Dally Bulletin, Thurs., Apr. 9,1992
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Mill Spring Accelerated School.
The Landnim Town Council
meets Tuesday, April 14 at 7:30
in the Landrum Civic Center.
Tickets arc available for the
annual Polk County Commu
nity Foundation Dutch Treat
luncheon to be held April 14 at
NationsBank and the founda
tion offices in the Tryon depot.
Registration for children who
will be entering kindergarten
next fall will be held April 15 at
Green Creek Elementary.
April 17th is the deadline to
make reservations for the
Spring Barbecue Dinner of the
4-H & Youth Foundation. The
event, to be held April 24th,
will raise money for the
maintenance and expansion of
the Columbus youth center.
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners meets April 20
at 3 p.m. in the courthouse
annex.
The Tryon Town Council
meets April 20 at 6:30 p.m. for
a public hearing on changes to
its zoning ordinance to create a
new zoning district in which
mobile homes will be allowed
on a conditional basis. The
regular monthly meeting will
follow.
There will be a Rabies Clinic
held in Polk County Saturday,
April 25th.
The Republicans will hold
their Pig Pickin' April 25th at
Republican headquarters in
Columbus. The six Republican
candidates for county commis
sioner will speak.
The Tryon Little Theater will
present The Diary of Anne
Frank April 30, May 1, 2 and 3.
Registration for children who
will be entering kindergarten
next fall will be held May 4 at
Tryon Elementary, and May 6
at Saluda School.
The Tryon Community Cho
rus will present its annual
Spring Concert May 22-24.
Concert Choir
To Perform With
Asheville Symphony
The Gardner Webb College
Concert Choir will perform
with the Asheville Symphony
on Sun., April 12, 4 p.m., at the
Dover Theater on the Gardner
Webb Campus.
One of the choir members is
Tena Greene of Columbus.
-Community Reporter
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whole classes "adopting" each
other. They visit nursing homes
to stage programs, and take part
in assembly programs as well as
original dance productions for
the public.
Parents turn up at all hours,
working with their children in
evening "Family Math" ses
sions, celebrating "100's Days"
with the first grade, having
morning "Coffee With the Prin
cipal," or flocking to "Dad's (or
Mom's) Night."
Responding to invitations to
speak, Principal Howell and his
teachers have been "presenters"
during the past three months at
conferences around the state. In
December, they discussed
"Family Math" at a regional
workshop for 350 volunteers at
Lake Junaluska. On February
25-26, they described their
concept of "accelerated learn
ing" at the State Awareness
Conference in Winston-Salem.
On February 27, they spoke
about their program at the
NCAE Winter Instructional
Conference in Raleigh.
Visitors to Mill Spring invari
ably notice an air of expectancy
in the school, where it seems
that something wonderful is
always about to happen. "Visi
tors from other school systems
want to know why our teachers
are so excited about what they
arc doing," says Principal
Howell.
On March 3, nine teachers and
administrators from Ira B. Jones
Elementary in Asheville, where
the curriculum is being restruc
tured, came to Mill Spring to
find ways of building and
maintaining teacher morale. On
March 10, three teachers from
Winterfield Elementary in
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, a
school which is adding grades
4-6 next year, visited the fifth
and sixth grade classrooms to
see how Mill Spring teachers
handle the middle grades.
On March 19, 24 teachers and
administrators from Lingerfcldt
Elementary School in Gaston
County spent a day examining
Mill Spring classrooms, talking
with teachers, and observing
classes. Mill Spring is now an
official stop on the Spring Tour
of the North Carolina Teaching
Fellows Program.
Despite their success with
"accelerated learning," the
teachers at Mill Spring arc
looking forward to moving with
the Green Creek faculty this
summer to a new. “«“S'rf
elementary school at the st
Polk Central.
In anticipation of the out
come-based" education pro
gram adopted this past yearby
Ke school system, three Mill
Spring teachers have applied to
th P e Polk County Community
Foundation for a Slater Grant to
visit an Arizona school system
where the "outcome based
approach is already working in
the early grades.
The Mill Spring faculty will
miss the old school when it
closes down at the end of May,
says Howell. But teachers and
principal are looking forward,
he affirms, to the future of
challenge and change that lies
ahead.
-Community Reporter
Blease Newman Pace
Blease Newman Pace, 77, of
Hwy. 176, Box 53, Saluda, died
Wed., April 8, 1992, at her
home.
She was born in Polk County
and was the daughter of the late
Jackson and Magdalinc Bradley
Newman. She was a member of
Macedonia Baptist Church near
Saluda.
Surviving are her husband,
Wade Pace, of the home; four
daughters, Peggy Baynard of
Union Mills, N.C., Sue Ward,
Genell Jespcrscn and Margaret
Pace, all of Saluda; one brother,
L.G. "Deck" Newman of Sal
uda, and one sister, Geneva
Blythe of Pisgah Forest, N.C.
Also nine grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by McFarland
Funeral Chapel in Tryon.
Hospice On Air
Hospice of Polk County will
be the subject of a news feature
Monday morning, April 13 on
WNCW (FM 88.7), local mem
ber station of National Public
Radio.
"Hospice Update," scheduled
8:35 am ' Mon ’ April
13, will present highlights of an
nrs ew . w ” h Pwr^ce Heath,
president, and Jean Eckert
executive director, by Wanda
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-Community Reporter
Glen Forrester
Glen Allen Forrester, 59, died
Apr. 5. 1992, in Spartanburg
Regional Medical Center.
A native of Spartanburg
County, he was the son of the
late Jim and Ethel Bridgeman
Forrester.
Survivors include four sons,
Glen Forrester of Greenwood,
Tracy Forrester of Williamston,
Ted Forrester of Travelers Rest,
and Barry Forrester of Spartan
burg; three daughters, Susan
Forrester of Inman and Kathy
and Lisa Forrester of Green
ville; four brothers, Paul For
rester of Tryon, Nelson Forres
ter of Fayetteville, J.W. Forres
ter of Augusta, GA, and Kye
Forrester of Santa Rosa, CA;
two sisters, Nella Searcy of
Landrum and Mazie Parris of
Tryon; and 14 grandchildren.
Graveside services were held
yesterday in Evergreen Memo
rial Gardens.
Petty Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Wolverine Tennis
Crest High School held on for
a 5-4 victory over Polk County
Monday afternoon.
"We just barely missed an
upset of 4A Crest," stated
Coach Jim Click.
In singles, Tim Foster (C)
defeated Jeff Combs 6-2, 6-1.
Chuck Pearson (C) defeated
Charlie Hearon 6-1, 7-5. Ethan
Schulman (PC) defeated Brian
Wilson 6-3, 6-4. Clay Pearson
(C) defeated Josh Hartman 6-2,
5-7, 7-6. Tire tiebreaker score
was 7-5. Anthony Womack
(PC) defeated Jason Houser 7-6
(score of tiebreaker was 7-0),
6-3. Chris Johnson (C) defeated
Hugh Finch 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.
In doubles, Tim Foster and
Chris Johnson (C) defeated Jeff
Combs and Charlie Hearon 8-2.
Mike Chaffin and Sven Dom
inick (PC) defeated Jesse Hunt
and David McSwain 8-5. Joey
Couch and Mitch Davis (PC)
defeated Chris Holland and
Alex Lattimere 8-6.
Polk County travels to R.S.
Central today (Thurs., Apr. 9).
-Patty Aldred, Reporter
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