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Vol. 65 - No. 38
The weather Monday, high
51, low -10, hum. 40 percent.
The Saluda Grade delighted a
group of passengers who paid
nearly $200 a head to climb
aboard a passenger train last
weekend.
But the grade has rarely
delighted the train men and
women who have had to operate
on the steepest standard gauge
main-line rail grade in the 48
contiguous states.
Rebecca Butcher, editor of
Norfolk Southern’s Focus
magazine, traveled to Saluda
last fall to gather information
about the Saluda Grade. Her
story appeared in the most
recent coition of Focus.
She asked train man Melvin
Warren what it takes to operate
a train over the Saluda Grade
and he said: "Nerve."
Burcher wrote: "He thinks a
little, then adds, ’A lot of guys,
you can see their hands tremb
ling when they reach for the
throttle. It’s just human nature.
'"I've seen a couple road fore
men who've been transferred
here, rode the mountain once
and said, 'If this is all you've got
for me...' Some would rather
quit than oversee operating
trains across the steepest stan-
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
Auction of Red Fox
Country Club OK'd
A foreclosure sale of Red Fox
Country Club was ordered
Tuesday morning by Polk
County Clerk of Court Judy
Arledge.
The Resolution Trust Corp,
the substitute trustee on the
deed for the golf course and
unsold residential lots, success
fully petitioned the court Tues
day for a foreclosure sale.
Arledge said the trustee's
attorney, Albert L. Sinead Jr.,
will draw up an order of fore
closure for her to sign and a
notice of sale to be posted in the
courthouse and advertised in the
newspaper.
Thirty days from the time she
posts the notice, a public sale
will be held on the courthouse
steps, Arledge said. She
expected to have the notice of
sale from the trustee before
Friday.
In order to force a foreclosure,
Arledge said the trustee had to
prove four points: first, there is
a valid debt; second, the loan is
in default; third, the lender has a
rigid to foreclose; and fourth,
everyone entitled to receive
notice of the foreclosure pro
ceedings had been notified.
Arledge said notice was sent
to the following: R.S. Acquisi
tion Co.; Alltel Carolina Inc.;
Susan K. Mathers; Red Fox
Limited Partnership; Harold
Mathers; and the Red Fox
Country Club Owners Associa
tion.
Larry Heath, chairman of the
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25,1992
Sue Hipps, comedienne extraor
dinaire, will bring tears of laugh
ter to those attending Melrose
Madness this weekend. Will
Scarlett (Sue) get her man
(Rhett/Ronnie Mosseller)?
P.C. J.V. Baseball
The Polk County JVs defeated
Edneyville 9-6.
Outstanding performances
were given by pitcher Shannon
Hudson and Walter King.
Leading the offense were Wes
ley Wolfe. Dietrich Bradley,
Chad Fisher, Alan Kropp;
defense - Perry Lindsey and
Jason Wilson.
Polk County lost to Blue
Ridge 6-2 Monday. Wesley
Wolfe pitched a good game.
Playing good offense was
Shannon Hudson and for
defense Brian Grochowski.
Coach Jeff Wilson stated that
"we're playing pretty good
baseball, working real hard on
techniques and fundamentals."
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Slow Students Don't
Fail, They 'Reloop'
O.K. So what if James goofs
off during the first 9-weck
period in Algebra I next fall.
He'll take his 'C-' and try
to catch up with the others dur
ing the second 9 weeks, right?
Wrong. If its Polk County
High School James attends next
fall, he'll find himself studying
the same Algebra unit again, or
whatever part of it he didn't
understand.
Under the Outcome Based
Education (OBE) plan devised
by Polk County Schools,
high school teachers next fall
will begin using what educators
call a "mastery learning"
approach to assess their stu
dents' achievements.
Children who reach a desig
nated level of skill or accom
plishment will be given an "A"
or a "B” and move on. But the
student who does not reach the
"mastery" level will merely
receive a "Not yet."
"You don't set 70 as passing,"
explained Polk County English
teacher Jane Kinchloe. "You
say that to receive credit, a stu
dent must score no lower than
an 80, or whatever."
This form of grading is
already used in the elementary
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