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16 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 109
The weather this week:
Tuesday, high 94, low 67, hum.
57 percent.
Chris Johnson is recovering
after suffering a heart attack
Monday afternoon. He was
transferred from St. Luke's
Hospital to Spartanburg
Regional Wednesday morning
in stable condition.
Pat Taylor, secretary of the
Congregational Church, suf
fered a stroke recently. She was
apparently in a Greenville
hospital Wednesday morning.
The Tryon Fire Department
responded to a fire call at the
ice plant on Hwy. 176 Tuesday
afternoon. Lint from a dryer
was apparently vented into the
attic, settled on electrical wires,
and had caught on fire, firemen
said. Although it could have
been dangerous, the fire was
quickly extinguished.
They held a retirement party
Wednesday afternoon at The
Meeting Place for George Sain.
Sain has worked there ten years.
The Charlotte Observer fea
tured a review of North Caro
lina waterfalls last Sunday, and
Pearson's Falls was rated as one
of the best.
What's happening:
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TRYON. N C 28782
Your Faculty Will
Need Retraining,'
Daggett Tells Board
Polk County is making plans
which can transform its schools
from being good to being great.
But it will take a commitment
to training, and retraining,
school faculties.
That was the assessment of
Dr. Willard Daggett as he gave
a mid-stream report to the Polk
County Board of Education
Monday on his work with Polk
County's high school curricu
lum committee.
Daggett, a New York State
educator soon to take the
directorship of the International
Center for Leadership in Edu
cation, is a leading authority in
educational reform nationally,
and is currently consulting with
educators in New York, Florida
and Texas.
Daggett said Polk County is
in the right place, at the right
time, and has the right people to
achieve educational excellence.
"The 1980s will be known as
the decade of education
reform," he said. "Following the
report /I Nation At Risk there
were a flurry of activities."
However, as we enter the
1990s, Daggett said state and
local leaders across America arc
realizing that for all the reform
ing activities, schools are not
better off.
"We tried to recreate the
schools of our youth," he said.
"We don't need more of the old
curriculum and the old stan
dards. What's needed is new
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THURSDAY, JULY 11,1991
County Considers
Its Own Headstart
Polk County was hoping to
work with McDowell County to
provide the Headstart program
for Polk’s pre-school children.
But Supt. James F. Causby
told the Polk County Board of
Education Monday that
McDowell County is no longer
considering extending its ser
vices to Polk children.
"They can't handle it," Causby
said. "We're working on a July
28 deadline to put together a
proposal for our own program."
Polk County is one of only
two counties in Western North
Carolina without a Headstart
program, Causby said. The
other is Rutherford.
There is new federal money
available for Headstart this
year, Causby said, but it is tar
geted primarily to expanding
existing services.
"We need some pre-school
programs in this county,"
Causby said. "We are even
considering some tuition pro
grams, but you run into prob
lems in competing with the
private sector."
Causby said that his staff is
looking at the need in Polk
County for programs to serve
children, and their families,
starting from birth.
"We want a strong parenting
program," he said. "If we could
get every parent to read to their
child every night, we could cut
out 90 percent of the reading
problems."
JI if Per op
All Stars
Defeated Tuesday
The Polk County Senior
League All Stars were defeated
Tuesday by Rutherfordton. PC
just couldn't connect, and Ruth
erfordton picked up an 8-2
victory.
In the first inning of play no
runs were scored. Rutherford
ton scored two unearned runs in
the second inning and Polk
County answered with one by
Wesley Wolfe who got on base
by an error and was hit in by
Scott Turner. The 3rd inning, no
score by cither team. Rutherford
scored 4 times in the 4th with
one base hit and three walk ins.
They also scored 2 in the Sth
with 3 walks, and 1 hit, which
finished their scoring streak.
Polk remained silent until the
7th inning when they scored
one more time on a hit by Perry
Lindsey, which brought a run
ner in.
Winning pitcher for Ruther
fordton was Stacey Beam.
Playing good defense for Polk
were Eric Lookadoo, Adam Gil,
Bany Foy, Wesley Wolfe and
Phillip Placak. Polk had no
errors.
Players for the Polk County
All-Star team are Adam Gil,
Shortstop; Eric Lookadoo,
Catcher; Brock Painter, 3rd
Base; Derick Bradley, Left
Field; Barry Foy, Center Field;
Wesley Wolfe, Right Field-
Scott Turner, Pitcher; Phillip
Placak, First Base; Brian Gro-
chowski. Second Base. Other
members are Bobby Miller, Eric
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