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News Record SERVING THE PEOPLE OF MADISO MAP.5HA' WC HAD I SON .IBP.ARV _ r- : TiJ rev ?>e7"S3 Vol. 84 NO. 33 PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE COUNTY SEAT AT MARSHALL, N C WEDNESDAY, August 15, 1984 25c Hot Springs Receives ' - ?' 1 ' - ' 4 ' ' . ? " 1 Block Grant Approval Hot Springs has received ap proval on a Community Development Block Grant re quest for $137,470 to repair streets. Announcement of the grant was made in Raleigh by Gov. Jim Hunt and in Hot Spr ings by Mayor Debbie Baker. The grant will be used to repave a large portion of the town, including the Silvermine section. Mayor Baker said Hot Springs streets between the Hot Springs School and the French Broad River will be repaved. No date for the start of construction has been set. In addition to the block grant funds, the town has also received two grants from the North Carolina General Assembly totalling $50,000. Speaker of the N.C. House Liston B. Ramsey presented a check for $15,000 to assist the Hot Springs Volunteer Fire Department and an additional $35,000 for the purchase of a new garbage truck. In making the presentation, Ramsey credited his fellow legislator, Rep. Charles Beall, with pushing the appropria tion through the General Assembly. The $00,000 appropriation is identical to a similar grant given to the town of Marshall recently. Marshall will also use the funds for the fire department and the purchase of a new garbage truck. Ten percent of the Com munity Development Block Grant can be applied to another project at the town's discretion. No decision on the funds was made at Monday's meeting of the town's Board of Aldermen. The aldermen did approve purchasing uniforms for the town's newest policemen, Richard Roberts and Johnnie Norton, during Monday's meeting. After Mayor Baker an nounced the grant approvals, the aldermen approved a let ter thanking both Ramsey and Beall for their assistance in obtaining the grant funds. Board member Waylon Puryear suggested that the town use the $15,000 from the General Assembly to pur chase property for a new fire house. Mayor Baker told the board members, "I agree that the money needs to be spent, but I think we should meet with the fire department to get their input before making a decision. I'm not opposed to a building, bat 1 think we should make sure the truck is running and the hoses are right before we start building." The board agreed to meet with directors of the fire department sometime in the next week to discuss possible uses for the funds. Puryear also recommended that the town obtain price quotes for rehabilitating the old HUD office on Main Street for use as Town Hall. Puryear also suggested making repairs to the present Town Hall building. The board agreed to obtain quotations on fixing the buildings, but took no further action on the matter at Mon day's meeting. Board member Kenny Ramsey was named to prepare a work schedule for the town's police officers. Ramsey said a schedule would be presented to the full board for approval later this week. The board also approved a change in the meeting date for September's meeting. Because of the Labor Day holi day, the meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The Sept. 4 meeting will begin with a public hearing concerning a grant request for economic development funds administered by the N.C Dept. of Community Develop ment and Natural Resources. A second hearing on the grant request will be held later in Sept. The Hot Springs aldermen also approved several resolu tions during Monday's meeting. The board approved paying town employees at a rate of 20 cents per mile for us ing their private' vehicles on authorized town business. Also approved was a resolu tion designating the week of Sept. 8 through 16 as French Broad River Week. A series of events in Buncombe County are planned in connection with the week. The alderman also approv ed hiring Randy Moore as a part-time street deaner and Ed Laws as a weekend policeman. Also approved was a resolu tion asking the state Depart ment of Transportation to assume responsibility for maintainence on a 1.5 mile section of Paint Rock Rd. On a motion presented by Gerrjv Ramsey, the board renamed Robert Z. Ponder to a three-year term on the local Alcohol Beverage Control board. Kamsey Appoints Beall Representative Charles M. Beall of Haywood County has been appointed today by House Speaker Liston B. Ramsey to a special commission to study a "cafteria style" program of benefits for teachers and state employees. Under the present system, the state offers its employees certain specified benefits, such as hospitalization insur ance, retirement, a death ben efit and others. Under the proposed "cafeteria style" program, the employee would be able to "shop" from a list of benefits and select the ones most suitable to his or her needs. The commission to study the "cafeteria" approach was created by the General As sembly in July. It is madeupof five House members and five Senate members and is to file a report with the General As sembly by February 15, 1985. B<*> Koen<q YOUNGSTER HAS HIS FACE PAINTED DURING SPRING CREEK KAIR' MICHAEL JACKSON AND HIS BROTHERS entertained before packed house at Knoxville's Neyland Stadium over the weekend. Jackson's three concerts attracted more than 100,000 Photo by Robin Hoovio music lovers who paid $30 each for tickets. The Jackson's Victory tour continues this week with concerts in Detroit. Mars Hill Presents Diplomas Mars Hill College presented diplomas to 34 graduates dur ing the annual summer com mencement exercises held on Aug. 10. The additional sum mer graduates raised the total for the Class of 1?4 to 287 students. Madison County residents among the graduates included David Wayne Ingle, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ingle, Robert Todd McCormick, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mc Cormick, Malona Ann Fish the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Pish and Constance Cauble Garrison of Route 1, Mars Hill. Both Ingle and McCormick received a bachelor of science degrees in business ad ministration. Miss Fish received a bachelor of science degree in nursing and Gar rison was awarded a bacjelor of science in home economics. Mars Hill College president Frid B. Bentley presented the diplomas during the ceremony held in Moore Auditorium. Bentley was assisted by Dr. John Hough, director of the summer school and dean for continuing education, and Robert Chapman, associate dean for academic affairs, Several of the summer graduates completed their degree requirements through the school's Center for Conti nuing Education at sites throughout Western North Carolina. Music during the ceremonies was provided by Donna Robertson and Susan Hensley, members of the col lege's music faculty. &r. Bent ley was the only speaker on the program He told I he new graduates that ' 'God is the sole source of your strength. He created you, en dowed you with special talents, and wants to use you in His plan for this world." Bentley noted that during the summer months he has had the opportunity to review the significant developments at the school over the last 18 years. He told the audience that what most impressed him was the hard work, sacrifices and joy which come from a task welt done. He recounted Mars Hill's record of leading in service learning, experien tial learning, competance hAsgfi curricula and other achievements Bentley closed his address to the graduates by telling them, "Because of the support of Mars Hill people, and your own individual efforts, I know you can handle any difficulties that come your way. Be proud of your achievements, be pro ud of your college and its history, be challenged by that which you can contribute to society and never forget that it is God who gives us the real meaning in life. Marshall Board To Meet Thursday The Marshall Board of Aldermen will meet in a special session Thursday at 8 a.m. in Town Hall to consider naming a police chief. Mayor Betty Wild announced the special meeting Monday after noon. At their Aug. 6 meeting. Wild and the aldermen agreed to meet with the town's two policemen after tabling a deci sion on the police chief. Thursday's meeting will not involve the town's current of ficers, Wild said Monday. "I think we should name a chief first, and let him make the determination of what should be done." Several Marshall ( residents called for the | policemen's dismissal at the | Aug. 6 meeting. I Mayor Wild has proposed , Joe Griffey, a former Mar shall and Hot Springs policeman, for the police chief's job. Marshall has been without an acting police chief % since December when the mayor disbanded the former police force. The town board lired Herschel Cox of Weaver ville for the chiefs job on July 5, but later withdrew the ap pointment when it was learned that Cox faced felony chargas in Buncombe County. Carolina Has Long History Of "Firsts" North Carolina is a state that has always been first in exploration, innovation and opening doors to the future. Prom the first exploration of the New World by Englishmen in ISM to the opening at the first publicly funded high school for science and mathematics in 1M0. North Carolina has led the nation throughout its history Public universities ipened their first time in 17* at the Univer sity of North Carotins at iil Public higher ,non is now a fact of life declared in America in North ' Carolina. One county, I Mecklenburg, declared its in- i dependence from Great Bri- : tain on May 30. 1775 and the North Carolina colony passed the first official independence resolution on April IS, 1778. Gold and silver ,*ere first i discovered in America in North Carolina The f r gold nugget was found in ( t > rut i County in 1799. The first silver < lode was Owvyed in 1M near Lexington Carolina opened the doors of the first publicly funded high school for students gifted in science and mathematics Home if the world famous Research Triangle Park, North Carolina is now leading the way in scientific discoveries for the future First in freedon. first in Flight and first in exploration and innovatiw. North Carolina is tha doorway to the future Following is a Kst of some of North Carolina's most notabU The First planted on the Outer Banks. Under the auspices of Sir Richard GrenviUe, 107 men were left on Roanoke Island as the first English colonists in the New World. Although this and subsequent attempts were nominally unsuccessful, they are marked as the spiritual beginnings of English America and are responsible for both the language and the dependence from Great Bri tain. 1783 ? First Official Celebration of Independence Day On July 4, 17S3, the citizens of Salem (now part of Winston-Salem ) marched through the town's streets, singing and carrying torches in the first official celebration of Independence Day in America. 17* - H* Flret Public Untv 1796, the 16. of North dependent people", declaring that all commissions granted by the king in the colonies were "null and void" and call ing on the people of Mecklen burg County to elect military officers who should hold their powers "independent of Great Britain." 1775 ? First Town Named for President Washington Washington in Beaufort Coun ty was the first town in the United Slates to be i George Washington in when he toafc *> arfci ? ? 1833 ? The First Interstate Railroad. The first interstate railroad was the Petersburg Railroad which opened in 1833 from Petersburg, Virginia, to Blakely. North Carolina, a distance of 59 miles along t to north bank of the Roanoke ?NWi t S Wilbur and Orviile Wright piloted a mechanically driven, heavier-than-air machine IS feet across a stretch of level sand at Kitty Hawk 1M6 ? First State Supported Symphony North Oarolini established the first staU$* supported symphony s| chestra in the nation in i<H6 IMS- School o Art#. The North Carolina School of the Arts at V> Salon- -vas the first ?' supported institution ir the Unitad States to emph
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