The News Record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
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78th Year, No. I
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C.
THURSDAY, February 22, 1979
15* Per Copy
TERRY KING, 10-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman King, of
the Guntertown section, is shown
looking out of the igloo he made
Monday morning at his home.
Note swings in background,
unused during the winter season.
Listing Of Appointee?
Wanted By Rep. Ramsey
The thousands of people
appointed by the governor and
other appointing authorities to
public office in North Carolina
would be listed at the
Legislative Library and two
other locations under a bill
introduced in the General
Assembly.
Rep. Liston B. Ramsey,
sponsor of the legislation, said
the move was not made in an
effort to limit appointments by
any appointing authority, but
?imply to give the citizens of
the state a source of in
formation on the of
ficeholders.
His bill would require that
notice and record of ap
pointment be filed with the
governor, secretary of state
\ wn??i?iwnow*
and in the Legislative Library
within 30 days after the ap
pointment haa been accepted.
Ramsey made it dear that
the legislation is neither at the
request of Gov. Jim Hunt nor
aimed at his appointments. He
said Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green,
who is expected to challenge
Hunt for the governorship, is
not involved in the legislation.
"It's not an administration
bill ? it's not an anti
administration bill. It's got
nothing to do with Jimmy
Green. I would Just like to
have that information ? for
myself and any other citizen
who wants It," Ramaey said of
his bill.
The bill would apply to
appointments made by the
governor, the lieutenant
governor, chief justice of the
Supreme Court, speaker of the
House, Senate president pro
tam, members of the Council
of State, all heads of the
executive departments of
state government, the board
of governors of the University
of North Carolina, "and any
other person or group
authorised by law to appoint to
a public office."
It would apply to appointive
membership on any state
commission, council, com
mittee, board, or any other
agency of state government in
which the appointee is entitled
to draw subsistence, per diem
compensation or travel
allowances.
It would not Include a public
office for which a regular
salary is paid to the appointee
[ Mallonee To Retire
; Thomas L Malkinee, 11th
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Carolina lor l# year*. Is
retiring from federal service.
; MaQome Joined the ataff of
former U.S. Bap. Roy A.
Taylor of Black Mountain.
Mrved throughout Tsylor'i it
]wri in office, then continued
fcndar Rap. Lamar Gudger of
better friend or a more
responsible public servant,"
Gudger uld. "Without his
assistance, my tMk of trying
to replace Roy Taylor for this
district would have been well
nigh impossible.
With that assistance, I teal
we have been able to provide
responsible and effective
as an employee of the state or
ooe of its agencies or in
stitutions.
The law would go into effect
July 1 and would require that
notice of existing ap
pointments ? ranging into the
thousands ? be filed with the
governor, secretary of state
and in the Legislative Library
within 00 days of the effective
date.
Failure to file notice of the
appointments would block
payment of compensation to
the appointee such as travel
allowance, per diem or sub
sistence under terms of
Ramsey's bill.
Food
Stamp
Facts
By ELIZABETH S. ROBERTS
The regulations of the Food
Stamp Act at 1977 will become
effective March 1 for
households making an initial
application to receive food
stamps and households that
have to be recertified during
the coming months.
There are some major
changes to be applied,
therefore, for the next few
weeks I will be bringing to you
a different phase of the
program to help you become
familiar with the
requirements and save you
time and trips to the food
stamp office.
This w?*js topic jrill^ be
means cash mooey classified
as liquid assets, real or per
sonal property classified aa
? . ? "
Suits Against Ponder, Others, Are Dismissed
A $500,000 law auit against
Sheriff E.Y. Ponder; a
$500,000 suit against Bun
combe County Sheriff Tom
Morrissey; and a $30,000 suit
against Ralph D. Edwards,
director, Division of Prisons,
N.C. Department of
Corrections, have been
dismissed by Judge Woodrow
W. Jones, chief U.S. Judge in
Western North Carolina. TTie
Arts Council
Requests
Public Input
The February meeting of
the Madison County Arts
Council will be on Feb. 27 at
7:30 p.m. in the Jesuit
residence across from the
elementary school in Hot
Springs. The agenda will
include an update on the
P.A.R.O.T.T. Project
(Preservation and
Restoration of the Times
Theater), and most im
portantly, the general
membership will be asked for
their direct input regarding
community needs and specific
programs they want to see
happen.
This is an open meeting and
the public is welcome and
strongly urged to come.
Representation from each of
our communities b essential
for the Arts Council: parents,
civic organizations, com
munity clubs, folks ? see to it
that your voices are heard.
Invest some time and energy
now and reap the benefits
from now on. The board of
directors is asked to meet one
half hour earlier at 7 p.m. on
Feb. 27.
dismissal of these suits was
made on Friday of last week.
Plaintiff in the suits was
Wade Edward Gosnell of
Buncombe County, a native of
Madison County.
Gosnell has been serving a
sentence of 16 years after
being convicted of forgery on
June 1, 1970, in the Buncombe
County Superior Court. He has
been in the McDowell County
prison for some time and is
still here, according to
reports.
Gosnell's suit against
Sheriff Ponder alleged that
Ponder issued a fake warrant
against him and also failed to
carry out certain promises.
In the suit against Sheriff
Morrissey, Gosnell alleged
that the Buncombe County
sheriff treated him im
properly when he transferred
him from Madison County to
Buncombe County.
The suit against Edwards
charged that Edwards had
mistreated him and has taken
away some of his privileges.
Also named as a defendant
was the Asheville-Citizen
Times Co. who Gosnell con
tended printed false in
formation on Aug. 2, 1978.
Gosnell contend* that he wrote
the paper twice but he tailed to
get any answer. He says in tall
complaint that such action
caused "hardship and hurt."
However, Goandl voluntarily
withdrew his 91,000,000 sutt
against the newspaper.
A.E. Leake, Marahall at
torney, represented Pooder in
the action.
County Will Study
Sewerage Project
The Land-of-Sky Regional
Council hai received a $50,000
grant from the Environmental
Protection Agency for a
continuing planning process
for its water quality program.
The continuing planning
program involves working
with existing wastewater
management agencies to
achieve greater efficiency and
economy in treating
wastewater. Local govern
ments and wastewater
agencies in Buncombe County
will jointly conduct a
management feasibility study
to determine the moat cost
effective means of
rehabilitating and main
taining the county's sewage
collection lines. Madison
County local governments wiH
study the possibility of
establishing a joint
wastewater management
agency to serve on a county
wide basis. Counties will also
Vocational Ed
Forum Held
The 1979 TV Forum on
vocational education was held
at Madison High School last
Thursday night and again
proved informative and in
teresting.
Jack C. Cole, vocational
director for Madison County
schools was in charge of the
forum and program.
The purpose of the forum
was to provide opportunity for
people to learn about the
vocational education
programs that are available
near their homes and to ex
press their views about the
programs.
The program was planned
around the same format as in
previous year*.
A specially prepared half
hour broadcast was aired on
the UNC television network at
7:30 p.m. The program dealt
with special popular issues
that are important to
vocational education in North
Carolina. These issues were
highlighted in a questionnaire
that people were asked to
complete after they had
watched the broadcast
together as a part of the
evening's agenda.
Those present were also
taken on a tour of the
vocational education facilities
at Madison High School.
WALNUT'S K-l classroom haa recently been
set-up in learning costers. Mrs. Winnie
Broglin, teacher, has divided the center into
two categories - art and block. Shown, left,
. In block center are Christ Bullman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Bullman, Hopewell;
and Michael Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs
T
be involved in forming
operation-maintenance and
user charge programs, and
policies for using alternative
wastewater treatment
systems, in areas where they
are needed.
Assistance will be given to
these local governments in
obtaining EPA approval of
designated wastewater
management agencies in the
region. This includes getting
certification that he agencies
have adequate legal authority,
capability and understanding
to carry out responsibilities
indicated in the 308 Plan. The
council will provide EPA with
legaToptmons concerning the
legal authority of proposed
management agencies and
other 206 regulatory
programs.
- The grant also includes
specific work toward iden
tifying needs for alternative
wastewater disposal systems
such as septic tanks and small
treatment plants for clusters
of rural homes with existing
wastewater problems (par
ticularly for rural areas where
central sewage treatment is
too expensive) ; providing
technical assistance and
public information; en
couraging citizen par
ticipation in water quality
programs; working with local,
state and federal agencies to
develop specific agreements
for carrying out recom
mendations of the initial 306
Area wide Water Quality
Management Plan; and
working with officials in each
of the counties to determine
effective arrangements for
management of wastewater
facilities in rural areas.
A rural clean water coor
dination program will be
established to determine top
priority water quality
problems in rural areas and
specific best management
practices to be used on a
voluntary basis. Fifty percent
federal funding to be matched
by local farmers will be
available to rural land-owners
(when appropriated by
Congress) for implementing
conservation practices for
priority water quality
problems. "Best Management
Practices" are conservation
practices and other methods
(usually low cost, non
structural) designed to control
pollutant runoff into our
waterways from a variety of
land uses
Twenty-five percent (or
$19,670) o I funding for the
continuing planning pro case
must be contributed to local er
state funds or aervicea to
match the W,000 federal CPA
grant Involvement of a toff
personnel of local agencies
will ensure adequate coor
dination and input in decision*
making, as well as provide an
"in-kind" match for ap>
proximately three-fourths of
the local match. ?
GDP Contest
Offers Record
Prize Money
The Western North Carolina
Community Development
Program, one of the nation's
oldest self-help rural
development efforts, has been
launched on its 30th year with
an all-time record high in
awards. Over 19,000 in area
recognition awards will be
presented to participating
communities, along with an
estimated $15,000 in local
awards in county contests.
Last year the program
involved 96 organized com
munities, along with a number
of youth groups, civic and
garden clubs and other
organizations that took part in
special youth and
beautlflcation phases of the
program.
The community im
provement program, which is
widely recognised as an
outstanding example of a
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Buckttr, son of Mr. and
r, Bigi Pine and
Of Mr. and Mrs
There are ft pupils in
locally operated and locally
financed effort of people
working together to help
themselves, is sponsored by
the lfrcounty Western North
Carolina Development
Association in fttoptrttiwi
with the N.C Agricultural
Extension Service, farm
?gnnrtra. businesses local
sponsors in participating
counties.
Richard B. Wynne,
president of the development
association, describes the
* - as
to
in which