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28 Pages Today
Vol. 65 - No. 71
The weather Thursday, high
46, low 39, hum. 75 percent,
and by Friday at 7 a.m. 2.3
inches!!! of rain had fallen.
Yuch.
On Friday, we commented on
Millard Fuller's austere lifes
tyle. You may recall he is the
president of Habitat for Huma
nity, and for many years took
only a $7,000 a year salary. He
is up to $38,000 now, which
places him near the bottom in
compensation of leaders of the
United States' top 100 charities.
The top ten make an average of
$277,000.
We suggested that Fuller is
probably the most contented of
the top 100 leaders, just because
he makes less. Obviously, he
chooses to devote his time not
to fulfilling his own "wants" but
to working for the noble pur
pose of seeing that others have
proper shelter.
Fuller has evidently learned to
be satisfied within himself.
Find me five millionaires who
are deeply satisfied.
The idea of simplicity and
lack of desire for material
wealth runs through all the
world's major religions -
although a few American tele
vangelists have missed the
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TRYON, N.C. 28782
School Board Trims
Its Planned Budget
Request By $46,958
The Polk County Board of
Education cut an additional
$46,958 from its draft budget
before presenting its request to
the county Thursday night.
In a budget work session with
Supt. James Causby, the Polk
County Board of Commission
ers discussed the specifics of
the schools' request for
$2,127,645 in local money.
That figure represents a 9.77
percent increase, or $206,156,
over this year's local school
budget appropriation -of
$1,921,489.
Most of the projected
increase comes in areas the
school board feels arc necessary
to run the schools, Causby said
in an interview Friday morning.
The largest projected increase
in costs is $101,501 for heating
and air-conditioning energy
costs, Causby said. The county
is losing $32,000 as the state
cuts back its support for local
energy costs, and the remainder
of the increase will be needed to
heat and cool the additional
space the new high school
represents, he explained.
The commissioners asked
Causby to check why the pro
jected savings from energy
costs at the soon-to-be-closed
Mill Spring and Green Creek
schools were not as large as the
Duke Power bills.
"I believe the Duke Power
figures included costs for run-
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MONDAY, MAY 11,1992
Brian Daubney and Nancy Dunn,
directors of Trial by Jury.
Discovery House
Sponsors Theatre
In Courthouse
We have all heard of "cour
thouse drama," and attorneys
are often known for their
shameless theatrics. But how
often has the courthouse in the
Polk County Courthouse been
used as a legitimate theatre
stage?
Never before!
Audiences will pack the
courtroom on Friday and Satur
day nights, May 15 and 16, for
performances of the Gilbert and
Sullivan comic opera Trial By
Jury. Tickets for the 8 p.m.
Saturday performance are still
on sale at Discovery House of
the Arts, Inc. Reservations may
be arranged by phone,
859-7691.
Tickets will also be sold at
NationsBank in Tryon and at
the Polk County Public Library
in Columbus next week.
The production is sponsored
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Columbus Hearing
Set On Annexation
Of Park Gas Station
Columbus Town Council
members disagreed Thursday
night on whether they should
annex a gas station/convenience
store near the new high school.
They did agree, however, to
hear what the public thinks in a
public hearing scheduled May
27.
Harold Burrell has asked
Columbus to annex his property
on Hwy. 108 at the entrance to
the Industrial Park into the
Columbus Town Limits.
Burrell is presently construct
ing a gas station/service
garage/convenience store simi
lar to the Lanier Quik Shop BP
station at the entrance to Lake
Lanier in Tryon. He has
requested annexation as well as
rezoning from Industrial to
Highway Commercial.
"The only reason I see that he
wants to be in town is to sell
beer and alcohol and it's too
close to the high school," said
Dr. Thomas Bolling.
However, Mayor Paul Smith
pointed to the property tax at
$675 a year, plus sales tax, plus
business and privilege license
fees which would benefit the
town.
"The Columbus City Limit
distance is too small and we've
got to get a program to get them
in," said Mayor Smith of the
liigh school side of Hwy. 108 as
well as the other side of
Columbus: Peake St., Houston
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