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Vol. 65 - No. 113
The weather Monday: high
90, low 70, hum. SOpercent.
Sally Vodden's collie, Yetta,
is back al home. After nearly a
month's disappearance, Yetta
was returned last Friday for a
$300 reward.
Sally is sure her dog was sto
len. The man who returned
Yetta to her Howard Gap Road
home found her miles away
being kept at a home between
Gowensville and Greenville.
"There is definitely a dog ring
out there," Vodden said. "I went
door to door looking for Yetta
and found that many dogs are
missing. There aren't that many
strays out there. I know of at
least ten purebred dogs stolen
from contained areas within the
last 10 months."
Vodden said she believes
some thefts are intentional,
where the thief hopes to resell
Surebred dogs. Yetta was worth
1,000 on the market, she said.
Others steal dogs to be used
for research, or to be used in
"bull pit" fights. Some really
wierd people steal dogs for use
in religious rites.
Then, others just keep dogs
they find wandering through
their yard, mistakenly believing
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TRYON. N C 28782 WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,1991
HOC Per t opx
Little League
All-Star Tournament
Green Creek vs. Polk County,
July 15.
The Green Creek All-Stars
hosted the Polk County All-
Stars in their first game of the
All-Star series on Monday
night. It was a perfect night for
baseball with a cool breeze, a
nice park, and a crowd of
friends and relatives ready to
cheer every move their All-
Stars made.
Pitching for Green Creek were
Tracy Edgerson, who went four
innings, and Jeremy Hembree,
who hurled the final two
innings. Hembree showed a lot
of composure for a young
pitcher coming in after a tough
fourth inning and fanning three
batters in a row for a quick fifth
inning at bat for Polk County.
Edgerson and Hembree had
eight strike outs between them.
The Green Creek batters kept
the Polk County fielders busy.
Casey Thompson and Travis
Walker each hit two singles.
Travis Hicks singled and
Jeremy Hembree swatted a
single that got him two RBI's.
Richard McEntyre hit a clean
double for an RBI. Joseph
Drake blasted a big triple and a
little pop up that hustled him all
the way home, thanks to Polk
County errors. Stealing was
next to impossible with Andy
Arledge's solid presence behind
the plate for Polk County. Extra
effort and good legs got stolen
bases for Travis Hicks, Jeremy
Hembree and Derrick McSwain
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Board Reconsiders
Whether To Provide
Transport Service
If you are so sick that only an
ambulance can give you a ride
to your doctor's office, or to the
hospital, you've got a problem
right now in Polk County.
Unless your case is an emer
gency, or "medically neces
sary," the Polk County EMS
ambulances will not transport
you. And there are no private
services in the county.
St. Luke's Hospital President
Ton Bradshaw, area nursing
home administrators, and doc
tors are unhappy with the
county's new policy, which took
effect July 1.
Bradshaw and several others
asked the Polk County Board of
Commissioners on Monday to
reconsider their decision.
Bradshaw gave examples of
the inconvenience patients
experience in Polk County with
no transport service available.
One woman had to wait five
hours for an out-of-town
transport service to take her
four miles home from the hos
pital. And she paid $200 for the
service.
Dr. Hobart Rogers recently
had a patient whose artificial
hip dislocated at home. The
EMS service hesitated before
finally deciding to transport the
man to the hospital.
Commissioner Tim McCor
mack said the county does need
to clarify its policy.
But he said he feels for the
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Republican
Meeting
The Polk County Republicans
will hold their regular monthly
meeting at 7:30 p.m., Thursday,
July 18, at headquarters in
Columbus. The meeting is open
to all Republicans.
Arrangements will be final
ized for the BBQ Picnic sche
duled for August 24 when all
conservative candidates for the
next U.S. Senate election will
speak. The public will be
invited for that occasion.
—Larry Poe, Chairman
Auxiliary Renews
Four Scholarships
St. Luke's Hospital Auxiliary
has renewed the scholarships of
four previous recipients of its
Health Career Scholarships,
according to Mrs. John B.
McCallum, president.
The scholarships, totaling
$3,500, have been given to
Michael Crater, a 1988 Tryon
High awardee, currently study
ing toward a Bachelor of
Science in Nursing at UNC-
Greensboro; Angela Barnette, a
1989 Landrum High graduate,
now working toward a Doctor
ate in Pharmacy at USCS-
Columbia; Stacie Jennings,
1990 Landrum High, a chemis-
fford who plans to do medical
research; and Sharon Jollcv
1990 Polk Central, who is in
her second year as a Veterinarv
Medical Technologist student at
Central Carolina Community
College. 7
—Community Reporter