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12 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 98
The weekend weather: Friday,
high 89, low 68, hum. 66 per
cent, and .14 inches of rain;
Saturday, high 87, low 66, hum.
68 percent, and .15 inches of
rain; Sunday, high 86, low 69,
hum. 73 percent and .30 inches
of rain, aiul by 7 a.m. Monday,
another .16 inches of rain had
fallen.
The Friendship Council got
pretty friendly Saturday after
noon at the Log Cabin at Har
mon Field.
Things seemed pretty quiet
when I dropped off a visitor to
the annual picnic. People were
milling around, filling their
plates along the serving line, the
band was playing those great
old tunes.
By the time I got back at 6
p.m., Carrie Lee Massey had
five or six people up and was
leading them in a line dance.
Wow! She knew steps Ginger
Rogers would have envied, and
Jim Jackson, Connie Glassman,
Jim Johnston and several others
joined in to take lessons.
Marge Spak and Bill Fox had
joined the band, picked up a
microphone and were singing
along. .
The band, Marion Brock on
base guitar. Bill Murphy on an
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TRYON, N C 28782
Tryon Fire Dept.
Likely Pick To Serve
Most Of Lake District
The Tryon Fire Department,
the majority choice in a poll of
area property owners, is likely
to win the contract to protect
most of the new Foothills Fire
Service Area.
The newly appointed fire ser
vice area commissioners plan to
"take our mandate from the
vote (held in April)," said Paul
Squires of East Lake Shore
Drive, one of the commission
ers appointed by the Greenville
County Council last week.
Based on the vote, it is likely
Landrum will also win a con
tract to serve a smaller por
tion of the new district
including Hearthstone Ridge,
Bird Mountain and some of
Hwy. 176, said Dr. Joseph W.
Stayman Jr. of Hearthstone
Ridge, another newly appointed
commissioner.
The commissioners' decision
will be an important one for the
future of three area fire depart
ments.
Tryon, Landrum and Glassy
Mountain fire departments each
have been serving the northeas
tern area of Greenville County
which includes Lake Lanier.
But they have done so without a
contract, charging instead on a
fee basis of $250 to $300 per
fire.
However, now that a formal
fire tax district has been estab
lished, the fire departments
winning contracts will split
annual revenues of up to
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TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1991
New Fire Service
Lights Dark Corner
The work that has been done
to establish an official fire tax
district for the Lake Lanier area
has been gratifying for residents
and Greenville County officials.
"It has been a nice opportu
nity to deal with these people,"
said John Owings, Greenville
County's director of current
planning. He said the residents
welcomed the attention, and he
enjoyed the slower pace and all
the invitations to sit awhile on
lake front decks.
Also nice was the fact that
the issue generated little con
troversy, Owings said.
"Everyone was agreed that
they want and need fire protec
tion and are willing to pay for
it," he said.
Rick Blackwell represents the
Lake Lanier area. He is the
Greenville County councilman
for District 17, Greenville
County's largest geographical
district. District 17 runs north-
south from Parris Mountain to
the North Carolina line and
cast-west from the Pickens
County line to the Spartanburg
County line.
"I have known the sentiment
of the people up there (around
Lake Lanier)," he said. "They
are paying Greenville property
taxes, school taxes to Spartan
burg County, and if they get it,
fire taxes to Tryon.
"They have felt like the
red-headed stepchild."
Blackwell said he wants to
give equal representation to all
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2UC Per ops
Polk Central
Honor Roll
The following seventh graders
maintained an average of 95 or
better for the final grading
period of the year and are
named to the Alpha Honor Roll:
Kim Barker, Dwayne Bolt,
Levonia Boone, Susan Breed
love, Michelle Cole, Matthew
Edwards, Cara Hamilton, Josh
Johnson, Brian Kanupp, Cami
Lockhart, Angela D. Price
Melissa Price, and Dwight
Ward.
Eight graders who attained
Alpha Honor Roll include Dan
nie Boles, Chris Bradley, Renee
Dotson, Allen Edwards, Kellie
Gosnell, Marcus Jackson, Erin
Lookadoo, Cherity Loudermelt,
Robert Means, Ernie
Newhouse, Brian Phillips, Billy
Phillips, Monica Ruff, Michelle
Searcy, Laura Sikes, and Joann
Thompson.
Three freshmen achieved
Alpha Honor Roll average; they
are Gretchen Brooks, Katie
Kee, and Seth Peoples.
Sophomores named to the
Alpha Honor Roll include J.J.
Bumgardner, Holly Crain, Amy
Edwards, Stacey Edwards, Jen
nifer McGrane, and Brendan
Palmer.
Scott Culbreth was the only
junior to reach the Alpha Honor
Roll, while two seniors, Donna
Dawson and Nicky Horton,
achieved the honor.
To be named to the Beta
Honor Roll, a student must
average 90-94 for the six-week
grading period. From the sev-
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