Madison Commissioners To Meet
The Madison County Board of Commissioners will meet at l
p.m. Monday in the Madison County Courthouse.
School Board To Hold Meeting
The Madison County Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m.
Monday in the Little Theater of Madison High School.
Mars Hill Board Meeting Set
The Mars Hill Board of Aldermen will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Monday at Mars Hill Town Hall.
Hot Springs Aldermen To Meet
The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Monday at Hot Springs Town Hall.
Chamber Of Commerce Sets Meeting
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7
p.m. Tuesday at Madison High School.
Marshall To Hold Special Meeting
The Marshall Board of Aldermen will meet at 1 p.m. today
(Thursday) at Marshall Town Hall to meet with municipal
employees and the town's auditor.
Class Of '78 Members Sought
The Madison High School graduating class of 1978 will hold
its 10-year class reunion in June 1988. Sharon Rice Davis (704)
686-7170 and Luvenia Shelton Joyner (704) 254-8468 are coor
dinating the reunion and request help locating classmates.
Calendar Deadline Announced
The deadline for items in The News Record's "Community
Calendar" and "Church News" is noon Tuesday prior to
publication. Items received after noon cannot be accepted.
SoU , Water Board To Meet
The Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District
Board will hold its regular monthly meeting Jan. 12, at 7 p.m.
in the District Office located at 116 Main St., Marshall
Post Office Announces Schedule
Window service at local post offices will be closed Saturday
but rural route service will be the same. No postal service on
Jan. 1.
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Is really off in i
"And
pretty selective now as It gets near
the end of the season. But the
quality problem is not Just confin
ed to your regkm."
"Quality is down considerably,"
agreed Charles Day of Day's
Tobacco WarehouM. "The crop is
one of the worst crops I've seen up
here in years."
And for the lower grades of
burley, prices have plummeted
Green tobacco going for 96 cents
the first week brought <5 cents the
week before Christmas, Day said.
The bright color is not selling as
well as it usually does, and bidders
are looking for the dark red color,
according to Mark Hollingsworth,
a grower who observed the bid
ders recently.
"The color is indicative of the
quality right now," Pishel said.
"It's not that the color is impor
tant, but what the deep red in
dicates about the quality of the
leaf."
Grower Don Smart agreed that
the quality is off this year and that
the burley had not cured well. But
tobacco buyers are not purchasing
inventory as they once did, Smart
said. Companies used to keep four
year's worth of tobacco in stock,
but with anti-smoking campaigns,
they have cut it to two year's of
stock, he said. Because of the
smaller stock, the companies are
buying what they need sooner.
"Burley I was getting $1.61 for, I
got $1.32 yesterday," he said dur
darker red than North Carolina
tobacco this season. Tha average
price in that state tar the first
three market weeks stayed up at
II . SIM per pound, while in North
Carolina, the hurley price tar the
first three weeks was at 91.3&38.
"We're having a good hit of
green tobacco and inferior grade
tobacco coming in right now at
this point," said Ray Owen,
manager of Dixie Big Burtey in
Asheville. "The weather hurt us
here in the fall and a lot of the
tobacco is off-color.
"Tobacco with a good true
hurley color is still selling good,"
Owen said.
With some of the bids falling
under price supports, a lot more
burley has been going into
storage. The first week the market
opened, 3.6 percent of the burley
fell below price support. During
the second week, 9.S percent fell
below price support and went into
storage. Overall, throughout the
burley belt, S.7 percent of the crop
placed on the market has gone into
storage.
The U.S. Crop Report Board
predicts that 452 million pounds of
burley will be sold this season, but
that total is down by 8 million from
the board's November prediction.
Last year, when the weather
was particularly dry, 415 million
pounds of burley were sold.
Tobacco sales will resume Mon
day, Jan. 4.
total Savings Bond sales to
tia.lM.3M million. This reflects an
increase In sales of 19.4 percent over
flacal year 1MB.
Nationally, fiscal year 1887 sales of
U.8. Savings Bonds exceeded HO
billion (910,317 million) for the first
IMS wiMB sales WW 911.6
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to 96,129
August's total of 9411 million,
but down 9627 million from
September a year ago when aalea
reached 91.19 billion
Total holdinga of U.S. Savings
Bonds reached 9100 billion, the
highest total value outstanding in the
history of the Savings Bonds Pro
gram.
Free Classes Offered
In Madison, Buncombe
Free classes for adults in reading,
math, English and high school
equivalency (GED) preparation will
be held at the following location in
Madison and Buncombe counties:
? The Asheville-Buncombe
Technical College Madison County
Center (computer lab) - Monday and
Thursday, <41:30 p.m.
? Baraardsville School - Monday
and Thursday, 6:30-9 p.m.
? Mars Hill Elementary School -
Monday and Thursday, 6:30-8:90 p.m.
? Hot Springs Senior Citizens
Center - Tuesday and Thursday, 6-9
p.m.
? Sleepy Valley Clubhouse -
Wednesday, 6:30-9 p.m.
? Spring Creek School - Tuesday
and Thursday, S-8 p.m.
? Weaverville Elementary School -
Monday and Wednesday, 7-9:30 p.m.
For more information on these and
other classes# offered by A-B Tech in
Madison County, NMffS.
WORMS
Most dog & cat illnesses are not contagious
to people. However, roundworm infection is an
exception. In children exposed to large numbers
of roundworm eggs, the larvae can cause exten
sive damage by migrating through various organs,
especially the eye.
Protect your family & pets ? have your
pet periodically checked for worms.
THE
ANIMAL
CLINIC
"Treating All Creatures Great And Small"
CAROL HOOD, D.V.M. 704 '?H" J!!!
Emergencies 615-623-0W1 ?
Use Caution With Woodstoves
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With temperatures dropping,
fireplaces and woodstoves come into
increasing use as a means of beating
homes in North Carolina. But the bur
ning of treated wood and plywood can
cauw serious health problems, accor
ding to state health director Dr.
Ronald H. Urine.
"Abandoned scrap wood may seem
like a good source of cheap fuel,"
Levine said. "However, wood used
for building is often treated with a
preservative such as creosote,
petacblorphenol (Penta, PCP) or a
mixture of copper, chromium and
arsenic (CCA)."
In the case of wood treated with
craoaote and Penta, toxic gases |,i"
emitted and inhaled Burning wood
that has been painted with a lead
baaed paint is a potential source of
lead poiaoning, as Is the burning of
battery cases.
"There are a number of
result of burning CCA-treated wood in
fireplaces and woodstoves," Levine
said. "Toxic metals such
can result from breathing airborne
particles or from direct contact with
the ash."
Symptoms of poisoning from the
burning of treated wood include con
junctivitis, bronchitis, pneumonia,
sensory hyperesthesia, muscle
cramps, dermatitis, nosebleeds, ear
infections, blackouts and seizures,
gastrointestinal disturbances and
loss of hair.
"The money that might be saved by
using this readily available wood is
not worth the risk to your family's
health," said Levine.
Winner To Teach Course
State Sen. Dennis Winner,
D-Buncombe, will teach a "Constitu
tional Law" course during the
University of North Carolina at
Asheville's spring term, which begins
Jan. 11.
Winner, a three-term senator
representing the 28th district, is a
practicing attorney and graduate of
the UNC-Chapel Hill Law School. The
28th senatorial district includes
MmSmd , Buncombe and McDowell
counties.
The course meets Wednesdays
from ? to l:M p.m and offer* three
hours of academic Credit The ap
plication deadline for UNCA's spring
term is Jan. 4.
Registration for non-degree
students is Jan. 8 from 4 to ? p.m. in
UNCA's Justice Sports Canter.
Registration for degree-seeking
students is appointment only on Jan.
8 from ? a.m. to 8:10 p.m. in Justice
Center.
Foe N.C. residents, five semester
hours or teas is 8104 For six to eight
hours, the coat is 8107, books not in
cluded. Senior dtiasns receive a
lower rate on a space-available basis
Late registration is Jan. 11-15 in
Upinaky Hall. For more information,
call 351-6481
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