Tryon Dally Bulletin, Wed., Apr. 15,1992
Some School Needs
Nixed To Make Way
For Polk Central
Curb Reporter
(Continued From Page One)
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 25 th.
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. Tickets are on sale now.
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.
Fingerprints
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to have killed him.
Smith said he and Jaynes
lured Acker to his door by say
ing they were deer hunters with
a broken-down truck. Smith
said he walked to the back of
the trailer while Jaynes
knocked.
Then he heard a shot. Smith
said Jaynes yelled for him to
come to the front of the trailer
and when he did, he saw
Acker's lifeless body lying in
the hallway and Jaynes over it,
holding a rifle.
He said he saw Jaynes take a
pistol from his shoe and cov
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twice more.
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In order to keep the Polk
Central renovation on schedule,
Polk County Schools will buy
less new equipment this year
and next and will postpone
some maintenance projects,
school board members decided
Monday.
The Polk County Board of
Education Monday amended its
1991-92 Capital Outlay budget
to move $30,583 not already
spent to the Polk Central reno
vation project.
Polk Central will be converted
from a middle/high school to an
elementary/middle school in
time for school opening in the
fall.
In addition, the school board
members will use $170,000 of
$188,050 requested in 1992-93
capital outlay funds for Polk
Central. The Polk County
Board of Commissioners
recently agreed to release the
money so the school board
could go ahead and award con
struction contracts.
"Simply, we had to find the
money toward those contracts
(for the Polk Central project). It
wasn't pleasant; we had to look
at what we had not spent,"
explained Supt. James Causby.
Some capital outlay projects
this year were switched to the
maintenance budget, explained
Causby. Planned purchases of
band equipment were scratched
and the board decided not to go
forward with painting the water
tank at Polk Central.
In addition, a much needed
new roof and site development
at Polk Central are not yet bud
geted.
Both board members Geoffrey
Balkam and Phillip Fcagan
asked if the equipment needs
miglit be put into the next year's
budget. However, that will not
be known until the budget is
completed, Feagan pointed out.
"We're going to have to live a
year without a few of those
things," Dr. Causby said.
No action was needed, how
ever, to shift $85,410 in line
item cunent expense monies.
The largest increase was in
staff development, pointed out
Dr. Causby. The additional
funds were needed not only for
summer pay and workshops for
the new curriculum, but also for
an increase in teachers taking
college courses, he explained.
Staff development also
includes increased training ses
sions for school board mem
Some increase was seen in
staff secretarial pay. m-
Causby explained that the state
allocates funds for the basic
clerical staff and any addi
tional help is paid for with local
money.
Central office supplies also
increased due to mailing and
copying all the work pertaining
to the new OBE curriculum, he
said.
Garbage service fees went up
because of increased county
prices at the landfill, he added.
Some line items decreased
because the state came through
with more money than was
anticipated, Dr. Causby pointed
out.
Because state funds are often
tied up in political battles
throughout the year, some parts
of the school budget are guess
work at best, explained Dr.
Causby.
C. Wharton
School Board Trades
For School Property
A potential snag in the Polk
Central renovation project may
be solved by swapping two
school-owned lots
Drive for acreage
Polk Central.
The Polk County
on York
adjoining
Board of
Education Monday approved
swapping two out of five lots
it owns in the York Drive
development near Polk Central.
The lots appraised at about
$5,000.
These would be traded for a
1.8-acre parcel of land owned
by Jack Walker and for a sewer
line easement across some
other of his property.
Unless the sewer line can be
installed across Walker's prop
erty, Polk County Schools
may have to rework the entire
Polk Central sewer system
Causby said. Presently, the
school sewer line drains into a
small creek which dries up part
of each year, causing the efflu
ent to seep into the ground
The land which Walker would
swap is needed to relocate the
p anned driveway. It is located
. corner of ‘he Polk
Central property on Hwy. 9
where the new road into the
SC Th O P x,°?? rly is Penned.
The N.C. Department of
Transportation (DOT) is con
cerned that the planned drive-
way route crosses a creek which
could be classified as wetlands.
explained Dr. Causby. If this is
the case, the work to meet envi
ronmental regulations would be
cost prohibitive, he added.
Therefore, the schools may
need Walker's 1.8 acres to plan
another drive. The administra
tors will learn DOT'S ruling
on the wetland question in a
meeting Thursday.
Even if the original drive is
not ruled out, it will be best for
Polk County Schools to own
that piece of property anyway,
said Dr. Causby. School
board member Geoffrey Bal-
kam, chairman of the facilities
committee which recommended
the swap with Walker, pointed
out that the board had already
discussed swapping lots for this
property.
Polk County Schools own five
lots in a development on Hwy.
9 south before Polk Central on
York Drive which the school
board bought to sell houses,
explained Dr. Causby. The lots
have no houses on them pres
ently. Jack Walker will trade his
property and a right-of-way for
lots 8 and 9 at the end of the
York Drive cul-de-sac.
C. Wharton
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LEGAL NOTICE
The Region C Job Training Plan
is available for public review and
comment. Anyoe interested in
reviewing the plan should come to
Isothermal Planning and Devel
opment Commission at 101 West
Court Street, Rutherfordton, North
Carolina, between 10:00 am to 4:00
pm on April 20, 1992.
The Job Training Plan describes
programs and allocations under the
Job Iraining Partnership Act Title
n-A, U-B, and Title III in Cleve
land, McDowell, Rutherford, and
Polk counties for the period of July
1. 1992, through June 30, 1993.
Any comments after the review
should be addressed in writing to
Larry Brown, Job Training Admi
nistrator, Isothermal Planning and
Development Commission, Post
Office Box 841, Rutherfordton,
North Carolina, 28139
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