The News record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY On tha Insld ? . . . Mars Hill Lions, Madison Patriots Take Wins During W eekend See Sports Section 79th Year No. 39 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, September 25, 1980 15' Per Copy Laurel Med Center Ready To Render Services] Dedication ceremonies were held Friday, and now the $I7?,000 Laurel Medical Center Is officially ready to of fer almost a dozen different services to close to a third of the county's population. Coordinated by the Hot Spr ings Health Program these services are also offered at the Marshall-Walnut and Hot Spr ings centers, but the Laurel center's importance is in ex tending these services to a largely populated area of the county. The schedule of the person nel providing these services at Laurel and the other centers can be obtained by contacting any of the clinics, according to spokesmen for the HSHP. The services now offered at the laurel facility are: MEDICAL ? Management advive and therapy of acute and chronic illnesses and minor trauma. Referrals to specialist will also be made through the office. LABORATORY - Routine procedures including blood count, urinalysis, Mood clot ting times, cultures, blood sugars, cholesterol and kidney function tests. Less routine tests will be sent off to a reference lab with results ob tainable usually the following day. INSURANCE - Assistance in completing medical in surance forms. - PHARMACY ? Dispensing of the most commonly used drugs. HEALTH EDUCATION - Special sessions to aid in bet ter understanding and dealing with a chronic illness and other health problems Pint Aid classes and special talks to community groups FAMILY PLANNING - In formation and eligibility determination for family plan ning services will be offered in conjunction with the Depart ment of Social Services. MENTAL HEALTH - Counseling for problems related to stress, family or Job tensions, and "nerves." Counseling will be offered on ? weekly basis. HOME HEALTH - Home visits by specially trained mines and aids for patients bomebound by their illnesses. SOCIAL WORK - Assistance relating to the management of medical, financial or family problems. NUTRITION - Through the Health Department, a visiting nurse will conduct special ses sions to discuss diets that may be helpful in best managing certain chronic illnesses TRANSPORTATION - Rides to and from the Medical Center several times a week and to Asheville and back on Fridays on the Health Pro gram vans. In addition to the new Laurel Medical Center, the Hot Springs Health Program has two relatively new staff persons to contribute their services to the center and the program Dr. Gary Soliazxo, psychologist, will be working in the mental health services offered by the HSHP at all three medical centers. A native of Iowa, Dr. Sotlazzo received his doctorate degree in pychology at the University of Maryland at College Park, and his Masters of Social Work at the University of Maryland at Baltimore He has worked in geriatics and with children in counseling Dr. Tim Sizemore, dentist, has worked in the HSHP since early August. Or. Sizemorv is a native of Augusta, Ga. where he attended Augupta College. He also attended the University of South Carolina and he received his degred in dentistry from the Medtopl University of Charleston. Sizemore previously worked in public health in Columbia, S.C. before coming to Madison County. Parking Situation Greatly Improves By KEN EDWARDS The parking situation that's been plaguing merchants and shoppers in downtown Mar shall for some time "has im proved tremendously,'' accor ding to Marshall Police Chief Bill Lisenbee. i "The people have been very cooperative ? well, most of them," Lisenbee said, referr ing to employees and various people who have been using street parking spaces during working hours. "As far as I know, there has been only one ticket issued, Lisenbee said. He added it didn't take issuing parking citations to solve the problem, only the help of the townspeo- . - pie. Lisenbee now thinks "the people understand what the problem is." He stated he is grateful to the people for their cooperation, and "I hope it continues." The Marshall merchants and the police department went before the town Board of Aldermen earlier this month complaining that too many employees, government workers and "daily visitors " were monopolizing the park ing spaces downtown, preven ting shoppers from patroniz ing local businesses. The mer chants and the police asked for the aldermen s full back ing in issuing tickets and clearing up the problem. EMPTY PARKING SPACES were seldom seen in downtown Marshall before the merchants and police department brought the matter of all-day parkers to Photo by N. Hancock the attention of the Board of Aldermen. This was the scene near the Post Office last Friday at 1:35 p.m. Commissioners Hold Routine Meeting By KEN EDWARDS The regular monthly meeting of the Madison Coun ty Board of Commissioners was held Friday, September 5. Chairman Irvin Adams, James Ledford, Virginia Anderson, County Attorney Larry Leake, and Jena Lee Buckner, Clerk of the Board, were present. Becky Williams, HUD Plan ner, Land-of-the-Sky Regional Council, discussed the Coun ty's Clean Water Bond ap plication for constuction of a sewer line from U*e Town of Marshall to the Madison Coun ty Industrial Park. Sam Parker, Community Development Block Grant Coordinator, met with the board and advised them that the Culvin Creek Project was almost completed, and reported on the Bluff and Lisenbee HUD Project. He also got approval for a pay raise. Debra Williams was employed as Clerk II with the Madison County Department of Social Services: Teresa Zimmerman submit ted her resignation as 4-C Day Care Coordinator for Madison County effective September 30. Three of the Day Care buses were sold to the highest bidder for a total of $870. Effective September 3, was the resignation of Elizabeth DuVall from the Area Board of Mental Health, while Anita Davie and Judy Major were appointed to the Mental Health Board. The Board of Commis sioners also accepted resigna tion of Kevin Morley, Madison County Recreation Director, effective September 30. Mildred West, Acting Tax Supervisor for Madison Coun ty discussed the release of taxes for the older people who failed to apply for elderly ex emptions by the April 15 deadline. Ms. West also presented a list of outstanding bills for am bulance services rendered, and discussed the condition of the county ambulances. J O. Rice, spokesman for Delegates from Madison County American Legion Post advised the board on a need for a Service Representative for the Veterans in Madison County The Madison County Public Housing Authority got a $2000 start-up budget from the coun ty to deal with expenses. Finally, the board made a resolution that department heads can now hold up to $250 before making a deposit. However, deposits still must be made on the last business day of each month. 100 Attend Medical Center Dedication By SUSAN Y. EDWARDS Over 100 people, along with several local dignitaries, at tended the formal dedication ceremonies of the Laurel Medical Center held Friday on the lawn of the Belva Baptist Church. "A dream has now become a reality," said Louie Zimmer man as he opened the ceremonies. The community was pleased with its new $170,000 medical center which will take the place of a two story white house that was be ing used for their medical facility. Funding for the center came from contribu tions by community members along with the Appalachian Regional Commission and other grants. President and chairman of the board, Tom Wallin said he was very proud of the com munity which came through with over $20,000. He said 102 people each contributed $100 or more to the funding of the new facility. Wallin said the new medical center, along with the two located in Hot Springs and Marshall-Walnut, would accommodate somewhere in the neighborhood of 16,000 families Each center, however, operates in dependently. Wallin added that at one time the area had only one doctor who rotated but now there was one physician at each of the three stations. Listen Ramsey, N.C. House representative from Madison County, said the construction of the facility was "a real team effort.' He offered his congratulations to the people who gave their time and money to the building of the center. Ramsey, who uses the medical center at Marshall Walnut himself, said he hoped people would make full use of the new facility because it would enable the community to have the finest medical care without having to make trips to Asheville or Greeneville, Tenn. The keynote speaker was A1 smith, chairman of the Ap palachian Regional Commis sion. Smith said he first came to Madison County in April, while the clinic was still under construction. He saw the en thusiasm shown by the people of the community and was very impressed and decided to come back for the official dedication ceremonies. While talking with Gov. Jim Hunt last week. Smith laid they both agreed that the N.C. health program was one of the best in the world. According to Smith, too many children die in rural America because of health care. "Rural America is where it 's all at as far as I 'm concerned." In his speech, Smith said he felt that two things most im portant to Madison County were to give young people the opportunity to live in Madison County and raise their children here if they want to and to. help young people as they grow to receive skills so they can have careers elsewhere if they desire to do so. Smith added, "We want to have strong, sturdy, vibrant, kids'' "I believe we have built the best medical center in this part of the state." said Michael Norrins, director of the Hot Springs Health Pro ( Continued or Page 3 4 f Rep. Ramsey Critical Of 'Quota System' N.C. House Representative Lis ton B Ramsey of Marshall and State Senator Harold Har dison of Lenoir County voiced strong criticism against a system the Highway Patrol is using to evaluate trooper per formance. But, Gov. Jim Hunt denied last week that a patrolman's pay is based on the number of tickets he writes. Ramsey -and Hardison said they are opposed to what they see as setting a "quota system" for a trooper's pay raises and promotions Ramsey, who will be the next speaker of the House, said he has felt the Highway Patrol required troopers to meet quotas in writing tickets for year, but "this is. the first time they've admitted it." Burley Mitchell, secretary of crime control and public safety, has defended the system. He said the system will not set quotas for tickets. , Gary Pearce, Hunt's press secretary, said last Thursday the system has been in opera tion for about a year, and has been misrepresented by its critics. "It's not a quota system. It's based on a program we are us ing throughout state govern ment, and is only one of 13 fac tors that they look at," Pearce said. Pearce said the other fac tors used in evaluating patrolmen incude how many times a trooper renders assistance to motorists, how many accidents are in vestigated, how clean he keeps his patrol car and his personal appearance,. As far as ticket writing is concerned, the overall picture in a county is looked at close ly. For example. Pearce said if a county has six troopers and four of them are writing between 25 and 30 tickets a month, another is handing out oniy five tickets, and the sixth is ticketing 75 motorists, the latter two will be closely wat ched. "It works both ways ? too little or too many," Pearce said. It's one of a number of things they look at to try to determine whether somebody is doing their job. And it 's par ticularly important to the patrol, because everybody knows in the past ail promo tions and raises were based on whether or not you have a friend in the colonel's office." j Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green has said he would bring the matter before the Governmental Operations Comnyttee, which j he chairs. "I think we'll probably be taking a look at it," Green said of the evaluation system. He said he doubts the system is in the state's best interests. Accident Claims Life Of Marshall Resident A 32 year old Marshall woman was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at Mis sion Memorial Hospital in Asheville late Sunday night following what appeared to be a single car accident in Mar shall. Penny Greene Haynie received fatal injuries when the 1978 Mercury she was driv ing left the road and traveled down an embankment on Highway 25-70 Business just south of Hayes Run Road, at approximately 10 p.m. Sunday night. Officer Lawrence Brady of the Marshall Police Depart ment said the accident was reported to the sheriff's department at 10:01 p.m. Investigating the accident for the police department, Brady said the Haynie vehicle was traveling north on 2S-70, and skid marks measuring 130 feet indicated the car swerved to the left side of the road and traveled approximately 85 feet before hitting and uprooting a tree. The car con tinued down a steep bank and came to rest about 40 feet from the railroad track below the highway. Brady said Ms. Haynie was the only occupant of the vehi cle, and that it appeared the car was traveling at a normal rate of speed. Investigation of the accident is still continuing, according to Brady. '} ? ? "t- "? r^V'" ' ' b? N. Hmedrti V iV*f5 ACCIDENT VICTIM'S car came to a stop 30 feet below road surface in Sunday night's mishap which claimed the life of Marshall resident. mi vzv Rain Sends 'Riverfest' Floating . ?? IRhl tin IM as thev nilled Maud. 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