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* SMITH LISTENS as Teresa Zim merman, Marshall day care center director, points out the ?' solar collector/greenhouse on the tyl'. ' ? . :r' . -v'. ? , ' : " 1 ' i center's south side. The day care center is partially funded by the ARC. Bob Shepherd listens at right. ARC Chief Tours County y ( Continued from Page 1 ) TOoney spent on them (they jjon't); how the houses were chosen ( the area was pin , pointed by the 1970 census as tone of the two most needy in 'the county, according to <hUD). * "This is a most impressive project," said Smith after ward. "The dedication of Sam Parker in his adoptive county shows thorugh in his en thusiasm and interest and knowledge of the Spillcorn ?area. I really feel that the Jvork we saw was a good ex ?mple of using available local ibor and materials to get good results from dollars spent." J The county plans to renovate a total of 24 hourses along Colvin Creek in Spillcorn with a HUD grant of $267,000, and will add piping and water treatment facilities With a smaller ARC grant. The ARC group then drove downriver to the site of the new Laurel Medical Center, where construction began several weeks ago. After en countering water problems caused by several springs, the building crew now has the cinder block walls of the building above ground and ris ing. After inspecting the site, the group walked down to the Belva Church for coffee, juice and donuts. They were greeted by Michael Norins, director of the Hot Springs Health Program, and other leaders of the effort to establish a health center in Laurel, including Tom Wallin, Oleta Shelton. Helen Shelton, Dennis Tweed and Louis Zim merman. Norins showed slides of the Laurel site and described its history, which began just over a year ago when a door-to-door fund raising campaign in the Laurel area got the project go ing by collecting over $16,000. "Before you leave," said yom Wallin as the group prepared to move on, "I would like to say that we have a board of 14 members and they work very hard, and you can rest assured that every dollar spent in this county will be well spent." A1 Smith was again impress ed by the way ARC money was Deing spent - and in this field le has expertise. He is a lative of Tennnessee, near the Kentucky border, and now lives in Russellville, Ky., where he heads a chain of six weekly newspapers. He has jeen active in the health field loth in helping hospitals in te' WATER HYACINTH NAIROBI < AP) ? The water acinth looks beautiful but it waterways, hinders com knercial fishing and reduces lie Ids from rice paddies in frnore than a score of countries Prom Argentina to the Philip pines. In the United States, the in festations in Florida, Louisiana fend Texas cost more than $11 Tiillion annually in control ef forts. Herbicides have been used Igainst it but these have ecolo gical side effects Aquatic luminals and fish which eat ih? hyacinth have been in ced in some areas. Me cal removal is slow and sive r scientists are looking for ways of using the water .It is known the plant heavy metals surf. mercury fod Lexington, Ky., then as a trustee of the Frontier Nurs ing Service, which employs both nurse practitioners and midwives to augment the medical staff. He has also been past president of the Kentucky Press Associaiton, chairman of the Kentucky Arts Commission and pro ducer of a weekly news aprogram for the state public television network. The last stop in the county was the Marshall day care center on Long Branch Road, where director Teresa Zim merman led the tiptoeing visitors between the cots of napping preschoolers and gave Smith a brief history of the 14 -year-old facility. As she was emphasizing the im portance of ARC money to the project, a huge sanitation truck rolled down the landfill road just beyond the yard where the group stood - a truck purchased with ARC funds. "The ARC has done a lot of wonderful things for this coun ty," she said. "We could have done parts of some of them without it, but we couldn't have done them all. We hope, especially for the sake of the day care program, that the funding will continue." Classes For Elders Begin Term April 29 The Learning Institute for Elders (LIFE) at Man Hill OaBege will begin its second term of the spring semester April ? with three daaso. which, according to program coordinator Raymond C. Rapp, " are the moat in teresting line-up o I clssees we ever offered." The LIFE program at Mars Hill is aimed at persona SO years of age and older who are seeking new outlets for their interests and skills The pt? ago using funds froin s TuZel, Higher Education Act of 1MB grant. LIFE features non credit classes taught by members of the college's faculty as well as field trips, theater tours, exercise classes, "rap sessions" with students and faculty, free ac cess to the college library, special collections, swimming pool, and other facilities. Classes meet during the late Smokies Trout Season Opens Fishing season in Great Smoky Mountains National Park began on April IS, accor ding to Superintendent Merrill D. Beal He said regulations will remain unchanged from last year except for a 2.5-mile section of Lynn Camp Prong above Tremont which has been designated an ex perimental fishing area. Lynn Camp Prong was iden tified for brook trout restora tion under the Interim Brook Trout Management plan ap proved in 1978. The 2.S-mile section will begin at the falls upstream from the gate above MOUNTAIN TOP CARPET CLEANING WE KEEP THE MOUNTAINS OUTSIDE 649-3206 AUCTION AT TWEED'S BARGAINJHOUSE SAT. APRIL 26, 1980 7:30 PM - MERCHANDISE SOLD EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT EVERYONE INVITED MAIN ST. 649-2289 MARSHALL, NC May 6 Republican Primary District Court Judg I ) Native of Aw* County [?j Lifelong Republican M Experienced Lawyer [?] Christian and Mason C. L. Hughes III Ttes Vd* LilUHH CHEVY ISNOJ IN SMALL 1979 1976 1971 1972 1976 1975 1978 1976 1972 USED TRUCKS 4 WHEEL DRIVES DODGE POWER WAGON, oxtra ctoan JEEP CJ 7 Extra Cloan JEEP RENEGADE BLAZER Low Mileage CHEVROLET FLEETSIDE 4x4V8, automatic CHEVROLET FLEETSIDE 4 x 4 VS. 4 spood ? ? ? 2 WHEEL DRIVES CHEVROLET FLEETSIDE V8, 3 spood CHEVROLET FLEETSIDE V8, automatic CHEVROLET FLEETSIDE 6 cylindor cattlo rack OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM ? ? ? PASSENGER CARS 1976 VEGA COUPE 4 cyl., automatic 1977 NOVA 4 door, 6 Cyl., 3 tpood 1976 OPEL now motor 1974 MALIRU COUPE 1974 MALIBU 4 door, 6 cylindor. automatic Tremont and will continue to the junction of Lynn Camp Prong and Indian Flats Prong. morning and early afternoon hour* at e?ch Tuesday and there are no exams, grades, or homework. The setting is strictly informal for all of the program's activities. The second term begins April IS and lasts through June S. The classes scheduled for the second term are 'Early Naturalists of the Southern Mountains," which will be taught by Donald McLeod, assistant professor of biology at the college, and will meet from t to 10: IS a.m., covering the flora and fauna of the region and the people who first catalogued the variety of natural growth; "Spanglish" will be taught by Virginia Teague, an adjunct faculty member of the college, and will cover a little English, a little Spanish, ss well ss sub jects such as preparing Latin foods, bargaining in the Latin marketplace, and travel in Latin countries, and will meet from 10:90 to 11:15 s.m.; and the afternoon class will be "The Sociology of American Religion," which will be taught by Dr. Ellison Jenkins, professor of religion at Mars Hill, and will be descriptive analysis of the nature of religion, the function of religion in personal and social life, and the contemporary religious structures in American society. Field trips planned for the program include a trip to former president Andrew Johnson's home and museum in Greenville, Teaneeeee, and a day in the flsM with Don and animals of the region in their natural habitat* An in formal coffee hear ie held each morning before the i Isssis begin, and the daaeee meet in the seminar ream on the ground floor of Memorial Library. Cost for the program ie fio and this covers all activities except for theater tours and some field trips wMch may in cur an additional modeet charge. Additional informa tion is available from Ray mond C. Rapp, Coordinator of Programs for Continuing Education, Mars Hill CoUcg, Mars Hill, N.C. SS7S4, telephone 8W-1187. Ths Bums reer-tlne hdpt Improve garden productivity. Om pass prepares the perfect seedbed. Leeves soil pimrw and won aeraieo wiinoui compaction from wnoois or imi, so pvann grow better md ytold more. Iliivy duty tinoi ihftd Mid blond stalks, mulch and artan msnurs crops to add valutbla nu trients to the soil, recondition worn out gardens. WE HAVE A FULL LINE OF WALLACE SPECIAL LAWN MOWERS. AVAILABLE IN 18, 20. 21 ft '22 INCH SIZE. THE CHEROKEE SELF PROPELLED * LAWN MOWER WITH 21 ft 22 INCH SIZE Versatile and Powerful ? a tiller that can do jobs you would expect a tractor to do ? tough sod busting, heavy tilling cultivating large gardens, it's fast and easy, converts to a walking tractor with big 16" lug tires, easy to handle, easy to change, pin mounted attachments. Smooth efficient, long life chain drive, preferred by Rental yards where abuse and long use proved durability. Model 51013 i w w> Qfflo hq mm 6171* 1?- TRACTOR TIRES. Convert your tiltor to a walk ing tractor. TURNING PLOWS (61718) Adjustable for hilling and tranching, furrow opaning and closing. SWEEP PLOW (61720) 15*. Skims through toil for tf ficfcnt wMd ramoval ACCESSORIES ?1700 ?1711 ?1712 ?1714 ?171* ItaM ?171? If Tractor Tkw ?1717 Hw ?1710 Uft an* mm CULTIVATOR (61722) 30 w9wi. WISHBONE (61719) 4 HARROW FEATURES: SwM choln drtv? transmission. <Miv?rs mora u?? bit powsr to ttw tlnos. run* In Ail ||Jka fiiyilartofi fitft *n<4 wWiy ^ww o n o oirii thfou jhoiit dutch for MSy con trol of <
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