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Vo!. 65 - No. 157
The weather Monday, high 92,
low 66, hum. 62 percent.
There were about 15 hunters
facing down the Polk County
Board of Commissioners
Monday, asking for relief from
an ordinance which restricts the
firing of guns to safe distances
from other people.
People have been finding
bullets in their yards, or hearing
them whiz by.
No one disputes that that is
unacceptable. They just dis
agree over the need for a county
ordinance to address the prob
lem.
It was disappointing to find a
former county commissioner,
Ken Faulkner, in the audience
making nonsensical statements
which might have the effect of
stirring up the emotional side of
the issue.
"Those people who com
plained phoned other authorities
and didn't get any satisfaction,
right?" he asked the board
members. "So every time
someone here (on the county
board) gets a phone call, we get
an ordinance?"
Faulkner served on the board
and knows this issue has been
around for years. And he
certainly knows how ordinances
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TRYON. N.C. 28782
County Hunters
Want To Bag New
Firearms Ordinance
Claiming that public senti
ment runs "100 to 1" against it,
Polk County hunters on Mon
day asked the Board of Com
missioners to rescind its new
firearms ordinance.
State laws already protect
Polk County residents, they
argued.
The board members dis
agreed, but told the hunters that
if they could show where state
laws are adequate, the board
will consider rescinding its
ordinance.
If hunters cannot make their
case, the board said it intends to
ask the state legislature to pass
a "local bill" enacting the
county's restrictions so that state
wildlife officers can begin
enforcing them. Only the Sher
iff can enforce the Polk ordi
nance.
Among other things, the Polk
County firearms ordinance
passed in August makes it a
crime for anyone to fire a gun if
he "reasonably believes" the
bullet might land within 200
feet of a residence, or within 50
yards of a roadway.
"People have experienced
problems in the past with gun-
shots in their yard," explained
board chairman Jeannie Marlin.
"We're not trying to take
anything away. We are only
trying to protect citizens who
live in areas where people
hunt."
Commissioner Tim McCor-
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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18,1991
Ruth McNichol
St. John's Bazaar
Set For Oct. 17
.,St. John's Catholic Church
will hold its annual bazaar in
the church hall on Thursday,
Oct. 17. Ruth McNichol, pic
tured, president of the Altar
Guild which sponsors the event,
says that the bazaar this year, as
last, will again be an all-day
affair, open from 10 a.m. until 5
p.m., with Terry Smoke serving
as chairman.
Terry will be coordinating the
efforts of the eight bazaar com
mittees which will be headed up
by the following Altar Guild
members: Raffle Tickets, Kath
leen Rogers; Jewelry, Martha
Moran and Joan Sikes; Some
thing of Value, Eleanore
O'Connor and Edwina Watson;
Crafts, Thelma Burns and Mary
Glading; Pantry, Fran Wilson
and Joanne Frank; Cafe, Joan
McAdams and Dorothy Der-
gance; Publicity, Mary Hughes
and Carlyn Tucker; Decora
tions, Pat Hunter and Pat Ryan.
—Community Reporter
20C Per  up'
Stearns Park
Wins Award
Two Polk County organiza
tions and one family were
recognized at the WNC Beauti
fication Awards Program at
Lake Junaluska last Wednes
day. The WNC Beautiful
Awards Program is an annual
program that recognizes citizens
and communities for their
beautification efforts. The par
ticipants were from the 18 most
western counties.
Steams Park was the top local
organization earning a second
place award in the adult organi
zation division. The award was
based on the improvements and
additions made to the 2.3 acre
park in Columbus. Accepting
the award for Steams Park was
Catherine Feagan and Homar
Jones of the Steams Park Com
mittee and John Lewis, County
Manager for Polk County. The
award included a decorative
plaque and a check for $75.
The Saluda Community Club
was also recognized for their
efforts in beautifying their
community. The club received
an honorable mention recogni
tion and a cash award of $50.
Accepting the award for the
Saluda Community Club was
Dorothy Kline, Margaret Mof
fat, Martha Ashley, Elizabeth
Greiner, Janice Honeycutt,
Katie Rigsby, Bobbi and Don
Smith.
The individual family recog
nition was given to Robert and
Charles Forney of the Stony
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