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Vol. 65 - No. 80
The weather Tuesday, high
87, low 69, hum. 68 percent. No
rain.
Altogether, the 19 Western
North Carolina counties grew
by 7.6 percent from 1980 to
1990, according to the early
census figures reported Sun
day in the Asheville Citizen-
Times.
Polk County grew by 11 per
cent, to 14,416 residents.
The median age in Polk
County is 42.7, meaning half
the population is older than that
and half younger. Polk's median
age is the highest in the region,
followed by Macon (40.7),
Henderson (38.9) and Haywood
(38.3).
Adults 18 years old and older
make up 80.6 percent of Polk's
population, also the highest
percentage in the region.
The biggest increase in popu
lation, 18.3 percent, was regis
tered in Henderson County,
which grew to 69,285 residents.
Watauga, home to Appalachian
State University, grew 16.7
percent, to 36,952 residents, and
Macon County grew 16.5 per
cent, to 23,499 residents.
Overall, North Carolina's
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
Fire Tax District
Proposed For Lake
A new fire tax district for the
Lake Lanier area of Greenville
County may be in place by
August.
Greenville County officials
held a public hearing at the
Rock Springs Baptist Church on
Dug Hill Road last week to
discuss fire protection.
County planner John Owings
presented an ordinance which,
if passed, would create a fire
service area and a five-member
Board of Fire Control.
The new board would have
the authority to levy a tax "not
to exceed 20 mills."
If a levy of 20 mills were
passed, the owner/occupant of a
$100,000 house on the lake
would pay $80 a year in fire
taxes, while a non-occupant
owner of the same property
would pay $120.
By way of comparison, the
millage rate in Landrum is
presently 67.
The ordinance will be pre
sented to the Greenville Council
for Internal Governmental
Affairs on June 4 where it could
be passed and sent on to the full
county council.
Tlic boundary of the new fire
district would be that portion of
the county bounded by Polk
County to the north and Spar
tanburg County to the east, the
Glassy Mountain Fire Service
Area to the south and south-
west, and the North Saluda
Reservoir.
This area contains approxi-
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THURSDAY, MAY 30,1991
Owens To Attend
Summer Honors Course
Danielle Denise Owens will
be attending a special program
being held on the campus of the
University of North Carolina,
Asheville from June 16 through
the 21st.
She was nominated by the
Awards Committee for Educa
tion, Inc. of North Carolina for
her extremely high scores on
the California Achievement
Test. She was presented an
award in recognition of her
School Achievement and Future
Promise.
Danielle is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Owens.
—Community Reporter
Arledge Reunion
Arledge Reunion will be held
Sun., June 2, 1991 at Harmon
Field. Bring well-filled basket.
Lunch will be served around 1
p.m.
20C Per 1 ops
Firemen May Rewrite
By-laws, Give Women
Chance To Reapply
The portion of the Columbus
Fire Department by-laws which
call for a secret ballot on all
membership applications is
now under review, Columbus
Fire Chief Geoffrey Tennant
said Wednesday.
The review was occasioned
when two women who were
recently denied membership
began charging the department
with sex discrimination.
Tennant said the by-laws now
call for all applicants to be
voted upon secretly, and no
member reveals how he voted
or why. To be admitted, an
applicant must have a "yes"
vote from every member.
"These applications were
handled the same way as any
one," Tennant said. "There have
been a number of men rejected
over the years."
Tennant would not say what
the tally was, only that more
than one negative vote was cast.
"I voted for both," he said.
"One I felt would have been an
excellent candidate and the
other I thought deserved a
chance."
Tennant said charges of dis
crimination have not been lev
eled at the department in the
past. However, now that they
have, he said he wants to see
the department work diligent
ly to resolve any problems.
"We have to be very sensi
tive," he said. "There has been
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