The News Record
SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON I
81st Year No. 9
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C.
? ~iaox> County Library 9/81
Marshall, MC 28733
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Photo by N Hancock
SAY CHEEZE - Madison High
School students assist in
unloading 5,550 pounds of govern
ment surplus cheese at the
Department of Social Services
Wednesday afternoon. Anita
Davie, DSS director said she ex
pected most of the 5 pound blocks
would be distributed when food
stamp recipients came to Mar
shall to pick up their food stamp
coupons.
Intern Program Open
To Senior Citizens
U.S. Representative Bill
Hendon has announced that
his office is now accepting ap
plications from residents of
the Uth Congressional
District who are interested in
participating in the 1982 Con
gressional Senior Citizen In
tern Program. The week-long
program will take place May
17 through 21.
Applicants for the program,
who must be 65 years of age or
older, should have their ap
plications into Hendon's
Washington office no later
than March 20. The successful
applicant will be notified by
April 1.
Criteria for applicants are
that they must be: residents of
the 11th Congressional
District, in good health (a
physician's statement will be
required from the individual
who is selected), actively in
volved in senior citizen pro
jects in the community with a
good knowledge of the needs
and problems of the elderly in
Western North Carolina, and
willing to work as a liaison
between Hendon's Congres
sional office and the elderly in
the llth District after the in
ternship is completed.
Individual letters of applica
tion should include
background on the applicant's
activities and why he or she
wants to participate in the pro
gram.
AH applications must be ac
companied by two letters of
recommendation from com
munity leaders familiar with
the applicant's work with the
elderly.
Interns spend one week in
Washington attending a series
of briefings and lectures on
subjects of special interest to
the elderly. They also spend
time in the Congressional of
fice and familiarize
themselves with the federal
government and how it
operates ? especially in the
area of aging.
Applicants strnild write to
U.S. Representative Bill Hen
don, 212 Cannon House Office
Building, Washington, D.C.
20515. Further information is
available by phoning the toll
free district office number in
Asheville at 1-MO-222-5M0.
County Gets Road Funds
The North Carolina Board of
Transportation allocated the
last $10 million from funds
authorised by the State
Highway Bond Act of 1877 for
improvements to the state's
large secondary road system
here at its Feb. 12 meeting
Madison County's share of
#e $10 million allocation is
$100,148. based on a formula
established by the state
legislature According to the
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i- 1 oercentase of the total funds
the total mileage of unpaved I
state maintained secondary |
roads in North Carolina is <
18,000.
The S900 million highway i
bond act. approved in |
November 1977, directed that i
$75 million would be used to I
improve the state's secondary |
road system, while |17t i
million wa* for ImprovenMnU |
to the primary system and $90 <
million was for the state's ur ,
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bridges and strengthening
paved roads to relieve present
weight restrictions."
DOT board members and
division engineers are in the
process of reviewing secon
dary road needs in each coun*
ty. As county by county im
provement programs are
compiled, they will be
presented to each respective
county board of commis
PubUc meetings will be held
in each county to give citiaens
y to express
Citizens Questionaire
What do you want North Carolina to be like in the year 2000?
Planning for our future is tcx> important to be left only to gov
ernment. So the Commission on the Future of North Carolina,
chaired by William C. Friday of the University of North Carolina,
and leading citizens in all 100 counties, are working together in an
effort called NC 2000 to find out what the citizens of our State
want our future to be.
The questionnaire bek>w has been prepared to give you a
chance to say what you like alxnit this State and what you think
needs to be improved.
I urge you to speak out now Together we can make a differ
ence. This is what NC 2000 is all about.
1. The Commission believes the following qualities are important
for North Carolina to have in the future. Please check the ten (10)
you feel are most important.
f~l a. Adequate, affordable housing
? b. Enough good jobs
? c. An adequate, dean water supply
PI d. Adequate protection from crime ?
? e. Adequate health care services
I~1 f. Help for the needy
? g. Enough good farm land to keep agriculture strong
I~1 h. Adequate community services (suih as fire- protection ?
and jewer lines )
Q i. Good quality education for our children
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and tnose who must change jobs
Q k. A clean, beautiful, and health v environment
? I- Cultural activities (such as art. music, theater)
l~] m. Good roads
Q n. Recreational opportunities
0 o. Controlled growth and prevention of urban sprawl
0 p. Adequate mental health services
0 q. Colleges that are affordable and high quality
? r. Efficient state and local governments
0 s. Adequate energy
0 t. Regard for the dignity and worth of everv person
O U. Clean, fresh air
? v. Fair system of taxes
2. If there are important qualities missing from the list above,
add those by filling in the blanks below:
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X.
3. In the future, which three of the qualities checked or added
previously do you think will be the most important to improve?
(I'se the list to find the letter of the item which should lie improved and (ill ill
helow ):
most important to improve
second most important to improve
third most important to improve
4. In the future, which three of the qualities checked or added
previously do you think will be the most important to keep as
they are? (I'se the list to find the letter of the item ? hieh should I*' kept and
fill in below):
most important to keep
second most important to keep
third most important to keep
5. How old are you? ; years
6. What is your sex? 1 ? male 2 ? female
7. What is your race? 1 ? American Indian 3 ? White
2? Black 4 ? Other
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8. What is the last year of school you completed?
9. What county do you live in?
10. If you had five minutes to spend with the Governor of North
Carolina to talk about the future of the state, what else would you
say?
Please mail your
questionnaire to:
NC 2000
116 West Jones Street
Raleigh, N.C. 27611
This questionnaire must be
returned by March 26, 1982, in onler to be considered.
In cooperation with the Commission
on the Future of North Carolina and
the North Carolina Press Association,
the News Record is reprinting the N.C.
2000 Citizen Questionnaire as a public
service to our readers and all residents
of Madison County.
Completed questionnaires must be
turned in by March 24 at the following
Madison County locations: Wachovia
Banks in Marshall, Hot Springs and
Mars Hill; First Union National Bank,
Marshall: Northwestern Bank, Mar
shall: Department of Social Services,
Marshall; French Broad Electric
Membership Corporation; Marshall
Senior Citizen Center; and Board of
Education Office, Marshall.
Or, the questionnaires may be mail
ed to: N.C. 2000, US West Jones Street,
Raleigh, N.C. 27011. Questionnaires
mailed to Raleigh must be received by
March 26 in order to be considered.
GRANT GIVEN TO SQIOOt -
Ttx Madison Central Optimist
Club ha, awarded a 200 educa
; tional grant to h
tary School to be used for the
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Wednesday , April 21
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Health Fair 82
Health Fair '82 will be held in Marshall on
Wednesday, April 21 at the Marshall Presbyterian
Church. Hours for the free health screening pro
gram will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.