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Crack? Down On Parking, Water Bills
The Marshall Board of
Aldermen heard testimony
from PoHc* Chief Bill
Useabee and several town
merchants Monday night
about the parking situation in
Marshall, and decided to get
tough with parking violators
so that area shoppers will
have parking spaces available
when they come into town.
Ed Niles, George Penland,
Roy Reeves and Joe Penland
Jr. came before the aldermen
after Chief Lisenbee s com
ments U representatives of
the local merchants, and voic
ed strong feelings about cars
"being allowed to park on
Main Street all day long"
when the town has a two-hour
parking limit downtown.
"Our customers can't find
parking places, and are going
elsewhere to shop," Niles
said, "Anyone would."
The merchants contend that
the parking spaces along Main
Street are being used beyond
the city time limit by
employee* of some
businesses, local government
officials and people who "Just
come to town to sit and visit
their friends.'*
They also urged the
aldermen to back the police
department when it issues
parking violation tickets.
"We know some people are
going to get angry over this,
but something has got to be
done,'' the merchants said.
The aldermen agreed to ful
ly back the police department
in its issuing of citations, and
councilman S.L. Nix told the
merchants that the parking
violation tickets would be
paid, or they would "be sent to
Raleigh'' to count against the
violators.
Concerning unpaid water
bills. Alderman S.L. Nix
presented the board with a
two-page list of city water
users that have not paid their
bills for several months
"As of Sept. IS, action will
be taken against these users
with unpaid bills," Nix said.
"On that date, we are going to
have to begin cutting their
water off." He said the city
could no longer afford to let
these bills go uncollected.
"It's costing the city money to
pump the water to them," he
added.
The list numbered over 65
city water subscribers and the
amounts each owed on past
bills.
"In order for these people to
continue to have city water
alter Sept. 15, all they have to
do is pay their current mon
thly bill and 10 percent of the
total of the unpaid bills,'' Nix
said. "Of course, we expect
them to continue to pay on the
unpaid amount. "
In other action, the Board of
Aldermen:
? Heard recommendations
from Fay Reid, secretary of
the Planning Board, oa
restrictions for rehabilitation
to area housing.
? Approved helping the
Merchants Association pur
chase 30 lighted Christmas
decorations for the town by
chipping in $500 to buy five
decorations.
The news record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
On thm Inside ... ?
Rex Ramsey Knows How
To Celebate A River.
Follow Him With Photos
On Page 3.
79th Year No. 37
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C.
THURSDAY, September 11, 1980
15' Per Copy
Parachutes Bring Egyptians
To Marshall Classrooms
By NICHOLAS HANCOCK
Seventh and eighth graders
at Marshall Elementary
School were visited Friday by
two high ranking Egyptian Ar
my officers who were able to
give the students some first
hand knowledge about a coun
try the kids had been studying
in class.
General Kazem Sallam and
Colonel Mohamed Riad
Rifaat, both of Cairo, visited
each of the seventh and eighth
grade classes to answer
students' questions about life
in the north African country.
The officers were in the U.S.
specifically to tour the Mills
Manufacturing Corporation in
Weaverville, makers of
military parachutes.
"We have come here to see
how the parachutes are
made,'' said Gen. Kazem
Sallam, indicating his coun
try's interest in buying
parachutes made by the local
firm.
Gen. Kazem is chief instruc
tor of paratroopers in the
Egyptian Army, and has serv
ed in the military for 25 years.
But, military matters are not
his sole interest in life. The
general is a poet as well as an
artist who paints in oils.
"I enjoy painting nature
scenes,'' he said, "and I would
like to paint some of the
scenes in the beautiful moun
tains that you have here.''
Both officers were taken on
a tour of Cherokee along the
Blue Ridge Parkway, and said
"the views are very lovely
here," unlike the flat, desert
like region of their homeland.
Col. Fifaat, a textile
engineer, has served in the
Egyptian Army for 15 years.
and his other interests include
sports. "English football" or
soccer is his favorite. And it
should be. Rifaat's father was
Egypt's chief soccer referee,
and he traveled over much of
the world before his retire
ment officiating at games in
various countries.
The students fired volleys of
questions at the officers, rang
ing from minimum age for
military service to teen-age
preferences in music in the an
cient Middle Eastern country.
Col. Rifaat answered that the
price of Coca-Cola in Egypt is
about 14 cents per bottle, and
teen-agers like American rock
music there.
The two military officials
were accompanied on their
tour of the parachute plant
and the local school by Clif
ford Bonn and Vincent
Magnum of Irvin Industries
Inc. of Ontario, Canada, and
Joe Keller, quality control
manager of Mills Manufactur
ing.
Bonn is vice president of
operations, and Magnum is
quality control manager in the
(Continued on Page 10)
Photo By N. Hancock
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Gen. Kazem Sallam
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School Board Hears Floridation Plan
Dr. Charles B. Hawkins,
State Regional Dentist Super
visor, presented to the
Madison County Board of
Education a proposal to add
flouide to the county schools'
water supplies in an effort to
promote dental health in the
county.
Dr. Hawkins said, at the
board's regular meeting Mon
day, results in floridation pro
grams in other areas of the
state have shown a 40 percent
reduction in tooth decay for
students in schools par
ticipating in the program.
Hawkins explained that the
process was a fairly simple
me of attaching a pumping
device with a floride reservoir
to a school's existing well or
Hurce of water. The cost of in
stallation of such a unit is
IMOO per school, but the ex
panse is totally paid for by a
Federal Floridation Project
grant through the Department
if Health, Education and
Welfare.
According to Hawkins, the
floridation of school water
supplies is not a new program
in the state. He said many
schools have been on the pro
gram for "15 years or more,"
and tests are conducted every
eight years to see how well the
children's teeth have
benefited from the project.
"That's how we arrived at the
40 percent reduction in decay
figure," he said.
There are 34 counties in Dr.
Hawkins' district, and 22 of
those counties have schools
that are currently using the
floridation process.
Throughout North Carolina,
there are 119 school
floridators in operation, he
said.
Hawkins sited Seagrove
Middle School in Randolph
County as one of the first
schools in the state to use the
process, and said that rggioaal
dentist supervisors, like
himself, are very pleased with
the positive results there.
Administrators of the
floridation project provide the
money and materials for the
program with no cost to the
school systems.
"We supply the equipment,
maintenance and testing
equipment for the program,''
he said. "The water must be
sampled and tested every two
weeks, and any adult working
at the school can perform the
simple test in five minutes of
time."
"We even provide postage
paid, prelabeled containers
for the water samples that
have to be sent to the labs in
Raleigh for testing."
Hawkins said the floridation
systems would work at all the
schools in Madison County, ex
cept at Marshall Elementary.
The exception at Marshall is
caused by water being piped
in from a reservoir too distant
from the school. "It's a
technicality I can't explain
very well," he said. "The
board would have to consult a
water engineer for a full ex
planation of that."
Hawkins gave the board
members a copy of a resolu
tion that would adopt the pro
gram for use in the county,
and the board told him they
would consider the resolution
before taking any action at
their October meeting.
School board member Ed
Gentry commented, "A child
may drink one pint of water at
school and three quarts of
water at home. I can see it
(the floridation process)
working in the towns, but not
at schools."
"I would like to talk with
some of the communities that
are using the system," he add
ed.
Dr. Hawkins said that once
the floride is in a tooth, the
decay preventative effect
lasts a lifetime. "It's not just
for children. The children in
schools that have the florida
tion system grow up to be
adults, and then you have
adults with healthier teeth,"
he said.
In other action Monday, the
school board:
? Approved a motion to pro
ceed with the construction
plans for eight classrooms of
the consolidated Marshall
Walnut Elementary School as
presented to the board by ar
chitect Bertram King.
? Approved a supplement
for vocational teachers at the
high school.
?Voted to accept the lowest
of two bids on maintenance of
the heating and cooling
systems at Madison High
School.
? Approved the hiring of
Joyce Deatmore as a CETA
aide at Spring Creek School.
? Approved the hiring of
Juanita Boone as Gifted and
Talented teacher to travel the
county and work in the
schools.
? Accepted and approved
the resignation of Mrs. Vernon
Bradley, a second grade
teacher at Mara Hill Elemen
tary. The board also accepted
the recommendation that if an
art teacher position becomes
open at Mars Hill Elementary,
Mrs. Bradley would be con
sidered for that position.
GRADING WORK has begun for
construction and improvements
at the Recreation Park in Mar
Photo By M Htncoc*
shall. Additions to the park will in
clude tennis courts and basketball
goals and playing area.
Ballots Are Readied
Elections Draw Near
The November 4 General
Election it only seven weeks
away, and the Madison County
Board of Elections is getting
geared up to handle voter
registration and balloting for
election day.
For thoee who will be out at
the county on election day, or
who are unable to get to the
polls because of physical
disabilities, the Board of Elec
absentee applications is Oct.
S. The deadline for receiving
absentee ballots is S p.m., on
Nov. S.
The Board of Elections will
meet Friday at 10 a.m. daring
the month of September to
consider applications for
absentee ballots. The open
meetings will be held in the
board's office.
While this to a preidentlal
election year, voters la
Madison Onvty will also have
the opportunity to elect state
gen and Mary Jane HoUyday
Running unopposed for two
seats in the State House of
Representatives for the 44th
House District are incumbent
Democrats Ernest B. Messer
and Liston B. Ramsey
Two District County Judge
positions are available in the
24th Judicial District with
Republican Roy .Meander
Lyerly facing Democrat
Richard OwrRc Miliar, aod
B.,e
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