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The News record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON 0 fw.J: ^ixrir^ 81st Year No. 30 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. r Copy (Quality Education Is Top Citizen Priority Citizens in Madison County ranked "good quality educa tion for our children" as their top goal for the state's future, in response to the North Carolina 2000 citizen question naire distributed in the county and across the state in March. Ranked second by local citizens was "enough good job," and third, "keeping agriculture strong." The questionnaire was part of the NC 2000 long-range plan ning project. It was done to get citizens thinking about their own agendas for North Carolina's future, to give state officials a sense of local priorities, and to get citizens participating in the discussion of where we are headed as a state. The questionnaire was spon sored by the Commission on the Future of North Carolina, which directs the project, and NC 2000 county committees. It was distributed to citizens through libraries, schools, banks, and civic clubs and reprinted in many newspapers. Questionnaire results were released by Governor Jim Hunt, who initiated the NC 2000 project in 1961 and by UNC President William Fri day, chairman of the Commis sion on the Future. "We received 112,000 replies, which I think is refreshing evidence that peo ple do care enough about their state to volunteer their answers to the questionnaire and spend 20 cents to send them in," said Hunt. Statewide, North Caroli nians listed as their chief priorities for the future: ? Good quality education for our children ? Enough good jobs ? Adequate protection from crime ? Fair system of taxes ? Adequate affordable housing The questionnaire presented 22 areas of future concern and asked citizens to list the 10 they thought were most im portant. Citizens were then asked to indicate the areas in which improvement is most needed and the areas which should be preserved as they are. Citizens said the most im portant area to improve was job availability. At the same time, they said they did not want to see the state backslide in maintaining farmland or agriculture and that they did not want the quality of the en vironment to deteriorate. Similar questions were ask ed in a scientific survey, con ducted as part of the annual spring survey of the Office of State Budget. According to Hunt the results were subs tan tially the same, including the number one goal of good quali ty education. Friday said that the results from both surveys would be considered by the Commission as they study all the informa tion they have received and formulate their recommenda tions. "The results of this survey will help us ensure that people from all of North Carolina will be heard," said Friday. "The role of local govern ments will be increasingly im portant in the coming years, and it's important that local leaders have this feedback from their citizens as they make decisions about local schools, industries, taxes and other issues," said Hunt. Friday said that the Com mission on the Future would be focusing its attention over the next several months on the development of recommenda tions. On December 6-7, the Commission will host a state conference in Raleigh to give citizens the opportunity to review preliminary recom mendations from the Commis sion. Weekend Tragedies Claim 3 Madison County Lives Three Madison County residents died this weekend in separate accidents. One man died Saturday morning from a self-inflicted wound and two men died in traffic accidents. On Friday evening, Ralph Ponder of Rt. 2 Marshall suf fered a gunshot wound to the head in the family's home Pond?r was rushed to Memorial Mission Hospital where he remained in critical condition until he died on Saturday at 10:35 a.m. Ponder, 26, was a native of Madison County and the son of Zeno Ponder of Marshall. A graduate of North Carolina State University, he was employed by the N.C. Department of Transports tkm. Early Sunday morning, a single-car crash of U.S. 25-70 claimed the life of 19-year old Daniel Alan Quinn of Walnut Creek Rd., Marshall. State Highway Patrol Trooper M.L. Brock reported that the compact car Quinn was driving left the road before striking a guardrail and overturning several times. Both Quinn and a passenger in the vehi cle, Roger Meadows, 18, also of Walnut Creek Rd., were transported by ambulance to Memorial Mission Hospital. Quinn was pronounced dead in the hospital emergency room at 4 a.m. Meadows suf fered a broken pelvis in the accident. He is reported to he in satisfactory condition. The Highway Patrol alio reported that Frank Allen, 41, of Madison County was found dead by a passing motorist on U.S. 301 in Fayetteville Sunday The Fayetteville Highway Patrol reported Monday that the death is under investiga tion. Further details are be ing withheld pending an autopsy report. Saturday Night Shooting Mars Rock Festival" A shooting incident Satur day night at the Mountain Rock N' Roll Festival left one Charlotte man hospitalized and another in the Marshall jail over the weekend. The sheriff's department reported that the shooting took place at approximately 7 p.m. on the festival grounds. Richard Clayton Stanley, 24, of 3707 Avalon Dr., Charlotte was shot once with a pistol by an assailant who then fled the festival grounds. Eyewitnesses on the scene were able to get the license plate number of the vehicle the assailant fled in and reported the plate to Sheriff E.Y. Ponder. The vehicle was traced to a Brian Macln tosh of Charlotte. A warrant for Macintosh and a female companion was sworn out by the sheriffs department. The Charlotte police w ere notified and they apprehend ed both Macintosh and the companion, Susan Beal, at her home, 12m E. 36th St. in Charlotte, early Sunday morning. Sheriff E.Y. Ponder went to Charlotte and returned the suspects Sunday afternoon. Macintosh is being held in jail charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Bond had not been set at of Monday. Susan Beal was charged with abet ting a criminal and was also held pending bond as of Mon day. Connie Lee Yates, a compa nion of the shooting victim, was also taken in by police as a state witness and releas ed on $1000 bond. The shooting victim is in Memorial Mission Hospital where he is reported to be in satisfactory condition. He was removed from the hospital's intensive care ward on Monday. Photo by Bob Koanlg . Dr. Schroeder and Dr. Coverdale Health Program Adds 2 Physicians The Hot Springs Health Pro gram received a boost this past week with the addition of two new physicians to the program's staff. The new doctors are a husband and wife team, Dr. Louis Schroeder and Dr. Janice Coverdale. Dr. Schroeder specializes in internal medicine while his wife, Dr. Coverdale, is a pediatrician. Both doctors are graduates of the University of Louisville Medical School. Dr. Schroeder did his undergraduate work at the University of Louisville while Dr. Coverdale is 4 graduate of Center College in Danville, Ky. The couple come to Madison County from a practice in Berea, Ky. Dr. Cover dale explains that she uses her maiden name in her practice in order to avoid confusion with her patients. She says she is sometimes refered to as "Mrs. Or. Schroeder" and that her hus band is sometimes referred to by his patients as "Mr. Or. Coverdale." Madison County's new doc tors have wasted no time in becoming members of the community. Less than a week after their arrival, the couple purchased a home in the Stackhouse section. Both doctors admit to ex citement at practicing medicine here in the moun tains. Dr. Schroeder said, "We've always been in terested in rural medicine. The prospect of having sup port from the community and working with excellent people attracted us to Madison County. The proximity of Asheville was also a factor in the doc tor's decision. Dr. Schroeder said, "Asheville has a medical community well out of proportion to the size of the city. Things change so quickly in medicine these days, it's necessary to keep up with the changes or you're lost. The new doctors will be (Continued on Page 3) Hot Springs Trio Pleads Guilty Three Hot Springs men charged last month with assault with a deadly weapon and damage to pro perty pleaded guilty to the damage charge last Thurs day Michael Holt, 19, Dean Mc Carter, 26, and Tim Ramsey, 20, all of Hot Springs, plead ed guilty to the charge of damage to property in a plea-bargaining agreement. The men had also been charged with assaulting Dan Pieper of Portland, Ore. and Steve Parmenter of Los Altos, Cal. in an incident at the Jesuit Parish in Hot Spr ings in May. The presid ing judge, Alex ander Lyerly, sentenced each of the defendants to two years in prison and suspend ed their sentences on condi tion. He also ordered each of the three defendants to pay court costs and pay (125 each to the Jesuit Order to pay for damages. He also ordered Dean McCarter to pay for the costs of his court appointed attorney and ordered all three men to re main off the Jesuit property unless given written perm is sion. At a probable cause hearing held Thursday in the criminal session of general court, the murder charge against Billy Ramsey was sent on to the grand jury by presiding Judge Alexander Lyerly Ramsey is charged in the June 29 death of Ken neth Harris of Aaheville. Linda Waller, who was with Ramsey and Harris when the incident took place, testified at the hearing. She told the court that, on the night Harris died she, Ramsey and the victim had been drinking beer and shooting pool at several places in Buncombe County. Waller testified that she and the two men left her Madison County home after drinUm vodka. They first stopped at Pea body's and bought some (Continued on Page S) :? ?'? ?? *' r ' MtS ''<?? ' '**aC ?? ? ' ?-?."< . ;"? .a. .S ? j* -ti". . v*v% ' 'iV i" . &y- . ftr" ? v, CETA Means Summer Jobs program to many of us, but to many Madison High School students, CETA moans Jobs, a chance to earn and learn dur ing the summer vacation. The Comprehensive ent ind Training Act provides assistance to Americans in finding work. Hie Madison County CETA programs have two \ ' Program provides jobs for 61 county teenagers at 23 Job sites throughout the county. The teenagers work 40 hours a week. Some of the worker*, students at Madison High School, also attend classen in math and reading in at to working with the CETA The summer Jobs began di June 7 and ? until July U. The OCTAc in a variety af p. <s < mailt} tony their SC opening day of clmw on Aug. 11. Among the projects they have completed this summer was the refinishing of the Madison High gym floor. Other CETA workers assist at the Marshall Day Care Canter and the Department of Social flen teas offices ) The teenage participants have alio attended two workshops on the labor market ai - e been Inform mechanic assistants. The Orientation and Mtiva tioo Program Is (or adults from low-income families who have not completed high school. Participants attend classes five hours a day for eight weeks. /U the end of the program, they are given the opportunity to take the Government E | alency Diploma ? At Asheville-Buncomb* The teenaged CETA workers have earned high marks from the county workers they assist One teachsr at the Day Care Center siad. The CETA kids utaN| help. They're good with the children and they give us the chance to give ex tra attention to the children that nwi ft" ? s CETA MEAN8 WORK to n n; county ! school students like Audrey A derw is m here caring foi ilx-moi h old Shelton at tta Marshall The program provides I tar teenager on l
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