Michelle Funds
Exceed $30,000
By Donna Swicegood
vStaff Writer
>* Fund-raising efforts for Michelle
Lewis have netted over $30,000 thus
far, according to the fund-raising
committee’s media coordinator Bet
ty Sherrill. Almost $2,000 was raised
' ,in activities held last week, Sherrill
added.
Despite a warm day last Thurs
day, Fairfield-Sapphire Valley’s ski
for Michelle day, raised $962 in sales
‘ and donations, Sherrill said.
Fairfield-Sapphire plans to hold a
benefit golf tournament in the spr
ing, she added.
Saturday’s rummage sale,
organized by Faye Stamey, raised
over $300 in sales, Sherrill said. The
rummage sale also sold over $100
worth of raffle tickets for the six
piece living room suite donated by
Badcock’s Home Furnishing Center
of Pisgah Forest, she added. The
date of the drawing for the living
Unemployment Up
During January
Unemployment rates in Tran
sylvania County rose from 5.3 in
December to 6.18 in January.
Unemployment rates in most
counties and metropolitan statistical
areas (MSAs) of North Carolina in
creased during the same period.
Employment Security Commis
sion of North Carolina (ESC) figures
show the counties with the highest
unemployment rates in January
were Graham with 42.8 percent, Tyr
rell with 19.7 percent and Swain with
19.1 percent. “We believe the
general increase is due to seasonal
factors,” said Bob Campbell, ESC
public information officer.
The January MSAs were:
Asheville, 5.6 percent, from 3.5 per
cent in January; Burlington, 5.3 per
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to do,” he said.
Byrd said that the calls run “about
even between convalescents and
emergencies.” The figures for the
month of January indicate 52
emergency calls, 53 convalescent
calls and three “no transports.” No
tranports are those calls in which an
ambulance unit is called and the per
son refuses to be transported or no
Space Experts To Speak
Two internationally known ex
perts in astronomy and space will
visit Western Carolina University
Thursday and Friday, March 6 and
7, in connection with the eighth an
nual Science Festival.
Robert R. “Skip” Nunamaker is
director for space for the NASA
Crime Report
Prison escapee Audwin Mullenax,
27, of Brevard was arrested March 1
by Patrolman Terry Whitmire and
Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Kreigsman.
Mullenax, who had escaped from the
Henderson County prison unit, was
charged with larceny of a vehicle
belonging to Frank Allan Swangem
of Brevard. He was also charged
with DWI, reckless driving,
resisting arrest, fleeing to attempt
to elude arrest and apprenhension,
and failure to stop for a blue light
and siren.
According to Inspector Bill
Lowery of the Brevard Police
room suite has been changed from
March 1 to April 5, Sherrill said.
A gospel sing-a-thon was held on
Saturday and $675 was raised for the
Miracle for Michelle campaign,
Sherrill said.
The Dixie Road concert, schedul
ed for March 2, has been canceled,
Sherrill said. However, other fund
raising events are scheduled.
• On March 8, the Upper Tran
sylvania Lions Club will host a din
ner and bingo at the Middle Fork
Community Center at 6:30 p.m.
• On March 15 and 16, the Brevard
Women’s Association will sponsor a
movie festival at the Co-Ed Theater
from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
“Ghostbusters” and ‘‘Back to the
Future” will be shown, and admis
sion is $3 for both movies.
• On March 23, WKIS (K1SS-FM)
will host a radio-thon. The exact
time and location of the radio-thon
have not yet been decided.
cent, from 3.7 percent;
Charlotte/Gastonia, N.C./Rock Hill,
S.C., 5.3 percent, from 4.1 percent;
Fayetteville, 6.2 percent, from 4.8
percent; Greensboro/Winston
Salem/High Point, 5.5 percent from
3.5 percent; Hickory, 4.7 percent,
from 3.3 percent; Jacksonville, 3.6
percent, from 3.2 percent;
Raleigh/Durham, 3.3 percent, from
2 percent, and Wilmington, 7.1 per
cent, from 4.9 percent.
The state’s seasonally unadjusted
rate of unemployment increased to
5.9 percent from 4.2 percent in
January. The January figures also
show the state’s labor force at
3,146,700 with 2,961,200 employed
and 185,500 unemployed, an
unemployment rate of 5.9 percent.
ambulance is needed. “They are still
considered calls because the am
bulance did respond,” Byrd said.
February figures for ambulance
calls are also running almost equal
between emergencies and convales
cent calls. The EMS crews respond
ed to 42 emergency calls, 48 con
valescent calls and 10 no transports
in February. These figures do not in
clude the last week in February,
Byrd added.
Langley Research Center in Hamp
ton, Va. Dr. Charles Ray Tolbert Is
with the Leander McCormick Obser
vatory of the University of Virginia.
For more information, contact Dr.
Richard Berne, professor of science
education, Western Carolina Univer
sity, telephone (707) 227-7476.
Department, Mullenax was returned
to maximum security in the N.C.
prison system.
Lowery reports also that Paul’s
Produce at 176 North Caldwell Street
was broken into on Feb. 23. Forced
entry was made into the business
through a side door. Stolen were ap
proximately $125 in pennies, hand
trucks valued at approximately
$100, seven cartons of cigarettes, 11
cases of beer, among other items.
Approximately $2,000 damage was
done to two cash registers. The case
is still under investigation, accor
ding to Lowery.
Science Winner
Andy Rowe, a sixth-grader at Brevard Middle School, was
one of the first-place winners in the Science Fair there
Feb. 24. His project illustrated the effect of distance and
color on light. (Times photo by Pete Shiflet)
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pornographic materials to sex
crimes was also stressed during the
course. “Most sex offenders do
subscribe to pornographic
materials, and the sexual
preferences of the offender are
shown in the type of pornographic
materials they have.
“They placed a great deal of em
phasis on apprehending criminals
and the types of evidence that are
necessary for prosecution,” Smith
said. “We also studied the effects of
the assaults on the victims. We
learned that the youngest rape vic
tim in North Carolina was one week
Fire Prevention
Suggestions Given
Forest fires can be destructive
and deadly. Last year 76 homes were
destroyed in the worst spring fire
season the state of North Carolina
has experienced in 20 years.
To protect and save homes from
future forest fire destruction, an ur
ban forest fire protection program is
being implemented by the N.C. Divi
sion of Forest Resources, the
Department of Insurance, the Divi
sion of Emergency Management,
the Department of Community Col
leges and the U.S. Forest Service.
"Generally, homes lost to forest
fires are in poorly planned subdivi
sions or in areas with few roads,”
said John Shepherd, fire control
forester with the Division of Forest
Resources. “Roads serve as a fire
break between a structure and a
forest fire,” he said.
Subdivisions with narrow, one
way roads at steep angles present a
problem for firefighters. “It’s tough
to get firefighting equipment into an
old, and the oldest, 97," she added.
“Studies show that each sex of
fender commits seven crimes for
every one for which he’s
prosecuted,” she said, “but the
reporting of such crimes in on an
upswing. We had 19 reported case in
Transylvania County during 1985.”
Marvin Williams of the Justice
Academy staff was the coordinator
of the course, which was attended by
24 law enforcement officers. The
North Carolina Justice Academy is a
division of the North Carolina
Department of Justice under the ad
ministration of Attorney General
Lacy H. Thornburg.
area with steep, narrow roads,”
Shepherd said. “If a forest fire
should threaten a subdivision, the
roads would become clogged with
residents trying to leave the area
and firefighters entering the area,”
he said.
There are several things
homeowners can do to prevent forest
fires from burning their homes.
“The best way to prevent a forest
fire from threatening your home is
to clear away the brush and dead
leaves surrounding the home and
yard,” Shepherd said. “Dead leaves
and fallen trees serve as fuels to fire.
By clearing them out, you create a
firebreak between your house and
the fire,” he said.
Shepherd also suggests planting
grasses, such as fescue, to help
resist fire. “If it’s green and living,
the chances are good that grasses
and other plants in a yard will resist
fire better than dead leaves and
shrubs,” he said.
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Highway 276 to Connestee Falls is a mess, with trash,
beer cans, etc. Can’t someone clean it up?
The state has a schedule for roadside cleanup; in addi
tion, civic groups and community groups volunteer their
time for trash pickup. People convicted of DWI are
scheduled regularly for litter removal throughout the
county. Every citizen also has a responsibility to do his
share.
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throughout the county from mid
night until 4 p.m., Galloway said. No
permits are necessary for fires set
from 4 p.m. until midnight because
the winds usually become less
strong during those hours, the
temperature drops and there is
more moisture in the air.
Burning permits are available at
the following locations in the county:
Transylvania County Ranger’s Of
fice, Sheriffs Department, Tax Col
lector's Office, Harmony Komer,
Reese Grocery, Bonomo Joe’s Bait
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ting out that this procedure is expen
sive to maintain, he said anytime the
pattern is changed a traffic signal
technician has to reset the controls
on all the signals involved.
Technicians are on duty in the
DOT office at Sylva 24 hours a day
seven days a week, but those in the
Hendersonville office are not always
on call to reset the traffic lights.
and Tackle, Brevard Fire Chief Gor
don Byrd in Brevard, Mrs. James O.
McCall in Balsam Grove, Granny’s
Place in Cedar Mountain, Riverside
Grocery in Pisgah Forest, Nick’s
Grocery and the Gun Room in Little
River, Walley’s Exxon and Rein
man’s Grocery in Lake Toxaway,
and from Virgil McCall, Galloway’s
Auto Parts and Tommy’s Shell in
Rosman.
To report a forest fire call 911 or
the Rich Mountain fire tower,
884-4101.
“We do not have enough personnel to
respond as qiickly as we would
like,” Bow ere said.
Since most traffic signals in the
14th DOT District are in
municipalities, Bowers said that
citizens concerned with potentially
dangerous traffic areas should
notify the city governments of their
concerns.
Com! ngSf^^Events
MONDAY, MARCH 3
Friends of the Library movie “From Russia With Love”; 7 p.m.;
Brevard-Davidson Presbyterian Church. Free admission.
Brevard Little Theater auditions; 7:30 p.m.; First United Methodist
Church
Brevard City Council; 7:30 p.m.; City Hall
Roe man Board of Aldermen; 7 p.m.; Rosman Town Hall
TUESDAY, MARCH 4
Civil Air Patrol; 7 p.m.; Army Reserve Training Center on East
French Broad Street
The Friends of Silvermont; 7:30 p.m.; Silvermont
Board of Adjustment; 7:30 p.m.; City Hall
Transylvania County Nursing & Domiciliary Homes Community Ad
visory Committee; 1:15 p.m.; Darnell House on Oakdale Rd.
United Paper Workers Union Retirees; 7 p.m.; Union Hall
Gardner-Webb College’s concert choir; 7 p.m.; First Baptist Church.
Free admission.
Transylvanians For Peace, program by Brevard College SAND; 7:30
p.m.; First United Methodist Church
Play Reading Group; 7:30 p.m.; Brevard-Davidson River
Presbyterian Church, downstairs
Brevard Little Theater auditions; 7:30 p.m.; First United Methodist
Church
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
Narcotics Anonymous; 8 p.m.; AA Building on E. Jordan St.
Brevard Tree Committee; 4 p.m.; City Hall
County Personnel Board; 1 p.m.; County Administration Building
THURSDAY, MARCH 6
Mountain Music; 7:30 p.m.; Silvermont
ADRDA Family Support Group; 5:30 p.m.; Transylvania Communi
ty Hospital
Board of Education; noon; Straus School „
Transylvania Art Guild; 7:30 p.m.; East French Broad Community
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