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SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY
61st Year No. 44
PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N.C.
WEDNESDAY, November 10, 1982
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School Bus Overturns,
10 Students Injured
By ROBERT KOENIG
A school bus carrying 28 Madison High
students home from classes overturned on Walnut
Creek Road Monday afternoon, injuring 10
passengers.
The bus was traveling north on Walnut Creek
Road at 3:15 p.m. when the accident occurred.
Seven students were taken by ambulance and
three other students were taken by their parents
to Memorial Mission Hospital. A spokesman for
the hospital said all 10 students were treated and
released early Monday evening.
Madison High School Principal David Wyatt
reported that none of the injured students receiv
ed any broken bones in the accident. Wyatt said
most of the injuries were scrapes and bruises.
The bus driver was David Bryan Sprouse of
Marshall, a senior at Madison High School. State
Highway Patrolman Jerry Tabb reported that the
Commissioners Meet
bus hit the bank on the right side of the road when <
it met an approaching vehicle. Tabb said the vehi
cle did not force the bus off the road. When the bus
struck the right side bank, it crossed the road and
overturned, coming to rest on the bank on the left
side of the road.
Several students on the bus were unable' to
recall how many times the bus turned over.
Several said it overturned twice before coming to
a stop.
Sprouse was not charged in the accident, pen
ding further investigation. Principal David Wyatt
said Monday night he believed Sprouse would not
be charged with any violation.
The bus came to a stop with its nose buried in
the bank. The windshield of the bus was '
destroyed. Students were able to escape through
the emergency door in the rear.
TEN MADISON HIGH SCHOOL students (Photo by Bob Kocnig)
were injured Monday when this bus over
turned on Walnut Creek Road.
Hendon Calls For Recount
Phillips Calls
F or Investigation
The Madison County Board
of Commissioners held its
regular monthly meeting Fri
day night in the county cour
thouse. The newly re-elected
commissioners heard reports
from several county depart
ment chiefs and heard a com
plaint from a Mars Hill
businessman.
Bob Phillips asked the board
to investigate the Madison
County Housing Authority.
Phillips charged that the
authority had violated Hous
ing and Urban Development
guidelines regarding the pur
chase of materials. Phillips,
who ran unsuccessfully for a
seat on the board, told the
commissioners that the Hous
ing Authority has purchased
materials to renovate housing
in the county from stores in
Buncombe County. He said
HUD guidelines state that
materials will be purchased
within the county whenever
possible. v
The commissioners
unanimously approved
Phillips' request and ap
pointed attorney Larry Leake
to investigate the matter.
Contacted Monday morning
regarding the investigation,
Madison County Housing
Authority head Sam Parker
said he was not aware of the
investigation because he had
been out of town over the
weekend. Parker said he
would respond to Phillips'
charges after consulting with
the authority's board of direc
tors.
In other matters, the com
missioners heard a report
from Mildred West of the
county ambulance service,
who said the EMS made 102
calls during October.
Delba Jean Roberts
reported to the board concern
ing the new county transporta
tion system. She said the pro
gram needed an additional
driver. After considering ap
plications, commissioner
Virginia Anderson recom
mended David Wills for the
job. The board approved Wills
unanimously;
Board chairman James
Ledford announced that the
county would seek a grant of
$176,000 to operate the pro
gram next year.
Ledford also said Madison
County has received approval
for $680,000 in HUD funds for
the coming year. HUD. has
also awarded the county an
additional $20,000 planning
grant to be used in the East
Fork and Spring Creek areas.
Statewide, North Carolina has
received $157 million from the
federal agency to rehabilitate
some 1,800 homes.
Marshall Alderman Jackie
Davis presented a proposal to
the board. Davis suggested
that the county spend $1,825 to
purchase a boat and equip
ment needed for making
rescues on the French Broad
River. The commissioners ap
proved Davis' proposal before
adjourning.
"Hie next regularly schedul
ed monthly meeting of com
missioners will be held Dec. 3
at 7:30 p.m. in the county cour
thouse.
After narrowly losing the
11th District election to
challenger James McClure
Clarke, U.S. Rep. Bill Hendon
called for a recount of ballots
in five Western North Carolina
counties.
Hendon cailerto press con
ference -the itkMt.ig At
election. He tofc reporters
that there were many errors
in the vote count due to punch
card ballots used in Tran
sylvania, Henderson,
Haywood, Rutherford and
McDowell counties.
Final returns showed that
Clarice had won the election by
a margin of 1,324 votes, with
over 160,000 votes cast in the
district. Hendon said the
punch cards confused many
voters and that many who
wished to vote fof.him had
^te*> rvwwted -for the
Democratic cheWcnger in-'
' stead. At the Wednesday press
conference, Hendon said
many people who checked off
the box that made the ballot a
straight Democratic vote also
checked the box with
REP. WILLIAM HENDON
Hendon's name, believing
they were voting for the
Republican candidate.
According to state election
laws, such votes would be
counted for Clarke.
On Friday, Hendon called on
his opponent ti? join him in
calling for a recount James
Clarke declined, telling
reporters, "The results of the
oificial canvass are now in.
They show that I have receiv
ed a margin of 1,324 votes over
my leading opponent. It is now
clear that I am the victor."
On Saturday, Hendon of
ficially petitioned the five
counties seeking a recount. He
offered to pay the cost of the
recount and sought to check
only the number of ballots on
which voters checked off the
straight Democrat ticket and
voted for Hendon. On Monday,
election officials in Hender 4
son, Transylvania and
Haywood counties denied Hen
don's request. Hendon's at
torney, Bob Long of Asheville.
said that they will consider
challenging the election
boards' decision in the courts.
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School Board Meeting
The Madison County Board
of Education held its regular
monthly meeting Wednesday.
The day before saw all five
members of the board return
ed to office by county voters.
In the first meeting of their
new term, the board heard a
request for funds from the
Madison County High School
Band Boosters Club. James
Lister and Bill Thompson,
representing the club, told the
board the club is attempting to
raise money to purchase
uniforms for the high school
band. The club will be conduc
ting fund-raising activities.
Each uniform will cost $170.
The board agreed to allow
Madison Central Optimist
Club use of the Madison High
gym for the club's annual
Christmas basketball tourna- i
ment. ,
Also approved at last week's
session was a new' seven
month position at Madison
High School for a vocational
agriculture instructor during
the remainder of the school
year. James Coleman was
employed for the position.
Supt. Robert Edwards told
the board the cost of a new ac
tivity bus for Madison High
School will be $20,377, plus an
additional $2,677 for necessary
equipment. The board approv
ed the purchase at its October
meeting.
Madison High School prin
cipal David Wyatt reported
that the school has received
approval of the N.C. Chapter
of the Southern Association of
Schools and Colleges. The
final step toward received the
prestigious accreditiation will
come Dec. 13 at the annual
convention in Atlanta.
Ditt Williams, owner of The
World of Clothing store in
Hendersonville, told the board
he will contribute $13,500, plus
$500 in prizes, for the school's
string band program. He also
offered to pay $2 a week
toward the rental of necessary
instruments.
The board discussed several
insurance matters. It was an
nounced that a new policy in
creases the payment of
damages as a result of ac
tivities accident injuries from
$1,000 to $5,000 in the event of a
bus accident in connection
with a school trip.
The board also approved
Janice Faye Rice as a
substitute teacher at the Mar
shall Primary School.
The board's next regularly
scheduled meeting is slated
for Dec. 1 at 10:30 a.m. in the
county courthouse.
Great Pumpkin
OFFICER JASPER TREADWAY and his 35
pound pumpkin were the winners of our
Great Pumpkin Contest. Treadway came in
with the winning entry hours before the con
test ended Oct. 29. For his prize, he will
receive a free one-year subscription to The
News Record and lunch with the newspaper
otoff
At Weaverville Elementary School
Mars Hill Tutors Learn From Students
By ELIZABETH SQUIRE
Mars Hill College students
are teaching grade schoolers
to have a new attitude toward
basic learning skills. Or is it
the other way around?
The college students are
currently tutoring in. the
Weavervllle Elementary
School In recent years, Man
Hill students have taught in
schools in Flat Creek, Bar
nardsville and Red Oak Next
semester, they'll move on to
will also do other practice
teaching, but this program
has a special value to both
tutor and student.
Pat Freeman explains what
makes the program so
special: "If you are new, and
not positive that you want to
be an education major, this is
your chaace to see if you real
ly want to work with kkfe '
Another tutor, Sherry
Pender of Burosville, said,
"You learn to care about
This tutoring,
to how a school
You can
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enable the tutor to suit the
lesson to the individual stu
dent's need. The tutor search
the curriculum laboratory at
Mars Hill for games and exer
cises that will help each stu
dent get satisfaction from the
learning experience.
The elementary school
students are kt a time in their
lives when their attitudes
t award laming are being
formed. The Weaverviile
school has an average of X
students in each class. 1
many students to
there are limits on how i
individual att?
give