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The News Record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY Slst Year No. 5 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. THURSDAY, Februar ? - ?y<7 1982^ 15c Per Copy Kaiison County Library 9/81 Karshall, NC 23753 _ _ 4 Kar?u?i.i? ^ * Commissioners Propose r ot~.*+w service By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor The Madison County Board of Com missioners proposed Friday to set up a volunteer service corp beginning July 1 to cope with federal cutbacks which are affecting local human service agencies The proposed corp of 2S volunteers would provide chore services for in valid indigent elderly, assist in pro gram development at each county Senior Citizens center and provide firewood and deliver meals to the in digent elderly, according to a state ment read to the board by Chairman James Ledford. Some $15,500 contributed by local community groups and a $10,000 grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation would finance the service corp for fiscal year 1982-83, Ledford said. The commissioners approved the pro posal Friday night and said they plan to apply to the Winston Salem based foun dation Tor the grant. "APPALACHIA IS again experienc ing the ill effects of the interest disinterest syndrome of the American public," Ledford said. "In times of crisis, Applachia has always been ex pendable; the crisis is here, and federal disinterest has returned with a vengeance," he said. Pointing out that Madison County is "significantly dependent" on federal and state money, and that less than $1.3 million in local tax revenue is produced to operate public services, Ledford said any significant decrease in federal and state allocations "seriously limits the ability of the county to deliver basic human services." The volunteer service corp. in coor dination and cooperation with existing agencies, will assist in meeting some of those human service needs, he said. If the county receives the Babcock grant and raises another $15,500 locajly, FLOOD STAGE ? The French Broad River rose to better than one foot flood stage in Marshall last Wednesday morning causing cancellation of classes at Marshall Elemen tary School on Blannahassett Island at 9:30. The rain which fell Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning totaled over two inches, but heavier rainfall ? 3.47 inches ? in the Photo DV r*. nanww.* Asheville area contributed to the rising waters in Marshall and Hot Springs where the river was reported to be less than a foot above flood stage. River depth crested at 11.3 feet in Marshall, and Marshall School Prin cipal Fred Haynie said "another two feet" would have put water into the basement areas of the school. Swain Seeks Re-election To Senate State Sen. Robert S. Swain of Asheville has announced that he will seek re-election to a fourth term in the Senate in the May 4 Democratic primary election. Swain, 60, is a practicing at torney in Asheville and served as Superior Court solicitor for Buncombe and Madison coun ties from 1964 to 1*06. "I need to return to Raleigh for a fourth term to continue work on legislation which is pending," Swain said in his announcement. During his first term, in 1877-78, he was named "beat first term senator' by the North Carolina Young Americans (or Freedom. Dur ing his second term he receiv ed a legislative award from the North Carolina Conser vative Union and an award from the American Legion Department of North Carolina for his legislative support dur ing the 1979 session of the General Assembly. During his third term he received the I960 U.S S. North Carolina Battleship Award for service to veterans and the VFW of North Carolina Award for service to North Carolina veterans. He was named Democrat of the Year by the Young Democrats of Bun combe County in 1980, and was presented a certificate of recognition for service to the Democratic Party of Madison County jn 1981 by the Madison County ' Democrat Women's Club. Swain is vice chairman of the Criminal Justice Commit tee for the Southern Legislative Conference cover ing 17 southern states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. He is a member of the Gover nor's Crime Commission and was appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt to the Sentencing Study Commission. As a senator, he serves on the Advisory Budget Commis sion, is chairman of the Senate Committee on Courts and Judicial Districts and Criminal Justice, is vice chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee I, and is serving his second two-year term as a member of the Judicial Council, which is composed of judges, pro secutors and lawyers charged with improving court pro cedures Zeb Alley's Earnings Questioned Legislative liaison Zeb Alley was paid nearly 179,000 to lob by for Gov. Jim Hunt in the General Assembly last year, according to figures released by the state Budget Office The head of the state Republican Party called the payment "misuse of the public's money and truat." Alley, a Waynes vtlle at torney, is off ..tally Bated aa a was $78,244 Alley, contacted at Us home in Waynesville, said the figures in the report are ac curate, but added that his law partner wm? stayed with t&e (bin earned much more. 'Actually, the fees paid to my law Arm amounted to about 963,000. and the rest of It was m\ living expense Raleigh But my law partner here, Chip Kiilian, brought in a lot more than that," Alley ?aid. Hunt press aide Stephanie Baas said the governor felt Alley was worthy of the pay. "We feel Mr. Alley certainly earned his pay and did a good job," Ban said "Alley is a very competent attorney who commands a very high rate." State GOP Chairman David Flaherty said the governor was spending money thought not to be available. "This man is using (tax? payers') money, which is sup posed to be so short that we can't afford to do some of the things that need to be done, as patronage to pay off some peo ple who work for him in his campaign," Flaherty said. it B*ll. assistant ?UIm the commissioners will appoint a pro gram coordinator to recruit and super vise the service corp with guidance from an appointed Community Services Advisory Committee. VOLUNTEERS will be recruited from inside and outside the county, and will have to agree to serve in the corp for three months. Local residents will be asked to provide housing for some volunteers, and the commissioners and related agencies will provide equip ment for work projects, Ledford said. The proposed budget shows $15,000 allocated for the salary of a coor dinator/secretary and $500 designated for office supplies and telephone ser vice. Ledford said the county could not sustain the travel costs involved, and consequently will be applying for the $10,000 grant to cover that expense. Travel expense is based on 2,000 miles per year per volunteer at 20 cents per mile. In other business, the commis sioners: ? Approved a contract with the North Carolina Department of Transportation to receive $117,000 to aid in a countywide transportation pro gram. ? Approved the printing of a county brochure for the Industrial Develop ment Commission by the Meridian Publishing Company. The 2.000 brochures will cost the county less than $100. Advertisements will be sold to area businesses to cover the remaining costs, according to Marshall Mayor Lawrence Ponder, who requested the brochures for the Industrial Commis sion. ? Approved spending $657 for new gutters on the Beech Glen Community building. ? Approved the transfer of Boyd Nor ton from the Mars Hill ambulance ser vice to the Hot Springs unit . At Spring Creek Elementary School Veterans Farm Coop Program Terminated By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor The Veterans Farm Cooperative Pro gram, which has operated out of Spring Creek School for over 30 years, has been discontinued, according to School Superintendent Robert L. Edwards. Edwards told the board of education Wednesday that he had received a let ter from C.V. Tart, chief consultant with tbe state Agricultural Education Wogtfaai saying changes hi the pro gram's guidelines prevented the Spring Creek program from continuing. Those guidelines stipulate that the program must have a minimum of 15 full-time veteran farmers enrolled. Tart said his department had determin ed only four veterans were classified as full-time farmers in the Spring Creek program. Edwards said the lesson plans for the local program were designed by the board of education, and the state paid the veterans, who in turn, paid the in structor through tuition. Tuition fees amounted to approximately $10,000, ac cording to the board's budget report. Some $5,566 remains in the cooperative program fund, and Ed wards suggested that the board pay the instructor for uncollected travel ex penses and transfer the remainder to the board's general fund. The board ap proved his recommendation. Instructor Johnny Payne submitted travel vouchers for 40 months at $20 per month for a total of $800. Edwards said he had sent letters to the four farmers informing them that they could continue their studies in the program at Asheville-Buncombe Technical College in Asheville. In other matters, the board: ? Heard a proposal from Dr. Bobby Jean Rice, schools supervisor, to begin an in-school suspension program at Madison High School. Dr. Rice told the barrel that federal money allocated for juvenile delinquent programs can no longer be used in the local system's Team Project which works with emo tionally disturbed youngsters in the schools. She said the local HB-456 Board has proposed to use the estimated $10,000 to begin the in-cchool suspension program. HB-456 is the North Carolina House bill which provides that community based alternative programs be established to work with juvenile of fenders rather than put them in jail. No action was taken by the board. ? Approved the installation of a $5,484 intercommunications system for the Walnut-Marshall Elementary School. ? Accepted the release of Sheila Gail Wild from Buncombe County Schools to Madison High School. Edwards said Miss Wild's family had moved to Bun combe County, but the student would be living with her grandmother in Madison County. ? Adopted state job description guidelines for .principals and superintendents, subject to state Board _ of Education adoption of the descrip tions. ? Approved construction of a storage building at Madison High School for vocational education supplies and equipment, subject to the approval of the planning division of the state Board of Education. ? Accepted the resignation of Mary Rdhnion, administrative secretary oi the ESEA Title I program, who is retir ing as of Feb. 28. ? Approved a recommendation from Dr. Owen Fish to hire Sandra Fowler as administrative secretary for the ESEA Title I program. ? Approved hiring Donnie Andrews as a substitute bus driver for Hot Spr ings Elementary School. ? Adopted a motion to authorize Ed wards to hire "whoever suits" him to replace Sandra Fowler as secretary/typist for the board of educa tion. Edwards said he would like to employ Peggy Sawyer, an aide at Spr ing Creek School for the position. ? Approved a budget amendment to adjust salaries of school bus drivers to incorporate an increase of $3.50 to $3.68 per hour. ? Approved a budget amendment to reflect- a $353 reduction in the State Public School Fund allocation for Developmental Day Care. Coach, Official, Fans Placed On Conduct Probation Madison High School girls basketball coach Ricky Mc Devitt; Ron Buckner, the president of Western North Carolina Officials Association; and Madison spectators were put on probation Monday as the result of unsportsmanlike conduct after a game on Feb. 2. Buckner and Madison fans were placed on probation for the remainder of the school year, according to Norrls Jonas, booking agent far the officials association and David Wyatt, Madison High 7 Hit last Tuesday between McDevttt and Buckner after lie Lady Patriots lost to Owen 13-42 in the last seconds of the Little Mac contest, according x> Wyatt. The altercation began when McDevitt and Badmer con fronted each other while leaving the court Witnesses jay the two engaged in an krgument concerning the rfldating, and a scuffle oc curred in a hallway leading From the basketball court to the dressing room. Robert L. Edwards and Woody Amnions of the school. Jones, Buckner, Miller Pardue, and Tommy Buckner represented the WWCOA. Wyatt, is a press statement, said McDevitt's probation was the conaequenoe of Ma in fringement of the NCHSAA rule which states, "Coaches shall not approach the of ficiate for complaints before the ante, between the halves or after the game." 3 response to McDevitt's ?i; , i i;i , . * ? ' could have been 1 Ricky MtDevM
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