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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
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Vol. 65 - No. 3
The weekend weather: Fri
day, high 62, low 34, hum. 37
percent; Saturday, high 56, low
37, hum. 45 percent; and Sun
day, high 64, low 37, hum. 40
percent.
Official weather recorder
Robert Dedmondt said the
groundhog saw his shadow and
we should expect six more
weeks of winter! The high in
January was 66 degrees on Jan.
21 and the low was 16 degrees
on Jan. 17th.
It was a dry month with only
3.22 inches of rain, 2.1 inches
less than average and 2.39
inches less than January 1991.
"Listen to this, you fat cows
of Bashran. You women who
live in the hills..." So goes a
verse of the Bible, the six
teenth verse in a third chapter
to be exact. And they say the
Curb Reporter is rough hewn
at times!
We read this verse and dozens
more at the Upstairs Gallery in
Tryon where "3:16: An Exhibit
of Calligraphy" is currently
showing. Artists who use words
and letters as their subject
matter have taken the 16th verse
of the third chapter in each
book of the Bible and written it
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N C 28782
DA 'Shocked' By
Light Sentence In
Child Abuse Case
Sherry Roache Dyer was
found guilty of felony grade
child abuse Friday in Polk
County Superior Court.
Superior Court Judge Julia
Jones of Charlotte sentenced
Dyer to seven years in prison,
suspended for five years proba
tion. Dyer will be in "intensive
probation" for six months.
29th District Attorney Alan
Leonard said he had sought the
maximum sentence, ten years in
prison. He said Dyer, who is
currently expecting another
child in March, was already on
probation for five counts of
check forgery.
"I am not sure what motivated
the judge to give probation,"
Leonard said afterwards, "But I
was shocked. Short of murder,
this was the most horrendous
act of child abuse I've ever
prosecuted."
Dyer was convicted of abus
ing her 11-day old daughter on
Jan. 30, 1990. The child was
treated that day at Spartanburg
Regional Medical Center for
bruises and for first degree
burns on five percent of her
body. The next day she began to
suffer seizures and a scan dis
covered her brain was bruised
and bleeding.
Leonard said the injuries the
infant received have left the
child with probable mental
retardation, learning disabilities,
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TUESDAY, FEB. 4,1992
UNC-A Chancellor
To Open Great Decisions
Dr. Samuel Schuman, Chan
cellor of the University of N.C.
at Asheville, will present the
first lecture in this year's Great
Decisions series. Dr. Schuman
joined UNC-A in May of 1991.
His primary area of scholarship
is English Literature. He has
taught at the University of
Maine, Cornell College in Iowa,
Saint Mary's College in Cali
fornia and Northwestern Uni
versity in Illinois. He is the
author of four books and more
than 50 published papers. A
native of Chicago, Dr. Schuman
earned a doctorate in English
from Northwestern University,
a master's degree from San
Francisco State University and
a bachelor's degree from Grin
nell College, Iowa. He is cur
rently President of the National
Collegiate Honors Council.
Dr. Schuman will speak on
The U.S. Agenda for the '90s:
Domestic Needs, Global
Priorities. Great Decisions is
presented locally by Isothermal
Community College in cooper
ation with UNC-A and the
Foreign Policy Association. It is
held at the Polk County Cam
pus of Isothermal in Columbus
(902 Hwy. 108 West). The
series begins Thurs., Feb. 6,
from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be
eight lecture/discussion sessions
on succeeding Thursdays.
Please call 894-3092 to pre-
register. Fees are $20 per per
son. A book is available now
for $10 at the Polk Campus for
those who want to get a head
start.
12 Pages Today
2(ir Per t ops
Communication
Re: Comments made by Alan
Leonard reported in Friday's
Curb Reporter.
From the bits and pieces that
have only been communicated
to me by reading Ihe Bulletin, I
missed a very important meet
ing of the Town Council. All of
the matters I have read about
regarding the Bryan Store
incident, as well as the assault
that occurred on Livingston
Street by Officer Lawing, were
in a manner that was reactive.
The council members dis
pleasure with Chief District
Attorney Alan Leonard should
have been handled in an objec
tive manner by including me in
the discussion in order to get
the entire picture as to the pun
ishment those drug offenders
received. Instead of seeking my
input. Officer Mike Lawing was
requested by Mayor Neely to
address the council on those
matters.
In the past. Mayor Neely,
whenever there was a need to
have a problem of such magni
tude addressed, the department
head was requested to attend the
meeting. Yet in the case of this
police matter, you failed to do
just that. A telephone call
would have been in order to me
^ ni would have been there
But Mayor Neely, V ou
requested Officer Lawing to
address the council, which was
poor judgement as Lawing was
he only officer on duty and you
took him from the street. y ° U
As to Chief District Attorney
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