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24 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 181
The weekend Monday: high
64, low 41, hunt. 45 percent.
The headline in a neighbor
ing daily paper Tuesday read:
"Hunter ousted".
The story described Monday's
workshop between hunters,
county residents, wildlife offi
cers and the county commis
sioners. They were together to
discuss the firearms safety
ordinance passed by Polk
County in August. The reac
tion to the ordinance has been
emotional, and one might think
from the headline that the boil
ing point was reached Monday.
Thankfully, just the oppo
site happened. The steam was
vented.
A gentleman did speak up
once too often and was asked
not to interrupt. When he inter
rupted again, Polk County
Sheriffs chief deputy Calvin
-Atkins motioned for the gentle
man to follow him outside.
They talked awhile and the
gentleman did not return.
Other than that, the workshop
was conducted in a rational,
thoughtful, courteous manner.
Agreement between all par
ties was reached on just about
all the major points.
Hunter's representative Steve
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TRYON. N C 28782
Green River Board
Seeks County Help
With Duke Power
Tom McHugh, chairman of
the Green River Management
Board, said it has been "a quiet
fifteen years" along the river.
Until last summer.
McHugh said apparently
Duke Power began increasing
the water flow in the Green to
allow kayakers to run the dif
ficult Green River Gorge rapids.
The result has been an
increase of recreational water
users, and problems with drin
king, driving and illegal camp
ing.
McHugh said the management
board will soon meet with Duke
Power's manager of power
supply to ask that water levels
be lowered again until an
impact study is done.
He asked the Polk County
Board of Commissioners
Monday to support the position
that Duke should cooperate
with the management board.
Sign Ordinance
Hearing Planned
A public hearing on the sign
ordinance being proposed for
Polk County will be held Nov.
25 at 7:30 p.m.
The Polk County Board
of Commissioners set the date
Monday after hearing a brief
summary of the informational
meetings held last week given
by sign committee chairman
Leo Baird.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23.1991
1
Holly Skinner
Landrum High
Homecoming Queen
Landrum High School held
homecoming last Friday night
at halftime between the LHS
and Dixie football game.
Holly Skinner, a junior, was
crowed queen. Holly is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Skinner of Gowensville. Eliza
beth Petty, a senior, daughter of
Doris Petty and John Petty of
Landrum was first runner-up.
Chiniqua Johnson, a junior,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne Johnson was second
runner-up. Jeanne Steppe, 1990
Homecoming Queen, crowned
the new queen assisted by
Danny McDowell, principal and
Julie Prince, Student Body
president.
Other contestants were:
Shawn Pierce, Shamcka Twitty,
Katrell Sherman, LeAnne Cars
well and Allison Morse.
2lif Per  ops
County Firearms
Ordinance Moot,
But Kept For Now
The local firearms safety
ordinance passed by the Polk
County Board of Commission
ers in August was barely even
discussed Monday.
This was odd, considering the
meeting between hunters, resi
dents, state wildlife officers and
commissioners was occasioned
by the controversy surrounding
the new ordinance. Nonethe
less, the ordinance itself was
no longer a matter of practical
importance requiring a deci
sion. Moot.
The commissioners were
instead eager to defer to the
expertise of State Wildlife Sgt.
Johnny Blanton, who had since
August drafted for Polk a law
modeled on the laws of other
counties.
A public hearing was set for
Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. to consider
Blanton's proposed firearms
safety ordinance as a replace
ment for the county's. But until
then, the commissioners
decided by a 3-2 vote to keep
their original ordinance in
place.
Blanton's proposal retains
restrictions on firing weapons
when bullets land on others'
homes and cars, but does not
attempt to remedy the problem
by setting out specific distance
restrictions as the county's ordi
nance does.
Under Blanton's proposal,
hunters would neea written
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