Area Deaths And Funerals Roy Cantrell Funeral services were held Saturday for Roy Lee Cantrell of Walnut who died May 5 in the Asheville VA Medical Center at the age of 71. Services were held in the Walnut Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Buckner officiating. Burial was conducted in the Walnut Cemetery. A lifelong resident of Madison County, he was the son of the late William and Nola Wallin Cantrell. Mr. Can trell was a retired farmer and lumberman. He was also a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II and a member of the American Legion Post in Marshall. Mr. Cantrell is survived by his wife, Lucille Sawyer Can trell; a son, Ray Cantrell of Marshall; a daughter, Ruth Ann Peek of Weaverville; three brothers, Carl Cantrell of Walnut, Geter Cantrell of Alexander and Howard Can trell of Lincoln Park, Mich.; four sisters, Nora Sawyer and Rose Green of Alexander, Frances Ramsey of Taylor, Mich, and Edith Latrell of Ohio; and two grandchildren. W. Burnis Buckner Funeral services were held Friday for W. Burnis Buckner of Weaverville who died April 2 at the age of 59. Services were held in the Weaverville Baptist Church, of which he was a former deacon, with the Rev. Leroy Denton officiating. A native of Buncombe Coun ty, he was a veteran of the Ui. Army in World War II. He was the son of the late William R. and Atlas Brigman Buckner. He was retired from Conrad Industries and was a carpenter and farmer. Mr. Buckner is survived by his wife, Kathleen Roberts Buckner; a daughter, Dianne B. Ottwell of Stone Mountain, Ga.; a son, David Buckner of Covington, Ga.; three sisters. Alma Sexton and Lucille Keys of Asheville and Lois Jean Carden of Waynesville; and a brother, Stanley Buckner of Weaverville. Dock Bryant Funeral services were held Friday for Dock Bryant of Reems Creek Rd. who died May 1 in an Asheville hospital at the age of 70. Services were held in the chapel of the Williams Funeral Service with the Revs. Fate Kirsten and James Lee officiating. Burial was conducted in the Laurel Spr ings Baptist Church. A native of Buncombe Coun ty, he was the son of the late Johnny and Magie Shope Bryant. He was a retired employee of Drexel Furniture Co. He is survived by his wife, Myrtle Lynn Bryant; B daughter, Mary Jane Flores of the home; four sons. Dock Bryant, Jr. of Chicago, Leroy Bryant of Asheville, Clay Bryant of Black Mountain and Frank Bryant of Weaverville; two * liter*, Lena Pender of Asheviiie and Zella Bryant of Baltimore; eight grand children and two great grandchildren. Clinton Fender Funeral services were held Sunday for Clinton Fender of Marion who died May 5 in the Mountain Home VA Medical Center at the age of 78. Services were held in the chapel of the McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home with Earl Wood and the Rev. Doug Worley of ficiating. Burial was con ducted in the McDowell Memorial Park with the American Legion Post N. 56 and the Arrowood VFW Post No. 4208 conducting military graveside rites. A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late W.A. and Elzie Cuthberson Fender He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II and was retired from the East Martion Manufacturing Co. He is survived by two brothers, Kermit Fender of Marion and J.D. Fender of Dysartsville; a sister, Mrs Floyd Bruner of Marion; and a number of nieces and nephews. Ethel Biggs Funeral services were held this afternoon for Ethel Stines Biggs of Weaverville who died Sunday at the age of 62. Services were held in the chapel of the West Funeral Home in Weaverville with the Rev. Loonie Crawford of ficiating. Burial was con ducted in the Penland Cemetery. A native of Madison County, she was the daughter of the late Hilliard and Essie Cody Stines. She is survived by her hus band, James Biggs; two sons, Clarence and Larry Biggs of the home; and four brothers, Gilbert Stines of Greenville, S.C., Verlon Stines of Detroit, Eugene Stines of Black Moun tain and Howard Stines of Bar nardsville. Jackie Laws Funeral services were held Monday for Jackie Lynn Laws of Marshall who died Saturday morning from injuries sus tained in a motorcycle acci dent. Mr. Laws was 37 years old. Services were held in the chapel of the Bowman Funeral Home in Marshall with the Revs. G.A. McCurry and Ralph Sexton officiating. Burial was conducted in the Madison Seminary Cemetery. A native of Buncombe Coun ty, he was a resident of Madison County for the past seven years. Mr. Laws was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Viet nam War. He was employed as a truckdriver for Reco Transportation in Asheville. He is survived by his wife Frances McLean Laws; a son, Timothy Lynn Laws of the home; and his mother. Hazel Rogers Moore of Asheville. 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Saturday Call for Appointment 658-0512 Prnnrictnr* Eileen Carter Marlene Kifer Mixed Nuts & Fruit Cashews $4.00 pound FRESH PRODUCE Sedimentation Pollution Control Is Necessary North Carolina is losing ap proximately 80 million tons or soil through erosion each year and much of this soil is finding its way into our creeks and streams, causing our water quality to decline. According to Penn Dameron, chairman of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow committee on natural resources, the moun tain region is twice cursed by erosion and sedimentation, "Not only must we watch our soil vanish into our creeks and rivers, we must also watch as these very creeks and rivers, which we cherish, gradually become overburdened with mud." Speaking at a conference on water quality and growth held April 25 at Lake Junaluska, Dameron added, "They lose their clarity; they lose their ability to support certain forms of life; they lose their value as sources of clean water; and eventually, as they become silted in, they lose their capacity to carry away flood waters and the ponds and lakes which they supply lose their value as recrea tional areas." The meeting, which was at tended by local and state leaders, members of county and town planning boards, county officials, and regional and state agencies, provided a forum for the discussion of recommendations drawn up by a special WNCT task force on sedimentation and approv ed at the April meeting of the 17-county regional leadership council. Dameron said that the task force identified the primary threat to the region's water quality as "poorly designed and sited subdivision develop ment." During 1983, the state issued 69 citations to offenders caus ing damage on other peoples' property in western North Carolina. Of these, 47 had not submitted an erosion control plan. Such a plan is required by law. Dameron stated, "These offenders are only those who were caught , . they represent only a fraction of those who are despoiling our waters. This is a serious indictment of so-called 'volun tary compliance' with our ex isting Sedimentation Pollution Control Act." Those attending the con ference seemed to approve the recommendations from the WNCT task force which in cluded changing the Sedimen tation Control Act to require approval of erosion plans. As things stand now, the state cannot act to prevent damage, but must wait until the damage has been done an then step in to try to get it cor rected. Another problem is inade quate personnel to enforce the law. Recommendations in cluded strengthening the N.C. Department of Natural Resource and Community j Development. The current Sedimentation Control Act requires that three standards be set for developments disturbing more than one acre of land: ? an erosion plan must be filed. ? a buffer zone must be maintained to prevent silt from washing onto nearby ?and. ? for a cut and filled slopes, a permanent ground cover or some other means to prevent water run-off must be in place within 30 days after the com pletion of the construction. Task force recommenda tions include requiring a per formance bond for large-scale developers. Chris Windham explained that an out-of-state firm can buy land, put in a poorly designed and con structed road, sell off a cer tain percentage of the lots, all the while funneling funds into another company When con fronted by a court order to rec tify damages to surrounding land and to water courses, the firm may simply point to a lack of remaining funds and threaten to declare bankrupt cy. Posting a bond would en sure that at least some funds would be held in escrow until the project is completed, and if excessive damage occurs, these funds can be tapped to correct the situation. Dan Robinson of Cullowhee, i member of the N. C. Wildlife Commission and chairman of the WNCT committee on recreation, emphasize the ef fect of sedimentation, especially in trout streams, on recreation in the area. David Huskins, county manager for Mitchell County and chairman of the WNCT subcommittee on environmen tal protection, stated that un controlled siltation can be devastating in the long run to a county's tax base, as proper ty values are debased. He also explained that enforcing regulations costs money which some of the smaller counties do not have. The smaller, low population counties are going to be hit hardest by poor development practices he told the group. Low population counties have more land in large holdings. Large scale developers are not interested in 20 to 50 acre size tracts; they wish to pur chase much larger acreages. This makes low population counties very attractive; yet these are the counties lacking the resources to develop and enforce subdivision regula tions and erosion control pro grams. Alan Lang of the Asheville Office of the Department of Natural Resources and Com munity Development and Bill Eaker of the Land-of-Sky (Continued on Page 10) Borrow from the equity inyour home, at affordable rates and payments. Flit the money in your home to work. If you haw a financial need or an opportunity that you cannot conveniently meet with a short-term loan or savings, consider this. It's likely that your home is worth more than you paid for it. and that you have reduced the amount of the original loan. Wachovia offers ways that you can Ixirrow from the equity you've built up. How W&chovia can make the equity in your home available to you. 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