen,
tobacco company employees
and farmers appear on every
page.
This wouldn't have anything
to do with the possible increase
in cigarette taxes being con
templated in Raleigh, would it?
The N.C. Department of
Transportation is ready to begin
on July 1 $931,000 worth of
paving work on Polk County
secondary roads - if the state
budget makers will let it.
After recent public hearings,
the DOT released the following
paving priority list for Polk:
.27 miles of Bradshaw Road
from 1122 to 1130; .8 miles of
Levi Road, from 1532 to the
dead end; .40 miles of Herbert
Page Road, from 1326 to the
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Polk County
Little League
The Wednesday evening con
test between the Dodgers and
the Braves turned into a wild
and wooly game with enough
hits, steals and walks for just
about everybody. Braves hurler
Keith McClure had a louglt first
inning but settled down by the
2nd fanning batters in a row.
McClure and reliever Earl
Southern had seven strike outs
between them in four innings on
the mound. Stolen bases by
Braves Mark Morgan, Brian
Case and Keith McClure helped
Earl Southern get two RBI's off
of a single.
Dodger batters were hot this
time out with triples by Mat
thew Pcenicni and Eric Crocker,
doubles by Josh Smith and
Nicholas Johnson and a single
by Chris Rich.
The defensive pressure was
also tough with three Braves
caught stealing thanks to good
throws from catcher Nicholas
Johnson. Pitching for the Dod
gers were Carl Pleasants and
Nicholas Johnson. Final score
was Dodgers 19 - Braves 4.
The Braves, sponsored by
Southern Home Repair, play the
Giants on Tuesdays, the Dod
gers, sponsored by the Polk
County Jaycees, play the Reds
on Wednesday, May 29. All
weekday games are at 5:30 at
Harmon Field.
Community Reporter
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For Ixical News
MONDAY. MAY 20.1991
Whitmire Stateside
Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class
Joseph F. Whitmire, son of
Josephine H. Simmons of Route
1, Tryon, recently returned from
deployment to the Middle East
in support of Operation Desert
Storm while serving aboard the
aircraft carrier, USS John F.
Kennedy, homeported in Nor
folk, Va.
Operation Desert Storm was
the largest deployment of U.S.
military forces since Vietnam.
The operation was in response
to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and
threat to Saudi Arabia.
A 1982 graduate of Polk Cen
tral High School, Mill Spring,
he joined the Navy in June
1983.
Community Reporter
Red Fox Womens
Golf Assn.
Thursday, May 16 winners of
the Blind Nine Event were as
follows: Class A, Peg Thomp
son, Class B, Faye Wuchamann,
Class C Joan Blair and Class D.
Sheila Umlauf.
First round winners of the
Spring Handicap were Helen
Ellis, Louise Cairns, Marjorie
Reeves, Jean Nosologilcs, Peg
Thompson, Beth Leon, Es
Foote, Gina Peterson.
May 23 event will be Throw
Out one Worst hole one each 9
low net in classes.
Community Reporter
16 Pages Today
20C Per t ops
Nominations Requested
For Governor's Award
Governor James G. Marlin
will recognize four outstanding
volunteers or volunteer organi
zations from each county at the
1991 Volunteer Recognition
Ceremony in Western North
Carolina in the fall. An ad hoc
committee from the Polk
County Community Resource
Council is involved in the
selection process of these four
nominees. The Selection will lie
made at the May 21 meeting of
the Resource Council at 7 p.m.
at Saluda Presbyterian Church.
"The need to act as a commu
nity working with one another,
for one another, has never been
greater," said Governor Jim
Martin. These awards, pre
sented annually to as many as
four recipients per county,
honor those individuals, orga
nizations and businesses who
have contributed special ser
vices without reimbursements.
Tlie awards program is spon
sored completely by corporate
donations from the many fine
companies in North Carolina
who recognize the value of the
millions of volunteers across
the slate.
Recent Polk Volunteers
Recognized by the Governor
include: In 1990, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Campbell, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Rutledge, Peter Hahn and
Ms. Mary Leitschuh. In 1989,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Graves,
Ms. Janice Haas, John Nash II,
and Robert "Bob" Wolfe. In
1988, Ms. Ethel Whiteside, Ms.
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