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# : 95tfr ?' ? 81st Year No. 35 ?^.1 ... ' . ^ADlSofr SERVING THE PEOPLE OP ?AD1S0N cOO^-jjJ PUBLISHED WEEKLY ?N THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. 28753 WEDNESDAY, September 8, 1982 15c Per Copy I ' JWM. 'JWH4...W French Broad Pnototy Bob Kocnio A SECTION OF the French Broad River near the Stack house community. Celebrations making French Broad River week starts Saturday. Cattle Rustlers Get 18 Months A Superior Court jury found Larry Payne and Jack Buckner guilty of a charge of larceny during last week's session. Both men were sentenced to active terms of 18 months by Judge Forrest Fer rell. The pair faced a max imum sentence of 10 years for the offense. The men were found guilty of rustling eight head of cattle that were the property of James Fisher. The cattle's value was estimated at 93,000. Hubert Norton and Harold W or ley, both charged with one count of felonious assault, fail ed to appear for their hearing. A warrant was issued for their arrest. Larceny charges filed against Troy Lee Justice were continued until the court's next session, scheduled to begin Oct. 6. Also continued were the trials of Hubert Gen try, Billy Ramsey and Bryan Mcintosh. Gentry and Ramsey will stand trial on separate murder charges. Mcintosh faces felonious assault charges stemming from a shooting incident. Wanda Proffitt Miller, charged with arson and break ing and entering, received a voluntary dismissal. A In other action, Darryl Ray Blankenship was found guilty of speeding. Originally charg ed wi Undoing 99 miles per hour in a 55 zone, he was found guilty of doing 70. Blankenship was fined $100 plus court costs, received a 20-day sentence, suspended for one year, and was ordered to sur render his operating license. Absentee Ballots Available Applications are now being taken for those qualified voters wishing to vote absentee ballots for the general election. There are two reasons for being eligible to vote an absentee ballot. They are: first, due to sickness or physical disability voter will not be able to vote in person on election day, or secondly, if voter expects to be absent from the county during the en tire period the polls are open on election day and will be unable to vote in person. You will find listed below the days and dates on which the county board of elections will meet to review the ap plications for absentee ballots. Friday, Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. (Continued on Page 5) Celebration Begins Saturday French Broad River Week The annual "Riverfest" celebration in Marshall Saturday will kick off the week-long celebration of French Broad River Week in Madison Coun ty. Seven days of ceremonies will be held in the four Western North Carolina counties through which the river passes. "Riverfest" activities will begin Saturday at 9 a.m. with the arrival of Bill Norwood, WLOS-TVs "Mr. Bill." The WLOS balloon will be on hand, of fering free rides until 11:30 a.m. Following the balloon rides, the Walnut Cloggers will make their "Riverfest" debut. Brad Howarth will be conducting float rides down the river from noon until 4 p.m. In the afternoon, the Marshall Clog gers are scheduled to perform, and there will be a Little League Softball game. Pop Story will entertain with a piano performance starting at 2:30 p.m. At 3 p.m., the Madison High School Band, under the direction of H.S. Over by, will present a 30-minute con cert. It will begin with a solo of "Old Man River" presented by Randall McClure, a voice major at Mars Hill College. At 3:30 p.m., a sing-along Songfest of old river songs is planned. Throughout the day, games for both children and adults will be conducted by Ed List, president of the Marshall Lions Club. The program of competi tion includes a horse shoe pitching championship with WMMH donating a $25 first prize to the "Riverfest" champion. A crafts show and sale and flea market will be managed by Diane Kingston. Faye Reid will be operating a concession stand, offering hot dogs, hamburgers and soft drinks. The Madison County Girl Scouts will be serving as greeters and the Marshall Boy Scouts will be assisting in many of the day's activities. A "Riverfest" banner will fly across Main Street. The banner was designed and constructed for the celebration by Deborah Worley. Mrs. Helen Rudisill has served as the pro gram chairman for this year's celebration. Saturday's celebration in Marshall is only the beginning of the week-long occasion. On Sunday, Quality For ward, in connection with the French Broad Rafting Co., Carolina Wilderness Adventures and the Nan tahala Outdoor Center will be conduc ting a river clean up along the banks of the French Broad in Buncombe County. On Monday, Brad Howarth of the Nantahala Outdoor Center will conduct a river clean up trip through Madison County from Barnard to Hot Springs. Lunch and transportation back to the put-in at Barnard will be (Continued on Page 8) Commissioners Approve School Suspension Program The Madison County com missioners met last Friday for their regular monthly meeting at the County Court House in Marshall. The commissioners heard reports from the heads of the county health department, the department of social services and the emergency medical service. The commissioners unanimously approved spen ding $9,000 to fund a new pro gram at Madison High School. The program, called the In School Suspension Program, will allow students suspended from their regular classes to study at the school during their period of suspension. The program is modeled after a similar one being used in Yancey County. The Madison County prgram will be funded in part by a grant from the Juvenile Justice Delinquent Program. The $9,000 approved by the com missioners ik the county's share of the cost of the pro gram. The In-School Suspension Program is designed to enable suspended students to keep up with stiudies while serving disciplinary suspension. Students taking part in the program will report to school as normal but will report to the In-School program instead of their regular classes. Part of the money funded for the program will be used to con struct study carrels which the suspended students will use while taking part in the pro gram. In other business conducted Friday, the commissioners Blood Drive Nets 63 Donations Madison County residents bled for a good cause last Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church in Mar shall. Sixty-three people donated a pint of the gift of life to the American Rod Crass Bloodmobile during Its visit here. Employees of the French Broad Electric Membership Corporation and Madison High School! Iv larsi c< tins rjt It IP1 V? Vr 1# V * SS 1*Kf Giving blood during Thurs day's drive were: Bruce Baldwin, Enoch Buckner. David Adams. Paul AUman. Ray Caldwell, Calvin Chandler, Hank Cunningham, James Clark, Larry Anders, Oladson Cutshall, Billy Ellison, Betty Evans Joel Ed wards, Stuart Franklin, Timothy Plynn, Angela nifer Morris, Teresa N orris, Paige Mor ris, Connie Martin, Jimmy Griffin, Sandra Marler, Michael Henderson, Laura Ponder, Johnny Moss, Sammy Lunsford, Undo King, Kim RudiaUl, Cheryl Rice, Dennis Rector, Rickey Roberta, Lori Reese, Dortha Reeves, James Shelton Harold Snelson, Phyllis Setter Monica Teutsch, Walter Traadway, Fred Payne, Dale Wjratte, V $1 Prank Willett, Sandra Wilson, Rodney Wallin, Mark Plem mona, Jerry Webb, Timothy Plaut, Annette She! ton, EThei Wallin, Bernie Kanaar, Bar bara Rice, Thad Fox, Judith Major, SAndy Uat. Ed Uat, Ernie Melin, Sharyon Ramsey and Beverly Swires approved a bid of $475 to replace damaged fences at the county animal shelter. The Madison County Board of Education also held its regular monthly meeting last week. The board considered a number of transfer requests and considered approving a package of insurance for school employees. The board heard presenta tions from various insurance companies interested in pro viding the policy. No decision was reached at Wednesday's meeting. The board had been ex pected to decide on purchas ing a new school activities bus for Madison High School. Superintendent Robert Ed wards reported that an estimate of $20,000, not in cluding painting and equip ment, had been received. At its August meeting, the board decided to move ahead with the purchase when funds are received from the county com missioners. A final decision on the purchase was postponed pending the funding. The next regular monthly meeting of the board is scheduled for Oct. 6 Electric Rates Going Up Electric consumers can ex pect to see an increase in their monthly bills in the near future. Carolina Power and Light Co., the supplier of power for French Board Elec tric Membership Corporation (FBEMC), has applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval of a two-part increase in the wholesale rate for electricity. The increase would force the local cooperative to pass along the increase to con sumers. French Broad has stated that the exact amount of the increase will not be known for several weeks. If approved, the first part of the increase would go into ef- < feet in October and could be as i high as 2S.4%. The second part i of the request calls for another | increase in March, 1983. < FBEMC estimates that this i second increase could go as | high as 12.6%. 1 The cooperative has an nounced that it will publish the amount of increase to customers as soon as it can be determined. The percentage of increase that FBEMC customers will pay remains uncertain because the fuel cost adjustment that CPJtL passes on to buyers varies aach month. The fuel cost rises whenever CPfcL nuclear plants are not in operation. Extensive closings of the nuclear plants this summer have caused the utility to turn to more expensive fuels in order to meet the summer's increased demand. The Associated Press has reported that CPAL nuclear reactors have been shut down during the summer months for the past three years. CPfcL has also applied to the state Utilities Commission for a $173 million rate increase for (Continued on Page S) and Coad Claude Gibson's reaction to his 1 am first win of the season
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