KEITH FLYNN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Flynn of Marshall, recently finished first
place in the state public speaking competi
tion in Vaurinburg at the VIC State Leader
ship Conference. Flynn's speech, entitled
"Authority to Respect," was a four-minute
talk on the essence of leadership and how to
become a respected figure of authority.
Keith is president of his school VICA Club
and also president of the INS Club. He is a
member of the drafting, math, and French
clubs, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
and a letterman for the school basketball
team. I*ast spring Keith won both the district
and state contests in extemporaneous speak
ing and finished sixth nationally.
HONORED
DETROIT (AP) ? The late
William Knudsen, who was
president of General Motors
Corp and production director
of the War Department's office
of production management dur
ing World War II, was honored
in his native Copenhagen, Den
mark, recently.
Queen Margrethe led her sub
jects in commemorating the
100th anniversary of Knudsen's
birth by opening a special pho
tographic exhibition of his life,
times and contributions to De
troit's automobile industry.
Knudsen emigrated from Co
penhagen in 1900. A bronze
plaque commemorates his
birthplace here.
DOT Awards $55, (MX) To Madison For Street?
Madison County is receiving
over $55,000 from the N.C.
Department of Transportation
for local street construction
and maintenance.
The money is the county's
share of the 1979 allocation of
state street aid (Powell Bill)
funds. The total allocation this
year, according to state
Transportation Secretary
Tom Bradshaw, is just over
$34.6 million.
Madison County's three
municipalities will share the
funds, as follows:
?Mars Hill will receive
$27,234.86 based on a popula
tion of 2,220 and a total of 7.33
miles of local streets.
?Marshall will receive
$15,633.59 based on a popula
tion of 1.090 and a total of 6.72
mile* of local streets.
?Hot Springs will receive
$12,156.06 based on a popula
tion of 630 and a total of 8.19
miles of local streets
Each year the Powell Bill
returns to qualified
municipalities one cent of
North Carolina's state motor
fuel tax and requires that
these funds be disbursed by no
later than Oct. l
Transportation Secretary
Bradshaw said, "Sharing
these resources is another ex
ample of our partnership with
the communities we serve in
our joint effort to ' meet
transportation needs locally
as well as statewide.
"This year's sum of
$34,649,907.89 is the largest
amount ever returned to
North Carolina communities
under the Powell Bill provi
sions. In (act, it is more than
$1.1 million more than last
year's record disbursement,"
Bradshaw added.
From this year's Powell Bill
funds, the largest single check
went to the city of Charlotte.
Charlotte's allocation of
$4,155,095 25 was based on a
population figure of 338,250
and a local street mileage
figure of 1,124.37.
Of the total amount
allocated as part of the Powell
Bill funds, 75 percent is pro
portioned among the
municipalities on the basis of
population and 25 percent on
the basis of non-state system
local street mileage. Each
municipality furnished its own
certified Icoal street mileage
and the population figures are
the most recent annual
estimates of population as cer
tified by the North Carolina
Department of Administra
tion.
The smallest check disburs
ed under the act went to the
municipality of Caswell Beach
in Brunswick County, which
will receive a check for
$843.45. Caswell Beach will
receive its share of the Powell
Bill funds based on a popula
tion figure of 70 and local
street mileage of .21 miles
Larger North Carolina cities
receiving Powell Bill checks
include: Greensboro,
$2,046,406.30; Raleigh,
VIC A Group Elects Officers For Year
The Vocational Industrial
Club of Madison High School
held its elections on Sept. 25
for officers to serve during
the 1979-80 school year,
picking seven of its 172
student members.
Madison has the largest
chapter of any high school in
district eight, which com
prises 19 western North
Carolina counties. It is also
the most effective politically,
having captured three fo the
six district-wide offices
during the meeting in March.
The purpose of VICA, ac
cording to its motto, is
"preparing for leadership in
the world of work." Each
member is enrolled in at least
one trade or industry course,
such as drafting (the most
popular choide at Madison),
cosmetology, machine shop,
cabinet making, or auto
mechanics.
The March conference is
the main event for VICA
people each year. A school
chapter can elect one
delegate for each 10 members
to attend the meeting, which
is called the Leadership
Conference. During the
conference are various
competitions, including those
in prepared speech, ex
temporaneous speech, and
the contest for Miss VICA.
Within the conference also is
a set of competitions known
as the Skill Olympics, where
students match abilities in
such areas as dentistry, brick
laying, mechanical drafting
and architectural drawing.
At the same time there is
considerable politicking
among the students for
district offices. This is the
skill at which the Madison
delegates proved particularly
effective last year.
MADISON HIGH VICA
LEADERS include half the of
ficers of their 19-county district.
Seated, from left, are: district ad
visor, Bruce Sprinkle; district
president, Vera Melvin; vice,
president, Mark Fox; and
parliamentarian, Chris Robinson.
Standing behind them are the
local chapter's officers, who were
elected on Sept. 25: Keith Flynn,
president; Regina Chandler, vice
president; Catharine Hensley,
secretary; Lonnie Kent,
treasurer; Linda Arrington,
editor; Charles Swann,
parliamentarian; Vickie Anders,
student advisor. Harold Baker is
faculty advisor.
$1,871,144 10; Winston-Salem,
$1,778,013.67; High Point.
*84y,501 38;
$852,472 58
and
Forest Service
Offering Seedlings
Order forms for tree seed!
ings from the State Nursery
are now available. Tree seedl
ings go on sale Oct. 15. Anyone
wishing to order seedlings
such as white pine, poplar,
etc., should place an order as
soon as possible.
White Pine seedlings are
currently in great demand and
it is anticipated that the supp
ly will be exhausted by early
November, Order forms are
available from the Extension
Service and from Tony Webh,
county forest ranger. Anyone
interested in planting white
pines for Christmas trees
should contact the county
agents office as soon as possi
ble prior to ordering seedl
ings. A soil sample is very im
portant to determine the
phosphorus level of your soil
before planting Christmas
trees.
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