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Vol. 65 - No. 138
The weather Monday, high
90, low 72, hum. 58 percent.
I miss Gorby.
Watching what could very
well be the raising of another
Iron Curtain around Russia, I
am reminded of a college pro
fessor and his lectures on Alek
sandr Feodorovich Kerenski.
In a short period of time,
Kerenski's reign mirrored in
many ways that of Mikhail
Gorbachev.
My insfructor had known
Kerenski, the premier of Russia
74 years ago when it last flirted
with democracy.
His moment on stage was a
crucial one.
It was 384 years prior, 1533,
when a three-year-old became
first Tsar of All the Russias. He
grew to be Ivan The Terrible.
For 38 decades, nineteen Tsars
had beaten down the Russian
people, much as the invading
Mongols had always done.
In 1917, the liberator Keren
ski was swept into power with a
revolt finally spawned by the
tragic Russian losses to Ger
many in the trenches of WWI.
He was only 36 years old.
Kerenski ruled the vast terri
tories of Russia, some 6.5 mil
lion square miles from Poland
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TRYON. N. C 28782
County Considers
Moving 911 From
Sheriff To Manager
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners is considering
taking control of the new
Emergency-911 communica
tions service.
But there is at least one com
plication in that plan, the board
learned Monday.
The radio dispatching service
for police, fire and rescue ser
vices is managed now by Polk
County Sheriff Boyce Carswell.
The sheriff is an elected offi
cial and does not directly report
to the county commissioners.
However, a N.C. Division of
Criminal Information (DCI)
official told the board that if the
county's emergency communi
cations center is run by anyone
other than law enforcement
officials, its access to state and
federal computer networks will
be limited.
Through DCI, a division of
the State Bureau of Investiga
tion, local law enforcement
agencies in North Carolina are
linked to the National Law
Enforcement communications
system and the FBI National
Crime Information Center, as
well as such North Carolina
data banks as those maintained
by the Division of Motor
Vehicles.
However, without a criminal
justice official having "man
agement control" of the com
munications computer
hook-up, DCI will only allow a
user "partial access" to these
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20 Pages Today
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,1991
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Featured In 'Fiddler On The Roof
Stephen Fitch and John Calure are shown rehearsing a scene in
Fiddler on the Roof, the musical that Tryon Little Theater will
present at the Fine Arts Center September 26-29.
Calure has the role of Lazar Wolfe, the butcher in the village of
Anatevka. Fitch is cast as Tevye, the milkman, who has five
daughters, three of marriageable age. Lazar, a widower, is a suitor
of one of the daughters. Presumably, he is depicted here pleading
his suite. See the play for the outcome. Watch for the announce
ment on advance ticket sales. —Community Reporter
Investor To Build
Facility In Park
For Duke Power
Duke Power may soon
become the first new tenant in
the Polk County Industrial Park
since Wayne Wire Die Co.
moved in February 1985.
A Greensboro developer.
Tucker Investment Properties,
is about to close on a five-acre
tract in the Polk County Indus
trial Park.
Tucker has already submitted
to the county building inspector
for a $400,000, 12,000 square
foot building, said Glenn
Rhodes, the Isothermal Plan
ning District Commission staff
person assigned to work with
the Polk County Economic
Development Commission
(EDC).
Once the Tucker building is
completed, Duke Power has
agreed to lease it for a mer
chandising center, Rhodes said.
Duke will warehouse consumer
goods for sale in its western
North Carolina offices, and will
service and repair those items at
the Polk County center.
The Duke merchandising
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