Heard
And
Seen
By POP
Vocational education is big business at
Madison High School... I was vividly made
aware of this last Thursday night while
attending open house and touring the
facilities... last Thursday night there were
no vocational students present and this
made it possible for the various instructors,
headed by Jack Cole, to let us see the great
advantage students have today in com
parison with years gone by... it was exciting
to see and hear the instructors explain the
modern techniques available and it made us
proud of the facilities at Madison High... so
impressed was this writer that I returned
Friday morning to take some pictures of the
different departments while students were
in class or working on cars or in the wood
making department... I wanted to stay
longer and take more pictures but time ran
out on me... maybe I can go back soon and
take more pictures of what I didn't get the
first time. I do want to express my thanks to
the instructors, principal and students for
their kindness.
The weatherman's predictions are
sometimes wrong and sometimes right... I
know predicting weather in the mountains
is a tricky business... my friend, Bob
Caldwell, predicted snow, snow, snow a few
nights ago so I got all prepared... started to
have my chains put on but decided to wait...
glad I did because it didn't snow... but next
time it just might snow when he says so... I
never know for sure... and I don't think the
weather bureau who furnishes Bob with the
predictions, knows either. Anyway, Bob
does a good job, right or wrong.
Imagine my surprise a few nights ago
when I saw Roger Wood jogging along Main
Street... all attired in a neat jogging outfit...
and, by jove, not far behind him was Linda,
his wife... she was also jogging... Roger
says he's trying to lose a few pounds... well,
Roger, I might even try jogging sometime
because I, too, need to lose a few pounds.
Now that high school basketball has
ended for the Madison teams, there's a lull
until baseball and softball season... before
? saying farewell to basketball, I
congratulate the players and coaches on the
past season... maybe the teams didn't have
winning seasons but they gave the op
position plenty of competition and never
showed signs of giving up.
Letter To The Editor
Editor, the News Record:
I would appreciate it if you
would publish the following
letter in "Letters to the
Editor " column:
For too long, retarded and
handicapped adults have been
treated as second-class
citizens. Their special needs
have not been met by our
school systems, job market or
community. They have been
shoved into back rooms,
referred to as "children" and
generally forgotten. Parents
have suffered from guilt
feelings and the unwarranted
stares and pity of their neigh
bors.
Now we are finally realizing
that all of us have handicaps
in varying degrees. We have
also recognized the right of
every person to have the
opportunity to learn and grow
and find a meaningful place
for themselves in our society.
Even the retarded and deaf
can learn.
Consequently, the Unaka
Center was created to provide
a developmental activity
program for mentally and
physically handicapped adults
in the northern Madison
County area. Dedicated to
helping handicapped adults
gain the ability to function on
their own in everyday society,
the Unaka Center offers,
without charge, individualized
training in community living
skills.
The Unaka Center is a
community operated and
supported non-profit cor
poration with membership
open to the public. Besides
county, state, and federal
financial support, private
contributions are essential. To
receive federal money, a
locally generated matching
sum is required. For each
dollar raised locally, the
Unaka Center gets three
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dollars from the government.
We need your help this year
in raising part of our local
match. The Unaka Center is
expanding its program in
order to serve more residents
of the county A county
commission grant has enabled
us to purchase a van. We need
an additional $500 locally
(which matches $1,500 federal
dollars) to meet the daily
transportation costs for the
coming year.
The Unaka Center belongs
to you, the residents of nor
thern Madison County. It
provides a needed and
valuable service to local
citizens. It needs your help.
Please send your donations
to: Unaka Center. P.O Box 33,
Hot Springs 28743.
Contributions are tax
deductible
Father Jeff Burton, S.J.
Chairman
Board of Directors
PICTURESQUE but devastating snows have
blanketed Michigan as can be seen in pic
tures above. These photographs were sent
The News-Record by Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Franks of Ypsilanti, Mich., subscribers.
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BOOKLETS GALORE ? Zeb
Hocutt, director of driver services
for the Division of Motor Vehicles,
displays newly reprinted
Department of Transportation
driver's handbooks. Some 250,000
of the booklets have been
reprinted at a cost of $35,000 and
distributed to 190 drivers'
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licensing stations across the state.
"Another reprint is planned, and
the booklets are also being made
available to libraries throughout
North Carolina," commented
Hocutt. "Everyone who needs a
driver's handbook should be able
to get one," added Hocutt.
(NCDOT Photo by B. Jones)
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dollars spent for food at a
foodservice establishment,
either some type of restau
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service/cafeteria operation.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -
There were audible gasps
among sports fans in the City
of the Angels when Los Angeles
officials announced that the av
erage cost for tickets to the
1984 Summer Olympics might
go as high as $25 apiece. I>os
Angeles is favored to get the
role of host city.
Builders Sponsor Meet
Two organizations are
teaming to sponsor an area
meeting for people interested
in the use of wood in home
construction
The day-long meeting,
which will be held March 30 at
Inn on the Plaza, will be
sponsored by the N.C. Home
Builders Association and the
N.C. Agricultural Extension
Service.
Ethel Wallin, Madison
County home economics
extension agent, said the
purpose of the meeting is to
offer builders, architects and
other interested persons
practical information on the
use of wood in home con
struction.
N.C. Home Builders
Association estimated that the
information could save
builders from $150 to 1500 in
the construction of en average
house. It could also result in
the wood lasting longer and
being more satisfactory to the
homeowner.
Mrs. Wallin said that the
Asheville meeting is one of
nine such meetings planned
across North Carolina in
March. Speakers will come
from the School of Forest
Resources at North Carolina
State University, the Southern
Forest Products Association.
American Plywood
Association and National
Particleboard Association.
Persons interested in at
tending the meeting should
contact the Madison County
extension office or the local
chapter of the N.C. Home
Builders Association
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