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Editorial Congratulations , Lions! "! ? \ i tf , i Although a pair of late season losses have cost the Mara Hill Lions a shot at the NAIA District 26 playoffs, head coach Bob Ronai's squad is to be congratulated for their fine season. The Lions have been the biggest surprise of the season in local play, compiling a record of 18-10. The surprising young team also set a new school record earlier this year by running off 11 straight victories. Regarded as a .500 ball club at the beginning of the season by most observers, the Lions over came a slow start to threaten for the district championship. The good news from Chambers Gym threatens to continue next year. This year's edi tion of the Lion varsity will return next year, except for senior captain Steve Dooley. Although Dooley will be difficult to replace, I Ronai's bench appears full of talented players -] ready to step in. This was the season Mars Hill made national sports headlines because of a battle with arch rival UNC-Asheville. The Lions overcame that contest and avenged the loss at Justice Oymn in fine style on their home court. The peaceful contest between the rivals should ensure a rematch next sea sop. It's been a good year for the Lions' head coach, too. tn the past, Ronai has displayed a temper that had officials often blowing technical fouls against the Lions. The Lion coach is still animated on the sidelines, but he's learned to take bad calls in stride. It's been a very good year for the suprising Lions. We can hardly wait until next fall. Letters To The Editor , To the editor: The recent establishment of a new department "for women" in State Government shows clearly that Mr. Hunt will stop at nothing to promote his Senatorial dream at tax payer's expense. We have had a freeze on teacher pay and state worker's pay, but we have not had a freeze on more state funds being used to pro mote the present Senatorial campaign of Mr. Hunt. When I announced for the U. S. Senate last September, I r stated I would focus on three main issues: 1. Controlling a run-a way defense budget. 2. Working to reduce deficit spending by not engaging in customary back-scratching in Washington. 3. Promising to get this na tion to re-commit ourselves to the unfinished agenda toward making life better for black Americans. What is going on in North Carolina State Government in regard to our black employees? 1 A recent report from the North Carolina Human Rela tion Council confirmed this. There has been a decline of minorities in administration category, and a leveling off in the professional category. This decline has taken place even though 220 personnel changes were made at these levels during 1982. The Human Relations Council noted; however, a rise in the employ ment of women in all categories. What this means in State Government and most othe rpublic and private employment is opprt unities for women, more often than non - white women - are being mde at the expense of previous gains made by black employees. I am not against oppor tunities for women. I support ERA And other efforts to benefit all women; however, I do not feel opportunities for women must be made at the expense of meager gains made by blacks in recent years. y Harrill Jones The News Record Serving TN> PvopJ* Of Modtaon County ?oe? 1901 P.O. Bob 369 ? M?r*ha*, N.C. 28753 Telephone (704)649-2741 Robert T. Koenig W. Koenig C. Parker I. "Pop ?ph B ?M | ' Editor Advertising Mgr Off ice Mgr Columnists , . '' -4 Dear Editor: A special thanks to Phiteo Hardware from the officers and men of the Mars Hll) Fire Department for their $500 donation and the prime rib dinner served at the Deacon's Bench Resttaurant. We certainly appreciate you support. Gordon Randolph, chief. '? ' -7. ' ? V employees *1 The Newt Record are tfce properly of The New* Record and will be disposed of at the discretion of the editor. Use af New* publications wilhool the con sent of Ike editor it prohibited. The New* Record cannot solicited photographs. Untiled to let* tkm words. Uteri ? X .& ? CONGRATULATIONS. "GREENY" I was pleased to learn that Greenwood "Greeny" Edney, a teacher at T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville, was honored as the 1904 Outstanding American History Teacher at the recent American History Month awards luncheon held by the Ruth Davidson chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Asheville. He is the son of Mrs. Palms Edney of Asheville and the late Calvin R. Edney, former ly of Marshall. I've known Greeny and his brother, Calvin, Jr., all their lives and often refer to them as the champions of "Name The Tune" contests which were so popular around here years ago. Congratulations, Greeny, on your latest honor and achievement. FUTURE CHOIR DIRECTOR For the past several weeks, I have been fascinated by watching Krtisten Ward, the 3 x -year old daughter of Frank and Cecilia Ward and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. Roberts, "assisting" Debbie Worley, the choir director at the First Baptist Church during the congregational singing at the morn ing worship services. While Debbie is leading the choir and congregation, little Kristen, sit ting in the rear of the sanctruary with her grandparents, mimics every move Debbie makes. It's amazing how Kristen does this so pefectly. If she continues, there's no doubt that she'll make a fine choir director someday. OUR GETAWAY POTATO PATCH By J ante Franklin Very soon, farm families will begin thinking about planting. Already, many have received the early Spring Catalogues with all the beautiful vegetables and flowers that tempt our senses and leave us deciding we must plant a few new varieties as well as the ususal favorite dependable ones we use. As the warm days approach, we tend to get a fever for working outside in the yard and garden. Driving along and gazing over the farmland, many people are trimming, burning brush, sewing tobacco beds, raking and plowing up the soils and welcoming the return of spring I, too, get the spirit of gardening much sooner than the soil or temperature permits. May I share just a little of last year's ex perience with what I call our getaway potoato natch? Our getaway spot is located in the Spillcorn area near the Apppalachian Trail on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. We choose to grow our potatoes on the spot so we can bask in the unharmed enviornment three or four times each growing season. From the youngest daughter to the oldest son, plus a sister and brother-in-law, we made our way up the mountain. The tractor was in the trailer being pulled by a four-wheel truck along with a plow, disc, hoes, seed potatoes and fer tilizer. We also prepared a picnic lunch which we enjoyed while we rested and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. We worked until nightfall and had a wonder ful time. Finally, after a few more trips to the spot, it was October and time to gather the harvest. We were thrilled at the results. Maybe you need such a spot. Find yours. Perhaps its not far from your own back door. Know Comment By JOSEPH GODWIN Although the sense of sound provides us with some of life's greatest pleasures, it is a mix ed blessing. Sounds bring pain and sorrow as well as joy. While thinking on this sub ject recently, I recalled several sounds that brought no pleasure at all. The sound of water spewing from a burst pipe always in dicates trouble inconvenience, discomfort and expense. We shudder as we hear one person lie to another when we know he or she is lying. While the truth in some cases hurts, a lie is bound to hurt. Nothing is more certain to impair human relationships than ly ing. It does me no good at all to hear people profane the name of God, who gives theM the breath with which they do it. While it was my experience on many occasions to hear a dive bomber in action, I never learned to like the sound it made. Sending Its blood chilling, increasingly high pitched whine down the spine, it dives toward its target, leav ing in all who hear it a haun ting memory. ? A mortar shell whistling overhead is another sound no one ever forgets. Often it Is already too late when one learns whether it will stop here or travel on another hun dred yards. The recurring echo of these two sounds 40 years ago re mains alive, deeply buried in thousands of personalities. Except that this is a world of hatred and hostility, one could hope that no creature on earth would ever hear them again. It is painful to hear the cry of a sick, hungry or tired child, or one being unjustly punished or mistreated. He never demanded admission into this great big, fast, furious and frightening world. At least, he should not have to cope with an imposed disadvantage before he is able to try coping as a peer. I am pained deeply by the sound of the wheezing asthma patient struggling for life giving air when air is so plen tiful and free. One abhors the crackling sound of a Fire destroying a home while its erstwhile in habitants wring their hands in helplessness as their posses sions, one by one, go up in smoke. How can I ever forget! Sometimes in moments of solemn silence, the only sound one can hear is the shuffling of twelve feet with a casket bound for the cemetery. I do not likejthat sound, nor can I escape the pain of what I hear when another human being weeps inconsolably because of the death of a loved one. As painful as ali these sounds are, they have a rival in the form of laughter. After a hard day of work in downtown Fort Worth, I boarded the 9:30 bus and head ed home. Three blocks later, a young woman, anywhere from 20 to 35 years old boarded the bus. One could not tell Just how old she was because she was extremely dirty, thoroughly dishevelled, very drunk, and about seven mon ths pregnant. It seems that few people paid any attention to her for about five miles. Then, at an intersection where there were small shops, already closed, on each of the four corners, thia young woman stumbled off the bus. By now, most of the passengers were watching her Stumbling onto the curb, she almost fell, then recovered her balance before going down. ftien it happened-that sound too sad to remember but too disturbing to forget. As the bus pulled away from the intersection, and while the young woman staggered away into the darkness, the passengers sent up a simultaneous roar of laughter We have been told that it is better to laugh than to Cry, and sometimes we do one to avoid the other. However, what I saw disappear into the darkness on that Port Worth street was no laughing matter. * It was sad to hear the God given expression of Joy and happiness exercised in insen sitivity and shame. I have never again heard laughter sound so strange, nor so pain ful. ' By Carl Mum power, ItSW The Asheville Counseling Center r We live in an eternal period of change. Nothing cm the earth remains the same. It grows old, or different, for bet ter or worse, but it always gt So too is the relation ship at marriage No two day* of marriage are the same. beginning of a marriage is on a foundation, not the mold ' w p m A vi - O?; ? 1 that usually W caught up in the poorer and ex citement of the moment. Tbe pi use* are tbe Joy, closeness and fulfillment we experience., Tbe minuses come in Uw form of our overlook reality in favor of keeping the elation alive You might call this the who trie* to point out ? ty t 1 1 intrude ui">u might be called "the rftf world stage". Story book* never tell us what happens when the prince and Snow White ride the forest The illusion persists that they live happUly ever after. Dial's before the 1 piling up, he stops shaving oo weekends, and she squeezes the in the r All of the md I pro lem of life that t out Next comes the working ? This stage can last ooe day or a lifetime Having realized that good marriages are built and not magically created, we begin to invest energy into communication, love and intimacy Those of us * ho do will generally find that nt R*Wi SR!2 lb tfdtoaddr<- ina thi l? '' SK %
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