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The News Record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY On thm I nsld* . . . Mars Hill guard makes Ail-American ... see page 1 2 77th Year, No. 49 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C THURSDAY, December 21, 1978 15* Per Copy SS Probe Involves Personnel Only A lengthy investigation of the Department of Social Services ordered by the County Board of Commissioners was con ducted here Monday afternoon in the offices of the depart ment. ? Although the findings were not made public, Jackie Ball, chairman of the Madison County Social Sei vices Board, Weinstein Named Director The Madison County Mental Health Center announces that Weinstein. Ph-D. has joined the staff as director of the team project. Dr. Weto tteio received his doctors degree In clinical munity psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology to Chicago He Is licensed to practice psychology in North and Illinois. In ad dition to directing the team project. Dr. Weinstein maintains a private practice, and is a member of several professional organizations. Prior to his Joining the staff , he was a psychologist for the department of human resources at the Juvenile Evaluation Center and worked extensively with children having emotional and mental Droblems; he has also served as consultant to the Asheville city schools, Thomas Rehabilitation Hospital and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation The team project of Madison County is one of the new prevention programs to the state which combine the of workers from several community agencies Each the si* teams which wore in the elementary schools consists of a nurse, a social worker and a mental health worker. As , a result of the cooperation from personnel, the teams on the project have been able to provide additional services to children. It is a .Joint community goal of this project is to prevent serious probtans from oecurtog by providing services to the child, school ? vi family. Questions about the team MMrt***. said at the close of the executive session that fraudulent claims were not involved in the investigation. "It dealt totally with the operation of this department ? personal matters," Ball stated. Larry Leake, attorney for the county, said the social services board had not fired any of the 30 employees or ordered any suspensions. Leake further said, "the board has terminated no one, suspended no one, and no such action is contemplated. ' ' Don Harrell, director of the DAVID CALDWELL, (left) Madison County Finance Officer, is shown receiving a Community Based Alternatives (CBA) grant in the amount of $1,682 which represents one-half of this fiscal year's allocation. Presenting the check here Thursday was Bernie Lewis, right, Field Represen tative for CBA. Shown in center is Jay Weinstein, director, Madison County Team Project. These funds will be used to offset local matching monies in the LEAA grant that funds the Madison County Team Project. (Photo by Jim Story) WNCDA Officers Bill Clark Heads Steering Committee ; 1979 Community Chairmen Appointed Bill Clark of the Greater Ivy community in Madison County was elected chairman of the community development steering committee of the Burley Markets Reopen Phil Wells, Glasgow. Ky., chairman of the hurley sales Western North Carolina Development Association Thursday. He succeeded Walter Moss of Rutherford County. Clark was elected at a luncheon meeting in the SAW Cafeteria. Elected to serve with him as officers of the committee were Ruth Gregory of Marshall, vice chairman, and Charles Caldwell of Williamson's Creek community in Tran sylvania County, secretary. The standard report books used by communities for the first time in 197* were discussed at the meeting. Some community leaders 1 ~ii ,'p* committee was tola. The committee voted to make individuals who have won the honor of Man or Woman of the Year in com munity development ineligible to repeat for that honor. Community Development Week, hailed as a success in 1978 when tried for the first time, will be repeated the first week of April, it was decided. One of the liveliest debates of the day involved changing the name of the steering committee to area council of community development The move was defeated. Madison County Department of Social Services, and Anita B. Davie, supervisor, were among the several employees questioned one at a time by the board during the closed door session. In a statement issued before the questioning started, Ball said the commissioners voted unanimously to ask the social services board to investigate "various complaints for some clarification and more in formation" concerning the department's employees and welfare recipients. "There will be no statement until we have concluded our meeting ? coming to grips with rumors that have been flying around," Ball said. Han-ell said he had not heard the rumors and had no idea what the investigation was about Virginia Anderson, a member of the social ser vices board and also a member of the Madison County Board of Com missioners, said the in vestigation involved the entire department ? recipients as well as employees. Leake emphasized that the probe does not involve misuse of money or state property. Ball said that as far as the board is concerned, the in vestigation was completed Monday. But he would not concede that the board found no sub stance in the complaints made to the Madison County Board of Commissioners. "We've got no comment on that at this," Ball said in response to a question. Conducting the probe, in addition to county attorney Leake, Ball and Mrs. Anderson, were Zeno Ponder and Pat Franklin, also members of the Madison County Board of Social Ser vices. The fifth member of the board, Robert Edwards, was not present. The board members refused to disclose the nature of the complaints received by the commissioners, but Mrs. Anderson said they involved management and ad ministration of the depart-, ment. ASC Election County Committeemen Chosen In Madison The Madison County ASC /*' Comrmtte* counted the ballots cast in the community com mittee election on Dec. 13. The results of the election is as follows: A-North Marshall: Cecil Briggs, chairman; Clyde Fisher, vice chairman; Fred B. Flynn, member; John Hensley, first-alternate; and Gordon Rice, second alter nate. B-Laurel: Walter Gosnell, chairman; Clarence Cutshall, vice chairman; Glen Hensley, member; Odus Chandler, first-alternate; Joe Bullman, second alternate. C-Mars Hill: Emory Robinson, chairman; Fred Huffman, vice chairman; J. Albun Buckner, member; Dewey Phillips, first alter nate; Manuel Briscoe, second alternate. BILL CLARK . / &. ? ? 'I Citizens' Suggestions Sought At Hearing nwn Commii public hear p.m. In the Madtoae County Courthouse for the purpose of presenting community _? _ - - * .. n n . acQfnra r< the housing rehabilitation and water the Laurel Township. D-Beech Glen: Levi Hunter, chairman; Harold Metcalf, vice chairman; Wayne R. Eatmon, member; Harold Buckner, first alternate; Alvin McMahan, second alternate. E-Sandy Mush; Carl Walker, chairman; Ricky Reeves, vice chairman; W.R. Reems, member; James Buckner, first alternate; Arnold Brown, second alternate. F-Spring Creek; Hugh Balding, chairman; Bobby Clark, vice chairman; L.O. Brooks, member; Johnny Payne, first alternate; Ruby Plemmons, second alternate. G-Ebbs Chapel: Wayne Burnette, chairman; Edward Hoyle, vice chairman; Oliver Hall, member; Levi Ponder, first alternate; Litton Shook, second alternate. H-Hot Springs; Carter Parks, chairman; Charles Ricker, vice chairman; Wayne Cook, member; Honley Etherton, first alt ernsrte; Fred Shannon, second alternate. J-Meadow Fork: Arnold Reese, chairman; Erwin Balding, vice chairman; Tillman Reese, member: riK^J T,.n niknm l}Mt aU0r rrCG TWWm, nm ONI* nate; yen Holt, tecood alternate. K-Walnut: Ralph Baker, S 7 ' Relocating US 25-70 ? ? . \ . .? * Contract Awarded The N.C. Board of Tran sportation has awarded 30 contracts for highway con struction and Improvements across the state. The contracts totaled $30,865,599.59. Since July of this year (beginning the state's fiscal year 1979), the Hunt administration has awarded 197,275,357 in high way improvement contracts. Of special interest to Madison and Buncombe counties was the awarding of a contract to relocate US 25-70 Bentley To Chair College Association Dr. Fred B. Bentley, president of Blare Hill College, has been elected chairman of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools The association is the chief accrediting agency for private and public elementary and secondary schools as w*U as colleges and uni versities in II Southeastern states. The Commission on Colleges encompases some MO number institution. Dr. Bentley, who has been president of Mars Hill since ISM, was elected to the Commission in 1V74 and was named ^ te the executive becomes chairman of the Commission's executive council. As chairman of the Com mission on Colleges, Dr. Bentte? will also serve on the seven-member Executive Committee of the full Association. That committee has general supervision of the affairs of the Association and policies and programs to the Board of Trustees, of which bt will also be a member aad serve on the executive com mittee. from Secondary Road 1582 near Marshall to Just north of Jupiter Road (Secondary Road 1782). The contract was awarded to Asheville Contracting Co. of Asheville for flO, 661 ,562.80. It calls for constructing a four lane divided roadway with controlled access on new location. Work is expected to begin in January 1*79 and the scheduled completion date is November 1961. The four-mile project is part of an ongoing program to relocate US 25-70 between Marshall and Weaverville. Bids are expected to be opened on the section of US 2S 70 from Jupiter Road to US 19 23 in January 1979. John M. GUkey of Marlon represents Madison County en the Board of Transportation while Jack E. Bryant of Brevard Is reaponalMe far Buncombe County. Both counties are part of highway DiviataolS.
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