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Vol. 65 - No. 88
The weekend weather:
Friday, high 78, low 49, hum.
65 percent; Saturday, high 81,
low 50, hum. 60 percent; Sun
day, high 85, low 54, hum. 50
percent.
The North Carolina Associa
tion of Realtors has launched a
statewide campaign to defeat
real estate transfer tax measures
under consideration now in the
General Assembly.
As of Friday, June 7, the
association reports that legisla
tion to enact a 1 percent state
wide real estate transfer tax
appears to be headed for defeat.
"However, we are concerned
about numerous county (local
option) bills that are still pend
ing," the association reported.
Rep. Edith Lutz has intro
duced one of those local bills on
behalf of Polk County.
Polk County Board of Com
missioners chairman Jeannie
Martin says that, if passed, a 1
percent transfer tax for Polk
County could offset the need to
raise property taxes in the future
when major needs arise, such as
meeting the environmental
mandates now being discussed.
The association of Realtors,
however, argues that a transfer
tax is a poor way to raise reve-
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TRYON. N.C. 28782
Red Cross Gallon
Club Members
Jean Stratford, executive
director of the Polk County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross, has announced names of
blood donors who have joined
Red Cross Gallon Clubs:
One Gallon Club: Carroll
Felch and Michael Shehan of
Landrum, and Tim Scoggins of
Tryon.
Two Gallon Club: Elizabeth
Hawkins of Landrum and
Nancy R. Martin of Tryon.
Six Gallon Club: Henry
Huntsinger of Mill Spring.
Seven Gallon Club; Coy
Painter of Columbus.
Eight Gallon Club: Geoffrey
Balkam of Columbus.
The next Red Cross Blood-
mobile will be at the Parish
House of Holy Cross Episcopal
Church in Tryon on Monday,
August 26.
—Community Reporter
Folk Art Meeting
Andrew Glasgow, Curator for
the Southern Highland Handi
craft Guild at the Folk Art Cen
ter, will speak and show slides
about folk art at the June meet
ing of the Arts League of Hen
derson County at the Opportu
nity House, 1411 Asheville
Highway, Hendersonville, on
Wednesday, June 19 at 1:45
p.m. Refreshments will be
served. It is free and the public
is invited.
—Community Reporter
TUESDAY, JUNE 11,1991
Foy Is LHS
Valedictorian
Teena Marie Foy was gradu
ated from Landrum High
School on May 31 with highest
honors, being chosen as vale
dictorian of the class of 1991.
Awards presented to Teena at
graduation and at an earlier
Senior Awards night arc as fol
lows: the Phi Beta Kappa
Award, Presidential Academic
Fitness Award, District One
Board of Trustees 90-90
Award, Landrum Masonic
Lodge #278 Social Studies
Award, and the Joshua Hawkins
Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution "Good
Citizen Award."
Teena was also presented with
a certificate of scholarship
designating her as a Clemson-
Landrum Scholar. Special rec
ognition was also awarded to
Teena for being part of the
Cryovac "Top Ten," perfect
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20C Per  ops
New Arrival
Kyle and Lisa Pack of Rt. 1
Union Mills are parents of a
daughter, Kayla Renee, born
June 6 at Memorial Mission
Hospital in Asheville. She
weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz.
The paternal grandparents are
Ted and Jean Pack of Mill
Spring. The maternal grandpar
ents arc Fred and Rcvonda
Siegfried of Sunny View.
Rosmini Sculpture
At Polk Library
Wood sculpture by local artist
John Rosmini will be exhibited
in and near the library's display
case during June and July.
The titled abstract assem
blages arc constructed from
surplus wooden pieces from a
commercial woodwork firm
where Rosmini was once
employed. Rosmini said,
"These were pieces of walnut in
all sizes and shapes that I took
home and formed and
assembled into abstract forms.
It was something I did at my
leisure, letting the forms take
shape as I envisioned them
while working with the wood."
Rosmini, a nationally recog
nized artist, works in a variety
of media and modes. His works
are in numerous collections and
have been shown in major gal
leries, including the Metropoli
tan Museum and the Museum of
Modem Art in New York The
National Gallery in Washing
ton, and the Smithsonian Insti
tute in Zurich, Switzerland.
-Community Reporter