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Vol. 65 - No. 37
TRYON. N. C. 28782
TUESDAY, MARCH 24,1992
12 Pages Today
Joe Per Copy
The weekend weather:
Friday, high 59, low 38, hum.
40 percent, .32 inches of rain;
Saturday, high 62, low 30, hum.
35 percent, and .12 inches of
rain; Sunday, high 59, low 32,
hum. 62 percent; and by 7 a.m.
Monday .32 inches of rain had
fallen.
Are you dissatisfied with the
choices America's political
parties are offering you for
president this year?
H. Ross Perot may be your
answer. He's the financial
wizard who ran a computer
company to wealth and star
dom, the one who sold the
GM and then balked at the leth
argy within the ranks of its top
management and made them
buy him out for a few hundred
million, the gutsy guy who went
to Iran himself to help break his
employees out of jail.
He's running for president,
without the aid of a political
party or primary delegates. He
just has an 800-number that
you can call. It is
1-800-685-7777.
What's happening:
The Tryon Merchants Asso
ciation will hold an organiza
tional meeting tonight al 5:30 at
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Wolverines Advance
To Regional Finals
Polk County hung in there
even on a poor shooting night
and moved into the regional
finals with a 78-76 triple over
time victory over E. Wilkes
Friday night. The Wolverines
couldn't get the shots to fall
inside the paint or from the foul
line.
E. Wilkes went up 5-1 before
baskets by Gavrick Carson and
Duron Davis gave the Wolve
rines a 6-5 lead. Then E.
Wilkes outscored Polk 13-3;
with one second on the clock,
E. Wilkes threw up a shot from
beyond mid-court giving them
an 18-9 lead.
E. Wilkes held a 10 pt. lead,
21-11, at the 6:41 mark of the
second quarter. Polk County cut
the lead to 3 at the 4:28, 2:21
and 54 second and 12 second
marks but couldn't get over that
hump going into halftime trail
ing 27-24.
E. Wilkes pushed ahead by 10
again, 34-24, with 5:37 to go in
the third quarter but the Wolve
rines came back at them and
pulled to within one, 36-35, at
the 2:32 mark. The Cardinals
outscored Polk 7-2 in the last
1:24 to take a 43-37 lead.
Polk County cut the lead to
two, 43-41, with 7:11 remain
ing and two again, 47-45, with
4:49 5o go. E. Wilkes went up
by six at the 4:09 mark before a
three pointer by Dwight Canady
and a three point play by Wil
liam Burnett tied the score at
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Tech Prep Replaces
Vocational, General
Track Study Plans
In most American high
schools it used to be that when
the administration had lost its
patience with a student he was
assigned to "shop."
Vocational courses such as
carpentry and auto mechanics
had few, if any, academic
requirements. And the shop
teacher often was good at hand
ling discipline problems.
Another bunch of students
were often on what was called
the "general track." They often
were sliding through school
picking up passing grades only
in those academic courses
required for graduation.
In most cases, there were not
even any minimum require
ments. General Math I and II,
for instance, would knock off
the two required years of math.
By their senior year, many
general track and vocational
students were simply hanging
around waiting for graduation.
Some attended school only part
days.
Too often, these students were
leaving high school without
the skills needed to succeed in
the job market, and just as
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Schools Seek Capital
Outlay Advance For
Renovation Project
Polk County Schools do
not have enough money to
award the Polk Central renova
tion project base bids, the
school board learned Monday
morning.
The board decided to seek a
$175,000 advance on 1992-93
capital outlay funds from the
Polk County Board of Com
missioners.
"There’s more work to do than
money to do it," said Supt.
James Causby following Mon
day's special early morning bid
awards meeting of the Polk
County Board of Education.
"It's not unexpected; we are
going to be able to do the reno
vation for the elementary sec
tion," Dr. Causby said.
The commissioners will meet
Wednesday at 5:30 to consider
advancing the schools
$175,000.
The schools arc facing an
April 1 deadline to ensure that
the Polk Central will be reno
vated before school opening in
the fall, he said. 1 5 n
The School Board allocated
$34,000 from other construction
projects which have been
under budget toward the Polk
Central project. With anoth
er $175,000 from the coun
ty, the schools will still only
tie able to afford a low base bid
of $1,046,139 to go ahead with
the essential base projects, Dr
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