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HI! p| SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISON COUNTY SINCE 1901
Vol. 84 No. 12 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N C WEDNESDAY, March 21, 1984 25*
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Weaverville
Approves New
Water Line
New High School To
Tap Into Town System
The Weaverville Town
Council approved a resolution
allowing the planned new
North Buncombe High School
to tap into the town water
system. The resolution was re
quested by Dr. Reginald
Frazier, assistant superinten
dant of the Buncombe County
school system following last
week's vote on the school bond
issue to finance construction
of the new facility.
The resolution approved at
the Monday night meeting
calls for the town to furnish
the new school with 18,000
gallons of water per day which
will be furnished to Weaver
ville by the Asheville
Buncombe Water Authority or
the City of Asheville. The
water is to be supplied to the
school through the DuBois Hill
connection.
The resolution also states
that the town may halt water
to the school should demand
adversely effect the town's
fire protection capabilities.
Water to the new school will be
metered and is for the use of
the Board of Education only.
No other uses or connections
will be allowed.
Mayor Lawrence Sprinkle
said that the resolution was
needed to guarantee the
school fire protection. It is the
first time the town council has
approved an exception to a
moratorium on water taps out
side the town's limits since the
moratorium was first passed
in 1974.
Addressing Charles Dunlop,
a teacher at North Buncombe
High School, Sprinkle said,
"We'rt allowing you to tap in
to our lines, but we're not
guaranteeing you anything."
In other business conducted
during Monday's session, the
council approved two budget
amendments for repairs. The
first amendment provides
94,500 for the installation of a
water line to the town's treat
ment plant. The second budget
amendment would provide a
$3,500 advance on next year's
budget to the Weaverville Fire
Department to make repairs
to a newly purchased fire
truck. The truck, which was
used when purchased, needs a
new tanker and other repairs
to pumping equipment. Cost of
the repairs will be $11,500, of
which $8,000 was budgeted in
the current year. The advance
will cover the additional
repair costs.
Monday's meeting was
visited by members of the
Demolay Club. Sponsor Harry
Howell introduced the club
members. Earlier, Mayor
Sprinkle had issued a pro
clamation making this
Demolay Week in the town.
Mayor Sprinkle also read a
letter from school personnel at
both the Weaverville Primary
and Middle Schools asking for
crossing guards between 7:45
and 8:30 a.m. and 2:45 and
3:30 p.m.
Police chief Steve Woodson
said the town has only one of
ficer on duty during school
hours and that he patrols at
the Central St. intersection
during the afternoon hours,
while providing protection at
the Primary School during the
morning hours.
The council asked Woodson
to see if the Buncombe County
Sheriff's Department could
provide assistance. There was
also some discussion about us
ing civilian personnel or
reinstituting student patrols,
but no action was taken at the
meeting.
Mayor Sprinkle also an
nounced that the town has con
cluded that a junk yard
operating on Banks Town Bd.
is a non-conforming use accor
ding to the town zoning or
dinance, but that the town has
no authority to force the
yard's operator to clean up.
Sprinkle added that Jim Ed
wards of the Land of the Sky
Regional Council will continue
to study the matter.
The mayor also announced
that he became a grandfather
for the fourth time Sunday. He
explained that town manager
Larry Sprinkle could not at
tend the Monday night
meeting because his wife,
Ann, gave birth to the newest
Sprinkle, Christina Elizabeth,
on Sunday afternoon. A pink
ribbon adorned the doors to
the Town Hall Monday night.
Both mother and child are
reported to be well.
VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE
BUSH Addressess Friday afternoon
press conference in Asheville. Bush
iriwivvr Kvom RWVie)
met with the press Friday before at
tending a campaign rally at T.C.
Roberson High School in Skyland
Truck
Driver
Killed
A Weaverviille man was
killed Thursday morning
when he apparently lost con
trol of his truck and plunged
through a guardrail into the
Ivy River.
William Henry Briggs, 25, of
Stoney Knob Rd. was pro
nounced dead at the scene of
the accident on U.S. 25-70.
According to Madison Coun
ty Sheriff E.Y. Ponder, Briggs
was transporting a load of coal
to Asheville at the time of the
accident. Sheriff Ponder
reported that Briggs, a self
employed truck driver, had
picked up the truck at Mary's
Restaurant on the Marshall
by-pass at about 3:30 a.m.
Briggs was heading south on
U.S. 25-70 at the time of the ac
cident.
Funeral services were h^ld
Saturday at the Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church.
LOCAL HEALTH FAIR
VOLUNTEERS such as Ashley
Crawford are preparing for the an
nual Health Fair activities planned
for April 6 through 14. Madison
County Health Fair will be held at
Madison Manor Nursing Center.
Bush Endorses
Helms, Hendon
By ROBERT KOENIG
Vice president George Bush
visited Asheville Friday on a
campaign swing through the
South. The vice president ad
dressed a campaign ralty at
T.C. Roberson H.S. in Skyland
and met with reporters in
Ashveille.
During his afternoon press
conference. Bush stated his
support for both Sen. Jesse
Helms and former con
gressman Bill Hendon. The
vice president told reporters,
"Both the president and I sup
port Senator Helms. We con
sider him an important
member of the team and we
need him back in Washington.
We're strongly for Senator
Helms and we'll do as much
for his campaign as we can to
help him."
Bush also praised Hendon 's
record in the Congress, adding
that "We need to send him
back to offset the influence of
the Tip O'Neills." Both Hen
don and Helms acompanied
the vice president during his
appearances in Asheville.
In response to a question
concerning the Senate confir
mation hearings for presiden
tial counselor Edwin Meese,
Bush said, "I have absolute
confidence that Mr. Meese's
appointment will be confirm
ed. I know Mr. Meese very
well, his office is right next to
mine, and I know him to be a
man of total integrity."
Bush said that the national
deficit will be an issue in the
campaign and called for a bi
partisan effort to trim the
deficit. He said that President
Reagan has proposed making
a down payment on the deficit
with a package of spending
cuts and lax increases.
The vice president said that
the package proposed by the
White House would trim some
$150 billion from the federal
deficit over the next three
years. The savings would be
achieved by cuts in domestic
spending and defense and by
Qjosmg loopholes. The cuts.
Bush said, would also save
some $18 billion in interest
payments.
"I think the country is call
ing oui for some action now
President Reagan has had to
gove in on some things he feels
very strongly about. We all
have had to give a little to put
this package together."
Bush also said he supported
an amendment to allow school
prayer and said that this
week's Senate vote on the
issue was crucial. "This is an
issue that is overwhelmingly
supported by the American
people." The vice president
praised Sen. Helms efforts to
pass the amendment.
Busk] also had words of
praise for the contingent of
Secret Service agents that ac
companied him on his tour
The vice president said that
the agents were "outstanding
men and women that America
can be proud of" Bush said he
regretted tthat their protec
tion was necessary, but added
that the threat of terrorism
was a modern-day reality
S ?ieet>?<jstdent returned * <
to Washington following the
rally at T.C Roberson H.S.
where he addressed some 800
supporters.
Health Fair
Plans Set
It is the site coordinators
who organize the local
volunteer efforts in implemen
ting the TV 13 Health Fair pro
cess. These dedicated workers
donate countless numbers of
hours of their personal time.
The public's participation is
the only method of payment
that these site coordinators
expect and receive for their ef
forts in organizing the Health
Fair for their site location.
This year there will be
thirty-five such dedicated peo
ple throughout the eighteen
counties of Western North
Carolina and twenty-one peo
ple in upper South Carolina
who will be organizing the
Health Fair and its "Wellness
Works" campaign. Hundreds
of volunteers will assist at the
various sites. This campaign
is a health promotion effort
aimed toward the goal of 1
educating the public about the :
personal responsibility for <
health care. More than 60.000
people have taken advantage
of this free health screening in
the past 3 years.
The Health Fair will run
from April 6-M in 26 North and
South Carolina counties
Height, weight, blood
pressure, anemia and
glaucoma screenings will be
offered to name a few. There
will also be two optional blood
tests. The first measures such
factors as thyroid function and
glucose. The second test
measures one's potential for
heart disease
The Health Fair is spon
sored by the National Health
Screening ' Council for
Volunteer Organizations,
WLOS-TV, local businesses
and civic organizations.
This event is not a ?ubatitu
tion for a physical given by
one's doctor. Those eighteen
years of age and older are en
couraged to particiapte.
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Few Differences Between Major Democratic Candidates
By ROB CHRISTENSEN
The News and Observer
Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part
series outlining the views of the major
Democratic candidates for governor. Nest
week's article will detail the candidate's posi
tions oo issues such as taxes, the Open Meetings
Law, hasardous waste regulations and public
utilities.
On the chief issues facing North Carolina, the
major Democratic candidates for governor of
f? only shades of difference-soft pastels
The six major gubernatorial candidates com
pettng in the May 8 Democratic primary hevr
adopted basically the middle-of-the-road agen
da set by Gov James B. Hunt, Jr. for the p it
schools figg
the sameness of the candidate's messages
recently prompted Thad Beyle, a political
science professor at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill to describe the cam
paign debate as "a big mush."
The major candidates for the Democratic
nomination are former state Commerce
Secretary D.M. "Lauch" Faircloth, Attorney
General Rufus Edmisten former state Rep
Thgomas 0 Gilmore U Gov Jimmy Green
John Ingram and
- Eddie Knox.
^ with The
to state-funded abortions for poor women.
Green also is opposed to the Equal Rights
Amendment, while Ingram said he would sub
mit the ERA to a voter referrendum if the issue
resurfaced.
Faircloth and Green appeared to be the most
conservative on economic issues, both closely
attuned to positions favored by the state's
business community.
was the only candidate favortng the
of the State Utilities Commis
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Faircloth and Green
I industrial recruitment.
tern North Carolina businessmen
are regained as the most conservative of the
Democratic candidates on economic issues,
and both have close ties to business.
Green, for example, proposed that the state
offer new ta~ Sreaks to <
locate in rurtil areas He
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