News Record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
On thm Intldm . . .
Show horses prance
for trophies ...
See Page 8
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7Wi Year No. 24
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C.
THURSDAY, June 12, 1980
15* Per Copy
Four Horsemen In June Heat
THESE FOUR HARD CHARGERS added to
the dust, sweat and color of Saturday 's horse
show on Marshall Island. They are:
(left-right) Joey Pegg, Kim Barnes, Jackie
Pegg and Charles Swann, ail of Marshall. See
related story and more photos on page 8.
(Photos by Lewis W. Green)
OFFICIALS AT HORSE SHOW
Saturday were (left-right) Ed
List, chairman; John Kistler of
States ville, judge; and Maurice
McAiister, ringmaster.
Blue Mold Crop, ?P
Blue Mold was found in a
Madison County tobacco field
r;<- last Friday. The field had not
been treated with Ridomil.
This affected field is located in
; the Rector Corner section and
was not in tobacco last year.
The disease is spreading in
spite of dry, hot temperatures.
Farmers who did not use
L-'
Ridomii should take every
precaution. Those who have
not transplanted should use
Ridomii before the tobacco is
set. Those who have already
set and did not use Ridomii
should start spraying im
mediately with maneb or
stfeptomycine. These
materials are used at the rate
of one pound for 100 gallons of
water.
Contact your extension of
fice at 649-2411 for information
on the whereabouts of
RidomiJ. Continue to spray
your plant bed until you have
destroyed and plowed it up.
Plant beds are the most likely
source of blue mold spread.
Marshall -Walnut K-3
Elementary School
Construction On
A new elementary school for students from
kindergarten through the third grade at both the
Marshall and Walnut schools is in the works, ac
cording to Robert Edwards, Superintendent of
Madison County Schools.
Edwards said the planned construction is ad
jacent to the Madison County High School and will
likely total 10 new classrooms.
He said the Board of Education cleared the
project two months ago.
Funds for the construction will come from
$273,433 in federal funds for the flood damage to
the Marshall Elementary School in 1977; $154,651
from the 1973 state bond money (if the plan is ap
proved) ; and $130,000 from local funds.
"We're going as far as we can," Edwards
said. "We built 10 classrooms in Mars Hill for the
same amount of money two years ago."
Edwards said that plans are being considered
to eventually consolidate grades from the
kindergarten through the eighth grades "?but
that will be a decision for a future board to
make," he said.
Sub -Area Meeting
Slated Monday
The annual sub-area
meeting for Hot Springs. Spr
ing Creek and Hot Springs
rural communities will be held
on Monday night at 7 p.m. at
the Hot Springs School house.
The Marshall-Walnut
meeting will be held at Uje
Madison High School on June
23 at 7 p.m.
The purpose for these
meetings is to elect directors
to give a report to tbe
members, and also to answer
questions concerning tbe
operation of the health pro
gram for the three sub-areas.
If you need medical help
after hours and on week-ends
and if you live in LheMarshaM,
Guntertown exchange, dial
649-2112 toll free into Hot Spr
ings where Payne will give
you the information. Persons
in Hot Springs may simply
dial ?22-3383. You will no
longer have to talk with an
electronic machine.
The medical center at
Laurel should be completed by
September, according to Tom
Wallin, chairman. Dr. Plem
mons will be starting practice
in the Hot Springs Center in
July, Wallin said.
The annual membership
meeting for this year will be
held at the Walnut School, the
fourth Monday night in July at
7 p.m.
Terminations
Fired County Employees Will Stay
That Way, Board Of Commissioners Says
Few details were available
following a Friday night
meeting of the Madison Coun
ty Board of Commissioners
which saw discussion of the
announcement last week that
seven county employees
would be terminated at the
end of June.
The Board went into ex
ecutive session to discuss
some of the terminations, as
they are allowed to do by State
taw.
Later the following state
ment was issued by the board :
"In view of an article which
appeared in last week's News
Record, the Board of Commis
sioners wish to clarify the
reason that the people listed in
that article are leaving the
employment of the County ef
fective the end of June.
All of the individuals who
are leaving the County's
employment at the end of June
have rendered excellent ser
vice to the County. Unfor
tunately, the Commissioners
were faced with the dilemma
of either having to reduce the
work force of the County, or to
greatly increase the tax rate
of the County. The increase
which would have been re
quired to continue the employ
ment level of the county at the
same level that it existed for
the fiscal year 1978-1979 would
have been in excess of thirty
cents per $100.00 in valuation.
"It was and is the feeling of
the Board of Commissioners
that with the state of the
economy being as it is today
that it would be unreasonable
and totally unfair to the
citizens of Madison County to
reuqire them to incurr such a
great tax increase.
"The Commissioners re
main firm in their committ
ment that the citizens of
Madison will experience no
tax increase this year. "
At 2 Public Hearings
Speak Your Mind
The Town of Marshall will
conduct two public hearings
on June 19, 1980 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Madison County Cour
thouse and on June 20, 1960 at
10 a.m. in the Town Hall. The
purpose of the hearings is to
hear citizen comments on a
final application for funding
from the Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development
for community improvements
in the Rollins neighborhood.
The final application in
cludes the following communi
ty development activities: Uie
rehabilitation of 40 units of
homes, installation of 4"
water line and seven (7) fire
hydrants, installation of a
sewer line down State
Highway 213 to the Rollins in
terceptor, street and drainage
improvements, landscaping,
and acquisition of a site for a
neighborhood park. The
Rollins neighborhood includes
Hardwick Branch Road,
Rollins Road, Highway 213 to
the town limits, Paul Smith
Hollow, and Highway 25-70
from the Hardwick Branch
Road to the Town corporate
limits.
All residents of these
neighborhoods are urged to at
tend the hearing in order to
learn more about the project.
If the application meets all
guidelines, work is anticipated
to start by Oct. 15.
School Board
Reschedules Meet
The Madison County Board
of Education has changed it's :
regular monthly board
meeting from July 7 to July 1
due to a conflict that has
arisen. The meeting will be
held at 10:30 a.m. in the
Madison County Courthouse*
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Market Plans
Plans Progress For Flea , Farmer's Style Sales
Plans for the opening of a
downtown flea market and
farmer's market on Saturday,
June 11, were initiated Mon
day at an informal meeting of
downtown businessmen at the
Rock Cafe.
The plan is the opening ac
tion taken by the merchants U>
rejuvenate downtown so that
the merchants will have more
can have a place to go. For the
first weeks, exhibit space wti
be free A fee will later be
charged | >;'? y v
"We must stress that not on
ly will the flea market trading
be lively, but that a place will
be made available for the
fanner to bring his pi
and sell it without having to
spend money driving all the
way to Asheville,' one of the
businessmen said.
He added the (owl and
livestock might also be trad
ed.
The area to be used for open
air marketing is in and around
the American Legion Poet
parking lot on Back Street,
just off Mam Street
Trading in the area is ex
pected to see a leak-off of
customers for the downtown
Another of the bwiMnmen
said he felt the burgeoning gas
crisis will allow such an
eadaavor to take reot and
thrive.
Last week the merchants
were talking openly of plans to
utilize the downtown area for
the fiea-and-tarmer's market,
and of ideas to exploit the
French Broad River as a place
of recreation, fishing and
camping for visitors.
However, the merchants
feel that before river-use
plans are developed too far
something tangible like the
founding of a good open-air
market area should be wider
taken From that cere many
other Men can be developed.
Information about space
and requirements may be ob
tained by calling The Rock
Cafe at mkww
MEETING MONDAY in Rock ?ST^T
these business people who are pushing, for a
flea-farmer s market in Mars Hill They are
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Buddy
Hayes ?on
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