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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
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Phone 859-9151
Vol. 65 - No. 75
The weather Monday: high
58, low 52, hum. 70 percent,
and as of 7 a.m. Monday .22
inches of rain had fallen. In the
interest of fairness, the rain
continued past the weekend to
obliterate a few weekdays as
well.
Anson Merrick, a Tar Heel
himself, has suggested a few
measures of a true Tar Heel,
which we will share with those
of you needing a litmus test:
For instance, you know you're
from North Carolina if your
wife's hairdo has been ruined by
the ceiling fan. Or if:
* You have lost at least one
tooth opening a beer bottle.
* Your lifetime goal is to own
a fireworks stand.
* You consider a six-pack
and a bug zapper quality enter
tainment...
NOW JUST WAIT A MINUTE
HERE, ANSON. That last crack
is going a bit too far, don't you
think?
* You started a petition to put
the dimmer switch back on the
floor board because you keep
getting your foot caught in the
steering wheel when you try to
dim your headlights...
Enough, already, Anson. Quit
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TRVON. N C 28782
Sign Moratorium
Extension Requested
The committee of volunteers
working to draft a sign ordi
nance for Polk County needs
more time, planning director
Rob Mochler told the county
commissioners Monday.
Mochler asked the board to
grant a six month extension for
the one-year moratorium on
construction of any new off-
premises signs.
Off-premises signs are any
signs which advertise products
and services not offered on the
same site as the sign, such as
billboards.
A moratorium is a standard
practice used by jurisdictions
drafting sign ordinances. It is
used to keep billboard compa
nies and others from quickly
building new signs while a new,
more restrictive sign ordinance
is being considered but is not
yet passed into law.
Polk's moratorium is currently
set to be lifted in August. The
board took the request for an
extension under advisement and
asked the county attorney to
research the legal aspects of
granting an extension.
Budget Not Ready
County Manager John Lewis
did not present his 1991-92
county budget proposal to the
Polk County Board of Com
missioners Monday night.
He told the board that it still
needed some work, and pro
mised to deliver the proposal by
5 p.m. Tucsdav.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1991
Williams-Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Williams of
Landrum announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Ashley
Lynn, to Byron Bohler Butler,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean But
ler of Tryon.
Miss Williams received a
B.S.B A. degree in management
from Western Carolina Unive
rsity and is employed with
Uptons Clothing Store.
Mr. Butler is a fulltime stu
dent studying for a degree in
industrial distribution from
Western Carolina University.
He is working this summer as
carpenter.
A July 27 wedding is planned
at Landrum First Baptist
Church.
Democrats Meet
Democrat Mens Club will
meet Saturday, May 25 at 8:30
a.m. at the Headquarters. Bis
cuits and coffee will be served.
Community Renorter
20C Per 5 op'
Lady Wolverines
Win Softball Crown
The Polk County Lady
Wolverine softball team won its
first conference title beating the
Rosman Tigers in Rosman 12-1
last Friday.
"The girls just played tremen
dous defense and had an even
better offense on a rainy day in
soundly defeating the Tigers,"
said coach Cynthia Terrell.
Both teams were tied for first
place and it was this crucial
game which would decide a
first ever title for cither school.
"My girls were really pumped
up for this game from the start,"
coach Terrell said. "They rea
lized the significance of this
opportunity and didn't want to
be known as the team that came
in second."
Terrell said her team did well
to tune out the partisan Rosman
crowd. She said it also was very
helpful that Polk supporters
drove to Rosman to cheer the
team on.
The Lady Wolverines jumped
out early in the first inning by
going through the start of the
line-up almost twice en route to
collecting seven runs. Sandi
Ogle, Angela Johnston, Gippy
Hill, Nicole Clary, Holly
McDowell, J.J. Bumgardner
and Tiffany Searcy all came
around home pate as previous
players batted them around.
Renee Doggett's hit brought
Searcy home.
Polk County held Rosman
scoreless and off the bases in
some with what Terrell called
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