thi News Record .1- ' ?* . '' r V1 ,r % ' ? v.. ? . SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY **? *-*? ism mi On #!?? In si dm ? ? ? ? Photographer Scott Lunsford Goes On A Rabbit Chase See Page 3 79th Year No. 41 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL. N.C. THURSDAY, October 9, 1980 15* Per Copy In Madison-Buncombe School Attendance Case Trial Over Quickly, Solution Reached A day and a half of legal negotiations between attorneys brought a speedy end to the Madison-Buncombe school attendance dispute in a special session of Superior Court here which began Sept. 29. A compromise solution to the dispute was reached by attorney Larry B. Leake representing the Madison Coun ty School Board, and Ronald K. Payne and Jack Westall, Jr., attorneys for the 51 students living in the Sandy Mush and Red Oak communities along the Madison-Buncombe County line. In the complicated judgment handed down by Judge John Jolly, all 51 Madison County students will be allow ed to finish the current school year at the Buncombe County schools they at tend, but many of the students will be required to return to Madison County schools next fall. According to the judgment, certain conditions will allow some of the students to finish the highest grade level offered at the Buncombe school they now attend. If a student is current ly in at least his second year at a school, he may finish at that school, then return to the Madison County school system. For example, a third-grader in his se cond or third year at a Buncombe elementary school will be allowed to finish the sixth grade at that school, then will be required to begin the seventh grade at a Madison school. If a student is finishing the last year at an elementary, middle or high school, then that student must attend Madison schools next fall, regardless of the number of years the student has been attending Buncombe schools. For example, a student in at least his second year and now in the sixth grade at a Buncombe elementary school must attend a Madison school next year, despite the earlier argument from some parents that their children should continue their school years with their friends they had made in previous years. School board attorney Larry Leake said the key to the settlement was where each child was in school last year. "Each child will be allowed to complete the school in which he was enrolled last year," he said. Leake said all children in kindergarten and the first grade this year will begin attending Madison schools next fall. Leake stated the parents and their at torneys agreed during the negotiations that "the children were properly sub ject to assignment to Madison County schools, that the Madison schools pro vided a fit and proper place for educa tion, and that there were adequate means of transportation from the com munities to Madison schools." During previous hearings on the at tendance matter, parents of the students contended through their at torneys that school bus routes in the two counties made it easier and safer for their children to attend Buncombe schools. They also claimed that it was in the best interests of their children to attend Buncombe schools because winter weather disrupted schooling more in Madison than Buncombe, and because their children's social and community activities were centered in Buncombe County. The compromise solution was reach ed after many hours of private con sultation between Judge Jolly apd , lawyers for both the students and the Madison County School Board. Prospective jurors were sworn in for the trial, but a jury was never selected since the settlement was reached in private session. After the trial, Madison County school superintendent R.L. Edwards said he was satisfied with the settle ment. "It was something that should have been decided five years ago," Edwards said. COUNTY COMMISSION Chair man Ervin Adams and commis sioner James Ledford signed con tracts Friday night providing Photo by N. Hancock county senior citizens program with transportation, energy and food services for fiscal year 1981. Truck, Cargo Destroyed In Wreck A tractor-trailer rig and its cargo were virtually demolished in a single vehicle accident on Highway 25-70 last week one-half mile north of Marshall. The 1980 Ford tractor drove off the road at 1:15 a.m. on Sept. 29, hit an embankment and rolled onto its side in Walnut Creek doing an estimated (75,000 damage to the truck and the cargo, accor ding to Highway Patrol Of ficer T.E. Dudley. The trailer was loaded with military furniture and per sonal effects on a trip from Texas to Norfolk, Va. The driver, Harry Richard Jorgenson, 45,' of Jenison, Mich, suffered only a broken nose in the accident. A compa nion in the truck. Donna Hale Dyer, 19, of Brevard, received a sprained neck, according to the Highway Patrol report. Both persons were taken to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville where they were treated and released. Patrolman Dudley estimated the speed of the track at 45 mpta at the time of the accident, and he stated the driver told him he was blinded by the bright lights of an on coming car causing him (the OVERTURNED TRUCK resulted in $75,000 damage to the vehicle and cargo in early mornng mishoap on Highway 25-70 one Photo by N. Hancock half mile north of Marshall. No serious injuries were reported in the accident. driver) to be unable to see the road. Dudley said he charged Jorgenson with "reckless driving after consuming a suf ficient amount of alcoholic beverage to impair his judge ment." Highway Patrol personnel were on duty at the scene of the accident for nearly 10 hours, and wrecker crews spent most of the next day removing the vehicle and cargo from the ravine. Ap proximately 20 to 2S gallons of fuel oil from the tractor spilled into Walnut Creek as a result of the overturned truck, and the Environmental Protection Agency was notified to inspect the pollution damage to the creek, according to Dudley. One -Stop Voting During the month of Oc tober, the office of the Board of Election* will be open five days a week Monday through Friday (ram 1:30 a.m., until 4:10 p.m , for the purpose of voters wishing to fill out aa ap plication and vote his ballots at the same time. This applies only to voters who aspect to be absent Arum the county during the entire period the polls are open on ?taction day and will be unable to vote in person, or voters due to sickness or physical disability will not be able to votein person on election day. The deadline for voting ooe stop will be 1:00 p.m . on Oc tober M, 1900. Also, the Board will meet on Tuesday and Friday of each weak daring the month of Oc tober (or the purpose of ex amining absentee applica tions. The Board s office is located in the Ramsay Office Bu ildi ng on Main Street in Marshall. Notice is hereby given that the General Election will be held on November 4, I960. The polling places will be open for voting beginning at 6:30 a.m. and closing at 7:00 p.m. Commissioners Get CETA Funds For Rescue Service The Madison County Com missioners announced to an audience comprised mostly of county ambulance service personnel that seven am bulance service CETA employees would be retained at their present jobs beginning Monday, Oct. 6. CETA funding for the seven employees was on the brink of running out, but the commis sioners made a special trip to Raleigh to see what they could do to get the funds reinstated in order to retain the workers, according to Commissioner Virginia Anderson of Hot Spr ings. The announcement came shortly after the commis sioners approved the hiring of Taylor Barnhili as the new CETA coordinator for the county. The Commissioners retired to executive session with Barnhili, and returned to the meeting stating the seven ambulance employees and all CETA workers in the Day Care facility, along with the Aging Services Coordinator, would report to work as usual on Monday, Ambulance Service person nel turned out in force at the meeting to "find out what the commissioners were going to do about the seven employees and the service.'' According to a spokesman for the ambulance service, CETA employees working for the service have been disgruntled over what they term "job insecurity" associated with the CETA pro gram. The spokesman said they have not been pleased with "last minute efforts" to secure fluids for their posi tions. Barnhill said Friday night he didn't know how long the reinstated CETA funds for the employees would last, but he would know later in the week when he received the budget from Raleigh. In related ambulance ser vice business, Mildred West, acting Ambulance Supervisor, reported to the commissioners on tambulance service rendered during the month of September. In the town of Marshall, the service made a total of 41 runs. Four calls were to wrecks, six to heart attacks and stroke victims, and 31 others including general emergencies andv broken bones. The Mars Hill unit answered 31 calls; four to wrecks, 12 heart attacks and serious emergencies and 15 other. The Hot Springs unit answered 16 calls; 5 heart attacks and U others. In other business, the Board of Commissioners: ? Approved the hiring of Luanne Hunt Roberts as Ac ting Director of the Day Care Center ? Listened to residents of Panhandle Road (SR 1592), and agreed to send a letter to the highway maintenance department calling for the regrading of 1.6 miles of the road. ? Approved a motion to allow tax listers to list taxes in the voting precincts for this year. A discussion followed about the feasibility of listing by mail for next year, and the commissioners stated they need to prepare early for a mail listing operation. ? Signed contracts for fiscal year 1961 to secure funds for providing transpor tation, energy assistance, food and food services and medical transportation for the elderly over 60. ? Commissioner James Ledford made a motion to set up the Madison County In dustrial Commission, reac tivating the commission for the coming year. Ledford was asked about the progress be ing made on negotiations to obtain the construction of a multi-million dollar American Greeting Cards Company plant and warehouse lor Mar shall, and he said, "We are do ing all we can to encourage it." American Greeting Cards has been looking at a 10 acre building site off the Marshall by-pass, and Ralph White, spokesman for the Cleveland, Ohio company, said in a phone conversation the company "is very much interested in locating in Marshall, and a decision should be reached in a week or so" regarding the purchase of the site. Senate Candidate Campaigns In Madison For State Seat By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Her campaign slogan is "A woman 's place is in the House (and the Senate), but Mary Jane Hollyday is not a staunch ERA advocate or an avid womens liberationism Mrs. Hollyday, Republican candidate for N.C. Senate, campaigned in Madison Coun ty last week meeting voters and sharing her views on some of the issues in the upcoming November 4 election. "I'm not a politician. I'm not concerned about a career as a politician, but I am con cerned about good govern ment and the issues that con front the people of this senatorial district and the state of North Carolina,'' she said in an interview. The wife of Murray Holly day, and an Asheville native, Mrs. Hbllyday said there has never been a woman to repre sent this area in the N.C. Senate. The 26th Senatorial District consists of Buncombe, Madison, McDowell and Yan cy counties. "First of all, I am an American, ' Mrs. Hollyday said. "Of course, we have to choose a political party In Order to run for public office, but once elected, I'm not going to be concerned what party so upset about wasteful spending and mismanagement of funds under the present administra tion and legislature. With the Hunt administra tion proposing an additional tax on gasoline, Mrs. Hollyday questions, "Why are we being punished to conserve?" On fiscal responsibility in education, Mrs. Hollyday stated, "too much of the tax payers' money has gone into building rather than actual education." She maintains there is "more talk than ac tion' regarding upgrading the educational process in North Carolina, and in her opinion, competency and other testing "are geared to make the r stem look good, rather than to educate our children." Schools and education were the subjects that spawned Mrs. Holly days interest in getting involved in local government and politics. She made a name for herself in Asbeville when she almost single-handedly took on the school board to correct substandard facilities at one of the schools. She became what she calls a "school board watcher," attending all open lags to keep of ?gs to keep e actions and A: M?V Jane Hollyd.y Her reply to a question about the Eq?l Rights

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