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The weather Wednesday, high
73, low 57, hum. 69 percent.
Benny Smith and Hub
Arledge have called each other
"Cheeks" for years. But Hub
says the sign on Hwy. 108 at
the entrance to Tryon was not
his doing, nor Benny's.
Still, it is curious how the sign
which reads "Good Morning
Cheeks" is strategically placed
such that Benny Smith sees it
each morning when he pulls out
of Wilderness Road onto 108.
Yet another Polk County
mystery. Perhaps there is a soap
opera here somewhere, "The
Other Side of Dark Comer...."
What's happening:
Tickets for Saturday evening's
reprise performance of "Fiddler
on the Roof' will be on sale
today and Saturday morning
and again for one hour before
the 8 p.m. performance.
Tickets are now available for
the Tryon Hounds Fall Steeple
chase. For more information,
call 859-9998.
The Foothills Strutters West
ern Square Dance Club is host
ing its Octoberfest Square
Dance tonight from 8 to 10:30
p.m. at the 4-H Youth Center.
The third annual Columbus
Day Arts and Crafts Show will
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The structural masonry is nearly 90 percent complete at the new Polk County High School, and the
brick veneer work is ahead of schedule.fP/toto by J. Byrd)
Summer Rains Put School Construction Two Weeks Behind Schedule
Olin Cooper keeps a rain
gauge outside the GMK Asso
ciates construction trailer at the
new Polk County High School
site.
In July and August, the gauge
measured 21.85 inches of rain.
Tliat meant workers couldn't
work, and construction fell two
weeks behind schedule.
But Cooper, the construction
management officer overseeing
the project for Polk County
Schools, said he hopes to gain
three to four weeks over the
FENCE Venture
October 7th is the anniversary
of the battle of Kings Mountain.
Join the FENCE group as they
travel down to this historic site
on this important date.
The 2 regents from North and
fall. His goal is to have the
building "dried in" and heated
by January 1, 1992 so that
workers can begin the indoor
finish work.
The 134,000 square foot
school building will be ready to
accept students next fall,
Cooper said.
There were about 115 wor
kers on the 68-acre site outside
Columbus on Hwy. 108 on
Thursday. The primary con
tractor on the job is Cooper
Construction Co. of Hender ¬
South Carolina will be there
representing the Daughters of
the American Revolution. They
will then lay a wreath on the
nearby American Memorial.
Over-mountain walkers will
sonville.
"They had men out here try
ing to keep things going even
on rainy days," Olin Cooper
said, praising the contractor.
The masonry work is ahead of
schedule, Cooper said, and so is
the gymnasium building and the
structural steel for two of the
buildings. But the theater
building is behind schedule.
"It started raining the day we
excavated for the orchestra pit,"
Cooper said.
J. Byrd
arrive in from Tennessee at
about the same time.
Enjoy this historic occasion
on Oct. 7th. Please call FENCE
on 859-9012 for more details.
—Community Reporter