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THE YANCEY JOURNAL
VOL. 5, NO. 49
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Patrolmen Get Service Awards
Four members of the North Carolina Highway Patrol
Received Service Awards on Monday, November 28, for a
combined total of 60 years of service with the Highway Patrol.
jJnda Carroway of the Burnsville Patrol office is shown
presenting the awards to the following patrolmen [pictured left
to right]: First Sergeant W.L. McDonald has been a member of
‘the Highway Patrol for 31 years. He has been stationed In
;lAshevilie, Shelby, Bryson City, Marion and Burnsville. He
<*me to Burnsville oh January 1, 1974. A native of Morphy,
, N.C., Sergeant Mcdonald is receiving a 30 year service award.
He is married and children.
Sergeant Donald W. Reavis has been a member of the
Highway Patrol for 16‘/i years. He was previously stationed in
Mwphy before coming to Burnsville In August of 1974.
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Accessway Construction
Moves Ahead Despite Snow
Work on more than 100
temporary access projects
went on in sub-freezing
temperatures this weekend as
efforts continued to provide
isolated Yancey Countians
with roadway links to the
outside world.
Officials of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers said they
had directed contractors who
are building accessway to
ignore the snow and continue
operations as fast as possible.
Federal Coordinating Of
ficer Joe D. Winkle said
damage survey teams have
ideftified some 350 sites
throughout western North
Carolina where access has
been disrupted. These disrup
tions may affect as many as
700 families.
« “The Corps of Engineers,
working through private con
struction firms, is pushing
ahead with work despite the
weather,” Winkle said. “And
contracts are being let daily
lor Additional projects.”
But as work moved on,
Winkle said he is becoming
increasingly concerned that
korne of those who are eligible
for accessway assistance are
■expecting more than than
federal government can pro
vide.
“This access work pro
vides nothing more than
temporary-and I strongly
emphasize the word tempor
ary-passage to these isolated
families,” Winkle said.
"Whatever we build will not
be designed or constructed to
solve the problem forever.”
Winkle said many of those
now isolated will find it
necessary to construct per
manent accessways next
spring.
Winkle said the decision to
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| Mail Schedules |
Burnsville Postmaster Phillip Banks has §
E announced that the Postal Service this year will £
make every attempt to have mail and parcels =
£ delivered on a normal schedule during the £
Christmas Season, throughout the continental E
£ United States. Norfnal delivery time, he said, is =
£ approximately 10-12 days for parcels and 4to 5 £
:= working days for letters and cards.
Persons having Christmas mail going overseas £
£ should try to have it in the mail stream by or before 1
s December 10. Specific mailing dates for overseas s
areas mav be obtained by calling the Burnsville
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| Sergeant Reavis is a native of Madison County. He is being
i awarded als year service award. Sgt. Reavis is married and
has one child. He and his family are members of the First
i Baptist Church, Burnsville.
Trooper Rodger Hinshaw has been a member of the
! Highway Patrol since September 1966. Since his employment
he has been stationed in Spruce Pine. A native of Thomasvllle,
N.C., Trooper Hinshaw is being awarded a 10 year service
award. He is married and has two children.
Trooper Bill Stallings has been a member of the Highway
Patrol since May 1970. Prior to his present duty station In
Burnsville he was stationed in Burlington. Trooper Stallings is
a native of Rutherford County. He is being awarded a 5 year
service award. Trooper Stallings is married and has two
children.
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build accessways is 9ost
trade-off involving options
available under law.
“We determined it would
be less expensive to the
taxpayers to build accessways
than to uproot families and
mo”e them into temporary
housing.” he said. 16
Because of the temporary
nature of the projects. Winkle
encouraged those with access
problems to apply for low
interest loans from the Small
Business Administration or
grants from the state’s
Individual and Family Grant
program. SBA loans up to
SIO,OOO are at one per cent
interest and the state program
may provide grants to $5,000 i
for those who qualify.
Winkle said owners of
property isolated by flooding
must request assistance be
fore action can be taken.
“We feel certain there are
people out there waiting for
the Corps of Engineers to
come in and do the job,”
Winkle said. "But this can’t
happen under the law until
there is an application for
assistance.”
Applications may be made
as the follow-up assistance
center* in Burnsville or by
calling 1-800-452-2826. The
center is open from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. through Friday, Decem
ber 2.
Half of the 16 counties
included in President Carter’s
major disaster declaration
have asked the Federal
Disaster Assistance Adminis-.
t rat ion for direct aid on the
accessway problem.
Officials in Yancey County
have said they do not have the
financial resources or equip
ment to handle the job.
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Disaster Relief Committee
To Coordinate Assistance
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■, Representatives of a num
ber of agencies involved in
flood relief have formed the
Yancey County Coordinating
Committee on Disaster Relief
to increase the effectiveness
of the disaster help to flood
victims in the county.
The coordinating commit
tee was formed in a meeting
of agency representatives at
the Community Center in
Burnsville Friday afternoon,
The committee includes
Pat Hardy of the Mental
Health program, Floyd Holt of
Social Services, the Reverend
Dick Muri, pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Burnsville,
Wanda McNeill of the Health
Department, Gene Cannon,
assisting in the" WAMY
Community Action program,
and the Reverend John Emory
Jones of Asheville, minister of
the Bald Creek and Pensacola
United Methodist Churches in
Yancey County. Mr. Jones
Donna Shore
Philip Shore
A|atha Christie Mystery Staged
Mystery enthusiasts are hi for a suspenaful evening as a
fine cast presents “The Mousetrap” by Agatha Christie. .
The Burnsville little Theatre performances wUI be
Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December 1 at SiOO
p.m. and Sunday afternoon, December 4, at 3.00 p.m. at
Mountain Heritage High School. Proceeds from these
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victims in Yancey County.
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The W.A.M.Y. Commun
ity Action Agency, along with
Title VJI Nutrition Meals,
observed the annual Thanks
giving Dinner this past
Wednesday. Yancey County
Senior Citizens, along with
invited guests from other local
Social Service Agencies and
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1,1977
was named chairman and
treasurer of the new coor
dinating committee and will
devote a great deal of time to
working with the agencies
involved in the flood relief.
The coordinating commit
tee will invite donations to its
program through member
agencies and through church
es of the area. The donations
can be designated for a
particular type of category of
flood relief-apd for particular
uses with elderly, with fami
lies, with children, for con
struction work, etc.
Already a number of
persons or organizations have
indicated their desire to
donate to the effort. These
donations, when received,
would total as much as
5900.00. It is expected that
churches in the county and
beyond, civic and service
organizations here and else
where, and individuals will
desire to send donations for
Walter Anderson
Joyce Watts
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' Committee on Aging Meals
on Wheels volunteers, enjoy
ed turkey (baked by Ethel
Higgins) or ham, English
peas, cranberry sauce, potato
salad, green beans and rolls,
with cake for dessert. Ray
Strickland, Volunteer Coor
dinator for the Elderly,
help in the Yancey county
flood relief through partici
pating agencies.
The committee will have
headquarters in Lincoln Park
school, with volunteers assis
ting in the operation. Printed
forms are prepared to provide
a full “picture” of the income
from donations to the coor
dinating committee and also
the distribution of the funds
through help to flood victims.
The chairman-treasurer of die
committee will not authorize
any purchases on credit-alf
will be with checks at time of
purchase. In the event the
contributor desires a different
system, in order to pay the
source of materials directly,
the contributor will sign a
purchase order, taking full
responsibility for the" bill.
The coordinating commit
tee held its initial meeting
Tuesday, November 29 at 10
a.m. at the Lincoln Park
building, headquarters for the
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assisted with this program
supplying tables and chairs.
“Meals on Wheels" were
delivered to 22 home bound
Senior 1
A good time was had by
some 200 guests who most
likely would have had no other
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coordinated effort. The com
mittee and the chairman
treasurer will provide publi
city and information for the
general public through The
Yancey Journal, the Asheville
Citizen and Times, radio
stations and TV stations in the
area.
Agencies involved in the
coordinating efforts indude
Social Services, WAMY Com
munity Action, Red Cross,
Mental Health, Health De
partment and possibly others
departments are being invited
to be involved, and other units
engaged in helping in flood
relief. The central office of the
coordinating committee will •
be a “nerve center” for the
general Rood relief effort hi
Yancey County.
There -will be special
efforts to avoid overlapping of
services to flood victims, with
reports to be interchanged
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