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The News Record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY 81st Year No. 36 ??? jg\ ' PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C. WEDNESDAY, September 15, 1982 J5c Per Copy Riverfest '82 "MR. BILL" AND THE WLOS BALLOON soared above the crowds at Saturday's ?????? Riverfest celebration. Elderly Will Receive Firewood By BOB KOENIG Madison County senior citizens will be receiving other individuals in an attempt to update their free firewood this fall, thanks to the combined ef- files. Details of the project were presented at a forts of the Madison County Housing Authority, meeting at the Marshall Community Center Mon the Madison-Buncombe Opportunity Corp. and^y night. Mars Hill College. Persons interested in applying for the firewood The wood will be made available by the should contact the Madison-Buncombe Opportuni Madison County Housing Authority from land jy Corp. at 649-3231 or stop by the office on Main which is being cleared for the construction of agt. in Marshall. nmi iAjinit lnu/.inrnmo hnticino (Uvalnnmont in Mars Hill. Construction of the new housing is ex pected to begin within the next two months. The development is scheduled to be open within a year. Before construction on the 11-acre site can begin, nine acres of timber must be cleared. That's where the Opportunity Corp. and Mars Hill College come into the picture. Work began Saturday to clear the site. Some two dozen Mars Hill students, armed with axes and chain saws, began cutting the timber down, lead by Mars Hill professor Dr. Don Anderson. The students will clear the site as part of the col lege's community service program. Once the wood is cut into usable pieces, the Madison-Buncombe Opportunity Corp. will begin distributing it to needy individuals. The Oppor tunity Corp. will distribute the wood in pickup clear the site of development are nployee; Dorothy Ad Hor of the Madison Opportunity Corpora tion; Ifr. Parker's son*, Brett and Town Aldermen Meet Dr. Duck To Mars Hill Board Hie Mars Hill Board of Alderman has named Dr. W. Otis Duck to All the seat left vacant by the recent resigna tion of Carl Eller. Dr. Duck is presently serving as the Madison County medical ex aminer. He has been a Mars Hill resident for the past 36 years. Eller resigned his seat on the board effective Aug. 2 due to retirement. He had been a member of the board of alder man since 1965, formerly serv ing Mars Hill as its mayor. He was the town treasurer at the time of his resignation. Referring to Eller, Mars Hill mayor Bill Powell said, "In the 17 year* Carl Eller served Mars Hill, much was accomplished in the way of improvements beneficial to the citizens of Mars Hill. Mr. Eller worked faithfully and with diligence along with the other board members to pro mote progress within the town." The board also discussed rebuilding the spillway at the water supply dam near Wolf Laurel. Earlier, the Army Corps of Engineers inspected the site and recommended that the town have the spillway inspected by an engineering consultant. Engineers from the Spar tanburg, S.C. firm of McGuire-Beebee will be in specting the spillway and will submit recommendations to the board. According to Darrell Boone, funding to make im provements to the spillway have not yet been obtained. The board of alderman has scheduled its next regular monthly meeting for Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Hot Springs Board Approves Loan Pact The Hot Springs Board of Aldermen met Saturday and approved a loan agreement that will finance construction of a waste water treatment plant for the new 40-unit, low income housing development to be opened shortly. Under the terms of the agreement, the Hot Springs Housing Authority will loan the towh $26,404, the cost of constructing the sand filter treatment facility. The funds will be made available to the 1 Housing Authority by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Although the Hot Springs Housing Authority pays no taxes to the town, it does make payments each year based on rental income. Under terms of the agreement, the authority will not have to make the an nual payments until the (26,404, plus interest, is repaid sy the town. Payments made by the Housing Authority to the town have been based on a formula where rental income minus the cost of utilities is charged at a rate of ten percent. The payments were made to the town in lieu of taxes. The agreement give the town up to 40 years to repay the loan. Town officials ex pressed optimism that the loan eouM be repaid before the year 2022 deadline. The waste treatment plant will be constructed by White's Backhoe Service. Construe tion is expected to take about a month. Construction of the plant is the last remaining step toward opening the new low-income housing units. The new development will add 40 units to the Hot Springs Housing Authority, which currently operates 30 units in the town. The new homes will have 10 units reserved for eWerfy pet sons and 24 units for low income families. Marshall Vandals Damage Recreation Center The Marshall Board of Alderman heard a report form town recreation director Betty Wild at its's monthly meeting Monday night. Wild reported that the Mar shall Recreation Building was broken into last week by van dals. She said the vandals entered the building through a window and broke windows and light bulbs throughout the building. The exact extent of the damages has not been determined. The Madison County Sheriff's department has been notified, and fingerprints of the scene will be taken. Wild also reported to the alderman that both the swim ming pool and the softball field operated by the recrea this summer. Wild said that much of the money lost by the swimming pool operation could be attributed to poor weather in July. She sug gested that the board consider closing the pool after the open ing of school in August and raising admission prices for both adults and children. Wild told the board, "We've got to quit giving our services away. We baby sat last sum mer for eight cents an hour." The final report on the pool's operation showed a net loss of $3,488.29. Operation of the soft ball field on Blannahassett Island showed a loss of *1,037.54. The recreation director reported that word oo a grant from the Smith and Reynolds Foundation should be received sometime next week. Mar shall had applied to the foun dation for a grant to be used by the town recreation depart ment. The board approved leasing the recreation building to Mary Ann Osby one night a week. Osby plans to teach aerobic dance classes for eight weeks starting next Monday evening. Wild said that the rental fee from the dance classes should pay for the damages caused by van dals. The recreation director sug gested that the board rehire the lifeguards who served at the pool this summer and authorise repairs to the building's roof and floors. Mayor Lawrence Ponder reported that bids on the new sewer project should be taken within the next three weeks. Alderman John Dodson also reported to the board that residents are over 14,500 in ar rears on water bills. He said that with the forthcoming raise in electric rates the town will not be able to afford to pump water and urged all those who owe bills to pay pro mptly. The board expressed its ap preciation to Buddy Buckner, Pay Reed, Helen Rudisill and Ruth Gregory for their work on last weekend's successful Riverfest celebration. The board's next regular meeting is scheduled for Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Superior Court To Try Pair District Court held criminal session last week in the Madison County Court House. Judge Robert J. Lacey presid ed over the session. The courtconsidered a pro bable cause hearing on charges of first degree rape against Isaac Welch, St, of Mars Hill. Welch is charged with the Sept. a rape of a 19-year old student at Mars ran College Welch was arrested by Madison County deputies and had been held in the Madison County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bond prior to his hearing on Friday. In ninety minute* of court that Welch had offered known at Hill No. 2 when he covered her face with a rag, knocked her unconscious and raped her. The victim, a sophomore at the cottage, told the court that -L. L.J Lm?..,w 1H-I-L i,., sue nao Known weicn tor two years She said she went to the Welch residence after receiv ing a call at 1 a.m. from Welch. The victim testified that Welch asked her to cone to his home to speak with her broth* who was visiting at the Weld) home in Mara Hill. day. The court alto found pro bable cause in the case ef William J. Brittle, Sr. Brittle is charged with statuatory sexual offense. The Superior Court will hear the case when it convenes Oct. 18. In other actions, the court found Randy Hooeycutt guilty of breaking, entering and larceny and sentenced him to a six months active sentence in the Madison County Jail. Charges of larceny, asssult and brushing and entering were dropped against Morris
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