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The News record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY 81st Year No. 8 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. Madison County Library 9/81 Uarahall, NC 28753 5c Per Copy Marshal ? $600,000 Bond Issue The Marshall Board of Aldermen voted Fri day to seek a $600,000 bond issue to finance im provements and expansion of the town's sewer system and authorized Mayor Lawrence Ponder to negotiate with the Local Government Commis sion in Raleigh on the proposal. If the commission approves a bonded in debtedness for the $600,000 amount for the town, the question would be put to Marshall voters in a public referendum possibly as early as May, ac cording to Ponder. "But, we'll have to wait until the bonding council sets a date for the referendum," Ponder said. In the special called meeting, aldermen rescinded an original resolution which sought ap plication for a $200,000 bond issue and adopted a new resolution calling for application for $600,000 in general obligation bonds. If the referendum is held and passed by town voters, the bond money will be matched by an equal amount. The matching money would come from the Appalachian Regional Commission. $200,000; the state Clean Water Bond, $289,000; and a Farmers Home Administration loan, $211,000. The bond issue amount was changed because the state lost some $45 million in Environmental Protection Agency money in federal government budget cuts for 1982, Ponder said. "The town lost $400,000 in federal grant money as a result," he sajd. Surplus Cheese Arrives For Local Distribution One hundred and eighty-five cases of govern ment surplus cheese was delivered to the Madison 1 County Department of Social Services Wednesday ' afternoon for distribution to county food stamp recipients and other needy households. The 5,550 pounds of American processed ched tfa&Cbefse will be gored in a vacant room w the DSS office building, according to Anita Davie, local DSS director. Food stamp recipients are automatically eligible to receive the five pound blocks, and "DSS is in the process of sending authorization sheets to food stamp recipients," Ms. Davie said. Other low income households can apply for a share of the cheese at the Food Stamp Office in ] Marshall, she said. Wednesday's shipment is me county s snare of some 770,000 pounds of cheese which will be distributed statewide. In all, nearly 30 million pounds of cheese is being distributed to needy families nationally by the Reagan administration. The U.S. government has some 560 million pounds of cheese in storage, according to Earl Miller, aft ~fttf -"ttyy'-iJ . S Depart met* M Agriculture, the agency in charge of the distribu tion. Ms. Davie said DSS records show some, 1,200 food stamp household here. The county's cheese allocation amount to 1,110 five-pound blocks of cheese. Presumably, not all food stamp households will pick up their cheese, thus leaving a supply for other needy households. MAGIC CIRCUS ? The Chinese Magic Cir cus of Taiwan will perform Thursday night, Feb. 25 in Mars Hill College's Moore Auditorium beginning at 8 p.m. The two-hour show will feature acrobatics, comedy, balan cing feats, juggling, dances and a special demonstration of Kung Fu martial arts. Tickets may be purchased at the door at S5 for adults and $3 for children under 12. Culturefest season passes will be honored. N.C. 2000 Kickoff Meeting Residents Set Priorities By NICHOLAS HANCOCK Editor Madison Countians want managed growth, a high quality of life and a preservation of family life and pride in the region during the next 18 years, ac cording to a consensus reached at the N.C. SOW kickoff meeting held Saturday night at Madison High School. These goals and other issues were discussed by the nearly ISO people who turned out to officially get the county under way in the statewide N.C. 2000 program. Guest speakers for the evening were Dr. Fred Bentley, Mars Hill College president and member of the state N.C. 2000 Commission; Ernest Messer, former state representative and direc tor of the Division on Aging in the state Department of Human Resources; Wayne McDevitt, director of the Cover nor's Western Office; and Larry B. Leake, county and school board at torney and meipber of the state N.C. 3000 Commission. economy, natural resources and the community. A common water and sewer system between the towns of Marshall and Mars Hill was voiced on more than one occasion as a future goal for the county. While Madison County and western North Carolina is said to currently have a 60 percent surplus of water supplies for present needs, that figure can be reduced dramatically in the next 18 years with an increase in population and industry "Water resources is one of the most critical issues we have to face," Messer told the gathering. Most of the participants agreed that industrial growth is needed in the coun ty to provide more jobs and a higher standard of living, but, most agreed that such growth should be managed to suit the county's geography and natural resources. A balance between industry and agriculture would be an ideal goal, participants said. EMPHASIS WAS PLACED on the quality of life in the future for county in the peo would prove "not that profitable" here, and the people group voiced concern over an "influx of outsiders" and said the county should beware of the "Mag gie Valley syndrome." The kickoff meeting discussions now lead to countywide community group discussions of these and other issues confronting residents in the future Later, a state committee will gather the concerns and issues from county steer ing committees and develop a statewide questionnaire which will be mailed to citizens in the spring. TT>e state N.C. 2000 Commission will determine from the returned question naires what North Carolinians consider as the major problems facing the state between now and the year 3000. The commission will develop plans of action to cope with the problems next fall, and the governor wjll present a report to state residents in December. Addressing the kickoff meeting oh the statewide N.C. 3000 process, Messer said, "I hope everyone will take the N.C. 9000 program seriously The ques tionnaires are important, and they Two Arrested For Cattle Rustling Two men were arrested Thursday by Sheriff E.Y. Ponder and charged with cat tle rustling, and each were placed under a $20,000 bond Friday by a District Court judge for a probable cause hearing March 3. Larry Payne, 22, of Route 5, Marshall, and Jack Buckner, 20, of Route 1, Leicester were charged with stealing eight white faced beef cattle from James A. Fisher of Redmon Road, Marshall, according to the sheriff. Ponder said he found Fisher's cattle in a loading chute with a tractor truck and trailer parked nearby follow ing a telephone tip about 10 p.m. Thursday. Ponder and deputies arrested the two suspects at Payne's home about midnight, he said. Payne and Buckner were held in the Madison County Jail Friday night, and Buckner posted bond Satur day, Ponder said. Fisher said his cattle ap parently had been lured into the loading chute by someone using a bale of hay as bait. He said he didn't know his cattle were gone until notified by the sheriff. A passerby apparently saw the trailer parked near the loading chute and phone the sheriff. Fisher said. Both suspects were taken before District Court Judge Alexander Lyerly for their first appearance Friday in Marshall. Lylerly set their bonds and the date for the pro bable cause hearing. JIWMY RAMSEY Hi 4, Marshall, was honored Feb. 17 in Richmond, Va , as winner of the Outstanding Young Tobacco Farmer Award, a program sponsored by Philip Mnr lyfcr N.C a 1 Extension Service n. mentation was Hu^fi Cuiirmi and chief cwecSpkr (?? U.S A. Also tMftnrod was apem Wile]
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