ed that the day care budget,
which did not rise last year,
would have to go up this year
by as much as 140,000, due
largely to a 00 percent in
crease in transportation costs.
Coats of oil and electricity
haw also risen, she said, and
the program has added both
more children and new staff
members since last year.
The commissioners agreed
to the hiring of Linda Dodson
as a cook at the Marshall day
care, to replace Carrie
Johnson, who has retired.
Anita Davie, newly ap
pointed director of the Depart
ment. of Social Services,
brought the welcome news
that because of various reduc
tions and state matches her
budget would be 924,829 less
than last year. "I have cut it
as much as possible," she
said, "but I do believe it's a
budget we can get by on if we
are cartful." She said the DSS
budget would be completed by
April 15.
Also, the commissioners
hired Flossie Ball to fill a
social work supervisor posi
tion, and promoted Bob Carter
from a trainee to a level one
employee. I
Kevin Money, the recrea
tion director, reported that the
Recreation Commission had
met arxi recommended the
Wring of Alex Farkas a
teacher at Marshall elemen
tary school, as to the position
of athletic director. ? this
position is approved, the
director's primary respon
sibility will be to run the large
summer youth and adult Soft
ball programs. The commis
sioners said they would take
the recommendation under
advisement.
Morley also brought a pro
Po*al for recreation at the
Marshall Community Center,
recommending year-round
uae for such activities as
basketball, volleyball, wrestl
ing. gymnastics, shuffleboard,
square dancing, roller
skating, movies, concerts,
plays, arts and crafts, com
munity meetings, ping pong,
chess, checkers and reading ?
He alao brought a draft can
tract for work on the river ac
cess site at Barnard.
On the community center,
Commissioner James Ledford
pointed out that there may be
some ambiguity about ad
ministration. The Town of
Marshall, he said, has raised
the local money and matching
grant money to develop the
facility, but it is assumed that
the county will operate it once
it opens. Since this will cost
the county money, he said, all
county residents should have
access to it. The commission
resolved to clarify this point
with the town.
Michael Norins came to
discuss his role as chairman of
the county's transportation
advisory council. Attorney
Leake said that the federal
government has advised the
state that money is available
to help pulbic transportation,
but the county must be able to
respond by April 30 as to how
it would use such money.
"Madison should have some
sort of 'Greyhound service' to
help people get around," said
Leake. "This would not
necessarily be daily service,
but it should at least provide
for people in remote areas the
chance to get out to the stores
and Poat Office once a week or
more. The county has to
decide whether it is willing to
commit itself to that kind of
program, especially if It might
involve some commitment of
County coordinator Herbert
Ponder brought copies of a let
tfee Opportunity Cor
The letter requests
? dear part of the floor
3BI
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and Mrs. Louis Zimmerman,
among others, have been _
working hard to make this
building available as a meal
site for senior citizens, and
they wanted to be sure the
Board of Education is willing
to lease it to them, free of
charge. Attorney Leake
assured them the board would
do so. Mrs. Shelton said that
there are 368 people in Laurel
over the age of 60 who would
be able to take advantage of
such a center, and estimated
that many of them would
come. "We had more than 100
at the meeting at Belva
church," she said, "and I'm
positive we'd have SO to 60 peo
ple a day. We'd have to turn
some away, even." The group
said they had raised $680 at
one quilting, and reported that
the local day care bus would
be available for transporta
tion.
Sam Parker, coordinator of
the housing rehabilitation pro
ject on Colvin Creek, reported
that he has spent about half
the money available in the
HUD grant and that slightly
more than half the houses
have been completed.
Republicans
Plan Dinner
April 12
The Madison County
Republican party will hold
their annual Lincoln Day Din
ner on April 12, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Mars Hill College
cafeteria. Bill Hen don, can
didate for U.S. Congress from
the llth Congressional
District will be the featured
speaker.
There will also be an oppor
tunity to meet and hear from
candidates for various state
and county offices.
Scott Perry, Howard Ehmke
Hollis Thurston, Ned Garver
and Nolan Ryan all won 20
res in one season, pitching
a last-place team in the
American League.
YOUNG ARTISTS from the Mar
shall Day Care center gathered to
inspect their work in the county
library windows on April 4. These
27 youngsters, aged 2 to 5, have
collaborted with others from all
the county day care facilities as
well as kindergarteners from the
public schools in the annual
children's art exhibit. Children
from the Mars Hill Day Care
Center visited on April 3. The ex
hibit is sponsored by the Madison
County Child Development Pro
gram and the Madison County
public schools. Everyone is en
couraged to stop by the library
during the month of April and see
one of the year's most popular ex
hibits. In the second window, day
care artists have displayed such
works as a "log cabin" made of
pretzels, "tinker toy design,"
birds' nests and eggs, Mexican
flowers, "hand prints," Easter
bunnies, "Ivory soap" and one
called "I did this with my
fingers."
Farmers Report Acreage
W.B. Zink, Madison County
ASCS Executive Director said
that all farmers should report
acreage of crops growing on
their farms, with the excep
tion of tobacco. He pointed out
that this would be primarily
the corn that was grown.
The Agricultural Adjust
ment Act of 1980 allows
eligibility for price support
loans, deficiency payments
and disaster protection.
Corn growers will not be
restricted to plant within the
normal crop acreage for the
farm, according to Zink, and
they will not be required to
divert acreage as set aside.
This allows them to plant what
they want, and as much as
they want and still receive ?
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Eligibility for these benefits
do requite the farmer to sign
up and report his corn acreage
no later than July 15, 1980.
These acreage reports are
necessary to determine what
payment may be earned and it
will also be used to maintain
history of crops planted on the
farm.
The acreage report require
ment does not include burley
tobacco. Zink concluded by
stating that any questions
should be asked at the ASCS
office during regular office
hours.
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Marshall Firemen Warn
Of Possible Rail Accident I
Members of the Marshall
Volunteer Fire Department
warn that there is a very real
possibility of a fl,n**g'rlg rail
accident in Marshall at any
time of day.
"U a liquid propane gas car
were to explode here, for ex
ample," said fireman Jimmy
Ramsey, "the fireball could
reach as far as 1,000 feet in
every direction. That puts this
whole town, including the
elementary school, within
reach of a possible disaster."
In order to alert the town to
this potential danger, the fire
department will host a discus
sion and film presentation on
what the public should expect
in the event of such an inci
dent. The meeting is planned
for April 2i at 7:30 p.m. at the
Marshall Elementary School.
Taxpayers
Association
Is Formed
A Morganton tax-fighter
named Keith Brown has laun
ched a statewide tax reform
effort, and is seeking support
and interest in Madison Coun
ty
The North Carolina Proper
ty Owners and Taxpayers
Association is attempting to
circulate petitions reading as
follows: "We request your
participation in the passage of
laws to provide the taxpayers
of North Carolina a voice in
our government. Taxes are
too high, inflation is rampant.
We have been left out of the
law-making process in North
Carolina."
The petitions, aimed at
elected officials, request their
support in passing legislation
for voter initiative (right of
the citizens to propose laws)
and referendum (a " people
vote" to pass laws).
The derailment a few yean
ago of a freight train that
struck the Coal, Peed *
Lumber Co. building har fad
ed from the memory at most
people ? primarily because
no injuries occurred and there
was no fire or explosion. But
the lack of damage was due to
the fact that the derailed cars
carried no combustibles or ex
plosives. If they had, it is
almost certain that everyone
in town would still remember
every detail.
Marshall firemen point out
that no major fire has occur
red in downtown Marshall
since the blacksmith shop fire
of the late I960*. They warn -J
that a feeling of complacence *j
?bhi? to adit among the peo
ple of the community, and that
it may be time to educate the
public about precautions that
could be taken against serious
damage from rail accidents.
All interested persons are j
invited; those who work or
live within Hi miles of
downtown Marshall are
especially urged to attend.
Jack Ramsey, formerly a
resident of Marshall and now
a firefighter in Morganton and
instructor for the Department
of Community Colleges, will
present the program.
Zurhellen Will Speak On Iran
What's going on in Iran?
What should we do? What can
we do? These are among the
issues to be addressed in a lec
ture to be given at Mars Hill
College next week by J. Owen
Zurhellen Jr. The lecture, en
titled "The Mideast and the
Persian Gulf," will be
presented on April 16 at 10
a.m. in Belk Auditorium in the
Wren College Union Building
on the campus of Mars Hill
College.
Ambassador Zurhellen is
currently serving as vice
president for programs of the
Foreign Policy Association ;?
located in New York City. He :*
has previously served as >
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for East Asian Affairs, >
and Deputy Director of the \
U.S. Arms Control and Disar
mament Agency. He has also
served as U.S. Ambassador to
Surinam and in important
diplomatic posts in Japan,
Germany, and Israel. His
presentation is a part of the
Great Decisions 1960 series at
Mars Hill.
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