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18 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 167
The weather Monday, high
83, low 49, hum. 70 percent.
September has been dry the last
two years - this year .94 inches
fell the whole month, as com
pared to a 5.56-inch average.
Last year, 1.43 inches fell in
September. However, rainfall
for the year at 53.59 inches is
still 2.84 inches over the aver
age to date.
There's a sign on Hwy. 108 as
you enter Tryon. It reads,
"Good Morning Cheeks." Does
anybody know Cheeks? People
have been asking.
Questions also arose in the
minds of some people who saw
Fiddler on the Roof at the
Tryon Fine Arts Center last
weekend. Were the bottles
really balanced on the dancers'
heads - or were they attached to
the hats? They were balanced
skillfully by the four bottle
dancers. Througli four perfor
mances, not one was dropped.
Tickets for a fifth performance
scheduled Saturday night are
now on sale.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Herold, the
new owners of The Book Shelf,
will reopen the bookstore on
Monday, Oct. 7. There will be
an open house from 1 to 3 p.m.
An open house was previously
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Artists Exhibit
In Columbus Sat.
The Third Annual Columbus
Day Arts and Crafts Show is
this Sat., Oct. 5, from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. This year the craft tables
will hold a wide variety of trea
surers. Be sure to keep in mind
your Christmas Shopping list
when you come to Stearns Park
in downtown Columbus this
Sat.
Some of the crafts available
for you to purchase will be
T-Shirts painted with artistic
designs, clegant earrings and
hairbows to dress up that new
party outfit, Fall floral arrange
ments, pottery, walking sticks,
ceramics, country furniture,
Victorian lace decorations,
totebags designed with flair,
pillows, aprons and bonnets just
to name a few of the many
crafts you will see at the Arts
and Crafts Show.
About ten local artists will be
set up in front of NCNB on
Mills Street in Columbus with
their work on view for you to
see and purchase. There will be
works in oils, acrylics, water-
color and pencil in every size
you can imagine. Whether you
are looking for that perfect
watercolor for a small corner or
a large oil for over the fireplace,
you can find it at the Columbus
Arts and Crafts Show this Sat.,
9 a.m.-4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2.1991
Simon Thompson
Appointed FENCE
Nature Director
The Foothills Equestrian
Nature Center has announced
that Research Naturalist and
Travel Director, Simon
Thompson, has been appointed
Director of the Nature Center
and of nature education activi
ties at FENCE, succeeding
David Riddle.
Thompson, 32, was born in
Malta and educated at Writtlc
Agricultural College, Chelms
ford, Essex (England) where he
received his degree in commer
cial horticulture in 1984. An
avid birder, he has traveled
extensively in the United States
and abroad in connection with
his avian interests. Prior to tak
ing his degree, he lived for sev
eral years in Ghana and Kenya.
In additional to visiting various
parts of the United States from
Florida to California, he spent
six months in China studying
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2iif Per t op'
Annual Crop Walk
The Annual C.W. Farrar
Memorial CROP Walk is to be
held on Sun., afternoon, Oct.
13, 2:30. The six-mile walk
will begin and end at First
Baptist Church on Rutherford
St. in Landrum.
CROP is the name given to
local community hunger educa
tion and fund raising events
sponsored by church World
Service. An opportunity is
given each walker to designate
whether his money is to be
given to Southern Baptist Con
vention World Hunger Fund,
Methodist, Presbyterian, or your
denomination's Hunger Relief
Agency. Also, the Church
world Service will return a per
centage to the local Ministerial
Association for local hunger
uses.
Each walker will receive a
Walker's Sponsor Record
Envelope to keep a record of
donations by the sponsors.
Those who arc unable to walk,
please be ready to sponsor!
Watch in next week's paper for
a very special surprise.
Sponsoring group of the
Annua] C.W. Farrar Memorial
CROP Walk is the Landrum
Ministerial Association. Rev.
Chuck Mullinax, pastor of
Fairview Baptist Church, is
president of the Landrum Min
isterial Association which
includes AARP, Baptists
Methodists, and Presbyterian
Churches. Contact person for
this event is Ruth Farrar who is
i C CROP Walk Coordinator in
the Campobello, Gowensvillc
Landrum and Tryon area.