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Vol. 65 - No. 56
The weather Thursday, high
85, low 54, hum. 35 percent.
What's happening:
The Foothills Humane
Society board will meet at 4
p.m. today at NationsBank in
Tryon.
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners meets today at
3 p.m. in the courthouse annex.
The Tryon Town Council
meets tonight at 6:30 for a pub
lic 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. °
The Tryon Merchants Asso
ciation will meet Tuesday at 5
P-ni. at The Village Restaurant.
The members will finalize plans
for the May Fest '92. Interested
merchants arc invited to join
The Carolina Foothills chapter
of the World Federalist Asso
ciation will host a flag raising
ceremony Tuesday at 10 a.m. at
Isothermal Community College
Rabies clinics will be held all
over Polk County Saturday
from 1 to 3 p.m. at four loca-
nM nS ’-.^° n ^ ie Brac Veterinary
Suda i’ i Gre i en Creek Sch °°£
Saluda School, and Sunny View
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
Phillips Campaigns
For N.C. Supt.'s
Job In Columbus Fri.
Owen Phillips brought his
campaign for the office of State
Superintendent of Public
Instruction to Democratic
Headquarters in Columbus
early Friday morning.
Phillips, currently on leave
from his post as superintendent
of High Point Public Schools,
said he wants to bring a profes
sional's experience to the office.
"Wliat we have now is a for
mer hardware store owner,"
Phillips said of State Supt.
Bobby Etheridge. "While there
is nothing wrong with that
occupation, what we need is a
professional at the helm of our
profession."
Phillips was being hosted on
his Western N.C. campaign tour
by Polk County Supt. James
Causby, who endorsed him in
introductory remarks Friday
Phillips said he and Causby
both supported Etheridge during
the last campaign, believing his
legislative powers would be
good for the schools.
But both men have become
disenchanted with the former
legislators handling of educa
tional matters, he said. Phillips
is P ursu >ng the
Tliree Rs - Rules, Regulations
and Restrictions."
The bureaucracy at the state
level js too self-serving and too
little concerned with children's
education, Phillips said. He
cited as an example the fact that
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16 Pages Today
MONDAY, APRIL 20,1992
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The Polk Central FFA Tool Judging Team placed first in the
Mountain View Federation Tool Judging Contest at Isothermal
Community College in Spindale and will participate in the State
S i ^^nll 8 con 1 ,cs, In June In Raleigh. From left to right' Clav
Hardin, 10th grade; Brant Edwards, 9th grade- Seth Badov 10th
g? d ’^ '“^ Waldr «P- ^ stade. Waldrop
High Scorer with a perfect score of 100 Vocational i.
teacher Richard Smith is the team's FFA advisor. r Culture
Pacolet Area Conservancy Meets
Tlie Pacolet Area Conser
vancy will hold its second
annual membership meeting on
Tuesday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m
in the Steams School Audito
rium. This meeting is for all
persons interested in the con
servation and preservation of
our natural areas.
The featured speaker for this
n 1 fm" n ^ win be Palrick Morgan
of the Nature Conservancy.
Mr. Morgan will be speaking
° n S, 0nS ^. ati ° n effor,s along
the Blue Ridge escarpment.
Everyone is asked to please
enter the building on the end
closest to Hardee's (on the left-
hand side facing the building)
Refreshments will be served £
Stearns Park prior to and after
the meeting.
- Community Reporter