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jJ*4lsoa County Ltk ?-C. 2$7$3 9-ai The News Record ? V 3E . r ' ,:4.,V . SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY On thm Insldo ... Look For Christmas Shopping Specials Inside This Edition 7?th Yeor No. 49 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, NC. THURSDAY, December 4, 1980 15' Per Copy THE EXISTING SLUICEWAY at the old CapitoJa Dam site, built around 1910, will play an impor tant part in the hydroelectric generating facility proposed by French Broad Electric Member ship Corporation. Once com pleted, the generating facility will replace nearly 16 million kilowatt hours per year purchased from Carolina Power and Light Com pany. Madison Is Eligible For More CD Funds Madison County has become an eligible appii . cant for Grant and Aid Assistance from the > Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1978. In accordance with the provisions under the act, the Madison County Housing Authority will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Madison County courthouse so county citizens can learn of propos ed community development target areas and voice comments on the proposed projects. Community Development Coordinator Sam Parker said he and Becky Williams of the Land Of -Sky Regional Commission have toured 13 com munities in Madison accompanied by residents of the communities to select target areas for ap plication for the HUD funds. The 13 communities under consideJ>ation for , 1 community development projects are: Walnut, Lonesome Mountain, Shu tin, Lower and Upper Meadow Fork, Grapevine, East Fork, Beetree, Rectors Corner, Piney Grove, Sandy Mush, Sodom and Rice's Cove. Parker said 90 percent of the housing in a target area must be substandard by HUD criteria before an area can be eligible for project funds. He said a decision will be made by Dec. 9 on which communities will be designated as target areas based on the community surveys recently con ducted. I ? Wreck Claims Hoi Springs Man ? , HOT SPRINGS? A one-car wreck on U.S. 25-70 approximeately three miles north of Hot Springs resulted in the death of Billy Edward Holt, 22, a resident of Hot Springs. Holt was dead on impact after the car hit a concrete bridge abutment at a high rate of speed Wednesday at 11.40 p.m., said Trooper Johnny Robinson of the Highway Patrol. The driver, Jackie Gosnell, 20, also of Hot Springs, was in intensive care at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville with head injuries and a broken neck, Robinson said. Trooper Robinson said Gosnell, travel ing south toward Hot Springs at a high rate of speed, lost control in a right-hand curve, crossed the center line, and hit the bridge on the wrong side of the road. Robinson said the car was going 70 to 75 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone. The road was reportedly clear of ice. < As of Thursday night, no charges had been made regarding the wreck. THE MADISON HIGH HOOI iCHING 00 Electricity Would Be Sold To French Broad EMC Capitola May Generate Power Again EDITOR'S NOTE: Last week'* article on (he Capitola Dam project incorrectly stated the project was propos ed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The pro ject is being proposed by the French Broad Electric Membership Corporation. ? The French Broad Electric Membership Corporation is moving ahead in its effort to reactivate the Capitola Dam in Marshall. The dam was previously used and will be us ed again to divert the flow of the French Broad River to generate electric power. Although approximately 225 acre-feet of water is stored by the dam over a surface area of about 25 acres, the power generation scheme is "run of the river. The dam was not constructed to impound water but rather to divert water for power purposes The French Broad EMC cur rently purchases all of its power from Carolina Power and Light Co. The minimum demand is 10 megawatts for their interconnected system All power produced by the Capitola project will be sold to customers of the French Broad EMC. The generating station will replace approx imately 16 million kilowatt hours per year of power pur chased from CP&L. The existing dam, sluiceway, intake structure, intake canal retaining wall and powerhouse are estimated to have been built in 1910 by the Capitola Manufacturing Company, a cotton mill. In 1916 the power production was changed from direct hydro power to a hydroelectric facility with a capacity of 200 kilowatts. In 1945 the powerhouse was reconstructed and a vertical Leffel turbine was installed with a nominal capacity of 440 kilowatts. The existing power plant was operated by The French Broad EMC from 1945 to 1959 when it was decided that it would be more economical to purchase power than to continue operation of the power plant after the Tur bine's main bearing was damaged in 1959. The dam itself is approximately 500 feet long and 8 feet high. French Broad EMC propos ed the project and they are now engaged in the lengthy process of licensing and cer tification necessary before any construction can begin. Some of the required licenses and permits are: 404 Permit U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 401 Certification North Carolina Division of En vironmental Management, Certificate of Public Conve nience and Necessity-N.C. Utilities Commission, Sedimentation Control Permit ? N.C. bivision of Land Resources, FERC license Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It is hoped by 1983 the town of Marshall will have the time ly distinction of a hydroelec tric plant generating power from the French Broad River. Between then and now all questions and concerns involv ing everything from en dangered species to recrea tion to historic buildings will have to be addressed and answered. Already the North Carolina Department of Archives and History has identified a building upon the site which may be eligible for the Na tional Historic Register. Negotiations are in progress to determine the final status of the building and any protec tive measures that may be necessary. The building, the "old Capitola Mill Building was used from 1953 to 1980 as a meter repair shop by French Broad EMC. All matters concerning the building should be resolved before the projected issuance date of the FERC license sometime during the late sum mer of 19B1. BEFORE AND AFTER? Work has begun on Mrs. Ella Baker's house as part of the Town of Marshall's Community Development pro ject. The photo at right shows some of the preliminary work being done to the exterior The Ella Baker Home of the house. The rehabilitation project, fund ed through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has provided 17 jobs according to Donald Ramsey, ad ministrator of the Marshall project. Couple Notified Of Attendance Laws Family Prefers To Educate Child At Home At its regularly scheduled December meeting, the Madison County Board of Education voted to notify Mr. and Mrs Ronald HoUoway by letter that their daughter had missed the maximum number of days permissible from a public school, and that they were in violation of the state's compulsory attendance law by not having the child enrolled in a Madison County scfeool The Holloways had gone before the board at its Nov. 3 meeting to request that they be allowed to educate their home study course. The HoUoway* solicited the aid of Elder Herman Davit, an official in the North Carolina district of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who con tacted Raleigh school officials on behalf of the Holtoways Davis said Monday that after contacting state actool board officials he had decided not to pursue the Hotloway case under the present cir cumstances Davis said stale school officials cited Me N.C. Attorney General's ruling which states "a parent does (Continued an Page 2) State Senator Visits Marshall School
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